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Chevrolet Traverse 2014

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.71 per 1,000

1.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 71 complaints filed in the first three years, of 548 ever. 95% lower bound 0.54.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2009	0.34	31
2010	0.35	35
2011	0.61	65
2012	0.33	32
2013	0.33	30
2014	0.71	71
2015	0.33	37
2016	0.41	49
2017	0.38	45
2018	1.03	139
2019	0.51	75
2020	0.24	33
2021	0.19	23
2022	0.41	44
2023	0.54	60

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 258 complaints

part recall	114	44%
yet	108	42%
repair made	108	42%
repair yet	91	35%
yet exceeded	81	31%
parts yet	45	17%

Electrical System 127 complaints

traction	47	37%
traction control	44	35%
engine power	31	25%
reduced	30	24%
control off	24	19%
power reduced	24	19%

Engine 118 complaints

traction	62	53%
traction control	57	48%
control off	31	26%
stabilitrak	24	21%
power reduced	22	19%
service stabilitrak	15	13%

When it breaks

18% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 65,646 miles, from 282 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10549652 · 10549830 · 10563804 · 10576337 · 10588900 · 10593567

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.