2016 CHEVROLET TRAX Complaints

I Brought This Car As Is Bical Auto Mall. (The Dealership), I Took The Car To Get Checked Out The First Time And It Had A Weak Battery And I Had To Constantly Get A Boost To Drive My Car 2 Weeks Later I Was Advised To Go To A Gm Dealer Because My Engine Light Was On, The Mechanic Explained Something Was Wrong With The Valve And It Was A Leakage. A Few Day Later My Engine Light Turned On Again And I Had The Same Problem But Only This Time The Car Started Surging And Stalling Out Every Time I Stopped. I Returned To The Gm Dealer Again & The Problem Is Still Ongoing.

VEHICLE OVERHEATED NOT SETTING OFF ANY SENSORS, EMERGENCY LIGHTS OR NOTIFICATIONS, ONLY NOTIFICATION WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. LOW COOLANT AND "HOT" LIGHT ARE POSSIBLY FAULTY FROM FACTORY PER CERTIFIED GM SERVICE CENTER. CONTACTED GM THEY REFUSED TO COVER COST OF REPAIRS WHICH WERE EXTREMELY COSTLY DUE TO A POSSIBLE FAULT FROM THE FACTORY ON THIS VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE.

CHECK ENGINE LOT CAME ON AND TRAX GOING THROUGH GAS FASTER THAN USUAL. DID A TEST GOT THE CODE P0420. MOST LIKELY THE O2 SENSOR BUT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. WANTED TO WRITE A REPORT SINCE I SEEN SOMEONE ELSE WRITE A REPORT ABOUT THE SAME CODE IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

WHEN I TURN LEFT, THE RIGHT SIDE MAKES A POPPING NOISE AROUND THE BALL JOINT. RESERVOIR COOLANT TANK LEAKS, AND NO TEMPATURE GUAGE.. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL IF MY CAR OVER HEATS UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES ON AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER THEN? I HAVE NEVER SEEN A VEHICLE NOT HAVE A TEMPATURE GUAGE!! ALSO MY PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY FASTENED!

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE PAINT ON THE LIFT GATE FLAKE OFF.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CHEVY TRAX WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SCANNED THE CAR WHEN SHE GOT HOME. CODE WAS P0420 FOR LOW CONVERTER EFFICIENCY. I PUT THE CAR UP ON MY CAR LIFT AND FOUND THAT THE FLEX PIPE BEHIND THE CONVERTER WAS SEPARATED MOST LIKELY FROM RUST. THIS IS ALLOWING EXHAUST GASSES INTO THE CAR AND IT IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS HAPPENING ON MANY CHEVY TRAX AND CHEVY CRUZ VEHICLES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. SHE HAS OWNED IT 4.5 YEARS AND HAS ONLY 28,000 MILES ON IT. WE PURCHASED A MAJOR GUARD WARRANTY FROM GM WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR BUT THEY DENIED THE REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PAINT IS ALSO PEELING OFF OF THE HOOD BUT THEY SAY THAT IS NOT COVERED EITHER EVEN THOUGH THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY GM CARS.

THE SHIFT BUTTON STICKS WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK WHICH 1. DOES NOT ALLOW THE KEY TO BE REMOVED AND 2. ALLOWS THE SHIFTER TO BE ACCIDENTALLY MOVED INTO GEAR WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

AT 30K MILES ALL LIGHTS WOULD LIGHT UP AND SOMETHING WOULD DRIVE WRONG. FROM STEERING TO LOW ACCELERATION AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT PROBLEM AS WELL AS LOCAL SHOPS. IT'S BACK IN AT DEALERSHIP. THEY RECENTLY ORDERED THE UNDERHOOD FUSE BOX TO BE INSTALLED AT $980.00 AND NOW TELLING ME IT'S STILL NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR THREE YEARS AND HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH IT THAT I COULD'VE PAID IT OFF BY NOW IF I WASN'T CONSTANTLY FIXING IT. I HAVE REPLACED THE TURBO INTERCOOLER BECAUSE IT FROZE LAST WINTER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PART CAME IN BUT IT COULDN'T GO OVER 10MPH SO IT WAS UNUSABLE TO ME. I HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE ENTIRE TURBO ONCE WHEN IT BLEW UP FROM AN OIL LEAK THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF AS I AM NOT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH VEHICLES. NOW WE HAD TO REPLACE ANOTHER PART ON THE TURBO BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING OIL AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC SAID WE COULDN'T REPLACE THE WHOLE TURBO RIGHT AWAY AS WE HAD TO TRY SMALL FIXES FIRST TO BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. REPLACING THIS PART DID HELP AND THERE IS STILL OIL LEAKING FROM THE OIL CAP AND THE SMELL MAKES DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNBEARABLE ESPECIALLY WITH A FOUR YEAR OLD. WHEN WE WERE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS DARK SMOKE AND FUMES COMING OUT OF THE VENTS SO WE IMMEDIATELY WENT HOME. HOWEVER, NO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE CODE SAYS IT'S THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO STICK MORE MONEY INTO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IT'S NOT EVEN THAT OLD.

ONE MORNING WHEN GOING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT WORK AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ON. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, I WOULD START THE VEHICLE AND THE POWER STEERING WOULD WORK WITH NO ISSUES. THE NEXT MORNING, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, AND I DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE TO PAY $1,600.00 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM - EVERYTHING: STEERING COLUMN, COMPUTER/ELECTRICAL, ALIGNMENT, ETC. MY CHEVY TRAX IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 25,000 MILES. I KEEP IT REGULARLY SERVICED ONLY WITH THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY POSITIVE IS THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING, BUT COULD HAVE BE VERY DANGEROUS IF SO.