CHEVROLET TRAX Recalls

The Chevrolet Trax has 5 recalls covering 2013 through 2019, with the most serious being a front lower control arm defect on 2015-2019 models where a joint can break and cause a front wheel to toe sharply outward, making the vehicle difficult to steer and raising the risk of a crash. This control arm issue spans the bulk of the production run, covering both 2015-2018 and 2017-2019 vehicles, and both filings describe the same failure: a joint weld that can give way and allow the control arm to partially separate from the vehicle. The 2015 model year carries two additional concerns. The electric power steering system on certain 2015 vehicles can wear against the column housing, causing a sudden loss of power steering assist and requiring noticeably more effort to steer. Also specific to 2015, the tire placard inside the door may be missing rim size information for the front and rear wheels, which can lead an owner to fit incorrect rims. Going back to the early production years, 2013-2016 models equipped with a Bring Your Own Media radio can fail to sound an audible chime when the key is left in the ignition after the vehicle has been off for more than ten minutes, removing a prompt that would otherwise alert the driver to retrieve the key.