Model years Chevrolet Traverse
2018 Chevrolet Traverse
This year drew an ordinary 454 complaints for a Chevrolet Traverse — the model's median is 291. What they were about is the unusual part: 44.5% of them mention park, against 10.1% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Chevrolet Traverse was redesigned for 2018. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 454 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 291 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- park — 44.5% of this year's complaints, against 10.1% across the other years of this generation (4.4×).
- shift — 36.6% of this year's complaints, against 9.6% across the other years of this generation (3.8×).
- shifter — 15% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: shifter, assembly.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
The Chevy suffers from the "Shift to Park" issue due to a faulty park switch in the shifter assembly, which is an electrical issue. Apparently GM does not cover this repair but it is dangerous as the car does not shut off even when engine is off and the gear i…
Shifter assembly- Shift to Park. The 2018 Chevrolet Traverse repeatedly shows a shift to park message when the vehicle is already in park, this causes the vehicle to not turn off. I have already had this issue fixed by a dealership previously and the issue has…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V668000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 21V246000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Traverse was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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