general problems of the 2016 Chevrolet Trax

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Trax. The contact stated while her niece was driving 40 mph, she noticed coolant leaking from the engine. The check engine light illuminated. The contact mention the vehicle was still drivable until she got to the residences. The contact mention she did add coolant to the engine few minutes later the contact noticed coolant was leaking in the driveway. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not taken a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnoses. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and they informed the contact there were no recalls associated with his VIN and his vehicle was out of warranty. The contact was referred to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 87,000.

I have replaced five catalytic converters since I have owned this vehicle. Please advise.

We have had problems with this vehicle since we purchased it 2yrs ago. It started with loosing power once in awhile, then the ac quit working, both sets of keys have lost the buttons on the keypad, we have to manually lock and unlock the doors and the auto start is unusable, and now it stalls out at a speed above 30mph and starts smoking severely. It is not drivable. I have to pull over every 2 to 3 miles, because it overheats. We had it towed to a mechanic 2 weeks ago and he did what he could for what we could afford, but we didn't get 10 miles before it started again. The mechanic said this vehicle had a lot of problems. We are 79yrs old and we always have our grandchildren 5 and 6 with us. You can imagine how frightening it is when this happens and we pull over and get everyone out. People pull off and try to help, but we worry about the wrong person stopping for the wrong reason.

Turbo has gone out and vehicle won't accelerate.

My 2016 chevy Trax has had 4 replacement of the the thermostat housing assembly with sensor. It causes the engine light to come on and can make the car idle rough, die at a red light, can cause the car to suddenly just go to 5 miles an hour. I have 79,900 miles on this chevy Trax and this is the 4th replacement in less then 2 or 3 month.

11/12/2023 loss of power when driving up a hill. - felt some backwards drift. 11/13-14/2023 shuttering vibration and engine revving during acceleration but no forward movement. 11/15/2023 total power loss when attempting to merge with traffic.

My 2016 Chevrolet Trax experienced loss of power while driving on the highway. I experienced moments where it would not accelerate. This put myself and other drivers at risk due to the random loss of power. There was no warning there was any issue with the vehicle prior to this event. In addition, I have experienced a/c failure. I have had this inspected and multiple components replaced by a service shop, but it still is not working. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request.

While driving on the highway at 80mph engine light came on and the car began to lose speed and would not accelerate. I had the code checked and the code p0299 obd-ii trouble code: turbo supercharger underboost condition. My vehicle has just 51k miles. There have also been issues with the passenger seat airbag not working. A year ago, the majority of the pipes in the undercarriage of my car had to be replaced because they had corroded.

This site is useless. There are so many complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Trax on here, but yet nobody is doing anything about it! I believe it is a severe safety hazard for all vehicles on the highway when a vehicle loses power without warning , whether it is on the interstate, or a residential street! but I guess the manufacturer does not think it's a safety hazard, but apparently if your vehicle doesn't remind you to take your key out of the car when you turn it off, or to put your seatbelt on ,now, that's what they consider to be a real saftey hazard!!! forget the bells and buzzers, if that's the most important thing, you shouldn't be driving anyway. This vehicle has been a problem since we purchased it 2yrs ago and now it is sitting in the driveway and will not start at all. We had to purchase another vehicle. The manufacturer knew there was problems with the 2016 Trax and instead of fixing the problem, the continued to sale them, now we are stuck with the problem. I guess the lawsuit concerning this situation didn't teach this site anything . Good luck consumers.

My Trax turbo went out at like 60k and caused my car to shake and stall whenever I was breaking. This would happen at lights and stop me from being able to start my car and placing me and other drivers in a dangerous situation. I have seen online this is a common issue and also a safety violation that should be fixed.

The turbo leaked into the converter causing the engine to catch fire.

This vehicle has turbo problems which can lead to a fire and potentially explosion, there should be a recall in place for this issue. . I have spoke with several people with the same care having the same problem.

After having the car for 3 years with only 45000 miles, purchased in 2019 with 7000 miles on it, my car keeps jerking like there is an emission issue. Car takes forever to get up to speed properly when merging onto the interstate. I see there's not s recall for the turbo and the emissions purge valve but I have the notices for special coverages?? when I go to the dealership they say there's nothing they can do without a recall??.

Bought 2016 Trax January 2019 with 19000 miles. In 2022, with only 31000 miles, I have had multiple issues. First, my dashboard display suddenly went black; no radio, backup camera or sound with directional signals. Before I could take car to dealer my battery died and when a new battery was installed all issues were corrected. Then in March the water pump needed replacing, at which time I was told that the compressor also needed replacing. I also have peeling paint on the hood. The car is bright blue and other people have reported this peeling paint problem with their blue cars. Windshield wipers are not efficient and leave streaks. I’ve replaced them and they work well for about a year only. The wipers must be purchased through the dealer. And now, at 33000 miles my dashboard display is black again, and battery is at 100% charge. I replaced the water pump ($1,000), but don’t know how to proceed with the compressor and black screen. Don’t know why dealer has high rating with aaa as I have had nothing but unpleasant interactions with them. Staff is rude and dismissive.

I purchased the 2016 chevy Trax used. The car has 68,000 miles on it. I've had issues with this car since I purchased it. The check engine light came on once again with same code as always p0420. I brought it to a chevy dealer and they finally replace the catalytic converters. Today I get a letter from Chevrolet stating my cars engine 1. 4l may have a condition that could cause the turbocharger to fail due to sticking wastegate actuator linkage. Shouldn't this be a recall? no right now it says to keep this letter safe and if anything happens to engine within the 10 years after car was made or 120,000 miles then they will pay for repair. I would think it would be cheaper to fix the part now then replace everything that gets damaged after the fact no?.

Delayed sensor response for ignition coil failure causing a breakdown in a freeway.

The air in the car started blowing warm in 2021. I took it to the dealership and they said maybe a leak. They did a leak test and put something I. It to make it cold for a couple days. I’ve been having g the same complaint since. After looking online, I saw that it is a compressor issue. I had an oil change done last week and asked them to look at it. They said it was my compressor. The car is only 7 years old with 77k miles. The cost to replace is too high for a manufacturer’s issue.

The turbocharger in my chevrolt Trax suffered a stuck wastegate actuator on an interstate while coming up to speed, which caused dramatic loss of power and an inability to safely merge onto the road (top speed was now 35; I-49 has a 70 mph limit. This is the second time the actuator stuck while coming onto a highway. I have had the part replaced twice now, and yet it still sticks. It is a danger to me and to others on the road and should be a mandated recall.

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.

The air bag light randomly came on about two yeatago and never went off. The engine(turbo) has been having problems for two years now. I’ve been to the dealership several times over the year. I was almost hit by another vehicle because of slow take off.

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.

On 11/23/19 I'm just leaving home early on Saturday morning and on timaquana rd while I was driving my 2016 Trax locked up on me and my Chevrolet Trax motor just stopped in the middle of the road , this could have been fatal and thank god I didn't get crushed in the middle of traffic. All the lights came on as if it was electric problem ## #vpic# 1 - check digit (9th position) does not calculate properly #vpic#.

Appears to have a turbo failure and more of these vehicles are having same problems with their turbo to.

I was driving on a suburban road and my engine light, and stabilitrak light came on and it was suddenly driving as though I was on huge boulders and rock and shaking and having a difficult time gasing. I had to get it towed and barely made it home a couple miles away. The dealor mechanic said my cars driveshaft broke, only after 25k miles. Then less than a year later I am driving on a flat road normal conditions and my engine light is on and its driving rough, having a difficult time getting gas it felt like. Come to find out the coil pack was misfiring. The coil pack was corroded and burnt out. The spark plugs in turn were no good. My car was leaking gas and was running on 3 fuel injectors as the 4th was broken. This occurred right before or at 40k miles! it has been to the mechanic shop 6 times in 2 months. I bought it brand new.

I was driving the car on a busy highway and suddenly the vehicle was difficult to control, the engine light and traction control light came on. Later I learned that the vehicle was running on three cylinders. The vehicle had under 40,000 miles. Diagnostic p0300 coil pack failure causing spark plug to misfire and car became a safety issue on the road. This is not a recall part, additionally GMC is charging owners to repair.

The key was barely bumped while in the ignition and driving on a high speed road twice and the key turned to the off position so my steering wheel locked up to the point I can barely get to the side of the road to safely put the car in park to restart it. Having a baby in the backseat too both times made it a very scary situation.

I have had replaced the valve cover 4 times already about ever 3 months or so and it is starting to chirp and act up by lagging and jumping on acceleration. My mother is [xxx] old and does not drive it hard or in excess. The 1st was in summer of 2024 the 2nd was December 2024 3rd was April 2025 4th November 2025 and it just started chirping again & its jyst now February. This is absolutely ridiculous. Ther are so many more things wrong with this car. Most of those are on the dealerships & their lies about this car are completely at fault; unfortunately, they went out of business 2 weeks after my mother got the car. We found this news out when I brought it up to them to explain why her touch screen for the radio no longer responded. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).