Wiper problems of the 2017 Chevrolet Trax

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Trax. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed that there was smoke coming from underneath the hood. The contact was able to pull over. The vehicle was towed to a nearby hotel. The contact resumed driving, but the amount of smoke coming from underneath the hood increased. The vehicle was driven to the dealer, where an unknown repair was performed. Additionally, the contact stated that the windshield wipers failed to remain upwards on snowy days. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the contact was advised that it was a design failure. Additionally, upon taking the vehicle to several independent mechanics for service, the contact was informed that the brake sensors needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

I am an 82 year old lady living on a remote ranch in northern montana. Owning a 2017 chevy Trax that has be in the repair shop 6 times since October 2023 to fix the heater fan blower motor that keeps burning up, leaving me with out heat or defrost. Driving home on the evening of 3/21/2024 the fan motor burned up again (6th time since oct. 23) and left me with out heat or defrost. At night, about 10 miles away from home, I tried to drive home. With no heat or defrost my windows started immedlately fogging up . I began to try to wipe the windshield with my hand to be able to see to drive. Frost appeared on the inside of the windshield because of being cold outside. I got to my drive way and went to turn in and missed the approach because I could not see. I ended up going down a steep ditch. When I braked my vehicle a stainless steel thermos dislodged from the center console and hit my right knee, injuring me. Chevy Trax and sonic vehicles from 2014 to 2018 have a defective pigtail from the factory, that causes the heater blower motor to burn up. No recall and as of today chevy has not manufactured a non defective pig tail. I feel this is a really dangerous situation for people in winter climates. Never knowing when the blower motor will stop working causing impaired visability due to the car windows fogging up. Spending over $1,800 on repairs, that can never be fixed and as my only form of transportation, I am left with out a safe vehicle to drive. On the chevy Trax forum you will see pages of people that have the same problem . The local chevy dealer garage will not make the damage right & are very reluctant to honor the 2 recalls I have had on this car. Arguing with me that there was rodent damage that caused the fan to burn up. Their work order says no damage to the wiring, or no short. Also blaming landreth automotive. The fan motor burns up with in days of repair even after the last chevy garage repaired my car themselves, after blaming it on others.

Sun roof unexpectedly shattered.

I had just purchased my chevy Trax on July 10, 2018. It had 14,600 miles on it. I went out to my garage on July 31, got into my vehicle and shut my driver's door at which time the window glass behind me shattered into a thousand pieces. Glass went everywhere, inside and out. This happened while the vehicle was stationery and not running.

I scraped my passenger side rear view mirror and it completely shattered. I have been trying to get the part replaced since February 13, 2018. I had been told that it needed to be special ordered because parts were not available for my vehicle anywhere in the us. I was told yesterday that the part is on back order with no date of availability. Even with the side mirror the car has dangerous "blind" spots and without the mirror it is very unsafe to drive. I now find myself locked in a lease on a vehicle that cannot be repaired to a safe driving condition.