2012 Chevrolet Traverse — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 1,920 evidence records for the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 587 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Engine116 (19.8%)
  • Stability & traction control87 (14.8%)
  • Steering62 (10.6%)
  • Air bags (restraint system)48 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 2009–2022.
  • Electrical system48 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2009–2016.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)46 (7.8%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2009–2023.

Other / uncategorized: 35 classifications (6.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (10,868 records, model years 2009–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, air bags (restraint system) and steering.
  • Safety recalls (99 records, model years 2009–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and seat belts.
  • Transport Canada recalls (75 records, model years 2009–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), tires & wheels and body & structure.
  • Manufacturer communications (21,476 records, model years 2009–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

  • 286reports included a mileage
  • 87,527average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2009 1,684 records for 2009
  2. 2010 2,076 records for 2010
  3. 2011 2,079 records for 2011
  4. 2012 1,920 records for 2012
  5. 2013 1,836 records for 2013
  6. 2014 2,107 records for 2014
  7. 2015 1,712 records for 2015
  8. 2016 1,439 records for 2016
  9. 2017 1,364 records for 2017
  10. 2018 1,565 records for 2018
  11. 2019 1,223 records for 2019
  12. 2020 1,016 records for 2020
  13. 2021 754 records for 2021
  14. 2022 759 records for 2022
  15. 2023 622 records for 2023
  16. 2024 772 records for 2024
  17. 2025 548 records for 2025
  18. 2026 155 records for 2026

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 10mention a crash
  • 2mention a fire
  • 14mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 5
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,554
  • Investigations NHTSA 2
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 5
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 354

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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