Chevrolet Traverse reliability by year
32 recall campaigns and 5,412 owner complaints across 18 model years. Best year to buy: 2025. Year to avoid: 2014.
Worst model years to avoid → — the single year to avoid for every model line we track, ranked side by side.
Years to avoid — and why 3 flagged on the NHTSA record
Cleaner on the data: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and others. Still verify the specific vehicle.
At-a-glance: every year color-coded
Each cell shows the last two digits of the model year and its 0–10 reliability score from NHTSA data. Click any year to see the full record. ★ best year · ✕ year to avoid.
Year-by-year reliability 18 model years · newest first
Per-year recall counts add up to 67, more than the 32 campaigns above, because a single NHTSA campaign often covers several model years and is counted once in each.
Common trouble spots across the Traverse aggregated across 18 model years
Common questions
What's the best year to buy a Chevrolet Traverse?
Based on NHTSA complaint volume and severity weighting, the 2025 Chevrolet Traverse scores 7.6/10 — the strongest in the 2009–2026 range. 173 complaints on file, 0 active recalls. Reliability scores reflect the federal complaint record, not subjective owner reviews.
Which Chevrolet Traverse year should I avoid?
The 2014 Chevrolet Traverse scores 4.8/10 — the weakest in the lineup. 547 owner complaints with NHTSA, 7 active recalls. That doesn't mean every 2014 is a problem — it means failure rates run higher than peer model years on the same platform.
Which years of the Chevrolet Traverse should I avoid?
On the NHTSA complaint and recall record, the model years to be most careful with are 2022 (avoid — the powertrain — powertrain: 41 complaints, classified severe, failures cluster 27,000–80,000 mi); 2015 (high-risk ownership — steering: 27 complaints, classified severe, failures cluster 48,000–74,500 mi); 2014 (high-risk ownership — steering: 27 complaints, classified severe, failures cluster 25,000–61,000 mi). The cleaner years on the data are 2024, 2025, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is our read of the federal data, not a substitute for a pre-purchase inspection of the specific vehicle.
How many years of the Chevrolet Traverse are tracked?
18 model years (2009 through 2026) with NHTSA records on file. Total across the lineup: 32 distinct recall campaigns and 5,412 owner complaints. Those campaigns land on 67 model-year entries in total, because one campaign often covers several years at once — which is why per-year recall counts add up to more than the campaign count.
What's the most-reported problem on the Chevrolet Traverse?
airbags is the most-reported category — 965 complaints across 13 model years. Average shop repair runs about $1,100.