There are 15 owner-reported electrical system complaints for the 2017 Chevrolet Traxin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
For the air conditioning I've had the blower I've had to replace the pigtail and resistor but now it's going into limp mode and saying service stabilitrak and I was on a paved road doing 20 mph at a stop light. I don't know what the hell this is going to cost me
I am an [XXX] 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 without heat or defrost. Driving home on the evening of [XXX] 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 immediately 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 driveway 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 visibility 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. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Cable that controls thermostat to temp knob in car broke and gears that run system stripped.
The Blower Motor Resistor and Harness are faulty causing smoking and short circuit instead of blowing a fuse. Im afraid this could cause the car to catch on fire. I opened the area where the resistor is located and the equipment reads "MADE IN JAPAN". This makes me concerned that there may be other areas of the electrical system that have not been tested properly for safety.
Ac has been repair many times but still blowing out and not working
Resistor and resistor harness for HVAC continuously fail. About to be on fourth repair as they continue to short out and begin to melt, almost catching fire. Confirmed by dealer previously that it had shorted it out and melted the wiring harness to the resistor. Only symptom prior to failure is smelling hot and then it abruptly shorts out and shuts off and produces small bit of smoke.
Multiple warning lights came on. Check engine, stabilatrak among others. Car got hard to steer and lost power. Very dangerous while driving on a highway. Pulled into a local repair shop because vehicle was unsafe to drive. They ran a diagnostic test and couldn't find anything. They said take it to a dealer. Barely Made it to the dealer. Left car. They said it was fixed. Happened again within a week. Took it back. They had the car for about 4 weeks. They fixed it. Ran fine until Sunday June 27 and did the same thing. Got it home. Had to drive very slow. It is now at the dealer again. This seems to be a problem with this vehicle as seen by researching the symptoms. The fact that it is so dangerous should make this a recall,
MY AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR HAD A DEFECTIVE SEAL AND THE COMPRESSOR WAS UN REPAIRABLE.THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY HAD LESS THAN 22,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.I DIDN'T HAVE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THIS.THE SEAL SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED SO EARLY.MY CAR WAS UP ON A LIFT IN AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHEN THIS WAS DISCOVERED.
I bought this car from carvana in late July 2020not knowing that the car had an electrical problem. The check engine light came on in September 2020. I bought the car in and i was told a ground needed to be replaced. I got the car fixed and the check engine light ended up turning off. I ended up getting into a car accident in October 2020 because the car was still giving trouble. After getting the car fixed from the accident the check engine light has not come off no matter what repairs are done on the car.the car has been in the shop ever since and carvana won’t take the car back. I have all the documentation (invoices and police reports and insurance claims) since getting the car.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE GOING 75 MPH MY DOORS KEEP LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AS WELL AS THE THEFT ALARM GOING OFF. THE THEFT ALARM IS GOING OFF EVERY 5 MINUTES. WE HAVE TRIED UNHOOKING THE BATTERY TO RESET BUT THIS DID NOT WORK.
AS I WAS DRIVING ALL THE LIGHTS AND PICTURES STARTED TO FLASH ON THE DASH BOARD. THE CAR WHEEL DIDNT WANT TO TURN AND HOT VERY HARD TO STEER. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING ON AND OFF. ITS RIDING CRAZY. IT WAS IN MOTION.
2017 CHEVROLET TRAX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THE BATTERY AND ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JS
WHEN FIRST PURCHASED THIS CAR I HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND WHEN CONNECTED TO BLUETOOTH I COULDN'T HEAR THE OTHER PARTY AND OTHER PARTY WOULD HEAR LOUD NOISES I TOOK IT IN TO DIAGNOSE AND THEY SAID IT WAS FINE. NOT THE CASE CONTINUED TO HAPPEN TO THIS DAY. ABOUT 3 MONTHS INTO BUYING IT WHEN STARTING IT DELAYED AS IF I HAD A COUPLE YEARS OLD CAR I THINK THE STARTER IS WARNING ME IT IS GOING TO GIVE ME PROBLEMS. ALSO WHEN BRAKING IS DOESN'T STOP AS IF I HAD A NEW CAR IT DELAYS AND I HAVE ALMOST CRASHED A COUPLE TIMES IN SERIOUS TRAFFIC IT HAS BREAKS AS IF IT WAS AN OLD CAR
THIS CAR IS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE MONTHS OF ME BUYING IT FRUSTRATED JUST BEACAUSE HAVE TO BE ALOT IN THE DEALER AND LONG HOURS WAITING
THE VEHICLE'S SHIFTER CONSOLE DOES NOT ILLUMINATE AT NIGHT, LEAVING ONE TO GUESS WHAT FUNCTION THEY ARE IN (PARK, REVERSE, DRIVE). A VERY TINY NOTIFICATION IS ON THE ELECTRONIC DASHBOARD, BUT IF THAT FAILS, THEN THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT FUNCTION THE VEHICLE IS IN. CHEVY SAYS THAT THE FEATURE IS STANDARD, YET ADMITTED THAT THEY LEFT OUT OF SOME 2017 TRAX VEHICLES. THE SHIFTER CONSOLE DOES NOT ILLUMINATE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOUR HEADLIGHTS ARE ON OR OFF. CHEVY HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND INFORMED THAT IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX THE DEFECT.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 26, 2026