Federal complaint record · Chevrolet Traverse · model year 2018

2018 Chevrolet Traverse

Owners submitted 452 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 61th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2016 to 2020 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 28% · group n = 189Other · 16% · group n = 107Electrical · 15% · group n = 100Engine · 15% · group n = 100Fuel system · 6% · group n = 37
452
Complaint records on file
32,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 185 complaints reported mileage
28%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 189
61th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Powertrain · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain28%

Powertrain reports

Chevrolet Traverse · model year 2018

Reports in this group189
Share of classified reports28%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2017
0.3complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
358 matched incidents
This car
2018
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
452 matched incidents
2019
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
398 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Transmission behavior · 94 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32018 Chevrolet Traverse
Stalling or shutdown · 62 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32018 Chevrolet Traverse
Brake performance · 31 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32018 Chevrolet Traverse

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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