This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I purchased a vehicle from a friend that is 20 years old but runs great and he takes great care of his vehicles. This one was his away car, in that he was here only 6 months of the year and drove this one mainly when he was here and only put on about 2-3 thousand miles per year. He told me he was scraping the car so I offered him scrap value but little to my knowledge that the total frame is rotted from inside to out and on driving it home it thumped, shook rattled and scared the crap out of me. I had no idea being a car person all my life that this vehicle would be allowed on the road with only 84k on it it is undriveable and even a pro welder would not work on it.
Driving on expressway car started to vibrate and shake severely. The car was pulling to the left and steering became difficult, experiencing partial loss of control. I pulled over to shoulder of highway and upon investigation noticed the cross beam was rusted through and the left drivers side control arm had broke free. I had the car towed to the nearest Chevrolet dealer and was told the vehicle was three months past the extended coverage. I had the Tracker checked previously for this problem when I received a letter from Chevrolet about a possible issue and was told there was not an issue with my car. Really! if Chevrolet knew there was a safety issue, it should have been repaired to begin with.
The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Tracker. The contact stated that the brake dust shield on the rear brakes became corroded. The contact wanted to repair the vehicle however the manufacturer informed him that the part was obsolete and not available. The approximate failure mileage was 41,000.
My car is in excellent shape I store it right and wash all the salt off during winter there was no corrosion or at least I thought until I was driving down the road the car started shaking violently causing me to go off the road and hit a tree come to find out my front crossmember was extrrememly corroded but the metal right next to it was not corroded at all so they used inferior metal the accident damaged the fenders bumper and lights it also destroyed my sway bar links struts and strut mounts I take good care of my car and when I called Chevy the told me they knew about it and that the would not do anything about it.
The tires were replaced four times in order to stop the vibration. Vehicle vibrated when going 65-70 mph. Dealer stated no defects were found on the vehicle.
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- South Daytona, FL, USA