{"id":"2024_chevrolet_trax","make":"Chevrolet","make_slug":"chevrolet","model":"Trax","model_slug":"trax","year":2024,"url":"/chevrolet/trax/2024/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":46450,"model":"Trax","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic 6-spd","cyl":3,"displ":1.2,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":28,"hwy":32,"comb":30,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":298,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2100,"save_spend":750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"GMX","modified":"Thu Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2023"}],"vclass":"Small Station Wagons","segment":"Wagon","recalls":[{"campaign":"23V744000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr":"General Motors, LLC","reported":"2023-11-06","owner_notified":"2023-12-04","units":60154,"summary":"General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2024 Buick Encore GX, Envista, and Chevrolet Trax vehicles.  The software in the Virtual Cockpit Unit Module (VCU) may cause the instrument panel display to intermittently go blank at vehicle startup or while driving.","consequence":"A blank instrument panel will not show critical information, such as vehicle speed and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"The VCU software will be updated by a dealer or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 4, 2023.  Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.  GM's number for this recall is A232424320.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"A232424320","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":1,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":92,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":169,"crash":9,"fire":7,"injured":17,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Electrical System",64],["Engine",48],["Unspecified",23],["Exterior Lighting",17],["Service Brakes",12],["Power Train",11]],"by_year":{"2023":15,"2024":50,"2025":53,"2026":51},"excerpts":[["2024-03-03","Exterior Lighting","Day light running lights flicker on and off in the afteroon during partly cloudy and sunny days"],["2024-02-29","Forward Collision Avoidance","When driving 70+ mph on a county highway a dog ran out in front of my vehicle. There had been a similar instance to this where a car pulled out in front of me on the same road and my car assisted in making a full stop to avoid the accident. However, this did not happen with the dog. There was full impact damage and veh\u2026"],["2024-02-26","Exterior Lighting","I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had problems with the headlights flickering for no reason and randomly (every day) With the green indicator on the dashboard turning on and off. It happens at different times of the day, in different weathers and for no reason. Seems to be worst on sunny and cloudy days and it happens at any speed, even parked. \u2026"]]},"investigations":[],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.155,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":54,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":30,"ncap":4,"complaints":169},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}