2018 Chevrolet Trax Wheels Problems
- Complaints
- 6about this part
- Share
- 6%of 102 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 29,274miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 6 complaints about the wheels of the 2018 Chevrolet Trax, 6% of the 102 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 29,274 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“When I first purchase the car it was fine a couple of months later my tires started to buckle when there was no snow because the car would slippery on the dash board..also the speed of the great couple months later it would not pick up speed”
NHTSA complaint #11290128, filed 2019-12, 500 miles“August 2020 at about 20k miles took vehicle in for oil change at dealer. Added recommended tire rotation. Everything is fine. I inquire about the recal on the lower control arms and parts will be ordered and should be called. No call! May 2020 - take car back to dealership for code regarding the turbo charger (which needed to be replaced because wastegate was sticking) they also were finally able to install lower control arm parts that they never called me about. This is about 30k miles. Dec 31, 2020 at about 36k miles I take in for oil change and tire rotation. …”
NHTSA complaint #11386319, filed 2021-01, 36,000 miles“The dash and radio has gone out since purchasing the car 9/2018. I called dealer they said they awaiting the update from gmc. Yet today this have I received a update on the computer in the dash. It's been 14 months. They radio just shuts off and won't come back on. I have taken it to service department by the time I drove there the radio came back on. I had the car serviced and the alignment was out. No one told me. I had to look at the service paperwork myself to find that there was a recall on the control arm weld. I had the recall fixed in 6/2019. …”
NHTSA complaint #11280307, filed 2019-11, 22,548 miles“We purchased our 2018 chevy TRAX january 2018. In approx. July we were notified of the factory recall for the lower control arms. Up until this point we have been bringing our TRAX in for oil changes and tire rotations to dale earnhardt jr Chevrolet. The day I dropped off my TRAX for the recall inspection I was told that both my front tires were in extreme hazardous condition and they needed to be replaced. I declined purchasing new tires at that point because I wanted a second opinion. Reason being how could they become extremely hazardous in such a short period of time. …”
NHTSA complaint #11299491, filed 2020-01, 40,000 miles“My car was call back for a re-call jake sweeney Chevrolet had it over a month when I received it back it was something wrong with the tires if they had replaced my tires with old tires the tires I had in there had a iron something iron in it also is making a lot of noise is waving back and forth it's very dangerous to drive and I've been driving it when I hit a bump and sways over to the left and right side other people's safety is involved to of this car I'm feared for my life it's a 2018 track and when I looked under it when they took me to look under the bottom of the car and had old…”
NHTSA complaint #11254629, filed 2019-09Related service bulletins
- 11026104Jun 7, 2025This service bulletin provides information on Tire Sidewall Irregularities.
- 11017016Mar 14, 2025This service bulletin provides a procedure on how to clean and resurface aluminum wheel bead seats for vehicles that have the condition of Tire Slowly Goes Flat, Tire Air Loss…
- 11015409Feb 25, 2025This service bulletin provides information on Wheel Alignment Specifications, Requirements and Recommendations for GM Vehicles.
- 11014230Jan 31, 2025This bulletin advises the dealers to maintain the vehicle stock on hand by doing a full inspection on the vehicles before being sold (prepping) to the customer.
- 11011709Nov 5, 2024This bulletin advises the dealers to maintain the vehicle stock on hand by doing a full inspection on the vehicles before being sold (prepping) to the customer.
- 11006282Jul 22, 2024This service bulletin provides information on Chemical Staining, Pitting, Corrosion and/or Spotted Appearance of Chromed Aluminum Wheels.
- 11000599May 6, 2024This service bulletin provides information for cleaning brake dust off of aluminum or chrome wheels.
- 11000549May 3, 2024This service bulletin provides information on GM Canada New Vehicle Tire Warranty Program for Original Equipment (OE) Tires and PDI installed Limited Production Option (LPO) Tires.
- 10253770Apr 18, 2024This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on Tire Radial Force Variation (RFV).
- 10253526Apr 8, 2024This bulletin updates the position of General Motors on refinishing aluminum wheels. GM has determined that wheel refinishing under warranty will no longer be performed.
Wheels: other model years
Other parts of the 2018 Chevrolet Trax
34 complaintsEngine
30 complaintsElectrical system
18 complaintsOther or unknown
18 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
12 complaintsBrakes
9 complaintsSteering
9 complaintsVehicle speed control
6 complaintsFuel system
5 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsElectronic stability control
2 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2018 Chevrolet Trax
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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