2016 CHEVROLET TRAX Fuelpropulsion System Problems

2016 Chevrolet Trax experienced turbocharger failure in June 2024. Initial minor acceleration inconsistencies progressed to dangerous turbulence and power loss during acceleration at both high and low speeds, with check engine light temporarily illuminating. Initial Firestone diagnostic (June 7) documented 'TURBULENCE AS ACCELERATES - CEL BLINKED.' After diagnosis, completed repair June 11. Searched for recalls at time of failure but found none listed. Given 50-minute highway commute and unsafe acceleration issues, immediate repair was necessary. Due to expected dealer costs and wait times, repair was completed at Firestone Complete Auto Care for $3,036.81. Double-checked for recalls after repair with no results. On February 3, 2025, while organizing digital records, discovered original GM Special Coverage Program notice from November 2021 covering turbocharger wastegate actuator linkage issues. Program promises coverage for 10 years/120,000 miles. At 68,283 miles, vehicle is well within coverage period. On February 3, 2025 at 4:19pm, called GM customer...

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. VEHICLE HESITATE AND SHUDDER WHEN WHEN DRIVING AND IDLING.

MY CAR LOSES POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE UP HILLS, IN THE COLD ON THE FREEWAY IN THE MORNING (6:00AM PST). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. IT HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP 6 TIMES SINCE FEB. 2019 FOR THE SAME ISSUE OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, LOSS OF POWER, EMISSIONS-AIR LEAKS WHICH CAUSE LOSS OF POWER. I WILL HAVE TO UPLOAD DOCUMENTS AT A LATER DATE AS I DO NOT HAVE THEM TODAY. SENDING CAR BACK TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, LOSS OF POWER ON THE FREEWAY WHILE PASSING A SLOW MOVING TRUCK.

I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS FROM THIS ENGINE. I BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2016. 2017 I HAD TO HAVE THE WHOLE RADIO SYSTEM REPLACED AS IT QUIT. 2018, I WAS DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON . TOOK TO SHOP AND TWO SPARK PLUGS AND IGINITION COIL WAS BAD AT 32,000 MILES. 2019, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN JUNE AND I LOSS POWER, ENGINE MADE HIGH SQUEAL NOISE AND IT WAS JUST SPUTTERING. TOOK TO SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS CAMSHAFT SEAL AND COVER SO THAT WAS REPLACED AND OF COURSE WARRANTY WAS OUT. JUST THIS MONTH, DEC 2019, IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT COVER AGAIN (WHICH THEY WOULD COVER UNDER SHOP WARRANTY) AND IT WAS ALSO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND GASKET. WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ME $500. FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY 3 YRS OLD....

FRONT END POPS WHEN I MAKE SHARP TURNS, ENGINE HAS A DISTINCTIVE MISS AND BACK BRAKES DO NOT HOLD

CHEVY SUCKS. BOUGHT MY 2016 CHEVY TRAX IN SEPTEMBER 2015. IT'S BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. AT THE 59,000 MILE MARK, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE ENGINE POWERS DOWN WITH NO WARNING, ESC LIGHTS COMES ON AND THE CAR LOSES ACCELERATION. TOOK IT TO 1 DEALER WHO KEEPS IT FOR 4 WEEKS WHEN THEY FIGURE IT'S A MODULE. I BROUGHT IT TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC WHO HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER SO I COULD SAVE ON LABOR, THEY HAVE IT FOR ANOTHER 4 WEEKS. AND STILL WITH THE SAVINGS, IT COST ME $1120 FOR THIS REPAIR ON TOP OF THE $218 I PAID FOR THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSTIC. I FINALLY GET THE CAR BACK, HAVE IT FOR A DAY AND IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM! THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY, AND STILL THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. THIS IS CHEVY'S [XXX] PRODUCT!...