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2019 CHEVROLET TRAX — ENGINE

crash · 1640725 · 2020-01-25

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
TRAX
Year
2019
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
6,509
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

CAR WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW AND HAD A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLANT LINES LEAKING, TO THE POINT THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS, THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, AND ALSO THE CAR WILL SURGE FORWARD AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE, MAKING IT HARD TO STOP AT RED LIGHTS, AND IN PANIC STOPS, LIKE MY SON HAD RECENTLY CAUSING A MINOR PARKING LOT ACCIDENT, WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING AT A VERY LOW SPEED.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11301855
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown