NHTSA complaint: 2024 CHEVROLET TRAX — POWER TRAIN
I was driving down the highway going with the flow of traffic and my car caught fire. I was told by the mechanic that âthe turbo line combusted and put a hole in the engineâ Iâve also been told âoil got on the turbo belt and caught fireâ Iâve also been told âthe software recall actually had nothing to do with the software and it was an issue with turbos and something was mechanically wrong with this car. I was in the car with my 9 month old daughter. In the middle lane in the highway. The car instantly stopped accelerating leaving us going very slow compared to others. We couldâve been killed! I had to figure out how to get over and then get my daughter out of the car safely and wait on the side of the highway with a baby for fire and police to come put the fire out. When I was driving it sounded like pressure popped under the car and then I could almost hear pieces flying out. And then the dash lights came on telling me to turn the engine off. It was extremely unsafe and now Iâm afraid to even drive with my baby in any car.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation