2026 Chevrolet Traverse: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse. The newest campaign is 26V696000. NHTSA received the report on 21 Oct 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats. NHTSA has 29 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year. The Chevrolet Traverse has 19 model years on the register. 12 of them have more recall campaigns than the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse. Complaints about this model year, by the year NHTSA received them: none in 2024 and 5 in 2025. For complaints about all vehicles, the count rose by 9.7%, from 67,371 in 2024 to 73,903 in 2025.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 26V696000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the driver or front passenger seat back frames, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 7, 2026. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782, or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N262576830. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 21, 2026.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Since the last update
The data update of changed these figures.
- Recall campaigns: 1 before the update, 2 after the update.
Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 5,865 units in total.
26V696000Received . 4 units.
Seats
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2026 Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles. The driver or front passenger seat may not have sufficient welds where the seat back recliner pivot mechanism attaches to a bracket on the seat frame.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Seats with insufficient welds may not restrain an occupant as intended in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the driver or front passenger seat back frames, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 7, 2026. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782, or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N262576830. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 21, 2026.
Report filed by General Motors, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number N262576830.
26V114000Received . 5,861 units.
Equipment / Other / Owners/Service/Other Manual
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
General Motors has decided that certain 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV, 2025-2026 Cadillac OPTIQ, Chevrolet Colorado, Equinox EV, GMC Canyon, 2026 Buick Enclave, Envision, Cadillac CT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade IQ, Escalade IQL, LYRIQ, VISTIQ, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Corvette Convertible, Corvette Coupe, Corvette Convertible E-Ray, Equinox, Silverado 1500, 2500, 3500, Silverado EV, Suburban 1500, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Acadia, Hummer EV Pickup, Hummer EV SUV, Sierra 1500, 2500, 3500, Sierra EV, Terrain, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles. The radio may not have been set to the correct status to download the electronic owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, “Occupant Protection.”
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Without an owner's manual to consult, owners may not know how to safely use and operate the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will reset the vehicle radio, which will facilitate automatic download of the electronic owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-866-467-9700, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. The manufacturer's number for this recall is N252540430. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 26, 2026.
Report filed by General Motors, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number N252540430. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
29 complaints, 46 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Electrical System | 8 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 7 |
| Engine | 5 |
| Service Brakes | 5 |
| Unknown or Other | 5 |
| Power Train | 3 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 2 |
| Lane Departure | 2 |
| Visibility/Wiper | 2 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 4
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 3
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 30 Oct 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA26006 | Engineering analysis | Electronic Brake Module Component Failure | Service Brakes | 21 Aug 2026 | Open |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2026 Chevrolet TraverseThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2026 Chevrolet Traverse: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/traverse/2026/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 3 Nov 2026
- Complaint file through
- 5 Nov 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- General Motors, LLC
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse?
- 5,865 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Traverse have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 33 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Traverse, model years 2009 to 2027. 2 of them name the 2026 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse name most often?
- Electrical System: 8 of 46 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse open?
- 1 investigation has no closing date in the NHTSA file, of 1 that name this model year.