2002 Chevrolet Tracker

No clear pattern

20.5% of complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Tracker arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2002 vehicle, but with only 78 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is suspension (17 complaints), typically at 10.6 yr or about 85,000 miles.

Complaints: 78
Median age at failure: 8.3 yr
Median mileage: 85,000 n=52
Crash / fire / tow: 21.8% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Suspension 4,000 mi 4 mo in service

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS WEARING EXCESSIVELY. AS A RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD ROTATED FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TWICE, AND THEY BOTH WORE OUT. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS THE ONLY TIRE WEARING EXCESSIVELY. TS DEALERSHIP STATED VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A DEFECT, BUT HAD OFFERED TO MONITOR VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE FRONT TIRE IF THE FAILURE REOCCURRED AFTER THE NEXT 5000 MILES. *TT *JB

Suspension 600 mi 7 mo in service

VEHICLE CAN NOT BE KEPT ON ROAD, IT WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD UNCONTROLLABLY AND DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS THE WAY THEY ALL DRIVE. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND CHEVROLET REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE EVEN WANTED THEM TO SEND ME TO ANOTHER DEALER TO GET IT RECHECKED AND THEY REFUSED. *TS ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761604

Suspension mileage not reported 8 mo in service

2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER HAS BEEN TO CARGIL CHEVROLET IN PUTNMAN ,CONN . WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THEM MANY OF TIMES FOR VIBRATIONS AND BALANCE ON TIRES ARE WRONG ,AND OTHER THINGS REPLACED. BUT THEY STILL CANNT FIX IT THEY SAY IT THE TRACKER ITSELF. *AK

Other Tracker model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2002 Chevrolet Tracker

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Tracker model years

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