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Turbo Coolant Leak

Chevrolet Trax 2018 LS 60000 miles
Coolant leak with my turbo also compression problem with air conditioning unit... of course nothing is covered under warranty. 2 years old and these type of issues? Unacceptable. GM needs to repair these issues under warranty or issue a recall.
K Wells from United States 4 years ago  
KW
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davo from United States 3 years ago
Coolant leak in my turbo also Dang expensive to fix
KB2017 from United States 3 years ago
I just recently had this same issue. Only 32000 miles. I've never once had such expensive repairs needed in a car, especially one this new.
mbride8 from United States a year ago
What was the issue? I have a 2015 and have always added coolant. I took it to be looked at several times and they say they don't find a leak
Bugs from United States 4 months ago
My chavy trax has 24000 miles and coolant leak in front of the engine.It's GM so no recall if it was Toyota or vw it would be on recall long time ago.
Bert from United States 2 years ago
I too have a 2019 Chevy Trax that has developed a coolant leak. Repairs are too expensive for a car with less than 48000 miles. GM needs to make this a recall or pay for repairs
Tracy from United States 8 months ago
I agree, my 2017 Trax premier started leaking after an oil change from dealership, car only has 43,000 miles, they just called me saying the metal hoses are leaking, $1,200 to fix...WTF...I think they messed with my car during the oil change. I call BS.
Illini from United States 2 years ago
2018 Trax, daughter just got a hose leak to turbo, inside engine, $2100 repair. Dealer checking with GM about coverage under power train warranty. Car has 40,000 miles and 3.6 years old. How can that happen? No part quality control?
BIGGMITT from Canada 2 years ago
This problem this happened to my GF trax 2019 $400 to repair...Local Garage didn't use part from Chevrolet dealership 4 hours away there not refunding her
Dazz from United States 2 years ago
I have a 2018 Trax with under 35K miles on it and just had it in for coolant seal leak for $1300, also had an oil pan leak, and now my AC is not working! None of this should be happening on a vehicle so new!
Laura from United States 2 years ago
I have a 2018 Chevy Trax with 26,000 mile and its leaking coolant. Took to Chevy dealer need two coolant lines replaced 1460.00. Not covered under powertrain warranty. This shouldn't be happening; GM needs to have a recall and soon. Come on GM own up to the problem and fix it.
Zeee from United States a year ago
Why wasn't it covered under warranty?
Keyc from United States 9 months ago
I have a 2018 Chevy Trax about 50,000 miles. Just got it 2 months ago, and I have a crack on my turbo charger. I am passed, almost $2,000 dollars to repair. Makes me feel like a victim. Can't even pay my 2nd car payment because of these repairs. I will never buy another Chevrolet!!!
Margaret from United States 5 months ago
@KeycIt's not Chevrolet... It's this particular model the Chevy Trax. I've had other Chevrolets and everything went beautiful the whole time I owned it. I now have a tracks and I have the cracked turbocharger and sludge in my oil... They need to refund everybody's money who ever bought a tracks
Sonia from other 2 years ago
I have a 2019 Chevy Trax with 48,990 miles, 3 yrs 6 months 10 days , and the engine over heating, all the coolant running out ,waiting to see the cost of repairs. Second time the tour truck took it. Fourth time back to the company for something other than a service.
Chris from United States a year ago
What did it end up being?
mbride8 from United States a year ago
@ChrisHey if you don't mind me asking what was the repair they did on your coolant problem? I've had this for a long time but they can't find it.
K Wells from United States 2 years ago
I ended up trading in my Trac for a new Equinox. So far no issues. Only new tires after 47,000 miles.
Renee from United States 8 months ago
Yes same here. Turbo cracked, coolant leaking, oil leaking. Just ridiculous.
Renee from United States 7 months ago
I juat had to replace mt turbo also and I've only had the car 1 yr. This is ridiculous. Chevrolet needs to take responsibility. Period.
Maria from United States 7 months ago
This just happened to my 2019 Chevy Trax at 36, 680 miles... coolant leak????
Maxi from United States 6 months ago
2018 with 23,000 miles and it the turbo leaking on mine. $1400 repair for something that has been going on with these engines since 2011 with the Cruze
Maxi from United States 6 months ago
I have a 2018 Trax with 23,000 miles that has started leaking coolant and is going to the dealer tomorrow. I agree that this should not happen on vehicles with hardly any miles on them! I had a 1997 Saturn SC2 that basically only needed oil changes !
Maxi from United States 6 months ago
Well, I dropped it off at the dealer and it's the turbo, so it's a $1400. Oo repair.
GRUMPY GREEK from United States 3 months ago
I have a 2020 trax at 41,000 mile i smell antifreeze. At 52,000 miles ther is a drip on drivers side of radiator. Had to put the dye in and it looked like the radiator but it is the turbo cooler hose. Along with a thump everytime you take off the car has been good. Now a check engine light, stalling and crazy shifting. Thats why they updated the car it is a lemon. A time bomb that will not last 100,000 miles. G.M. needs to help us with these issues. It is planned obsolecense.
LuBerto from Canada 2 months ago
I've had same issue with my 2016 trax. It's under 94000 km. Engine started overheating and I noticed that the coolant was running out too fast. Took it to the dealership and all 4 turbo lines are leaking - got a quote for $2000 to repair it. Absolutely ridiculous that this is happening to so many trax
Jenn00 from Canada a month ago
Wow reading all your comments really got me going. Chevy Trax 2018 also coolant leak…also cracked turbo. Had to go through about $2200 worth of other diagnostics before they figured that out though. Absolutely infuriating.
Kaitlyn from United States a month ago
I have a 2018 Chevy Trax AWD LT. I purchased through Carvana at 32000 miles in 2021. First oil change in October of 2021 and found a small oil leak, except, couldn't exactly figure out where it was coming from. Next oil change 10/2022 and put Lucas in with oil, no more leak that we could see. Flash forward to 01/2024 and I was dropping my kids off at school when my car began to smoke really badly and was leaking all the oil out. Turns out that small leak we found was the oil line being bad. Ended up getting a new oil line and valve cover gasket. No more leak... That was fixed 02/11/2024. Its now 02/16/2024, and Engine overheating flashed on my dash. Fan kicks on, no evidence of a coolant leak... Thinking the thermostat is now bad.
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Error code 89 only in the morning (cold start) SolvedSolved

Chevrolet Trax 2013 SUV 75000 miles
Hi,

When my car engine is cold in the morning I hear 3 beeps and error code 89 shows up in the dashboard. However, when the engine warms up and i turn off the car and start again the error does not show up. It is only when the engine is cold. I went to mechanic and they couldn’t find any error codes in their computer. I also borrowed one OBD2 connector from a friend and it says no error codes found but it can clear the code when I do it from OBD which then comes back if the car is cold. I don’t feel any symptoms either. I drove like 2000 km with this.
Any idea what could be the issue?
Wajikhan from other 4 months ago  
WA
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Wajikhan from other 4 months ago
I bought a Bluetooth/wireless OBD device and used the app on iPhone called “car scanner” and I was able to found the problem.
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Glow plug, cylinder 3 - circuit malfunction

It totally make sense and I am surprised that some mechanics where I went at least couldn’t judge it.
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Over registering of miles driven.

Chevrolet Trax 2020  1344 miles
I have had this car for 3 months and I’m 76 years old. Also I have not been on any trips out of my little town of La Porte Tx. I have over 1300 miles as of today. I don’t drive everyday and I have driven about 30 miles one way and that was only twice. I would have to drive 448 mile a month to get this kind of mileage. I used my GPS on a trip that said it was 25 miles there the car registered 35 miles when I got there.
Lyndy from United States 4 years ago  
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