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2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 27 safety complaints about the 2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer with the US government. Of those, 1 describes a crash and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering back-over prevention.

The most complained-about system is the electrical system, named in 14 complaints, 52% of the total.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers August 2024 to October 2026 · How this is counted

What is on file

27 complaints on file

27

Complaints

1

Describe a crash

0

Mention fire

0

People injured

0

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 14 · 52%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 8 · 30%
POWER TRAIN 6 · 22%
ENGINE 3 · 11%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 · 7%
LANE DEPARTURE 2 · 7%
SERVICE BRAKES 2 · 7%
STEERING 2 · 7%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 2 · 7%
AIR BAGS 1 · 4%
BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 · 4%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 · 4%
0 8 15

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 27.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2026 at 19.

20 15 10 5
24 25 26

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2024 to 2026, the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA crashes a car into a barrier and a pole and measures what happens to the dummies inside. This is what it awarded the 2025 Chevrolet TRAILBLAZER, and it is a separate question from what owners report going wrong later.

Test SUV AWD SUV FWD
Overall
Frontal crash
Frontal, driver
Frontal, passenger
Side crash
Side barrier
Side pole
Rollover
Chance of rollover 17.9% 18.5%
Stability control standard Forward collision warning standard Lane departure warning standard

A rating belongs to a tested body style and drivetrain, not to the model as a whole, which is why more than one is listed. A dash means NHTSA did not rate that test for this vehicle.

Recall campaigns

1 on file

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

26V539000 · August 20, 2026

The defect
General Motors, LLC is recalling certain 2024-2025 Buick Envista, 2024-2026 Buick Encore GX, Chevrolet Trailblazer, and 2025 Chevrolet Trax vehicles. The rearview camera screen may display a distorted or blank image.
The risk
A rearview image that does not display correctly reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the rearview camera, if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed beginning September 16, 2026. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is A262554900. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on August 20, 2026.

General Motors, LLC · up to 306,511 vehicles across all model years covered

In owners’ own words

Quoted from the complaint file

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

VISIBILITY/WIPER

crash

Monic was backing out of driveway and indicates her backup camera and sensors were not functioning, she looked in her mirrors and did not see the vehicle so continued and collided with a parked/unoccupied vehicle. Liberty Mutual claim 062101908

NHTSA complaint 11766308. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
My backup camera isn’t working. I have a black screen with a red X on it.

NHTSA complaint 11774817. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS
Service Air Bag System light has come on. Yes, the dealership has confirmed there is a problem with the air bag system and part need to be replaced. Collision Sensor System consists of sensors that distinguish between a moderate or severe crash impact. In the event of a crash, these sensors send information to the computer that controls the deployment of the air bags.

NHTSA complaint 11772910. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

BACK OVER PREVENTION

36,800 miles

The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V539000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while in reverse, the back over prevention camera displayed a black screen. The failure was causing the screen to flash and failed to display pertinent information. The failure caused the battery to become drained. The dealer was contacted and confirmed parts were unavailable for the recall repair, and any repair would be at the owners expense. The manufacturer was made

NHTSA complaint 11769264, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY
I was traveling at high speeds on the freeway amid a strong head wind and noticed that the hood was fluttering and had to pull over concerned about the hood was going to detach and flip up into the windshield upon inspection and research I found that there are Hood bumper adjustments at the forward engine bay I adjusted the bumpers but I'm still concerned about the safety of the hood the vehicle is a rental i do not own it

NHTSA complaint 11768041. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
Forward collision warning is intermittently effective.

NHTSA complaint 11768045. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Chevrolet Trailblazer

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2026 12 1 —
2024 36 1 —
2023 75 0 —
2022 113 1 —
2021 201 4 —

Other 2025 Chevrolet models

Equinox 242 Traverse 186 Equinox EV 166 Silverado 1500 111 Trax 108 Tahoe 53 Blazer 35 Suburban 1500 32

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Chevrolet on this site — 304 vehicles.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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