2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 104 complaints about the 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer and NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign. The most-reported system is unknown or other, named in 34 of them.

104
Complaints
1
Recalls
3
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
3
Injuries
34.6
Severity index

Severity index 34.6 - Low. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 34.6p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 96 2022 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer ranks 67 of 96 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 30% of its model-year peers. See the full 2022 ranking.

What actually fails

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 34 complaints (32.7%)34 33%Power TrainPower Train: 31 complaints (29.8%)31 30%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 28 complaints (26.9%)28 27%Service BrakesService Brakes: 16 complaints (15.4%)16 15%EngineEngine: 15 complaints (14.4%)15 14%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 10 complaints (9.6%)10 10%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 5 complaints (4.8%)5 5%SteeringSteering: 5 complaints (4.8%)5 5%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER3432.7%
POWER TRAIN3129.8%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2826.9%
SERVICE BRAKES1615.4%
ENGINE1514.4%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE109.6%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM54.8%
STEERING54.8%

Complaints filed per year

013262022: 102023: 192024: 262025: 242026: 25 (partial year)222324262526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
202210
202319
202426
202524
2026 (year to date)25
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 6.9x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
21V44000010/06/2021EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT:STANDGeneral Motors, LLC. (GM) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Buick Encore GX and 2021-2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles. The emergency jack, if not positioned as directed in the vehicle owner's manual, can fracture while in use.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.