2023 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE — Complaint #2078169
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR filed March 28, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2078169 (ODI reference 11651312) concerns a 2023 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE and was filed on March 28, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 25, 2025. The vehicle had 45,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:alternator/generator/regulator, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET TRAVERSE cohort independently describe similar electrical system:alternator/generator/regulator failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2023 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power. The contact was able to pull over to the shoulder of the roadway, where the vehicle failed to restart. The battery warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the alternator. The vehicle was not repaired due to parts being on backorder. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2078169 |
| ODI Number | 11651312 |
| Date Filed | March 28, 2025 |
| Failure Date | March 25, 2025 |
| VIN | 1GNEVHKW2PJ |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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