AutoUtility currently tracks 107 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 33 complaints (30.8% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash, 3 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 107 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (33 reports • 30.8% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (30), Brakes & Traction Control (16)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 3 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
107
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
3
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
3
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 30.8% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

33 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 28% of complaints

Electrical System

30 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🩹 1 injury report entry
#3 Problem Area 15% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

16 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 14% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

15 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 2 crash reports 🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 13.1% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

14 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11756073
Filed: 08/10/2026

"When I shut off the engine, it says “Shift to park” and the car will not turn off. To get it to turn off, I have to turn the car back on (usually multiple times), until it recognizes that it IS in park."

Incident Date: 07/27/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11754629
Filed: 08/04/2026

"I was driving down the highway when the 3 bolts holding the exhaust under the car broke off. My exhaust was dragging down the highway until I could safely get pulled over. The bolts are welded in of course so you can’t just put new bolts in you have to replace the whole catalytic converter, which..."

Incident Date: 08/03/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11753155
Filed: 07/27/2026

"Shifter does not recognize its in park, from what I read this affects thousands. Why am I having to sit in my car for minutes at a time? is Chevy not required to handle the fixing of that switch. What a subpar design team they have. I just had to cough up over $800 to fix rusting because of shit..."

Incident Date: 05/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11751636
Filed: 07/20/2026

"The car showed an error message saying shift to park when trying to turn the car off. The car was in park and showed in park on the dashboard & shifter but the error message still said it wasn’t in park. While this error is showing it will not allow the car to shut off or lock doors. I have a..."

Incident Date: 07/20/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11751446
1 Injury Entry Filed: 07/20/2026

"purchased a brand new vehicle in 2022 Since purchase I have had multiple issues with said vehicle for which I will list. I understand vehicles will and can have issues but there is no excuse for all the problems I have had to deal with a new vehicle. A. Muffler has fallen off 3 times and replaced..."

Incident Date: 01/01/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Chevrolet Trailblazer

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2021–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer 190 7 4 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer Current Page 107 3 1 Current
2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer 65 4 0 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Chevrolet Trailblazer 32 3 0 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer 19 0 0 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Chevrolet Trailblazer 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 42 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 21 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 11 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 10 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 6 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 5 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 5 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 0 0 1 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 4 2 0 1 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 2 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 1 1 0 1 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (107). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.