Chevrolet Trax vs Toyota C-HR: which is more reliable?
The Chevrolet Trax and the Toyota C-HR are level on the federal record — 74/100 against 76/100 across the years we score. Which one to buy is decided by the model year, not the badge.
The record, side by side
Chevrolet Trax
- 10 model years scored
- 932 owner complaints on record
- about 25 complaints per year on the road
- 20 recall campaigns, 12 safety-critical
- best year 2022 (94/100) · worst 2024 (44/100)
Toyota C-HR
- 5 model years scored
- 517 owner complaints on record
- about 14 complaints per year on the road
- 6 recall campaigns, 3 safety-critical
- best year 2022 (93/100) · worst 2018 (45/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Trax against C-HR
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Chevrolet Trax
- Engine — 261 complaints
- Electrical System — 239 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 151 complaints
Toyota C-HR
- Power Train — 327 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 87 complaints
- Engine — 52 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Trax's complaints concentrate in Engine, the C-HR's in Power Train. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Chevrolet Trax — avoid: 2024, 2025.
Toyota C-HR — avoid: 2018.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Chevrolet Trax prices at about $30,500 and a Toyota C-HR at about $23,700 — the Toyota C-HR is roughly $6,800 less, and they return 30.0 against 29.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Chevrolet Trax or the Toyota C-HR more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Toyota C-HR scores 76/100 against the Chevrolet Trax's 74/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Chevrolet Trax and Toyota C-HR years should I avoid?
Chevrolet Trax: 2024, 2025. Toyota C-HR: 2018. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Chevrolet Trax and the Toyota C-HR?
The largest complaint group on the Chevrolet Trax is Engine (261 complaints); on the Toyota C-HR it is Power Train (327).
Is the Chevrolet Trax or the Toyota C-HR cheaper to own?
A recent used Chevrolet Trax prices at about $30,500 and a Toyota C-HR at about $23,700, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.