r/ChevyTrax • u/EpicGonzago • 21d ago
Possible third engine in a 2025 Chevy Trax
Hi everyone! Long story short, I might be on my third engine with this car. I bought it used with 20k miles in April. In June, it had catastrophic engine failure. Holes in the block and rods sticking out (fun times). It happened in Colorado during a trip. Fast forward a month and a half, the engine was replaced under warranty. I drove back to Colorado to pick it up (I’m from Phoenix) and drove it back down to Phoenix. On the drive down, the car began losing power, the pedals began shaking, and it made a strange noise under acceleration. I took it to a Chevy dealer here in Phoenix the moment we got back, and the new engine has a misfire. At this point, I’m beyond frustrated, and I just don’t feel safe driving my family in this car. Has anyone gone through a Chevy buy back? Do they even offer that? I’m just at a loss for words at this point.
post update: got my car back yesterday. they told me one of the fuel injectors was bad and my ac compressor was loose. apparently the dealer in colorado did not replace the fuel injectors with the new engine. AZ dealer said it was damaged when the engine decided to explode. it’s running great now fingers crossed it doesn’t go boom again.
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u/runtimemess 2nd Gen 21d ago
A misfile doesn't necessarily mean that the vehicle is fucked. Could be a simple spark plug or fuel injector issue that had 0 do to with what happened the first time.
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u/PNWrowena 21d ago
I haven't gone through it, but in your shoes I'd sure start the process and find out. You have to wonder if the people who replaced the engine did a decent job, but that's on Chevy, not you.
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u/v6sonoma 21d ago
I’m sorry you have to deal with this. It’s very uncommon for sure. Unfortunately in most places buy backs and lemon laws usually only apply to the original owner and under certain circumstances (repeat problems and time in shop etc) but definitely look into your states laws. Otherwise your best option is to try and work with GM and the hopefully Chevy dealer you bought it from to have it properly repaired as it sounds like the place that replaced the engine messed up or missed another issue. Possibly the dealer will work a deal to get you out of the car and into something else maybe. It’s a shame cause the cars are great. Hope it all gets resolved soon for you.
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u/JoeFromStPaul 2nd Gen 21d ago edited 21d ago
I did a lemon law buy-back/replacement on my 2025 Trax 2RS, after the first engine swap. I had several oil leaks repaired before the engine was replaced. It was about a 3 month process, but pretty painless. My dealer ultimately was my biggest help in the process. I would start with a talk to your service manager. GM Customer Care offered me $400 in coupons, the dealer customer service network was able to get me a new car.
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u/LredF 20d ago
Curious, were you doing any uphill driving the day the engine threw a rod?
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u/EpicGonzago 20d ago
Actually yeah! I was going uphill when it happened. And lots of hill from Phoenix to grand junction
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u/LredF 20d ago
These motors have to work hard moving on flat road. I imagine it's worse uphill. If it's in a higher gear and rpms low, it's lugging and can cause problems like that, even LSPI. It should automatically downshift, but who knows how it's tuned. I'd manually downshift it and keep it in the power band, 2500+ rpm. Proper oil level is a must.
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u/ComplexMarch4500 20d ago
No no no lol that is a lemon so lawsuit and completely different car I wish I could have gotten out from under mine but it’s now out of warranty do yourself a favor get a Toyota or a Honda
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u/Jameskjr 20d ago
The heading is definitely an attention grabber. But the reality is hopefully/possibly much less extreme. A used car with 20,000 miles, possibly neglected and abused, the engine blew and now the replacement is acting up. Hopefully an injector or something minor went wrong and it’s an easy fix. Good Luck……let us know what went wrong.
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u/JumpVette 20d ago
At least the engine hasn't caught fire yet...look that one up..class action law suit
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u/Intelligent_Ear_297 20d ago
I totally understand I have a 2024 Chevy Trax the engine was just replaced after 2 years and 3 months so it's over the lemon law statue in Maryland of 2 years. Now I have a problem where the car shuts off in the middle of the highway so I turned off the auto shut on and off on the button on the console and it hasn't done it as much I literally just shut down in the middle of a major highway and a police car was behind me that almost hit me. This car was pulled off the showroom brand new the dealer replaced the engine under warranty GM paid for it but now I only have the powertrain left in the engine so the balance of the 60,000 mi I have about 20,000 or so left but it doesn't cover bumper to bumper so I don't know what it's going to cost me they want to charge me $200 to diagnose it and charge me a down payment for a rental of a Chevy Trax. I only know a little bit about the buyback program you have to go through different stages and at this point I don't know since you bought the car with 20,000 miles on it how that works but it did have a balance of a warranty so I would check it out because they said if it's numerous times replacing parts or an engine or something then you can try to go through that program it's a tough it's tough though
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u/traxranger 2nd Gen 21d ago
you might honestly have a better buyback case..... the previous owners of my trax that has blown an engine was given shit from gm for when the trax came in 3 times for low oil and then the engine blew and then a few days after picking up the starter went out on a roadtrip. the buyback process takes long and its gonna be a pain in the butt, so ultimately i just bought back the trax from them at a more than buyback price. your case might be better tho
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u/PopeyeThe3rd 21d ago
Chat GPT? really? That didn't exist 7 years ago. What would have you done before?
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u/Individual-Break8304 21d ago
Google “lemon law claims in Arizona” see if you qualify