Model-year matrix

Chevrolet Tracker
which year?

Compare every Chevrolet Tracker model year the EPA recorded, 1998 to 2004. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Chevrolet Tracker year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Chevrolet Tracker?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Chevrolet Tracker years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2000

109 indexed complaint reports; suspension is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2000 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2001

83 indexed complaint reports; engine and engine cooling is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2001 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2003

69 indexed complaint reports; suspension is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2003 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Chevrolet Tracker model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2003 Chevrolet Tracker

NHTSA complaint allegations: 69
Combined EPA economy: 17–22 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 15
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,800–3,600
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelssuspension 21structure 9air bags 7

Open the 2003 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2004 Chevrolet Tracker

NHTSA complaint allegations: 15
Combined EPA economy: 18 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 5
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,400
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelssuspension 6air bags 4steering 3

Open the 2004 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2004 has 54 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2003.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Chevrolet Tracker by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Chevrolet Tracker model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2004	15	suspension 6air bags 4steering 3	18	5	$3,400	Dossier →
2003	69	suspension 21structure 9air bags 7	17–22	15	$2,800–3,600	Dossier →
2002	59	suspension 17structure 14air bags 7	17–22	13	$2,800–3,600	Dossier →
2001	83	engine and engine cooling 15structure 15suspension 11	17–22	13	$2,800–3,600	Dossier →
2000	109	suspension 39structure 28electrical system 14	21–24	10	$2,550–2,950	Dossier →
1999	49	structure 14electrical system 10power train 9	21–23	10	$2,650–2,950	Dossier →
1998	10	power train 4electrical system 3engine and engine cooling 3	21–22	8	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.