Other electrical problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse
1 injury 1 of the 14 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other electrical problem gets reported
Owners of the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse report other electrical problem at a median of 50,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 65,000 miles, from 10 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 6th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 1,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 70,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 70,840 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
30% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,460 miles | 14,375 miles | 51,000 miles | 67,000 miles | 72,300 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 an injury is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 17 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2018, at a median of 25,000 miles, and latest on the 2021 at 190,000 miles.
By volume the 2019 carries the most reports, with 81; the 2016 has 14. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
On two occasions ( 2/21/16 and 2/28/16) while driving the power cut out completely and the car stalled. I was unable to steer the vehicle or stop. There were not any warnings or notifications such as the check engine light. The dashboard and all other lights/ information was completely dark. The first occasion was on a highway going approximately 30 miles per hour and the second was on a city street approaching a stop sign. Cause unknown. I took the car to the dealership and they claim they cannot find a cause. I was encouraged to take the car be because the cause is unknown. I refused because of the safety concerns.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet traverse. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road, turned off, and restarted. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer who was unable to duplicate or diagnose the failure. The contact took the vehicle home, but the failure recurred a couple of days later. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer who, again, was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nothing could be done without a duplication of the failure. The contact stated that he would not drive the vehicle until the failure was diagnosed. The failure mileage was 1,600.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet traverse. While driving 15-20 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. Additionally, on several occasions, the contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The contact stated that it took several attempts to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to serra chevrolet (28111 telegraph rd, southfield, mi 48034, (866) 722-6987) where it was diagnosed that the ignition key failed. The contact was provided new keys and the ignition was replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, but the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200.
Also reported on the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse
Airbag inflator rupture
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Other driver assistance problem
Other speed control problem
Complete transmission failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 14 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other electrical problem happen on the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse?
Across 10 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 50,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 65,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other electrical problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse?
14 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed