Chevrolet: 68 published Texas lemon law decisions
Every published TxDMV decision naming Chevrolet, for case-years 2014-2026, with what each order did and a link to the order itself.
This is not a census of Texas lemon vehicles, and no number on this page is a defect rate. Confidential settlements, manufacturer buybacks agreed before a hearing, and complaints withdrawn along the way never enter this corpus at all and are structurally invisible to it. What is counted here is contested proceedings that reached a published decision, which is a small and non-random slice of everything that goes wrong with a vehicle in Texas.
A manufacturer with more decisions here is not "more of a lemon" than one with fewer. It may simply have sold far more units in Texas, or its owners may be likelier to push a dispute to a contested hearing rather than settle. There is no sales or registration denominator behind these counts, so the division that would turn them into a rate cannot be done, and this site does not publish one.
What these 68 orders did
Counts of published proceedings naming Chevrolet. These are not shares of anything: there is no figure here for how many vehicles Chevrolet sold in Texas, so no proportion computed from this table would mean what it appears to mean.
| What the order did | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Repurchase ordered | 9 |
| Repair ordered | 11 |
| Dismissed | 47 |
| Other | 1 |
Which vehicles these decisions were about
Make and model exactly as the source documents print them, so a model that two orders name differently appears twice rather than being silently merged. A model appearing more often is not a defect rate.
| Vehicle | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet Silverado | 15 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 8 |
| Chevrolet Camaro | 5 |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 5 |
| Chevrolet Suburban | 4 |
| Chevrolet Camaro RS | 3 |
| Chevrolet Colorado | 3 |
| Chevrolet Tahoe | 3 |
| Chevrolet Traverse | 3 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 2 |
| Chevrolet Spark | 2 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 1 |
| Chevrolet Camaro 1LT | 1 |
| Chevrolet Express Cutaway Van | 1 |
| Chevrolet Impala LTZ | 1 |
| Chevrolet Malibu Eco | 1 |
| Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid | 1 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 4x4 | 1 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 3100 | 1 |
| Chevrolet Silverado LT | 1 |
| Chevrolet Sonic | 1 |
| Chevrolet Spark LS | 1 |
| Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ | 1 |
| Chevrolet Traverse LT | 1 |
| Chevrolet Traverse LTZ | 1 |
| Chevrolet Trax | 1 |
By vehicle model year
The model year of the vehicle at issue, not the year the decision issued.
| Model year | Decisions |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 |
Every Chevrolet decision
68 recordsNewest decision first. Every row links the source document it was read from.
Source PDF 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe
multiple electrical defects (backup camera, A/C) Dismissed
Source PDF 2023 Chevrolet Traverse
rear seat rattle and limited movement (will not fold or slide) Repair ordered
Source PDF 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV
defective high-voltage battery not replaced under recall Dismissed
Source PDF 2019 Chevrolet Silverado
harsh shifting (surging, erratic shifts, drivetrain noise) Dismissed
Source PDF 2019 Chevrolet Silverado
harsh shifting (hesitation/jolt and popping noise in transmission) Dismissed
Source PDF 2019 Chevrolet Silverado
infotainment blackout/reboot and rear window leak Dismissed
Source PDF 2018 Chevrolet Malibu
loss of power and failure to accelerate or engage reverse Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe
rough idle, jerking on inclines, thump when braking Dismissed
Source PDF 2017 Chevrolet Trax
intermittent air conditioning failure; squeaking noise from under vehicle Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2018 Chevrolet Malibu
check engine light intermittently illuminates Dismissed
Source PDF 2018 Chevrolet Traverse
transmission rollback; check engine light (emissions); audio system malfunction Repair ordered
Source PDF 2017 Chevrolet Express Cutaway Van
air conditioning insufficient cooling Dismissed
Source PDF 2017 Chevrolet Malibu
check engine light with reduced power and hesitation Dismissed
Source PDF 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
radio static, wind noise, vibration and air conditioning odor Dismissed
Source PDF 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ
passenger seat vibration and squeaking noise Dismissed
Source PDF 2015 Chevrolet Silverado
transmission hard shifting and abnormal noise Dismissed
Source PDF 2016 Chevrolet Suburban
vibration/noise in V4 (Active Fuel Management) mode Dismissed
Source PDF 2016 Chevrolet Traverse LT
radio screen blackouts and driver seat control panel failure Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2015 Chevrolet Suburban
transmission lurching, AC failure, infotainment/navigation screen blackouts Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 4x4
transmission hesitation/failure to accelerate Dismissed
Source PDF 2015 Chevrolet Suburban
multiple electrical malfunctions (multimedia screen, door locks, hazard lights, loss of power) Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2015 Chevrolet Colorado
not specified (dismissed for want of prosecution) Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Silverado
repeated engine failure requiring engine replacement Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Silverado
intermittent stalling, hesitation and jerking Repair ordered
Source PDF 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe
lunging/surging when stopping and sluggish acceleration Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2015 Chevrolet Silverado LT
musty/mold odor from interior water intrusion Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Camaro
key sticking in ignition (ignition locking) Repair ordered
Source PDF 2013 Chevrolet Camaro
unspecified (complaint not tried on the merits) Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Camaro
air conditioning intermittently fails to function Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ
check engine light illumination with alleged engine damage Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Camaro 1LT
multiple defects (water leak, wind noise, intermittent window failure, check engine light) Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Camaro
alleged defect and lost value following dealer repairs Dismissed
Source PDF 2013 Chevrolet Camaro RS
unusual front-end noises (knocking, pinging, banging) Dismissed
Source PDF 2012 Chevrolet Colorado
paint, transmission, fuel economy and seat cover complaints Dismissed
Source PDF 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
frame misalignment, trailering instability, acceleration/downshift and electrical faults Dismissed
Source PDF 2012 Chevrolet Malibu
intermittent loss of engine, steering and braking power Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2012 Chevrolet Cruze
engine-area grinding noise and clutch-pedal vibration Repair ordered
Source PDF 2014 Chevrolet Spark LS
intermittent shutoff, high oil consumption, sluggish performance and engine noise Other
The honest use of this page is to read the orders. Every row links the document it came from, and those documents say what happened in a specific dispute over a specific vehicle: what the defect was, how many repair attempts there were, and what the examiner ordered.
The dishonest use is to treat the number at the top as a quality score. It counts contested proceedings that reached a published decision, which is a function of how many vehicles a manufacturer sells in Texas, how its warranty department handles disputes before they get that far, and how likely its owners are to push a case to hearing rather than accept an offer. Those are three different things, and none of them is the reliability of the vehicle.