The Lemon Index$1,500 middle bill · most between $1,200 and $1,700
Lower than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 65,000 miles (36 reports).
Chevrolet Traverse owners reported paying a median of $1,500 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,200 and $1,700. That's from 39 owner reports (39 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5003%
- $500–$1,0003%
- $1,000–$2,50087%
- $2,500–$5,0008%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 39 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2009 Chevrolet Traverse10$1,500 middle bill
- 2010 Chevrolet Traverse15$1,400 middle bill
- 2011 Chevrolet Traverse11$1,600 middle bill
- 2012 Chevrolet Traverse2too few for a middle
- 2015 Chevrolet Traverse1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2010 Chevrolet Traverse109 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Chevrolet Traverse67 complaints name it15% of that year's complaints
- 2011 Chevrolet Traverse58 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Chevrolet Traverse16 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Traverse reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Traverse owners reported
Timing chain replacement (18) · Power steering pump replacement (11) · Transmission replacement (10) · Throttle body replacement (8) · Engine replacement (6) · Wiring harness repair (6) · Brake repair (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11191054, 11058159, 10930088, 10899606, 10876523, 10850077, 10817605, 10817094, 10791776, 10788181, 10783304, 10721502 and more.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Chevrolet Traverse?
Chevrolet Traverse owners reported a median of $1,500, and the middle half paid $1,200 to $1,700, from 39 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Traverse steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Traverse middle bill of $1,500 is lower than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Traverse repair costs come from?
From 39 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Chevrolet Traverse years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2010 (109), 2009 (67), 2011 (58) Chevrolet Traverse named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.