After the trailer debuted, a rumor stated that Erik Estrada, star of the original CHiPs (1977), blasted the trailer as "pure trash". Estrada later tweeted he never said that, and said, "Just watched the CHIPS trailer and laughed. Dax Shepard and Michael Peña are great. Cool stunts too."
Dax Shepard originally envisioned the film to be a big budget take with a PG-13 rating. Due to budget cuts after signing on, he chose to make the film with an R-rating.
Parts of the theme music from the original television show CHiPs (1977) are used throughout as background music.
Jason Ellis: one of the stunt men Dax Shepard punches. In a later segment on Ellis' radio show, Ellis told Shepard that he would've been very upset if he'd waited around for hours, only to have Shepard pull his punches.