Chevrolet Traverse Complaints (2011)

608 consumer complaints on file.

#10668741December 29, 2014
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL WAS HALF. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW WIPER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10667850December 23, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE IS HAVING FUEL GAUGE ISSUES. GM HAS A RECALL OUT ON 2014 MODELS, HOWEVER MY 2011 IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL FOR THAT YEAR. PER GM THIS CAN RESULT IN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND STALLING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10664195December 14, 2014
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL JERKED HARD TO THE RIGHT AT 60 MPH NEARLY COLLIDED WITH A BRIDGE IN HEAVY ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON TWO LANE ROAD. STEERING WHEEL JERKED SO HARD IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF MY CAR. I AM A LARGE MAN AND I ESTIMATE THE PULL ON THE STEERING WHEEL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 POUNDS AND IT TOOK BOTH OF MY HANDS TO CORRECT THE STEERING. EVENT LASTED LESS THAN ONE SECOND, I DID NOT NOTICE ANY WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH INDICATING THE ACTIVATION OF STABILITY CONTROL OR TRACTION CONTROL. AFTER THIS EVENT MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD DROPPED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PREVIOUS DAYS AND JUST THOUGHT SHE WAS NOT USED TO THE WAY THIS NEW TO US VEHICLE DROVE, WE PURCHASED THIS CAR ON NOVEMBER 26, 2014. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT A INEXPERIENCED WOULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT IN THIS SITUATION. ROAD CONDITIONS: NIGHT, DRY ASPHALT ROAD SURFACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663807December 12, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING FROM HAGERSTOWN MD. WHEN MY TRAVERSE WENT FROM ME DRIVING 70MPH. TO 35 MILES PH. IT PUT MY TRAVERSE IN LIMP MODE IT SHUT DOWN RIGHTWHEN IAM GETTING READY TO PASS I BARELY GOT OFF OF 81 SOUTH I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO EVEN PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR SHUT DOWN TURNED OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL SLOWED THE ENGINE DOWN TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663364December 10, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 2011 TRAVERSE THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE SERVICE THE STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST ENGINE POWER. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT 2-3 MINUTES. RESTARTED THE CAR. DROVE A FEW MORE MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND HAPPENED AGAIN. NO POWER AT ALL IN THE ENGINE. COULD NOT ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE DEALER. WAS TOLD IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY CONTROL SYSTEM THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHILE RESEARCHING ONLINE APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM AT GM DATING BACK TO THEIR 2004 MODELS. NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663420December 10, 2014
STEERING
2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE 54000 MILES- VEHICLE WHINING AT LOW SPEEDS, BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TURN AND AT TIMES LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM INDICATING A POWERSTEERING PUMP WOULD BE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE ONLY IF I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS, THIS WAS NOT A RECALL NOTIFICATION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE PUMP REPLACED. I WAS LATER CONTACTED BY THE DEALER TO BE INFORMED THAT MY POWER STEERING GEAR IS LEAKING AND I NEED A WHOLE NEW POWERSTEERING RACK AT THE COST OF $1400. I HAVE READ SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, AND IF GM HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP, THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING RACK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10663007December 8, 2014
SEAT BELTS, STEERING
ON AUGUST 6, 2014 WE HAD OUR VEHICLE SERVICED BY THE DEALER DUE TO AN AIRBAG RECALL AND AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE HAD 38,000 MILES. SHORTLY THERE AFTER WE NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE WHEN WE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. AT FIRST IT HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY BUT EVENTUALLY IT BECAME NOTICEABLE AT LOW RATES OF SPEED (5 - 10 MPH). TODAY WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE THIRD RECALL THIS BEING THE POWER STEERING PUMP. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THIS WAS COVERED BY GM BUT WE ALSO HAD A LEAK IN OUR RACK AND PINION AND IT WOULD COST $1200 TO REPAIR. WE INTEND TO FIGHT THIS SINCE IT APPEARS IT MAY BE LINKED TO THE STEERING RECALL. WE ALSO HAVE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS CUT A GROOVE INTO THE PLASTIC SEATBELT COVER NEAR THE SHOULDER HARNESS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT RELATED TO THE EARLIER SEAT BELT RECALL WHICH HAD BEEN SERVICED. THIS COULD EFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM IF THE BELT GETS SNAGGED BY THE PLASTIC GROOVE WHICH HAS APPEARED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10662545December 6, 2014
STEERING
POWER STEERING FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661788December 2, 2014
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS ENTERING ONTO THE FREEWAY WHEN MY STABILITRACK TURNED OFF BY ITSELF AND MY ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED. I WAS VERY NEARLY REAR-ENDED AS MY CAR COULDN'T SAFELY ACCELERATE (ACCELERATE AT ALL REALLY) AS I WAS COMING ONTO THE FREEWAY. A SEARCH ON PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THIS APPEARS VERY PREVALENT WITHIN THE CHEVY LINE OF VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY THE TRAVERSE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND WAS VERY UNSAFE WHERE IT OCCURRED. IT ALMOST CAUSED. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE AND CHEVY HASN'T ISSUED ANY KIND OF RECALL TO TRY AND FIX IT. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661608December 2, 2014
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE SPEED REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE PART NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661184November 28, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF, STABILITRAK TRAK TURNED OFF AND THEN IT SAID THEY NEEDED SERVICE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT THEN STARTED DOWN SHIFTING AND QUICKLY SLOWING ITSELF DOWN. IT IS A REAL HAZARD ON ICY ROADS AND ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE VEHICLE QUICKLY SLOWS ITSELF DOWN. MANY POSTS ON THE INTERNET WITH THIS PROBLEM REPEATEDLY OCCURRING WITH MULTIPLE REPAIR ATTEMPTS AT DEALERSHIPS. I'M STARTING ON MY 2ND TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THE CAR TAKES CONTROL AND SLOWS ITSELF DOWN. BY SHUTTING OFF THE CAR IT WILL RESET THE SYSTEM AND THEN IT WILL WORK PROPERLY FOR A WHILE. BUT THIS PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING AFTER IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A WHILE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10660186November 22, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
I BOUGHT A 2011 TRAVERSE LAST WINTER. I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT MY NEW FAMILY CAR. WEDNESDAY, THE SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND REDUCED ENGINE SPEED CAME ON WITH NO NOTICE. LUCKILY, I WAS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE STREET TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. I CALLED TO SETUP AN APPT TO HAVE A CHEVY DEALER LOOK AT IT BUT AFTER TURNING IT OFF WHILE FILLING THE TIRES UP THE LIGHTS ALL WENT OFF. CALLED BACK TO SEE IF THEY STILL WANTED TO SEE IT AND THEY SAID NO BECAUSE IT MUST HAVE JUST BEEN A SENSOR... APPT CANCELED. THURSDAY DROVE WITH NO PROBLEMS. NOW TODAY, FRIDAY, I HOP ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN CHICAGO TRAFFIC AND BAM RIGHT AS I AM MERGING, DING DING AND MY CAR JUST REVS AND WON'T GET UP PAST 40 MPH, ALL THE SAME SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON. SO SCARY! I HAVE MY LITTLE KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT AND TERRIFIED TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE EISENHOWER, SLOWLY GET TO THE NEXT EXIT AS I PRAY WE WON'T GET REAR ENDED. CALL AS SOON AS I MAKE IT HOME FOR ANOTHER APPT AND THE FIRST TIME ANY CHEVY DEALER NEAR ME HAS OPEN IS 4 DAYS FROM NOW. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE PARKED AT HOME FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS. IT REALLY FRUSTRATES ME THAT WE BOUGHT THIS "RELIABLE FAMILY VEHICLE" THAT I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE MY FAMILY IN. IT'S EVEN WORSE NOW GOOGLING THIS ISSUE AND SEEING MANY OTHER HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE FOR US. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659653November 20, 2014
STEERING
STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION STEERING AND IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659487November 19, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WENT TO TURN ON MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING AND THE ONLY SPEED THAT WOULD WORK WAS THE FASTEST SPEED. NOTHING ELSE WORKS EXCEPT WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON ALL THE WAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659132November 18, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE
FOUR TIMES TODAY AS I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVY TRAVERSE THE TRACTION CONTROL WENT OFF, THE STABILITY CONTROL WENT OFF, AND A MESSAGE FLASHED THAT I COULD EXPERIENCE A REDUCTION IN POWER, WHICH HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NOTIFICATION. THE CAR BARELY HAD ENOUGH POWER TO MAKE IT SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME LAST YEAR BUT WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10659133November 18, 2014
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES
STABILITRAK CONTROL, ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND ENGINE SPEED REDUCED. WIFE'S CAR WHILE ON HER WAY TO WORK. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS WITH THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH VARIOUS MAKES/MODELS OF GM VEHICLES. ONCE THE THROTTLE BODY / THROTTLE POSITIONS SENSOR BECOMES DIRTY, IT SETS OFF A SERIES OF FAILURES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REDUCE POWER TO THE POINT WHERE IT CAN ONLY TRAVEL AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO PLACE DRIVERS IN. I CALLED MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE 5 YEAR 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS. WHEN THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT 500 DOLLARS AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THIS IS A VITAL ENGINE COMPONENT. HOW CAN IT NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE POWER TRAIN? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10658679November 17, 2014
STEERING
WAS GOING ON AN EXIT RAMP AND POWER STEERING GAVE OUT CAUSING VEHICLE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. CAR THEN CUT OFF. ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON LINE ABOUT THIS. . ARE YOU SERIOUS? I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. VEHICLE IS AT THE SHOP NOW. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT EVEN AFTER REPAIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10655055November 14, 2014
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE AIR CONTINUES TO BLOW WITHOUT RAISING THE TEMPERATURE TO THE DEGREE SHOWN ON THE DASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10655116November 14, 2014
POWER TRAIN
WIFE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE STABILITRAK TURNED OFF AND THE ENGINE WENT INTO A SAFE MODE DROPPING HER SPEED INSTANTLY. LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN TRAFFIC AND NOT GOING FULL HIGHWAY SPEED OR ELSE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT HURTING MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2010 TRAVERSE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON THE 2011 (HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/14979/CHEVROLET/TRAVERSE/CHEVY-TRAVERSE-STABILITRAK-TRACTION-CONTROL-PROBLEMS), NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. DO THERE HAVE TO BE DEATHS INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE CHEVY DECIDES FIX THIS ISSUE? THE COMPLAINTS ALSO INCLUDE THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTING A BUNCH OF ATTEMPTED FIXES, WITH SOME OF THEM CORRECTING THE PROBLEM AND SOME NOT (THROTTLE BODY BEING ONE). IN THIS STATE, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE, AND ITS NOT DUE TO CUSTOMER ABUSE OR HIGH MILEAGE PARTS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVY AND CORRECTED ASAP. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT FIXED UNDER RECALL, THE A/C UNIT UNDER WARRANTY, AND RECENTLY RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THE POWER STEERING UNIT HAS A RECALL BUT NOT TO BRING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL IT FAILS. I EXPECT A CALL FROM CHEVY IN ORDER TO GET THIS ISSUES FIXED AT THEIR COST. I WILL CONTINUE TO POST ON ALL FORUMS, BLOGS, SOCIAL MEDIA, ETC UNTIL THIS IS GIVEN THE PROPER ATTENTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10653977November 10, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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