2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

JUNE 2018 I TOOK MY TRAVERSE FOR REGULAR OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED BRAKES. SI WASN'T EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THEM BUT I AGREED TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AS THEY ARE IMPORTANT PART OF THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE. APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS AFTER THE NEW BRAKES WERE REPLACED A GRINDING NOISE BEGAN WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES COMING TO A STOP. I HAD NO NOISES COMING FROM MY BRAKES EVER BEFORE THEY WERE REPLACED? I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AND BRAKES WERE 100%. THE GRINDING NOISE CONTINUED SO I TOOK IT BACK AND TEST DROVE IT WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO FINALLY HEARD IT AND A BRAKE BOOSTER WAS ORDERED AND BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. MY TRAVERSE HAS NOW BEEN BACK FOR THIS BRAKE PROBLEM 3 TIMES. THE GRINDING NOISE IS STILL THERE AND THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT BACK WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN ALERT ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT A RECALL BY GM. THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS SUCH CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, PER BULLETIN PIT5563 AT THE COST OF $700.00. SINCE IT'S NOT A RECALL BUT A PROBLEM THEY ARE AWARE OF AND SINCE IT ONLY OCCURRED AFTER MY BRAKES WERE REPLACED I HAVE TO FOOT THE COST. WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE A FEW LIVES TO GET GM TO OWN UP TO THIS KNOWN PROBLEM?

SERVICE AIRBAG CAME ON WHILE DRIVING - HAD IT SERVICED A DEALER WHICH RESULTED IN PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WARNING ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER SENSOR BELL TO CONSTANTLY RING EVEN WITH NO ONE IN THE SEAT. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND AFTER THEM LOOKING AT THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG IS BACK ON AGAIN. THIS LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME WHEN THE KEYS ARE IN THE IGNITION. THERE ARE 75584 MILES ON THE CAR.

DRIVING TO WORK LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL STABILITRACK AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER COMES ON. LUCKILY NOT HEAVY TRAFFIC. BOYFRIEND CAME TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN CRANK UP. SEEING ALL THESE COMPLAINTS I REALLY HOPE THIS ISN'T A COSTLY ISSUE BECAUSE A LAWYER WILL BE CONTACTED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THESE ISSUES WITH THIS AND ALL PARTIES WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS! I HAD TO LEAVE WORK EARLY TO TAKE CARE OF JUST GETTING MY CAR SOMEWHERE FOR IT TO BE LOOKED AT AND NOT A HAPPY PERSON!

VEHICLE RANDOMLY INDICATES SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, ENGINE POWERING DOWN, SERVICE STABILITRACK. VEHICLE THEN SHUTS DOWN. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK OFF.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. AS I WAS ABOUT TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM MY WORK. MY TRAVERSE SUDDENLY STARTED TO SHAKE. AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE POWER REDUCE, SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF POPPED UP ON MY DASH BOARD. I WENT FROM 70 MPH TO UNDER 20 MPH WITH IN SECONDS. THANK GOD IT WAS NOT SO MUCH TRAFFIC BECAUSE I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE HERE TYPING UP MY COMPLAINT ABOUT MY CAR. THERE IS EVEN A CHEVY FORUM THAT I FOUND, WHERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. WWW.TRAVERSEFORUM.COM HERE IS THE WEBSITE WHERE I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE CHEVY TRAVERSE AND OTHER CHEVY MODELS. HOPE SOMEONE CAN DO SOMETHIG BEFORE SOMEONE GETS IN A HORRIFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OR EVEN CAUSES DEATH TO SOMEONE.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE HEADLIGHT BULB BURNT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS THEN IT WAS IF I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WARNED BY A PASSING MOTORIST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 20 MPH, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITRAK, AND ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE VIOLENTLY AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND FAILURE CODE: P1682 (IGNITION 1, SWITCH CIRCUIT 2) WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *AN

ON ALL OCCASIONS, MY CAR WAS IN MOTION ON MAJOR CITY STREETS AND SIDE ROADS AND MY DRIVING SPEEDS RANGED FROM 25MPH TO 55MPH. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES FLASH ACROSS THE DASHBOARD: TRACTION CONTROL OFF, ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH THE STABILITRAK ICON. MY SPEED WAS THROWN DOWN TO THE RANGE OF 10MPH TO 40MPH. THE ENTIRE CAR BEGAN SHAKING AND THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS GIVING LOUD "PUFFING" SOUNDS. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE THIRD TIME, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART MY CAR. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM. AFTER HAVING IT FOR A MONTH, THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE ISSUE, THEREFORE NOTHING WAS FIXED, AND I WAS TOLD "LET US KNOW IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN." WOW! ...AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN MONTHS LATER - AGAIN THREE SEPARATE TIMES! AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY RECEIVED NO "ERROR MESSAGES" FOR THAT ISSUE, ONLY FOR MY CAR ALARM BEING FAULTY. GOOD GRIEF! HAD I BEEN ON A FREEWAY DURING ONE OF THESE OCCURRENCES, I WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED AND INTO A BAD ACCIDENT; BUT "WE'LL JUST SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN!" I OFFERED THE DEALERSHIP VIDEO AND PICTURES AS PROOF OF THE ISSUE, BUT NOTHING HAS YET BEEN DONE. I HAVE A VIDEO THAT LASTS 1MIN AND 11 SECONDS, BUT ITS TOO LARGE FOR ME TO UPLOAD (EVEN WHEN I SHORTEN IT DOWN TO A MINIMUM 25SECONDS TO GET THE GIST OF THE ISSUE).

HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN DEALER TO FIX AIR BAG LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT IS STILL ON. MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE AIRBAGS SHOULD OF DEPLOYED AND DIDN'T. LUCKILY SHE WAS NOT INJURED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE "BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM NEEDS SERVICE" MESSAGE APPEARED. THE CONTACT NOTICED A PULLEY LYING ON THE GROUND UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (JACK WILSON CHEVROLET IN SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 904-797-4567) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOLT THAT HELD THE PULLEY FOUND ON THE GROUND HAD FRACTURED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.