2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE ONCE WITH OUR KIDS IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE AIRPORT AND ONCE TO MY WIFE ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK. BOTH ON THE FREEWAY AT 65+ MPH. DRIVING FINE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN VIOLENT SHAKING, AND LOSS OF POWER. CANNOT STEER AT 65 MPH THAT IS LITERALLY DEADLY. SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON, TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT COMES ON, AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT COMES ON. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND HAD A 6,4,AND 2 YEAR OLD IN THE VEHICLE. THE FACT THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AS A RECALL IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. I WENT THROUGH 16 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON A CHEVROLET FORUM ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HOW MANY DOES IT TAKE BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED? DOES SOMEONE NEED TO DIE? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT MAY NOT BE WORTH TAKING INTO A MECHANIC AS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO NAIL DOWN THE ISSUE AND I DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO POUR INTO A PROBLEM THAT DOESNT HAVE A SURE CURE. ABAOLUTELY RIDICULOUS TO BE DOING FREEWAY SPEEDS AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO STEER. DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

THE TRUCK LOOSE POWER AND LIGHT TRACTION CONTROL NEED SERVICES SOON AND ENGINE LUCK OF POWER IS TO GO OVER 20 MILES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB JOHNSON CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 1271 W RIDGE RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14615, (866) 915-9664) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,500.

I WAS DRIVING MY TRAVERSE ON AN ON RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DASH SAID SERVICE STABILITRAC, ENGINE POWER REDUCED... JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. I LOST ACCELERATION AND HAD TO TAKE THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY TO AVOID GETTING RUN OVER BY A SEMI THAT WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED! I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T A RECALL OR SOMETHING FOR THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE!!

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. EVERYTHING WENT OUT ON MY DASH SPEED ODOMETER, AND GAS LIGHT HAND . I WAS LOSING POWER. THEN I NOTICE IT SAID SERVICE STABILITRAK CONTROL OFF.

I NOTICED THE CAR RUNNING A BIT ROUGHER THAN NORMAL AND ADVISED MY HUSBAND. THEN THE CAR TOOK A COUPLE ATTEMPTS TO START. MY HUSBAND RESEARCHED THE ISSUE WITH AN OEM READER AND RECEIVED ERROR CODES THAT INDICATED IT MIGHT BE THE TIMING CHAIN. WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC WHO AGREED BUT ADVISED US THAT GM HAD A TIB WHICH EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 120,000 MILES DUE TO A PROBLEMATIC ISSUE WITH THEIR TIMING CHAINS. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A GM DEALERSHIP. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS LOOSE AND ADVISED THAT IT DAMAGED THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $9000. MY HUSBAND CONTACTED GM SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO BE ADVISED THAT, ALTHOUGH THE SAME ISSUE, THE TIB DID NOT APPLY TO OUR VIN. I HAVE CONTACT GM SEVERAL TIMES TO DISCUSS WHY THIS SEEMS TO BE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH TRAVERSES FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE MODEL YEARS, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE AS THEIR CANNED ANSWER IS IT'S OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD. WE HAVE 107,000 MILES ON OUR VEHICLE AND WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR HAD WE BEEN AWARE OF THE CATASTROPHIC ISSUES WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE AND SEE SO MANY FAMILIES EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM GM. THEY OFFERED US $3000 TOWARDS A NEW CAR, HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO READILY ACCEPT A CAR PAYMENT. WE HAVE TWO SONS IN COLLEGE AND ARE NOT LOOKING AT HAVING TO GO INTO DEBT TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE HAVING. THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND RECEIVED A 153 POINT INSPECTION ONLY 4 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS TIMING CHAIN FAILURE AND THEY DID NOT REPORT ANY ISSUES TO US. WITH THE NUMBER OF CONSUMERS REPORTING THIS ISSUE, I HOPE THERE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION AND COMPENSATION TO THOSE OF US WHO TRUSTED IN GM TO MANUFACTURER A CAR THAT WE COULD ENJOY AFTER IT WAS PAID FOR. WE PAID OUR FINAL PAYMENT IN NOVEMBER OF 2018.

STABILITRAK/ TRACTION CONTROL TURNS OFF SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT REASON. ABS BRAKES LIGHT COMES ON IN MESSAGE CENTER. VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND ENGINE IDLES ROUGH. OCCURS SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING LEAVING DRIVER/PASSENGERS STRANDED IN DANGEROUS ROADWAYS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES AND IS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED TWO MONTHS AGO FOR THIS PROBLEM, WHERE AN ALIGNMENT TEMPORARILY FIXED THE PROBLEM. TWO MONTHS LATER, PROBLEM RETURNED.

'SERVICE STABILITRACK' 'TRACTION CONTROL OFF' LOSS OF ENGINE POWER LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE CAR TO IMMEDIATELY SLOW AND TRACTION CONTROL TO TURN OFF . THIS ALMOST CAUSED US TO HIT ANOTHER CAR WITH THE LOSS OF POWER BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER SHUT THE CAR OFF RESTART AND DRIVE WITH THE ERROR WARNINGS GONE . THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY

AT 30K MILES THE STABILITY AND WOULD PUT MY CAR IN LIMP MODE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ONTHE INTERSTATES. SUDDENLY DROPPING THE SPEED TO ABOUT 30 MPH. I DEALT WITH THIS BY KEEPING THE STABILITRAC TURNED OFF. NOW AT 100K IT TURNED ON AND OFF BY ITSELF. REEDING BLOGS I HAVE FOUND NO FIX FOR THIS. THE VEHICLE NOW FILLS WITH FUMES. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. I CAN NOT USE MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS IN ALMOST EVERY DRIVING SITUATION.

IN DECEMBER OF 2018 I TOOK MY CAR TO DIANE SAUER IN WARREN OHIO BECAUSE THE STABILIZER TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING VERY ROUGH. I TOOK IT TO DIANE SAUER AND SERVICE MANAGER KEITH SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT AND DIDN'T CHARGE ME FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. I TOOK MY CAR BACK IN JANUARY 2019 WITH SAME PROBLEM BUT WORSE. SO BAD I GOT OFF THE BY-PASS AND HAD IT TOWED. DIANE SAUER HAD MY CAR FOR TWO WEEKS AND NEVER CALLED ABOUT THE CAR. I HAD TO REPEATEDLY CALL THEM. AFTER TWO WEEKS THEY SAY THE ENGINE WAS GONE. KEITH TOLD GM IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I PROVIDED GM AND DIANE SAUER WITH ALL RECEIPTS OF MY OIL CHANGE. I BOUGHT THAT CAR FROM DIANE SAUER BRAND NEW!!! I TOOK CARE OF THE CAR AND AFTER SEVEN YEARS THEY SAY THE ENGINE IS GONE!!!! NO WAY!!! I TOOK GREAT CARE OF THAT CAR!!! DIANE SAUER NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS!!!! DIANE SAUER WOULD NOT BE IN BUSINESS WITHOUT YOUR CUSTOMERS WHO SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS!!!! STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCTS!!!! BE HONEST!!! THE TRUST IS GONE!!!!!!