2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

PURCHASED CAR USED IN DECEMBER '15. NUMEROUS TIMES CAR WAS DRIVING AND A WARNING WAS GIVEN ON DASH "REDUCE ENGINE OWR, SERVICE STABLITRAK". CAR WAS TAKENTO MARTY FELDMAN IN LIVONIA, MI (MAY 17)AND PER INSPECTION STATED NEEDED NEW ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEMS PERSISTED WITH SAID VEHICLE FAST FWD TO MARCH 2019 CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. VICTORY CHEVY IN MILAN, MI STATED TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT NEEDS REPLACED. ONLINE A QUICK SEARCH FINDS THESE SAME ISSUES WITH THOUSANDS OF TRAVERSE N EQUINOX MODELS!!! A RECALL IS NEEDED

THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A NOISE IN THE ENGINE, TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. A WEEK LATER THE CAR STARTED TO DRIVE BADLY AND THE ENGINE SOUNDED WORSE. AFTER WORK I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START. THE NUMBERS ON THE SENSOR READER STATED IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. WE GOT IT SERVED BY A MECHANIC AND THE TIMING CHAIN WHEN IT SLIPPED DAMAGED THE ENGINE. NOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRAVERS FOR OVER A YEAR AND WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE WE NOW NEED TO PUT A NEW ENGINE IN IT. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURE WERE OF NO HELP TO US. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MENTION, WE DID HAVE OUR OIL CHANGED REGULARLY.

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IS INTERMITTENT AS AN ICON ALSO IN TEXT OF DRIVERS DISPLAY. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS CAR FOR FOUR MONTHS AND HAVE HAD IT TO A GM SERVICE DEALER TWICE. FIRST TRIP COSTED $254.15 FOR AN IMPACT SENSOR AND DIAGNOSIS. TWO DAYS LATER LIGHTS ONE AGAIN THIS TIME TENSIONER KIT WAS REPLACED. IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AND THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON AGAIN. IT HAPPENS ANYTIME, DRIVING OR BEING STARTED, NO ROUGH TERRAIN JUST CRUISING AND LIGHTS WILL COME ON.

CAR BEGAN RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH WITH LACK OF POWER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND OBD SHOWED CODES OF P0016 AND P0017. VEHICLE HAD A BAD TIMING CHAIN WHICH WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $3200. VEHICLE SHOWS 66409 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

WHILE DRIVING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL THE DASH DINGS AND SAYS TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. THEN MY CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 15MPH. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS AS IT IS UNSAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY DECELERATED TO 20 MPH. ALSO, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND REDUCE POWER CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURES WERE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT REGAINED NORMAL ACCELERATION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED MORE FREQUENTLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR SENSOR. THE REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. THE SPEED WOULD NOT EXCEED 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILED AND THE ENGINE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTED REPAIR FOR THE TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT, WHICH ENDED IN 2017. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,300. 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).

2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. CONSUMER RECOMMENDS ISSUING A RECALL NOTICE ON THE VEHICLE MODELS ENGINE. *AS *TR

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE DISPLAYS SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THEN THE VEHICLE HAS VERY LITTLE POWER TO ACCELERATE OR NAVIGATE HILLS. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED TO ME, I PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND IT JUST WASN'T RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND I HAD VERY LITTLE POWER TO DRIVE FORWARD.

I'VE HAD THIS 2012 TRAVERSE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. AT FIRST THE TRACTION CONTROL WOULD COME ON AFTER SITTING AT A RED LIGHT. REDUCED ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND TRUCK WILL PULL HARD AND BARELY EXCEED 40MPH. I PULL OVER, TURN OFF ENGINE FOR APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE. THEN RESTART ENGINE AND STABILITRAK WOULD GO OFF. NOW THE PROBLEM WILL OCCUR WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF IN MID TRAFFIC. IT ALSO COMES ON WHILE IN WARMING ENGINE IN THE MORNINGS. I HAVE TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT GOES OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, "REDUCE ENGINE POWER" AND "STABILITRAK" SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NEXT, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. FELDMAN CHEVROLET OF LIVONIA (32570 PLYMOUTH RD, LIVONIA, MI) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID. *DT*JB