2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

RECEIVED ENGINE CODE P0008 WITHIN 24 HOURS OF PURCHASING USED FROM RUSS DARROW DEALERSHIP

RANDOMLY TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK IN GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT. STOP THE CAR, TURN OFF AND THEN START AND PROBLEM USUALLY CLEARS AND TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT NORMALLY. PROBLEM MAY CLEAR FOR A WEEK , A COUPLE OF DAYS OR MAY HAPPEN AGAIN ON RE-START. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PATTERN TO FAILURE. CAN HAPPEN AT START-UP OR AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR AWHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. APPEARS TO BE STUCK IN A LOWER GEAR SINCE THIS HAPPENS @ 20 MPH. CAN HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THEN TRY TO SPEED UP BUT CAN NOT - MUST PULL OVER AND RE-START CAR.

AT LOW SPEEDS TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT THE STEERING LOCKS UP AND IS DIFFICULT TO TURN. CANNOT ALWAYS MAKE A TURN AS EXPECTED AND MUST MAKE WIDE TURN INTO ON-COMING TRAFFIC BUT USUALLY ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. HAPPENS RANDOMLY. HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR @ 1 YEAR.

TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK AFTER ABOUT 3RD GEAR AND DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK VIOLENTLY AND DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME, HAPPENS ONCE IN A WHILE OUT THE BLUE WHEN DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS. ALSO HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING ON OTHER VEHICLES SAME MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR FUTURE PROBLEMS WITH THIS COMPANY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PHILLIPS CHEVROLET (9700 W LINCOLN HWY, FRANKFORT, IL 60423 (815) 469-2323) FOR A ROUTINE SERVICE CHECK. THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT LOCATE ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES AND THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. ...UPDATED 11/15/17 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,508.

MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT TO HIGHER GEARS WHEN I ACCELERATE. I HAVE TO PULL OVER, COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE. THAT SOMEHOW "RESETS" THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE BEHAVES NORMALLY AFTER THAT. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST DAILY. FRUSTRATING THING IS THAT MECHANICS HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ONCE. THEY SAY THEY ARE UNABLE TO ID WHAT'S WRONG. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL. I'M TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. AND THE CAR'S COMPUTER DOESN'T KICK OUT AN ERROR MESSAGE. THIS HAPPENS ON ALL KINDS OF ROADS. MY CAR WON'T SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. IF I DON'T PULL OVER TO "RESET" THE ENGINE, I GET A HOT METAL SMELL FROM THE ENGINE. VERY FRUSTRATING....THE MECHANICS HAVE NO CLUE WHERE TO START LOOKING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. I'VE GONE TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND THEY'RE ALL GRASPING AT STRAWS.

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT TO A SHOP, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE CODES INDICATE THAT YOUR TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BUT DOES NOT COVER THE 2010 MODEL. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE HAD BEEN CORRECTED WITH BETTER PARTS, BUT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE THE 2007,2008, AND 2009 MODEL YEARS.

POWER STEERING FAILS WITHOUT WARNING WHEN MAKING TURNS, PARTICULARLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THEN AS QUICKLY AS IT FAILS, IT WILL RETURN AGAIN. THE CAR NOW HAS 120,000 MILES ON IT, BUT THIS ISSUE STARTED WHEN IT ONLY HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT, AND WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTEE. 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS INCLUDING THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AS THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS WORKING PROPERLY AND THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR IS PROPERLY FILLED. THE DEALER ACTUALLY TOLD US 'IT'S JUST TIME FOR A NEW CAR GUYS.' WE HAVE SPOKEN IN PERSON TO TWO OTHER OWNERS OF TRAVERSES AND THEY DESCRIBE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

SINCE MAY 2017 I HAVE HAD ISSUES WHERE THIS CAR WILL RUN PERFECT ALL DAY AND WHEN I SHUT IT OFF AND GO TO GET BACK IN IT IT WILL NOT START. IT IS LIKE IT IS DISABLED. BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN MONTHLY AND WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. THIS LAST TIME I WAS GETTING TRANSMISSION FLUSHED AND THE MECHANIC HAD FINISHED FIRST PART AND ASKED ME TO START IT AND GOT NOTHING. ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON IT WILL NOT START TRIED SEVERAL TIMES HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF GARAGE AND CALL A TOW TRUCK AGAIN. DEALER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. IN JULY WE REPLACED THE STARTER AND A BATTERY CABLE AND AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND PARKED IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING.