2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON I-95 NORTH IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HEAR DING DING DING THEN LOOSE POWER AND CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE. SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON IN DASH. VEHICLES BEHIND ME ALMOST RAN INTO ME AS MY CAR SLOWED FOR NO REASON AND NO BRAKE LIGHTS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND SCARY TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MANY ANGRY MOTORISTS HONKING AND DISPLAYING RUDE GESTURES AS I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND TOLD WAS A SENSOR THAT CAUSED IT. NOW 3 LATER SAME THING DRIVING HOME FROM CHEERLEADING PRACTICE WITH 3 YOUNG CHILDREN IN CAR. I HAVE READ MANY CASES OF SAME THING WITH THIS TYPE CAR ON CHEVY TRAVERSE FORUMS.

MY FUEL LIGHT CAME ON SO I WENT TO THE NEAREST STATION TO FILL UP. I ALWAYS TURN MY CAR OFF WHILE PUMPING. WHEN I WENT TO START THE CAR AFTERWARDS, IT ACTED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO START. I PROCEEDED TO LEAVE THE STATION. AS I GOT ON THE ROAD MY LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON WARNING ME THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL IS OFF, THAT THE STABILITY SOMETHING NEEDS SERVICED, THEN SOMETHING ABOUT POWER REDUCED. I QUICKLY WENT FROM 45 MPH TO LESS THAN 20 ON A FLAT ROAD. SCARED ME BC I HAD MY FAMILY IN MY CAR AND ON A ONE LANE ROAD TRYING TO GET TO THE SIDE SO OTHERS COULD PASS ME.

WHILE DRIVING ON A ON A BUSY STREET VEHICLE- APPROX 30MPH - UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING THIS VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED / DOWNSHIFTED TO A CRAWL. WE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND NARROWLY AVOIDED SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS OF PEOPLE BEHIND US. THANKFULLY WE WERE NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AS OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED. ALSO, DOOR LOCKS BEGAN LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ON THEIR OWN. ONCE WE GOT TO A SAFE SPOT MESSAGES ON THE DISPLAY BEGAN FLASHING, SERVICE STABILTRAK; SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL; PARK ASSIST OFF; TRACTION CONTROL ON; TRACTION CONTROL OFF. TOWED THIS CAR TO THE DEALER FOR AN EXORCISM SINCE IT WAS NO LONGER DRIVEABLE. FIRST THING THEY DID WAS REPLACE THE BATTERY. AS THEY TELL IT A BAD / FUNKY BATTERY MIGHT CAUSE BAD THINGS TO THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION MODULE. $400 LATER ISSUES PERSIST. NOW I AM TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OUTRIGHT - $5500. THIS JUST CAN'T BE RIGHT. THIS IS BARELY 6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH JUST OVER $115K. SERVICED REGULARLY / WITHOUT FAIL. SHAME ON YOU CHEVROLET. I'M BETTING NO CHEV EXEC, DEALER OR MECHANIC WOULD EVER TRUST THIS CAR FOR THEIR FAMILY VEHICLE

I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, SHORTLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED. I PULLED OVER, SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED. NO LIGHTS. WHEN I BRAKE CAR, SEEMS TO TAKE LONGER AND THEN JERKS TO ENGAGE BRAKES. SHOP RAN CODES AND NOTHING CAME BACK.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE CAR INITIALLY DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER AND SHOOK A LOT THEN EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP AND DROVE NORMALLY. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK AT HOME, IT SHOOK AGAIN AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL I TURNED IT OFF.

PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND CHECK ENGINE STARTED FLASHING THEN THE TRACTION CONTROL SAID IT WAS OFF AND THE STABILIZATION TRAK SERVICE THE POWER OF THE VECHICAL WENT DOWN AND STARTED SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF WAITED 15 MINUTES AND TRIED TO START IT IT HESITATED AND WAS DEALING ROUGH.. STABILIZER CONTROL ON FLASHES ON THE SCREEN AND CHECK ENGINE WENT SOLID AND CAR SEEMED FINE. I'M NOW CALLING THE DEALER SHIP TO GET IT IN. BUT I READ THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY NO RECALL? D CAR WAS SHAKING.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER, AND TOTALLY LOST POWER, AS I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. NO NOISES, NO WARNING, NO MALFUNCTION LAMPS UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. ALL HAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT A MINUTE. REPAIR SHOP SAID ENGINE WAS A LOSS DUE TO INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE SITUATION COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING MY TRAVERSE AND THE STABILITY AND ENGINE POWER REDUCED CAME ON AND AUTOMATICALLY MY CAR CAME TO A STOP AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY SON PUSHED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT KEEPS HAPPENING. I'M LUCKY SO FAR THAT I WASN'T ON THE EXPRESSWAY, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED.

POWER STEERING HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES (NOW MAY HAVE TO BE A FOURTH), ONCE PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP (WAS DEEMED CERTIFIED BY A CHEVY DEALER AT TIME OF PURCHASE HOWEVER I BELIEVE THIS WAS FRAUDULENT). MECHANIC SAID (AT FIRST REPLACEMENT) POWER STEERING FROM MY PURCHASE WAS AFTER MANUFACTURERED PARTS. THIS MEANS WHEN I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 27,000 MILES IN 2012, POWER STEERING PUMP HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT ON I-70 ONCE GO 75 MPH. THE VEHICLE MAKES NOISES WHEN TURNING. NOW AGAIN, LEAKING STEERING FLUID AND ENGINE FLUID. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL, ETC... I CALLED GM AND THEY CLAIM THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STEERING HOWEVER IT'S ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS YEAR AND MODEL HAVING POWER STEERING PUMP, RACK AND PINION COMPLAINTS. I HAD ALSO BEEN TOLD BY A LEXUS DEALER/SERVICE IN 2014 THAT IT NEEDED A RACK AND PINION OR POWER STEERING PUMP. GM DEALERSHIP LATER DETERMINED IT WAS POWER STEERING PUMP. HOW MANY POWER STEERING PUMPS DO I HAVE TO PUT ON THIS CAR? I CONTACTED GM, THEY CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILITY DESPITE OTHER VINS/YEARS HAVING THESE EXACT ISSUES. CLEARLY, THERE IS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE IN THESE SUBS THAT WOULD CAUSE SO MANY POWER STEERING PUMPS TO FAIL. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE ANYONE TAKES THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND DEFECTIVE CAR SERIOUS?

TIMING CHAIN. VEHICLE HAS SERVICE STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGES COME UP ON DISPLAY. VEHICLE VERY SLUGGISH AND WILL SAY "REDUCE POWER" ON DISPLAY. DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 55 MPH AND CAR GOES COMPLETELY LIMP. HAVE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF BUSY ROAD WITH WIFE AND KIDS IN CAR AND HAVE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP, NO POWER TO WHEELS. LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.