2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

I HAVE A 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE WITH 67,000 MILES ON IT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND DETECTS TIMING CHAINS. TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND $3200 LATER HAD NEW TIMING CHAINS PUT ON. THERE IS NO WAY WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MILEAGE THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED YET. WHEN IS THIS RECALL GOING TO TAKE EFFECT!!!! ON TOP OF THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN MARCH, SO NO HELP WHAT SO EVER..... GM NEEDS TO STEP UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE STABILITRAC AND MOTOR POWER REDUCED INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF, RESTARTED, AND RETURNED TO NORMAL FOR A FEW MILES BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

MY CAR COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME KILLED. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK,STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN I MASHED THE GAS TO GO IT SAID STABILITY TRACK OFF ,MOTOR REDUCED. MY CAR LITERALLY WAS IN THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC COMING. THERE WAS NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF . ANOTHER DAY I HAD TO PULL OVER ON A FOUR LANE BECAUSE IT DONE THE SAME AND WOULDN'T GO. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO HAS THESE CHEVY TRAVERSE.I HAVE LOOKED AT MANY REVIEWS AND THIS IS A BIG COMPLAINT OUT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE SAME ISSUE. IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MUCH LESS A FAMILY,BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO SHUT DOWN. NO SHOP CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. I'VE HAD NEW TIRES,SENSOR,AND RESET AND IT DOESN'T WORK. PLEASE CONSIDER LOOKING AT ALL THE REVIEWS ON THESE CARS.

FUEL GAGE STARTED READING HALF FULL NO MATTER IF. TANK FULL OR EMPTY. DIGITAL MILES LEFT TO TRAVEL MATCH A HALF FULL TANK.

TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AFTER 102,000 MILES; REPAIR IS $2500; GM EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM ON 2007 TO 2009; THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS FOR 2010 BUT GM HAS NOT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY; OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY; TIMING CHAIN SHOULD NOT GO AFTER 5 YRS, 100K MILES. GM MUST EXTEND WARRANTY FOR THIS MODEL YEAR DUE TO THIS ONGOING DESIGN FLAW.

STARTER FAILED; DIFFICULTY STARTING; INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY. HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER; POSSIBLE RECALL. COST $482.68

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V415000 (STRUCTURE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STEER/TURN AT LOW LEVEL OF SPEEDS USUALLY LESS THAN 5MPH THE STEERING IS VERY STIFF AND REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT TO TURN THE VEHICLE. I ALSO RECENTLY FELT MY STEERING LOCK UP WHILE MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY GOING AT A RATE OF 50-60 MPH.

MY TRAVERSE JUST PULLED A P0008 AND P0017 ENGINE CODE. AFTER BRINGING IT TO THE MECHANIC, I HAD AN OIL FLUSH AND INDUCTION SYSTEM CLEANING. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE P0008 CODE WHEN OFF AGAIN. THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH IS DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE CAM AND CRANK POSITIONING (CREATING SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY) APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL AND WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR 08-09 CHEVY TRAVERSES HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT TRANSFERRED OVER TO MY PARTICULAR MODEL YEAR, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 09 BUT SOLD AS AN 2010. THE VEHICLE IS 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES ON IT. -(PLEASE NOTE SERVICE BULLETIN 10287C DATE OF ISSUE APRIL 13, 2012) (ALSO NOTE THE LETTER SENT TO OWNERS ABOUT THE ECM REPROGRAMMING, DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AND WARRANTY EXTENSION WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR 10 YEARS 120,000 MILES)

CAR STALLED OUT 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL INTERSECTION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON EITHER. TOOK THE CAR INTO GOODYEAR FOR A CHECK AND NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THEIR COMPUTER, CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR 20 MIN WITHOUT INCIDENT EITHER. WAS ADVISED TO TRY AND USE A FUEL INJECTION FLUSH. GASOLINE COULD BE SMELLED INSIDE THE CAR AFTER THE STALLING INCIDENT. 9/13/15: WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALLY. STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE STARTED TO SEEP INTO THE CAR. CAR FINALLY STALLED OUT AS WE APPROACHED THE SHOULDER LANE. THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS VERY STRONG AT THIS POINT, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. CAR WAS TOWED TO GOODYEAR. HOOKED UP CAR TO THE COMPUTER AND THERE WERE 6 THINGS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT INTO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2010. OWNER OF GOODYEAR STORE ALSO INFORMED US THAT PRIOR TO OUR CAR COMING IN, 3 CARS OF THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR CAME IN THIS PAST YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY ADVISED ALL OF THE OTHER 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE OWNERS TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. BROUGHT IN THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP. UPON STARTING UP MY CAR, THE ENTIRE SERVICE AREA STARTED TO SMELL OF GASOLINE. CAR WAS HOOKED UP TO THE COMPUTER AND I WAS THEN TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $2200 TO FIX THE "MULTIPLE PROBLEMS". THE 5 OUT OF 6 FUEL INJECTORS WERE MISFIRING. FUEL PUMP, INJECTORS, SPARK PLUGS, AND MORE NEED TO BE REPLACED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER TURNED ON ONCE SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2010, UNTIL THE INCIDENT ON 9/13/15 ON THE FREEWAY. MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, WITHOUT INCIDENT! NOW THAT MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, THIS HAPPENS!