2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE LOOSE AND FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V151000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE LIFT GATE FELL AND HIT MY WIFE WHILE UNLOADING GROCERIES. WENT TO DEALER TO REPAIR AND THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER HOW CHEVY /GM IS GOING TO REPAIR THIS IS A RECALL

HARD TO STEER AT LOWER SPEED (WHEN PARKING OR COMING OUT OF PARKING, WHEN TURNING) IN ONE OCCASION I DID HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WILE TURNING TO MY RIGHT, LUCKILY THERE WERE NOT SERIOUS DAMAGES AND NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED. I CAN BARELY TURN AT LOWER SPEED, I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE RACK AND PINION AS WELL. CANNOT AFFORD OVER $3,000.00 IN REPAIR COSTS. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CHEVY OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V415000 (STRUCTURE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I HAVE A 2012 CHEVY TRAVERSE THAT MADE NOISE WITH TURNING, WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING FLUID WOULD PUDDLE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 35,000 MILES ON IT. THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 6/15. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED CHEVY AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF AN ISSUE OF THIS NATURE WITH MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THAT I HAD NO OUTSTANDING RECALLS. THEY STATED I NEEDED TO HAVE IT TOWED (THEY OFFERED TO PAY) TO A DEALERSHIP TO BE ACCURATELY ASSESSED AS IF MY VERY EXPERIENCED MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THERE WAS AN ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT BASED ON MY VIN MY VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. I TOLD THEM THAT BASED ON MY VEHICLE THE VIN HAS PROBLEMS AND THAT THE VIN DOES NOT PREDICT WHETHER IT WILL HAVE ISSUES. THERE MIGHT NOT BE A RECALL HOWEVER THERE ARE COMPLAINTS TO THE NHTSA AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO MYSELF, OTHER VEHICLES DRIVING AROUND ME AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS. I LIVE RIGHT BY AN ELEMETARY SCHOOL. MY STEERING MAKES A HORRIBLE SOUND AND BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WHILE DRIVING.

THE BATTERY VOLTAGE DISPLAY ON THE DASH IS READING A BELOW NORMAL READING. BATTERY WAS REPLACED DUE TO THIS. BUT STILL THE DISPLAY IS READING A BELOW NORMAL READING. HAD BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED, ALL TESTS CONFIRMED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WERE FINE AND THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THE DASH DISPLAY SHOULD BE SHOWING A LOWER READING. THIS OCCURS AT ALL TIMES, FROM CRANKING, TO IDLING AND DRIVING. AT TIMES THE READING WILL FLUCTUATE INTO THE NORMAL AREA, BUT IT IS BRIEF AND WILL SOON RETURN TO A LOWER READING. THIS OCCURS ALSO AT ALL TIMES ON ALL ROAD SURFACES AND ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AT ALL PERIODS OF STOPPING AND APPLYING BRAKES AND PUTTING VEHICLE INTO THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD, APPROX 4-6 INCHES. THIS HAPPENS OF FLAT SURFACES, INCLINES, ANY AND ALL SURFACES. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED NUMEROUS FRONT END COLLISIONS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I APPLY THE BRAKE, THEN ENGAGE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. HAPPENS ON ANY AND ALL ROAD SURFACES. VEHICLE DOES NOT LUNGE WHEN ONLY BRAKE IS APPLIED, BUT WHEN IT IS SHIFTED INTO PARK. AS SOON AS THE PARK IS ENGAGED IT LUNGES. NOTHING I DO CAN STOP THE LUNGE. VERY DANGEROUS AND I WILL RECORD VIDEO OF THIS FOR FUTURE REFERENCES IF NEED BE,

I WAS ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE TRACTION CONTROL STABILITY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND A MESSAGE OF A REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE WAS FLASHING CAR LOST SPEED FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN PICKED UP AGAIN. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS BEEN ON SINCE.

MY CHEVY TRAVERSE WAS HARD TO STEER, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. I HAD FLUID ON MY GARAGE FLOOR, LUCKILY I LIVE A MILE FROM THE DEALER. AFTER CHECKING THE VEHICLE THEY FOLLOWED THE LEAK AND STATED THAT I NEEDED A NEW RACK AND PINION, POWER STEERING PUMP AND THEN AN ALIGNMENT. TOTAL BILL $ 2,600 AND THEY WERE NOT SURE IF THIS FIX WOULD THE PROBLEM. THEY STATED THAT THEY NEVER SAW SUCH A PROBLEM IN A VEHICLE THAT HAD LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. OF COURSE THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED. THE DEALER GAVE ME THE OPTION OF JUST DOING THE RACK AND PINION AND TAKING MY CHANCES WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP. I DECLINED ALL WORK AND HAD MY MECHANIC DO THE RACK AND PINION AND IT WAS STILL NOT CHEAP. AND I HAD TO GO TO MIDAS TO GET THE ALIGNMENT. HOWEVER THE VEHICLE STILL WHINES AND TURNS ARE STILL HARD, YOU WOULD THINK THAT A VEHICLE THAT COST OVER $30K WOULD BE BUILT BETTER....I BELIEVE I HAVE HAD 3 RECALLS AND I AM WAITING ON PARTS FOR ANOTHER ONE. A CO-WORKER TOLD ME THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH HIS LATE MODEL TRAVERSE AND CLASS ACTION SUITS.....HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE OR DIE BEFORE A RECALL IS MADE. I AM CONCERNED THAT I WILL BE IN A SITUATION AND NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL EMITTED AN UNUSUAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.