2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE STEERING GEAR TOE WAS ADJUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,186.

MY "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER AND HAD THEM CHECK IT OUT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A FAULTY SENSOR BURIED DEEP WITHIN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE COST OF REPAIR IS $700. NONE OF THE PASSENGER RESTRAINTS/AIR BAGS WILL OPERATE I'M TOLD AS IT DOES NOT SHOW A PASSENGER IS PRESENT IN THE SEAT. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CREATE THIS PROBLEM...IT'S GM'S FAULTY SENSOR. MY CHILDREN ARE NO LONGER SAFE IN THE FRONT SEAT...RIDICULOUS. I'VE ASKED GM TO REPAIR AND THEY WON'T. *TR

STEERING WHEEL HAS LOCKED UP ON MY WIFE MULTIPLE TIMES WILL DRIVING. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER 3 TIMES AND NO PROBLEM DETECTED DROPPED IT OFF TODAY AT ANOTHER DEALER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT. *TR

TURNING DOWN A STREET WHEN STEERING LOCKED ON ME. ALMOST HIT A CAR AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL. I HAD TO STOP AND TRY TO NOT GO UP OVER THE CURB ALL THE WHILE ANOTHER CAR WAS COMING AS I WAS CROSSING. IT CONTINUES TO DO THIS LOCKING WHILE STEERING INTO PARKING PLACES AS WELL. VERY SCARY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHILE MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN LOOKING INTO THIS. *TR

I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING FAILING ON MY TRAVERSE. AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO GIVE OUT OCCASIONALLY. THIS PROBLEM COMES AND GOES, AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND AM AFRAID OF SERIOUS INJURY IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS. CHEVROLET SEEMS TO KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS BUT WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

AROUND THE BEGINNING OF MARCH MY 2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE DEVELOPED A WINDING SOUND WHEN STEERING AT A STOP OR LOW SPEED. AT THIS TIME THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESS AND NOW THE VENICE HAS LITTLE TO NO ASSISTB. I SAW THAT GM RECENTLY RELEASED A RECALL ON SEVERAL OF ITS MODELS WITH SIMILAR STEERING SYSTEMS. I FEEL THAT THE 2009-2012 CHEVY TRAVERSE LT SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED.6 *TR

VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO STEER AT SLOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING A CORNER OR INTO A PARKING SPACE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 3-4 MONTHS BUT HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT LATELY. MY DAUGHTER WILL BE GETTING HER LICENSE SOON AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HER DRIVING ALONE AND PANICKING IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO HER. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEEDS THERE IS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND NEARLY HIT PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE SHE LOST POWER STEERING, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AT LOW SPEEDS, LIKE PARKING AND TURNING CORNERS. *TR

POWER STEERING OCCASIONALLY STOPS RESPONDING. TYPICALLY OCCURS AT LOW SPEEDS AND PARKING LOT SITUATIONS. THE ISSUE IS RANDOM, BUT OCCURRING ON A MUCH MORE FREQUENT BASIS. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED AS MY SON IS JUST BEGINNING TO DRIVE. IF A FAILURE WERE TO OCCUR WITH HIM IT VERY WELL COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING UNDER 30 MPH MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING MAKING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.