2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

RIDING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE STABILITRAK/TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON, CAR POWERS DOWN AND CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. GOOD THING KIDS WERE NOT IN CAR. DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION, GETTING A LAWYER... *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: STEERING WHEEL WHINING AND GRINDING STEERING FROZE/STUCK WHILE TURNING STEERING WHEEL SHAKING THIS IS SCARY CONSIDERING I'M DRIVING THIS VEHICLE EVERYDAY WITH 3 SMALL KIDS IN THE CAR. AFTER DOING AN ONLINE SEARCH IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND THAT EVERYONE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

TURNING IN DEALER LOT AND STEERING BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN VEHICLE IN DESIRED DIRECTION. ALMOST HIT A NEW CAR ON LOT AS THERE WAS NO WARNING POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. SEEMS LIKE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I DOUBT MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE VEHICLE IN THIS INCIDENT. GM DEALER IN CARLSBAD CA. DOES NOT ADMIT TO ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM BUT GOGGLE HAS HUNDREDS OF INCIDENTS. *TR

THE STEERING IS SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS ESPECIALLY WHEN PARKING, MAKING A TURN INTO DRIVEWAYS OR AT INTERSECTIONS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT ANNOYING AND CONCERNING ENOUGH THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I AM A STRONG INDIVIDUAL AND IT IS EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU TRY TO PULL INTO OR OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND ALMOST SWIPE A VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE STEERING DIFFICULTY. I HAVE SIPHONED AND REPLACED THE FLUID MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT SEEMS TO HELP A BIT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A PIECE OF MIND. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR THE FIX MAY BE IN THE $1000 TO $1400 RANGE. I WAS PLANNING TO HAVE IT FIXED; HOWEVER, BASED ON SOME OF THE POSTS, I AM HESITATING TO HAVE ANYTHING DONE IF THE ISSUE SEEMS TO COME BACK SHORTLY AFTER AS SOME INDICATED. I AM NOT SURE WHY GM HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT FORCED A RECALL ON THE ISSUE. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND UNLESS THERE ARE NUMEROUS DEATH ABOUT THE PROBLEM, NO ONE WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND OWN UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE CHOKING AND HIGH REPAIR COST WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT FIX THE ISSUE ACCORDING TO OTHER POSTS. IS THIS ISSUE UNIQUE TO THE 2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE? OR DOES IT INCLUDE OTHER MODELS IN THE SUV FAMILY (BUICK, GMC) AND NEWER MODELS? IS THERE ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST GM ABOUT THIS? *TR

AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING WILL STOP WORKING. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND WITH OUT WARNING. WHILE DRIVING THE OPERATORS MUST BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS SO THAT THEY DO NOT WRECK THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. *TR

WHEN DRIVING UNDER 40MPH THE VEHICLE IS HESITATE TO TURN, SEEMS TO BE A POWER STEERING ISSUE. TOOK THE CAR IN FOR 100,000 MILE INSPECTION, TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD "WE COULD NOT DETECT A PROBLEM". WHEN I TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY, PARKING SPOT, ETC IT HESITATES AND BECOMES DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE POINT THAT I THINK IT ISN'T GOING TO TURN AT ALL. ONE ODD THING I HAVE NOTICED IS THIS OCCURS MOST OFTEN DURING WARM WEATHER, LAST WINTER I HARDLY NOTICED THE PROBLEM BUT AS THE OUTDOOR TEMP ROSE UPWARD OF 60 THE ISSUE BEGAN OCCURRING AGAIN-NO CLUE WHY THE TEMP WOULD MATTER JUST STATING MY EXPERIENCE. CHEVY REALLY NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

WHILE TRYING TO TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES- TOO MANY TO COUNT ACTUALLY. GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND FIX THE STEERING ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE LTZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING INTO THE PARKING GARAGE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND BECAME INOPERABLE TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

THE WINDOW CONTROL PANEL DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I AM WORRIED ABOUT A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE. OTHER YEARS FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE UNDER RECALL. *TR

I HAVE REPLACED MY POWER STEERING TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE HOSES TO THE POWER STEERING. NOW THIS TIME I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AT A COST OF $1,500.00. I HAVE A 2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. IT WAS BOUGHT WITH 30,000 MILES NOW HAS 90,000 MILES. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GM REGARDING THIS. EVERYONE IS HAVING SAME ISSUES AND I FEEL GM SHOULD OWN UP TO THIS. ALL ATHENS CHEVROLET KEEPS SAYING IS "WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM BUT IT WOULD COST WAY TO MUCH MONEY TO RECALL THIS". *TR