2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

THE TIMING CHAINS OF THE ENGINE STRETCHED PREMATURELY CAUSE ENGINE SERVICE CHECK LIGHT TO ACTIVATE. CHAINS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO ENSURE PROPER FUNCTIONING AND PREVENT ENGINE FAILURE.

CHECK-ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON; VEHICLE RIDES ROUGH AND STALLS OCCASIONALLY; POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE. TOOK VEHICLE TO STS TIRE & AUTO BORDENTOWN NJ. TWO CODES WERE NOTED: P0011 AND P0024 - CAMSHAFT POSITION (TIMING OVER-ADVANCED OR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ISSUE). SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS MY CAR WAS OVERHEATING. I CHECKED THE COOLANT LEVELS AND SAW THEY WERE LOW, TOPPED THEM OFF AND PAID IT NO MIND. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR STARTED REDUCING POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHTS. TO REMEDY THIS I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR AND FOR A DAY OR TWO IT WOULD BE FINE. STRANGELY THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND I HAD NO PROBLEM FOR WEEKS. I WENT TO GET A OIL CHANGE AT A NON DEALERSHIP SHOP AND AFTER THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO THE AUTO SUPPLY TO GET THE CODE READ AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CODE P0008, THE CLERK LOOKED IT UP TO FIND IT IS A COMMON TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. HE TOLD ME IT WAS A SAVED CODE AND THAT THIS IS A REPEAT ISSUE. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OCCUR AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY IN APRIL 2012. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE CHARGED $67 TO TELL ME THE DREADFUL NEWS AND BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THE REPAIR WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET. LONGER STORY SHORT AS I WORKED FEVERISHLY WITH GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE TO GET COST ASSISTANCE THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. WHEN I FINALLY GET A 50/50 SPLIT THE CAR BEGAN OVER HEATING MORE QUICKLY TO THE POINT I COULD NOT DRIVE IT. WHEN I TOOK THE CARE TO BE REPAIRED COOLANT WAS LEAKING AND THE WATER PUMPED NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN MAY 2013 I HAD MY COOLANT TOPPED OFF FOR WHAT THE DEALERSHIP DOCUMENTED AS RECALL 13079 WATER PUMP SHAFTER SEAL LEAKS. I FOUND OUT THAT THE WATER PUMP LEAK CAN DAMAGE THE TIMING CHAIN. I THINK CHEVROLET AND GM SHOULD COVER THIS COST WHEN THEY KNEW THE WATER WOULD LEAK AND WOULD NEED REPLACING BUT NOT BEFORE IT CAUSED TIMING CHAIN RELATED DRIVING ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT PRETENSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V266000 (SEATS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,600.

MY DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW HAD PURCHASED GOOD YEAR TIRES 8 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE LESS THAN 8,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN ONE TIRE SIDE WALL ON THE TIRE FAILED WHEN THEY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A POT HOLE. THE FAILURE WAS THE SIDEWALL AND THEREFORE IN OUR MINDS THAT PARTICULAR TIRE SIDEWALL HAD TO BE DEFECTIVE. THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW TIRE. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. GOODYEAR SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS WHERE MY DAUGHTER, SON IN LAW AND GRAND CHILDREN COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME JUSTIFICATION TO THEM OTHER THAN SOME MECHANIC TELLING THEM IT WAS DUE TO A POT HOLE.. *TR

AIR CONDITIONING/HEAT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. A/C WILL BLOW HOT AIR SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THE BLOWER WILL ONLY WORK ON FRONT VENTS. THE DEFROST WILL NOT BLOW AT THE TOP VENTS. NO MATTER WHAT SETTING YOU PUT IT ON IT ONLY BLOWS IN THE FRONT. TSB #PIE-0161 NHTSA #10038747. YET ANOTHER KNOWN PROBLEM THAT I CAN'T GET MY CHEVY DEALER TO COVER. I HAD THE ACTUATOR REPLACED AND THAT HELPED WITH THE HAVING ALL THE VENTS WORK BUT THE A/C WILL RUN HOT SOMETIMES. IF I HAVE THE HEAT ON IN THE MORNING AND THEN TRY TO USE THE A/C LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THE A/C WILL RUN HOT. IF I START THE CAR WITH THE A/C ON IN THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY IT WILL STAY COLD. IT IS ONLY WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN SETTINGS. *TR

ERROR MESSAGE SAYS TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER REDUCED THEN VEHICLE DROPS SPEED TO UNDER 20MPH. I HAVE TO TRY AND SAFELY PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT UNTIL I CAN TURN THE CAR BACK ON TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THIS CAN LAST AN HOUR OR MORE. DEALER SAYS THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED. TSB #PI-0097A AND NHTSA #10036514 SHOWS A KNOWN ISSUE. DEALER SAYS NOT COVERED. DEALER SERVICED VEHICLE BY CLEANING THE THROTTLE BOTTLE AND PROBLEM STOPPED FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. SYMPTOMS HAPPEN AGAIN AND NOW ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. I AM VERY DISCOURAGED WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHY DOES CHEVY PUBLISH THESE TSB'S IF THE DEALERS WON'T COVER THEM? *TR

THE INITIAL PROBLEM STARTED IN DEC. 2014 WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE PARKING ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS VERY COLD OUT. THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO GO OUT AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO TURN. THIS HAPPENED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVY DEALER BECAUSE I RECEIVED A TSB IN THE MAIL. THE CHEVY DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE BULLETIN BECAUSE MY STEERING GEAR IS LEAKING WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE TSB. MY POWER STEERING FLUID IS STILL FULL. COST TO REPAIR WOULD BE $1701.09. MY VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS TWO TSB BUT THE DEALER STILL SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED. NOW IN APRIL 2015 THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME EVEN WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE IS NOT COVERED! *TR

TRUCK WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY, DRIVER ACCELERATED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND IT ACTED AS THOUGH IT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS. IT WAS PUSHED TO THE GAS STATION AND FILLED UP WITH GAS, THEN IT WOULDN'T START AND EVENTUALLY THE BATTERY DIED. IT WAS JUMP STARTED AND DROVE A FEW MILES TO THE HOUSE WITH A KNOCKING SOUND. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC EVALUATED IT AND SAID THE ENGINE IS BLOWN. IT HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WITHOUT MISSING AN OIL CHANGE, ALL MAINTENANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN JUNE OF 2010. THERE WERE THREE SAFETY RECALLS, ONE INCLUDING A GAS TANK ISSUE, AND ALTHOUGH SEVERAL MESSAGES WERE LEFT ON THE "RECALL HOTLINE", NO RETURN CALL WAS EVER RECEIVED. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS METAL IN THE OIL BUT THE ENGINE OIL IS NOT LOW.THIS VEHICLE IS TOO NEW TO HAVE A BLOWN ENGINE. HELP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.