2014 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

ON FEBRUARY 14 2019, I WENT OUTSIDE TO WARM UP MY CAR. 10 MINUTES LATER WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL PARKED THE WHOLE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. NO RECENT WORK HAD BEEN DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY WORK EVER DONE IN THE 4 YEARS I OWNED IT WERE, NEW TIRES, NEW BATTERY (IN THE BACK SEAT) AND OIL CHANGES.

SERVICE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT COMES ON WHEN DRIVING AND CAR SPEED DECREASES AND THE CAR JERKS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO GET FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AND SHORTLY AFTER EACH TIME THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN. BEEN HAPPENING SINCE AUG 2018

THIS PAST FRIDAY, I WAS TRAVELING IN THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH THEN THE CAR STARTS BEEPING, WITH IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER WITHIN SECONDS, DOWN TO 20MPH. ERROR MESSAGES START FLASHING, THE CAR STARTS SHAKING. ALMOST GOT HIT BY THE PERSON BEHIND ME AS I WASN'T BRAKING, SO THEY, NOR MYSELF, HAD NO INDICATION MY CAR WAS ABOUT COME DOWN TO A CRAWL. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, GAVE IT A MINUTE, RESTARTED, AND THE CAR WAS BACK TO NORMAL AND I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED, BUT IT WENT AWAY BEFORE I COULD GET IT TO THE DEALER (WITHIN 3 MILES), DEALER IS AROUND 8 MILES AWAY. THIS IS THE 4TH INCIDENT WITH THIS SIMILAR ISSUE. ONCE WE WERE WAITING ON A TURNING LANE, THE CAR STARTED BEEPING, SHAKING, DISPLAYING ERRORS ON THE DASHBOARD, LOSS OF POWER AGAIN TO A CRAWL. WE PULLED OVER TO THE FIRST PARKING LOT IN THE INTERSECTION. TURNED OF THE CAR, RESTARTED AND IT WAS FINE AGAIN. THEN AGAIN RIGHT AFTER PUTTING GAS. GOT INTO THE CAR TO LEAVE THE GAS STATION, CAR WAS BEEPING, SHAKING, DISPLAYING ERROR MESSAGES ON THE DASH. TURNED IT OFF, RESTARTED AND IT WAS FINE. ANOTHER TIME, I WAS APPROACHING A LIGHT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE ENGINE STALLED RIGHT BEFORE I WAS TO TURN. I HAD TO PUT IT ON PART TO RESTART THE CAR, ONCE IT STARTED, IT RAN FINE. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR IN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE A 45 MINUTE COMMUTE TO WORK EVERYDAY. I ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP TO THE RIGHT LANE IN CASE THE CAR ACTS UP. THE ERROR MESSAGES THAT DISPLAY ARE "SERVICE STABILITY TRACT, ENGINE POWER REDUCED, TRACKING CONTROL TURNED OFF" AND MAYBE ONE OTHER ONE. I'VE SEEN THE MESSAGE BOARDS AND IT'S HAPPENING TO MANY OWNERS AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS! IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE LIKE THIS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED YEARS AGO.

2014 CHEVY TRAVERSE LS, 66K MILES, PURCHASED USED IN MAY 2018. AT RANDOM, TRACTION CONTROL TURNS OFF, REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND ONCE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY! TURN CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 5 MINS, AND IT RUNS NORMALLY, BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON, UNTIL THE NEXT DAY THEN ALL IS NORMAL AGAIN. THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS--OVER AND OVER! AFTER SOME RESEARCH, FOUND A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE (GM #14515), BUT IT DID NOT COVER ALL 2014 TRAVERSES, NOT TO MENTION THIS ISSUE AFFECTS SEVERAL GM MAKES AND MODELS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE AT LEAST 2007!! THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED BY HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. I FIND IT EXTREMELY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT GM HAS NOT BEEN MADE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT VIA FULL FLEDGED RECALL--NOT JUST CERTAIN VEHICLES. THIS IS DANGEROUS!! MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A FEW SERIOUS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS "FLAW" THAT GM IS WELL AWARE OF SINCE THEY ISSUED A RECALL TO FIX IT (BUT NOT FOR ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES). CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND ALTHOUGH THE PERSON WAS NICE, HE SAID NOTHING HELPFUL AT ALL (TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND PAY A $120 DIAGNOSTIC FEE FOR WHAT? GM KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG), AND ADVISED MY CAR WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. WHY NOT?!?!?!? IT MOST CERTAINLY HAS THE ISSUE FOR WHICH THE RECALL WAS DONE!!! THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ASAP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE MY CAR DECIDED TO RANDOMLY REDUCE POWER AND/OR SHUT DOWN. UNLESS THAT'S WHAT GM IS WAITING FOR BEFORE THEY DO THE RIGHT THING. AND TO THINK MY FATHER SPENT 36 YEARS WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY...

MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING ABRUPTLY WITHOUT WARNING AS SOON AS I EXITED THE FREEWAY. THE FLUID LEVELS ARE WITHIN SPECS AND THERE WAS NO NOISE WARNING INDICATING A PUMP PROBLEM. I FOLLOWED THE LINES AND THE RACK AND PINON AND IT IS COMPLETELY DRY. CANT FIND ANY LEAKS. CHEVY TOLD ME THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS ONLY WITH TRAVERSES OF 2009-2011 AND I AM NOT INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL WARRANTY BECAUSE I HAVE A 2014. I PURCHASED THIS TRAVERSE 3 YEARS AGO AT BOB STALL CHEVY LA MESA CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. I EVEN PURCHASED THE EXTENDED 2 YEAR WARRANTY BUT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER THE COVERAGE ENDED. I HAVE 82,000 MILES.

"TAKATA RECALL" AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF NO WHERE AND WONT GO OFF, COSTS OVER $100 JUST TO DIAGNOSE. NEEDS A RECALL SINCE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT HAPPENS TO LOOSE POWER AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO WHEEL AND MOVE THE CAR . IT STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL COMES UP , THEN SERVICE STABILITYTRAK AND THEN TRACTION CONTROL OFF . IT HAS TO BE TURNED OFF AND THEN WAIT AND RESTART IT AGAIN , WITH A CHECK ENGINE

TAKATA RECALL AIBAG WARNING ON MY 2014 CHEVY TRAVERSE HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS EVEN AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY AND TRYING TO RESET. THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE BUT ARE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR YEAR!

WHILE DRIVING, CAR SLOWS TO 25MPH AND DASH FLASHES BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS: SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, POWER ENGINE REDUCED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ALSO TURN ON AT THIS TIME . THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES SO FAR. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON SIDE STREETS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT EASILY.

DRIVING TO WORK OUT OF KNOW WHERE ALL MY LIGHTS COME ON, NOT SHIFTING RIGHT, JERK'S BACK AND FORWARD WHEN U HIT 200RPM, MY BREAKS ARE NOT WORKING RIGHT SINCE THIS HAPPEN, THERE IS A SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE CAR, WE HAVE OWNED THE SUV FOR A YEAR, EVERY THREE TO FOR MONTHS IT GOES TO THE SHOP FOR THE OIL CHANGE AND ROUTINE CHECK