2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

STEERING WAS MAKING A WHINING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, CHEVY "FIXED" THE PROBLEM. 2 YEARS LATER AFTER THE "FIX" THE STEERING IS AGAIN MAKING THE WHINING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WE HAVEN'T YET HAD CHEVY LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AGAIN, BUT JUDGING BY THE OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THE NHTSA DATABASE, WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO SHELL OUT OVER $1000 TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED AGAIN. *TR

WHEN IT GETS WET UNDERNEATH THE STEERING STOPS AND FREEZES UP UNTIL I CAN THE WHEELS STRAIGHT AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME TURNING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT THE DEALER CHECKED STEERING BELT AND FOUND IT WASN'T THAT. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN THERE IS PUDDLES ON THE ROADS. DEALER TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT DOES IT AGAIN. I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT RAINS. *TR

THE ENTIRE ENGINE FAILED,SEIZED. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPORTED THAT IT WAS DO TO NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE CHANGE OIL LIGHT WAS ON BUT NOT A LOW OIL LIGHT, THERE WAS NO OIL LEAKAGE OR SMELL NOTED. THE CAR HAD BEEN ACTING "ODD" FOR 10 DAYS OR SO, LOSING POWER AND MAKING A DIESEL ENGINE SOUND WHILE RUNNING. *TR

APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AFTER TAKING IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON STEERING PROBLEMS, MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING NOISE. I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND THEY ALL SEEM TO THINK IT WAS RELATED TO THE TIMING CHAIN. AS TIME PROGRESSED THE NOISE GOT EXCEEDINGLY WORSE AND USED AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF GAS. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY NOT OPERATING AND IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 120K MILES. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY STATED THE PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF USAGE. AFTER CHECKING THE WEBSITE WWW.CHEVYTRAVERSEFORUM.COM I DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER CONSUMERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM; HOWEVER, THEIR USAGE WAS MUCH LOWER, I.E. 19K POSTED BY COTTON-SMITH, 20K HEATHER AND MARK, 21K JUDIH, TO NAME A FEW. SENSOR CODE WAS P0017 I CONTACTED THE GM CONSUMER LINE LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE TO NO AVAIL. REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED ON THE ISSUES RELATING TO TIMING CHAINS/ENGINE PROBLEMS. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE PARK ASSIST MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE GAUGES WENT TO 0 AND THE RADIO AND AIR CONDITIONING WENT OFF. IT THEN SUDDENLY POPPED BACK ON AND 4 DIFFERENT WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH (CHECK ENGINE, TIRE PRESSURE, A DECAL WITH A LOCK AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT) AND THEN OFF AGAIN. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR AGAIN IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I ATTEMPTED 2 TIMES AND ON THE 3RD TIME THE ENGINE TURNED OVER AND THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF. THE FOLLOWING CODES CAME UP WHEN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC TOOL WAS PLUGGED IN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER THE ISSUE OCCURRED. B2AAA, B2A00, P0008, PO202 AND U25E5. *TR

VEHICLE SEEMS TO HESITATE ALSO STALLING WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS (FEELS LIKE A MISS IN THE ENGINE) RPM DROP ABOUT 500 - 700 RPMS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT ALSO FEELS LIKE THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKUP IS ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING NOT SURE IF THE NEW TRANSMISSIONS HAVE THAT ANYMORE. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP LAST MONTH REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION TO ELIMINATE THE HARD SHIFTING PROBLEM WITH A BULLETIN ISSUED FROM CHEVROLET .

WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS 2 YEARS OLD AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 35,900 MILES, I STARTED HEARING A LOW WHINING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHENEVER THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE INTERMITTENT NOISE CONTINUED, SO I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED ON 2/18/11 WITH MILEAGE OF 36,379. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE NOISE. THE NOISE CONTINUED GETTING WORSE; BECAME LOUDER AND CONSTANT. I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED ON 8/24/11 WITH MILEAGE OF 44,248. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE STEERING GEAR WAS FAILING AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, I HAD TO PAY $1212.80. IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO HAVE A REPAIR OF THIS MAGNITUDE ON A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH LOW MILEAGE. I PURCHASED THIS TRAVERSE BRAND NEW TO AVOID THE COSTLY REPAIRS OF OLDER VEHICLES. APPARENTLY, I MADE A BAD DECISION. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALREADY HAD 3 SAFETY RECALLS AND THE STEERING GEAR SHOULD BE MADE THE 4TH.

I BEGAN NOTICING THAT MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE A CLICKING NOISE. THEN A WHILE LATER, I BEGAN TO NOTICE IT WAS INCREASINGLY HARDER TO MAKE SHARP LEFT/RIGHT TURNS INTO PARKING SPACES. I TOOK IN MY VEHICLE AT 53,000 MILES AND THEY SAID THE STEERING GEAR HAD FAILED. IT TOOK 2 DAYS TO REPAIR AND ALMOST $1400. THEN I'M DRIVING THE CAR LESS THAN A DAY AND CAN'T AGAIN TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE. I CRANKED THE WHEEL WITH ALL MY MIGHT TO GET IT PARKED. I TOOK MY CAR BACK AND THEY NOW SAY IT'S A POWER STEERING FAILURE! WHY DOES A 2 1/2 YR OLD CAR HAVE FAILING PARTS?! *TR

MY 2009 TRAVERSE ACCELERATES WHEN IT WANTS TO. THE RPM ARE GOING NUTS BUT THE TRUCK IS SLOWING DOWN WHEN YOU GIVE IT GAS IT DOES NOTHING FOR ONE OR TWO SECONDS. EXTRA PASSENGERS AND THERE WEIGHT MAKE IT EVEN WORSE . CHEVY DEALER IS BAFFLED. PROBLEM STILL UNSOLVED. I THINK THAT IF I KEEP DRIVING IT THIS WAY IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO BIGGER PROBLEMS. CHEVY SHOULD JUST RECALL ALL TRAVERSES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING FELL OUT OF THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. CAR DEALERSHIP REPLACED RACK AND PINION AND BLED POWER STEERING AND SET TOE. FOUND NOISE TRACED TO INTERNAL RACK FAILURE WHICH CAUSED CLUNK WHEN TURNED BACK AND FORTH. REPAIRED 3/2011