2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ENGAGING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE PEDAL, SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSED THE PEDAL CONTINUOUSLY. THE PROBLEM RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

POWER STEERING ASSIST WENT OUT AND WONT RETURN NOW TRUCK HAS 80000 + MILES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING FLUID SEEMS TO BE GETTING TO HOT AND BREAKING DOWN CAUSING THE POWER BOOST TO GO OUT, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STEER. *TR

THE PAST FEW DAYS THE STEERING ON MY 2010 TRAVERSE HAS BEEN LOCKING UP AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS LOCKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. IT OCCURS WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS. WHILE TRYING TO TURN AT INTERSECTIONS OR INTO PARKING SPACES YOU HAVE TO POWER THE WHEEL TO TURN AND MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THE STEERING GEAR BOX WINDING VERY LOUDLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE, TURNING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT ONTO ANOTHER STREET, TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT OR TRYING TO PARK IN A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. AT TIMES, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. I HAVE CONTACTED MY GM DEALERSHIP WHO TELLS ME THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THAT MY POWER-STEERING PUMP NEEDS REPLACEMENT. I AM HIGHLY DOUBTFUL OF THAT AS THIS SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF 2010 CHEVY TRANSVERSE OWNERS COMPLAINTS. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND INITIATE A RECALL. *TR

OUR TRAVERSE HAS A GROANING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AT SLOW SPEEDS. I HAD THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY CAME BACK TELLING ME IT NEEDED A NEW STEERING RACK BECAUSE IT WILL GET WORSE AND POSSIBLY I WILL LOOSE MY POWER STEERING ENTIRELY WITHOUT WARNING. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND VISITING WITH REPAIR SHOPS IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY GM WITH A SAFETY RECALL. GM HAS SINCE REDESIGNED THE DEFECT FOR NEWER MODEL CARS. I CAN ONLY HOPE THIS GETS RESOLVED SOON BEFORE THERE IS SERIOUS INJURY. *JS

AT SLOW SPEEDS (UNDER 25 MPH) POWER STEERING FAILS MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. NO ACCIDENTS YET, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS ENTERING DRIVEWAYS OR MAKING TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS WHERE I COULD NOT STEER TIGHTLY WHEN THE POWER ASSISTS GOES OUT - BARELY MISSING OTHER VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT FLUID LEVELS ARE FINE, THE PUMP IS WORKING, AND THERE ARE NO LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM. DEALER SERVICE STATED THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS. NOW THAT I HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES I AM BEING TOLD I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REPAIR COSTS. *JS

THE ISSUE WAS FIRST OBSERVED WHEN INITIATING A 90 DEGREE RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 10MPH. THE WHEEL DID NOT RESPOND TO THE TURN AND FELT AS IF IT WAS BEING GRABBED OR PINCHED, THE ONLY DRIVER OPTION WAS TO IMMEDIATELY APPLY THE BRAKES. THE WHEEL THEN HAD TO BE MUSCLED IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE. SINCE THAT INSTANCE, THIS ISSUE HAS INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AND HAS BECOME A DAILY OCCURRENCE. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY ALL THREE REGULAR DRIVERS OF THE VEHICLE. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE VEHICLE MUST BE REVERSED TO RE-INITIATE THE TURN SO AS NOT TO HIT OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS. ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS INDEPENDENTLY OBSERVED BY OUR MECHANIC WHEN TAKING THE VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE AFTER PERFORMING UNRELATED WORK ON THE VEHICLE. A RELATED ISSUE OBSERVED INCLUDES A SENSATION OF PINCHING OR BINDING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN INITIATING A TURN AT LOW SPEED; AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS BRIEF SENSATION THE WHEEL THEN TURNS WITHOUT ISSUE. THE DANGEROUS ASPECT OF THIS ISSUE IS THAT THE DRIVER IS NOT CERTAIN THAT THE WHEEL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN. HOWEVER THE DRIVER CANNOT JUST APPLY THE BRAKES AS THAT MAY RESULT IN GETTING REAR ENDED AND AT THE SAME TIME IS APPREHENSIVE ABOUT MUSCLING THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS JUST BROUGHT IN FOR INSPECTION OF THE STEERING ISSUES BY OUR CERTIFIED CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER. THEIR DIAGNOSIS INDICATED THAT THE STEERING RACK REQUIRES REPLACEMENT AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1600 AND NEEDS TWO (2) DAYS IN THE SHOP. THEY INDICATED IT WAS NOT A DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY ITEM. CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE IS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES. *TR

2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT WHILE TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS - IT SOMETIMES WORKS/SOMETIMES NOT. PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PARK, OR TURN FROM AT STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. VERY MUCH A SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN - EITHER INTO A PARKING SPOT, OR WHILE TURNING THROUGH TRAFFIC AT AN INTERSECTION, AND THEN THE STRENGTH NEEDED TO TURN THE WHEEL. PROBLEM STARTED AT LESS THAN 60K MILES. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE TRAVERSE AND RELATED GM VEHICLES. *TR

POWER STEERING WOULD LOCK UP FOR 5 APPROXIMATELY SECONDS WHEN MAKING A TURN AT A SLOW SPEED 25 MPH OR LESS. SEEMS TO BE DOING IT MORE FREQUENTLY 1-2 TIMES PER DAY. HAD IT LOOKED AT A CHEVY DEALER COULD FIND NO THING WRONG. HAD IT AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP HE CHANGED THE POWER STEERING FLUID-STATED THAT IT APPEARED REALLY DARK AND DIRTY. THIS DID NOT HELP WITH THE STEERING PROBLEM. *TR