2014 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS 10 MONTHS I HAVE LOST THE COOLANT IN MY AIR CONDITIONER. THEY HAVE FILLED IT SEVERAL TIMES, ADDING DYE, BUT HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE LEAK EVEN THOUGH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED IT WAS LOST. SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS RUNNING OUT WE TOOK IT IN AGAIN AFTER DYE HAD BEEN ADDED AND THEY FINALLY STARTED TO LOOK AT THE EVAPORATORS. THEY COULD NOT THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE FRONT EVAPORATOR SINCE A FULL INSPECTION REQUIRES REMOVAL OF THE DASHBOARD. THEY LOOKED AT THE REAR EVAPORATOR AND FOUND SOME CORROSION (WITH A MIRROR) AND A PINHOLE LEAK.. WHEN THEY WENT TO ORDER A NEW PART AND GM HAD A FOOTNOTE THAT IF THEY WERE ORDERING A REPLACEMENT EVAPORATOR THEY SHOULD ALSO ORDER AND REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR SINCE THE COPPER IN THE MOTOR BRUSHES WAS ATTACKING THE ALUMINUM EVAPORATOR. (THE MORE YOU USED THE AC, THE SOONER IT WOULD SHOW UP AND CAUSE THE CORROSION. THIS IS WHY EACH TIME IT TOOK ABOUT 8 MONTHS FOR THE COOLANT TO LEAKED OUT.) BOTH REAR AC PARTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE BLOWER MOTOR FOR THE FRONT EVAPORATOR WAS NOT REPLACED AND THIS MAY ALSO BE GOING BAD. WE WON'T KNOW FOR A WHILE SINCE WE WON'T BE USING THE AC DURING THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS. ALSO, IF THESE MOTORS CORRODE THE ALUMINUM EVAPORATOR, IT COULD EASILY ATTACK OTHER ALUMINUM PARTS IN THE CAR AND OF COURSE THE COOLANT HAS BEEN LEAKING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR, BOTH OF WHICH WHICH MAY BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT DID NOT TO RECALL THESE CARS SINCE GENERALLY THE ISSUE MAY NOT SHOW UP UNTIL THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE E-MAILS FROM JOHN THORNTON CHEVROLET'S SERVICE MAN ALONG WITH A PICTURE OF THE EVAPORATOR BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTACH THEM TO THIS COMPLAINT FORM.

I WAS DRIVING THE CHEVY TRAVERSE ON A 1 WAY STREET AT ABOUT 35 MPH..WHEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LERCHED TO THE LEFT..DRIVER HAD 0 CONTROL OVER THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE...THE CAR DROVE US HEAD ON INTO AN OAK TREE..THE ONLY REASON WE WERE NOT KILLED IS THAT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED OR I WOULD NOT BE TYPING THIS NOW...WHILE RESEARCHING THIS I FOUND MANY OTHER TRAVERSES THAT WERE ALSO BUILT IN VIRGINIA AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM..I ALSO KNOW GM WAS CLASS ACTIONED SUED FOR THIS ISSUE IN 2012...NEED TO BE SUED AGAIN...

MY AIR BAG SENSOR OR THE NOTIFICATION FOR SERVICING MY AIR BAG HAS BEGAN TO GO OFF AND ON IN THE LAST WEEK. IT STAYS ON MORE EACH DAY.

ADD MY CAR TO THE LIST OF 2014 TRAVERSES WITH THE SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED WITH FUEL, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE ACCURATE READING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V223000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,543.

DURING A LONG DRIVE THRU HEAVY TRAFFIC THE TC TURNED OFF UNABLE OR VERY HARD TO STEER THE WHEEL, THE CAR TURNED OFF ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, FORTUNATELY I WAS PASSING AN EXIT AND WAS ABLE TO SAFETLY PULL OVER. HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR FOR ABOUT 10 MIN SO THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS OFF. FIRST TIME HAPPENED ALSO IN A HEAVY TRAFFIC SAME TC TURNED OFF VERY HARD TO STEER ENGINE LIGHT ON, I WAS ABLE TO SAFETLY PARK ON SIDE ROAD WHITED ABOUT 10 MIN UNTIL FINALLY THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNERED OFF

I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT AND HEARD CHIMES. THE VEHICLE DISPLAY SHOWED SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THERE WAS SOME KIND OF ENGINE LOSS BUT IT DID NOT STALL OUT. THE RADIO AND THE AIR WERE ON AND WORKING FINE. I TRIED MANY ATTEMPTS MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS INCLUDED PUTTING IT IN PARK AND ALSO TURNING IT ON AND OFF. THE WARNINGS CONTINUED TO FLASH. THEN AFTER ONE ATTEMPT I FELT IT START TO MOVE AT AN EXTREMELY LOW RATE OF SPEED. AS I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT I FELT SOMETHING CATCH AND THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING AT A NORMAL SPEED. I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF AGAIN ONCE I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED BUT THE SERVICE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL DID NOT DISPLAY AGAIN. I KNOW FOR A FACT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS NOTHING DONE TO THE VEHICLE AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE TO DUPLICATE IT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY BUT GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TIME THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO START. I CHECKED NHTSA WEBSITE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS MADE FOR THE EXACT SAME THING WITH MANY MAKES AND MODELS. THIS IS A LEASE VEHICLE AND I DID CONTACT GM AND HAVE A CASE NUMBER. I UNDERSTAND CARS BREAKDOWN BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES NEEDS TO BE DUPLICATED BEFORE A PART CAN BE REPLACED. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THERE IS NOT A RECOMMENDED FIX FOR THIS.

3 INSTANCES, SAME PATTERN AT 2000, 19000, AND 31,000 MILES. WHILE IN MOTION, THERE IS A SOUNDING OF WARNING FROM THE DASHBOARD, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF VEHICLE ACCELERATION. DASHBOARD READS "SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, AND ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED." THE VEHICLE THEN CANNOT SEEM TO ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10-15 MPH. AFTER TIME, OR IN THIS CASE THE TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE PROBLEM CEASES. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE ALL QUESTIONED THE LEGITIMACY OF THE INSTANCE, CLAIMING THEY CAN FIND NO REPEAT AND REFERENCING "CARBON BUILD-UP." THE MOST RECENT EVENT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY FREEWAY WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS.

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SERVICED 8 TIMES FOR THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT COMING ON REPEATEDLY. THEY HAVE REPLACED MUCH OF THE SYSTEM AND THE LIGHT IS STILL ON. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE PERMANENTLY CORRECTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STABILITRAC WARNING LIGHT SUDDENLY FLASHED OFF AND ON. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES TO STOP FUNCTIONING. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.