2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS ON LONG CAR RIDES EVEN THOUGH THE FLUIDS ARE ALL FINE THE TRACTION CONTROL CODE COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER TO THE VEHICLE AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES

BEEN HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE POWER ON TURNING MY SUV ON SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SPARKING HARD UNDER HOOD AND ALSO WHEN THE TRUCK RUNS IT JERKS AND WHEN I GO TO START IT UP IT TELLS ME SOMETHING ABOUT THE AIR BAGS THE ALTERNATOR READS 14.0 VOLTS THEN DROPS TO 12.5 VOLTS SOMETIMES IT STAYS THERE NEW BATTERY HAS BEEN PUT IN A GOLD TOP AND STILL PROBLEMS ARE NOT GOING AWAY THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF IT COULD CATCH ON FIRE OR WORST

THE STARTER ON THIS TRUCK IS FAULTY AND SERVICE FOR AIR BAG KEEPS COMING UP AT BEGINNING OF START IT'S HARD TO START SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS JUMP AFTER WHILE IT WILL KILL MY BATTERY DEAD FEW MINUTES LATER IT WILL START

GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT NIGHT, AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY LIGHTS AND RADIO WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND THEN BACK ON. THE ALTERNATOR DROP PAST THE 14 V. WE HAVE HAD THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR CHECK AND THEY ARE SHOWING WORKING IN GOOD CONDITION. SOMETIMES THE ALTERNATOR WILL DROP DOWN BELOW THE 14 V, AND SOMETIMES IS STAYS ABOVE THE 14 V.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO REDUCED POWER, TURN OFF TRACTION CONTROL, TURN OFF STABILITY CONTROL. IT HAS ALSO TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. I LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR VEHICLES FROM 2009-2015, WITH NO KNOWN FOR SURE FIXES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. I DONT HAVE MONEY TO KEEP FIXING THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE PROBLEM.

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY 2013 CHEV TRAVERSE HAS HAD THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER PROBLEM EXPERIENCED BY THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS. IT HAS HAPPENED GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND 30 MPH ON CITY STREETS. USUALLY I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR A MINUTE THEN THE CAR WILL START AND OPERATE AS NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS. IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE. I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO AVOID A TRACTOR TRAILER IN THE RIGHT LANE AND COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. AFTER THE CAR SAT IDLE FOR A DAY IT STARTED UP. CODES WERE CLEARED AND IT RAN NORMALLY AGAIN FOR WEEKS. LAST WEEK WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH ON A CITY STREET THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING, BUT STILL IMPACTING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER HELPED ME PUSH THE CAR FURTHER OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SIDEWALK. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. 24 HOURS LATER THE CAR STARTED OK. CODES WERE CLEARED AND IT ONCE AGAIN COULD OPERATE NORMALLY. MY MECHANIC CONSULTED TO A GM MECHANIC AND THEY AGREED THE PROBLEM IS THE IGNITION SWITCH. MY TRAVERSE HAS NOT HAD A RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT. I AM AWARE THAT GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS HAVE KILLED OVER (100) GM VEHICLE OWNERS. MILLIONS OF GM CARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED BY REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH, IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AND IGNITION KEY. MANY MORE GM VEHICLES LIKE MY 2013 CHEV TRAVERSE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED OR MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE. IN FACT MY GUESS IS HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS HAVE DIED AND THE PROBLEM IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT BLAMED FOR THESE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS REDUCED FROM 40 TO 20 MPH. AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON THE VEHICLE OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER, APPLE CHEVROLET LOCATED AT (8585 WEST 159TH ST, TENLEY PARK, IL.) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.*DT

I HAVE A 2013 TRAVERSE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM IT HAS DONE THIS A FEW TIMES NOW WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL, THE LATEST WAS TODAY WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY LOCAL GAS STATION IN TO ON COMING TRAFFIC THE STEERING JUST QUIT HAD A HELL OF A TIME TRYING TO KEEP MY CAR INTO MY LANE. MY SUV IS IN PERFECT CONDITION I TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF ANY POSSIBLE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM? I HOPE CHEVY DOES SOMETHING SOON BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THIS SUV IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITH THIS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED STEERING PROBLEM WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. JIM

WHILE DRIVING, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON, LOSS OF POWER CAME ON, AND STABILITY TRACTION TURNED OFF. MY SPEED REDUCED FROM 40 TO 25. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND NOW ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON.

WHILE DRIVING I EXPERIENCED 'TRACTION CONTROL OFF'; 'SERVICE STABILITRAC'; 'SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL' AND THEN THE CAR WENT INTO 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER. I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND HAD TO QUICKLY MAKE AN UNSAFE TURN TO AVOID BEING REAR-ENDED BY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW.