2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

MY SPOUSE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND TRIED TO MAKE A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN THE ONCOMING LANE BECAUSE THE STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. MANAGED TO DRIVE THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE THE PROBLEM CAME AND WENT, EVENTUALLY JUST HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE CAR DID NOT EXHIBIT THE PROBLEM FOR THE MECHANIC SO HE COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NOW WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. *TR

DRIVING TO OUR WORK CHRISTMAS PARTY ON THE HWY THEN SUDDENLY 3 CHIMES AND "TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE STEADILY TRACK, ENGINE POWER REDUCED" SHOWS ON DASH BOARD. WE PULL OVER TO THE NEAREST SAFE LOCATION. TURN THE VEHICLE OFF FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. THEN START AGAIN, WE DRIVE 5 MILES THEN THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. WE END UP HAVING TO PULL OVER ANOTHER 4 TIMES BEFORE WE REACH OUR DESTINATION. NEXT DAYTOOK IT IN TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP, CHARGED ME 100 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. TOLD ME IT WAS THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING , AND SPARKPLUGS AND INJECTORS NEEDS CHANGED. TOTAL WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT $1200, I DECLINED BECAUSE I WAS TOLD I HAD "BUMPER TO BUMPER" EXTENDED WARRANTY. COME TO FIND OUT NONE OF THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED BY THIS "BUMPER TO BUMPER" WARRANTY. THIS IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM THAT IS FOUND ON A LOT OF CHEVY VEHICLES AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. WE SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON THESE VEHICLES FOR CHEVY NOT TO ACCEPT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY CONCERN HERE, AND THEY NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE.....FIRST AND LAST GM VEHICLE WE WILL EVER OWN FOR SURE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2010 TRAVERSE LS BRAND NEW FROM A DEALER AND AM NOW HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE STEERING LOCKING UP. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRAVERSE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS SHE TURNED OFF THE MAIN STREET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE STEERING LOCKED AND SHE COULD NOT COME OUT OF THE TURN. SHE HAD TO ALMOST STOP THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY FOR THE STEERING TO UNLOCK SO SHE COULD CONTINUE. SHE ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR AND WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR AS SHE HAD TO STOP HALF WAY THROUGH HER TURN TO UNLOCK THE STEERING. THE PROBLEM ONLY CONTINUED TO WORSEN, STEERING LOCKING MORE OFTEN AND CAUSING NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES. ALMOST STRIKING CARS, BUILDINGS, FENCES AND CURBS. IT MOSTLY HAPPENS AT SLOWER SPEEDS, 35MPH OR LESS AND HAS CAUSED US TO HIT OUR GARAGE TRYING TO PULL IN OR OUT. IT HAS, HOWEVER HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AT HIGHER SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH CURVES ON THE HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS, 45-70 MPH. WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN DECEMBER 2013 AND DIAGNOSED AS RACK AND PINION ISSUE. RACK AND PINION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE(NOT UNDER WARRANTY) AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ONLINE LINE AND THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE THAT OWN TRAVERSE, ACADIA, ENCLAVE AND OUTLOOKS ALL WITH THE SAME STEERING COMPONENTS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET GM TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE HAS TO DIE OR BE SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE 19 OF JANUARY 2014 I WAS TURNING LEFT ON AN INTERSECTION AND MY CHEVY TRAVERSE STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE WHEN I TURN LEFT. SINCE THEN IS GETTING CONSTANT EVERY TIME I TURN LEFT. IT SOUND LIKE A STEERING GEAR. *TR

CAR BEGAN TO EMIT A GROAN NOISE WHILE TURNING AND ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE. TODAY LEAKING P/S FLUID A PLENTY. DEALERSHIP RELATES NEED FOR NEW POWER STEERING PUMP AND STEERING RACK ALONG WITH AN ALIGNMENT. TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $1625.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 3-5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME STIFF. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY BOTH AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO BOTH FLUSHED THE STEERING BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT A SPEED OF 55MPH WHEN I HEARD A DING SOUND, MY STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DASH BOARD READ "SERVICE STABILITRAK". ANOTHER DING SOUND WAS MADE AND MY DASH BOARD THEN READ "ENGINE REDUCING SPEED" AND MY SUV IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO REDUCE MY SPEED TO 25MPH.. IMMEDIATELY HAD TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE SO THAT NO OTHER CARS OR TRUCKS WOULD CRASH INTO ME.. I DROVE IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING LOT. TOOK TO DEALER AND BEHOLD THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THE SAME THAT OTHERS ONLINE WERE TOLD. AND YES JUST AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED ONLINE, ITS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY ALTHOUGH IT REDUCES YOUR ENGINE POWER. MANY HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER. THIS IS HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GM CARS, SUV'S, AND TRUCKS. THIS CAN NOT BE A COINCIDENCE THAT THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME SCENARIO AND PROBLEM HAPPEN TO THEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE ON AN EXPRESSWAY AND HAVE YOUR SPEED BE REDUCE IMMEDIATELY. I HAD MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND EVEN THEY WERE SCARED OF WHAT OCCURRED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU HAVE TRUCKS AND SEMI'S DRIVING BEHIND YOU, THEY CAN NOT STOP THAT FAST. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MATTER?? *TR

WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 25 MPH) THE STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY LOCK UP AND BECOME VERY HARD TO TURN. THE PROBLEM WAS SOMEWHAT INTERMITTENT CREATING A MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BE VERY HARD TO TURN AND SUDDENLY GET EASIER AND THEN HARD AGAIN CAUSING OVER-COMPENSATION IN MID TURN. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE "STEERING RACK BINDING" AND ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING RACK AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP. *TR

MY 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE IS VERY HARD TO TURN AND IS NOW MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE AND IS MESSING WITH THE GAS INTAKE... IT IS VERY HAZARDOUS NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN WHEN YOU NEED TO TURN. I HAVE RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND FOUND AN ABUNDANT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

AT ABOUT 53000 MILES MY WIFE STARTED TO NOTICE A SMALL INTERMITTENT WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END. NOW WE LOOSE STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS LIKE TURNING A CORNER( VERY DANGEROUS). IT IS GOING TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY, I AM GUESSING WE WILL NEED A NEW RACK AND PINION. *TR