2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

OUR 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE HAS RECENTLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING IN LOW SPEED CONDITIONS. IT HAS NEARLY CAUSED US TO WRECK ON MULTIPLE CONDITIONS. AT SPEEDS ABOVE 10-15 MILES PER HOUR WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS. I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH (HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2010/CHEVROLET/TRAVERSE/STEERING/PROBLEM.ASPX), FOR EXAMPLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND GM DOESN'T SEEM TO RECOGNIZE IT AS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS RECALLED. IT HAS COST ANYWHERE FROM $500-$1200 TO REPAIR DEPENDING UPON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PASS THIS INFO ALONG TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES TO LOOK INTO A NATION WIDE RECALL. *TR

LOUD WHINING NOISE WHILE TURNING, AND OCCASIONAL DIFFICULT TURNING PERIOD. CONTATCED CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY QUOTED $1000, REPAIR WHEN I EXPLAINED THE ISSUE. TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO FLUSHED THE POWER STEERING FLUID BUT THE ISSUE PERSISTED. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON LINE , IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOULY HURT OR KILLED. *TR

SECOND ROW SEAT BELT LATCHES MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO INSTALL CHILD SEAT IN CENTER OF SECOND ROW. TRIED TWO DIFFERENT CAR SEATS, NEITHER ONE FIT BETWEEN THE BUCKLES IN THE CENTER POSITION. IN ORDER TO GET THE SEAT INSTALLED, I WAS REQUIRED TO ROLL UP A SMALL BLANKET OR TOWEL TO FIT BETWEEN THE LATCHES IN ORDER TO GET THE CHILD SEAT UP ABOVE THE TOP OF THE LATCHES. THIS DISALLOWED ME TO USE THE ACTUAL SEAT BELT TO SECURE THE CHILD SEAT AND I WAS FORCED TO USE THE ADJACENT "LATCH" ANCHORS ON THE OUTER TWO SEATS, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT RECOMMENDED. NO OTHER CHOICE THOUGH FOR A CENTER CHILD SEAT POSITION. THE STIFF BUCKLES ALSO CAUSE VERY DIFFICULT SEATING FOR EVEN THE SMALLEST ADULTS AND CAUSE THE PASSENGER TO NEED TO SIT SIDEWAYS IN ORDER TO NOT GET BRUISED BY THE STIFF BUCKLES WHILE GOING OVER EVEN THE SMALLEST BUMP. VERY POOR DESIGN THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH MORE FLEXIBLE BUCKLES. *TR

INTERMITTENTLY THE CAR'S POWER STEERING WILL NOT RESPOND. IT IS USUALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS IN PARKING LOTS BUT AT TIMES AT SLOWER SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC. MY WIFE AND YOUNG DAUGHTER (16) CAN BARELY STEER THE CAR WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURS AND HAVE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS TRYING TO STEER THE CAR IN CLOSE TRAFFIC. WE CALLED THE DEALER (WINCHESTER, VA) AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ACTED LIKE HE WAS OBLIVIOUS TO THIS PROBLEM AND WANTED US TO BRING IT IN. THIS IS HAPPENING TO THOUSANDS OF GM CARS AND THEY ALONG WITH NHTSA NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, A RECALL, REGARDLESS OF THE GOVERNMENTS STAKE IN GM. TOYOTA WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT FOR A DEATH TOLL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE STEERING SECTION...LIKE IT NEEDED OIL. WE CHECKED THE FLUID AND NOTICED IT WAS LOW. WE HAVE TO REPEAT THE FLUID EVERY MONTH OR SO. I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY STEERING BECAME STUCK. NOW I NEED $1000+ REPAIRS FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD W/ 40,000 MILES. THIS IS UNFAIR. *TR

STEERING RACK BINDING AND NOT ALLOWING VEHICLE TO TURN. SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS WHEN TURNING ONTO STREETS OR INTO PARKING LOTS NEAR OTHER CARS AS THE CAR WILL BE STUCK ON A PATH UNLESS DRIVING PHYSICALLY IS CAPABLE OF PULLING STEERING WHEEL THROUGH THE BIND. *TR

THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAKAGE ON GARAGE FLOOR. THEN THE STEARING AT SLOW SPEEDS HAD BECOME VERY HARD TO TURN. *TR

WATER PUMP REPLACED IN MARCH 2013, COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HVAC ACTUATOR ALSO REPLACED AT THIS TIME. 2000 MILE TRIP MADE AFTER REPAIR AND UPON RETURN ENGINE SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON APRIL 2, 2013. DIAGNOSIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE 3RD CYLINDER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. OCCURRED DURING MORNING COMMUTE ON HEAVILY TRAFFICKED HIGHWAY. CHILDREN WERE IN CAR WHEN IT STALLED. HAD TO BE PUSHED FROM CENTER LANE OF TRAFFIC AND THEN TOWED TO DEALER. ONE WEEK AFTER CAR RETURNED FROM ENGINE REPLACEMENT, LEAK APPEARED IN HVAC. LEAK REPAIRED AND CAR RETRIEVED APRIL 29, 2013. A WEEK TO THE DAY OF THE CAR BEING REPAIRED, SERVICE STABILITRAK SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. POWER STEERING SEEMED NON EXISTENT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. THIS PROBLEM REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF INTERNAL MODE SWITCH, REPROGRAMMING OF ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. CAR RETRIEVED MAY 7, 2013. CAR RETURNED BUT STEERING WHEEL STILL DIFFICULT TO TURN AND SQUEAKS WHEN IN USE. PROBLEM SEEMS TO WORSEN WITH INCREASING TEMPERATURES. ADDITIONALLY, RADIO WILL NOT ALWAYS SHUT OFF AFTER DRIVER DOOR OPENED. SERVICE STATED THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM BUT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY TO DRIVER. 4 SERIOUS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN TWO MONTHS FOR A 2.5 YEAR OLD CAR WITH UNDER 60K MILES. CHEVROLET CERTAINLY DOESN'T MAKE A VEHICLE TO LAST AND THIS VEHICLE IS CERTAINLY NOT A CAR TO CALL SAFE OR RELIABLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN BACK IN FEBRUARY AND MY "SERVICE STABILITETRAK" "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" AND "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" LIGHTS COME ONE. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND PAID $99 TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THE LIGHTS ALL WENT OFF ON MY WAY HOME SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A FLUKE THING. WELL IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN 3 MONTHS LATER. I WAS GOING UP A HILL THAT HAS A IMMEDIATE CURVE AFTER IT (WE LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS) AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE CAR WENT FROM 55 TO 25 AS WE WERE GOING UP THE HILL AND IT WOULDN'T PICK SPEED BACK UP, THE RPM'S WOULD JUST SHOOT UP. THIS PART IS FAULTY PART ON MANY CHEVROLET TRAVERSE'S AND MANY OTHER GM MODEL'S. ON EDMUNDS.COM THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR THROTTLE BODY'S BEING BAD AND BEING DANGEROUS. MY FOUR CHILDREN ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 5 COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BADLY INJURED OR KILLED IF THAT TRUCK BEHIND US DIDN'T HAVE GOOD BRAKES. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD A CLOSE CALL. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY REFERRED ME TO A DISTRICT SPECIALIST, BUT THAT PERSON WAS SUPPOSE TO CALL ME BACK TODAY BETWEEN 1-3 AND NOW IT'S 6:43 AND THEY LEAVE AT 6:45, SO I'M SURE I WON'T HEAR FROM HER TODAY. I CALLED TO COMPLAIN THAT SHE DIDN'T CALL ME DURING THE TIME SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO CALL, SO NOW SHE HAS ANOTHER 24 HOURS TO CALL ME AND I DOUBT THAT WILL HAPPEN EITHER. AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE I DON'T THINK I'M EVER GOING TO BUY ANOTHER GM VEHICLE AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT ISSUING RECALLS ON THE PARTS THAT NEED TO BE AND IT'S PUTTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK. *TR