2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

THE STEERING CONSOLE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS RUBBING OR CATCHING. DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT BUT DEFINITELY RUBBING SOUND. *TR

2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE WITH APPROX 53KMILES. DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT OF THE FREEWAY I TRIED TO PUT CRUISE CONTROL ON AND IT WOULD NOT WORK THEN I GOT "TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED, SERVICE STABIL-TRACK" THEN MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIP AND LOOSE SPEED. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND EVENTUALLY I GOT HOME. LUCKILY MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR. I TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO THESE MODELS AND IT MAY BE ELECTRICAL? I HAVE RESEARCHED SOME FORUMS AND THIS IS A DEFECT IN THESE MODELS. I LOVE MY TRAVERSE BUT THIS ISSUE IS A HUGE CONCERN. *TR

AT LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING FAILS. WHEN TURNING INTO PARKING SPOTS OR TRYING TO MAKE TURNS ONTO OTHER STREETS OR ROADS, YOU LOSE ALL POWER STEERING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN. I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND DIDN'T NOTICE THE PROBLEM UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK LATER. IT DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME, BUT TOO OFTEN WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. *TR

AT SLOW SPEEDS, YOU LOSE POWER STEERING WHEN TRYING TO PARK IN PARKING SPOTS, TURNING CURVES, AND TURNING OFF ONTO OTHER STREETS. VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTING TO TURN AND CAN'T TURN BECAUSE OF THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE SOMEONE IN INJURIED OR EVEN KILLED. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME, BUT OCCURS TOO OFTEN WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. I'VE JUST PURCHASED VEHICLE AND DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER I HAD THE VEHICLE ABOUT A WEEK. *TR

NOTED POWER STEERING FLUID IN DRIVEWAY. HAD IT DIAGNOSED AT THE DEALERSHIP AS A LEAK FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WAS TOLD THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A $1300 CHARGE. I'VE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO READ COMPLAINTS THAT VARIOUS REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE TO SOLVE THE STEERING PROBLEMS WITH OTHER TRAVERSES, BUT STILL PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM OCCUR. I'M CONCERNED MY STEERING MAY GO OUT ENTIRELY DURING TRAVEL AND END UP IN A FATALITY. A RECALL SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

WAS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. OTHER DRIVER ACCELERATED TO UNKNOWN SPEED AND STRUCK MY VEHICLE IN THE DRIVER DOOR. DOOR WAS CRUSHED TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS UP AGAINST MY THIGH. NEITHER OF THE SIDE AIRBAGS WENT OFF. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY $10,600 IN DAMAGE AND I AM RECOVERING FROM A FRACTURE IN MY LOWER BACK. CURIOUS WITH THIS KIND OF DAMAGE AND INJURY WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

STEERING WHEEL WILL BECOME VERY STIFF OR FREEZE UP WHEN MAKING A TURN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY, MANY TIMES CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM SHOULD NOT OCCUR THIS QUICKLY, IF EVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,355.

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN GARAGE WHEN WE NOTICED PINK FLUID UNDER CAR. TOOK IT TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE POWER STEERING GEAR VALVE SOLENOID IS LEAKING. HAVE TO TAKE IT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER HAS ALREADY REPLACED STEERING GEAR INPUT HOUSING (10-29-12) AND SAID THEY HAD 4 TRAVERSES IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WEEK. *TR