2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Complaints

MY VEHICLE IS AILLING UP AND DOWN. ITS USE EXCESSIVE GAS AND WHEN IT AIL UP AND DOWN THE LIGHTS GET DEM AND BACK TO NORMAL. IT STALLS IF I STAY IN PARK A PERIOD OF TIME AND EVEN WHEN IM WAITING IN THE DRIVE THROUGH FOR FOOD. THE AMPLIFIER JUST COMPLETELY STOP WORKING FOR SOME REASON. I THINK IT'S AN ELECTRICAL REASON OR THE ECM FUEL GAGE NEED TO BE RESET. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ON RECALL WITH OTHER VIHICLES LIKE MINE.

TAKATA RECALL 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE LTZ, 109K MILES, I'M ON MY 3RD POWER STEERING PUMP. BOUGHT USED IN JULY 2018, REPLACED THE PUMP BACK IN MAY 2019, I PROVIDED THE PUMP AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT, THEY REPLACED IT AND CHARGED ME $600 FOR LABOR AND THE NEXT DAY IT OUT OUT AGAIN (TURNS OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A BAD PUMP, BRAND NEW BUT BAD ) SO THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY'D SWAP IT OUT FOR THE COST OF LABOR, I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER $600 TO THROW AWAY SO I REPLACED IT WITH SOME HELP AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY, WE USED THE DEXT. IV FLUID AS SUGGESTED AND IT'S BEEN RUNNING GREAT, NO MORE WHINE AND STEERS LIKE A DREAM. WELL IT'S NOW JULY 2019 AND THE PUMP IS OUT AGAIN. NO VISIBLE LEAKS AND THE FLUID LEVEL IS GOOD AND FLUID STILL RED. IF I GET RID OF THIS I'M GOING BACK TO FORD FOR A VEHICLE, THIS IS MY FIRST CHEVROLET AND ALSO MY LAST. IF THE PUMP WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. I DRIVE ALL HIGHWAY AND IT'S MY DAILY DRIVER. I CAN STILL DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT WHEN THE RPMS ARE LOW IT'S LIKE MANUAL STEERING, FORGET GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH OR PARKING UP FRONT ANYWHERE!

OUR TRAVERSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM MAINLY ON THE HIGHWAY BUT IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON OUR GRAVEL ROAD GOING 30 MPH. THE TRAVERSE WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN DISPLAY "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, IT WILL SAY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF." DURING ONE OF THE TIMES, IT HAPPENED THE STEERING COLUMN ALSO LOCKED UP. THE ENGINE SHAKES ENOUGH THAT IT MAKES THE MUFFLER SHAKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY FOUND A MEMO FROM GM ON HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE JUST SPENT $690 TO GET A NEW FUSE BLOCK AND TERMINAL INSTALLED. SUPPOSEDLY THERE HAD BEEN WATER DAMAGE/CORROSION. OUR TRAVERSE HAS NEVER BEEN SUBMERGED IN WATER. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CHEVROLET NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. HAVING OUR VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN REDUCE POWER HAS LEAD TO SEVERAL ALMOST ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STEERING ALSO LOCKED. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY SIMILAR TO A PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN RECALL 14515 WHICH DID INCLUDE 2009-2014 TRAVERSES. ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL. I THINK THIS ISSUE IS SIMILAR TO THE RECALL BUT DIFFERENT.

SINCE BUYING THIS CAR IN 2017 IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT ISSUES. I HAVE A 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING OFTEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR WILL LOSE ENGINE POWER AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR STARTS SHAKING. I THEN PULL OVER AND WAIT A FEW MINS AND IT STARTS BACK UP. BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TO BE TOLD IT MIGHT BE THE FUSE BOX BUT IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO ITS GONNA COST $600. ALL OVER THE CAR SITES ONLINE PEOPLE REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH FUSE BOXES FROM 2009-2014 TRAVERSE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED????? I HAVE 3 SMALL KIDS AND I AM TERRIFIED TO PUT THEM IN THE CAR AND IT'S NOT WORTH IT FINANCIALLY TO TRADE IT NOR AN OPTION AT THIS POINT. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM. TODAY IT WOULDN'T START BACK UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED. WAS DOING 70MPH ON MY WAY TO WORK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC!!!!

I WAS AT A STOP GETTING ON FREEWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC WENT TO PUSH GAS PEDAL VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND WARNINGS SAYING "SERVICE STABILITRAK" "ENGINE POWER DECREASED" " TRACTION CONTROL OFF" IT ONLY LET ME GO UP TO 20 MILES AS HOUR AS IT WAS STILL SHAKING I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF. THE WARNINGS WEREN'T COMING UP NO MORE AND VEHICLE DRIVED NORMAL BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON.

DRIVING THE TRAVERSE ON THE FREEWAY AND IT CUTS OUT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. ENDANGERING EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE. OTHER CARS ARE COMING AT HIGH SPEED AND THIS ONE DOES WITH NO WARNING. OTHER TIMES IT PROTECTS A REACTION CONTROL CHECK STABILISE MESSAGE AND REDUCES ENGINE POWER, GREATLY REDUCING SPEED YOU ARE GOING.

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING MY 2013 TRAVERSE STARTED TO LOOSE POWER. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND QUITE SCARY AS I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY CARS BEHIND ME AS MY VEHICLE ALMOST SLOWED DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. THE 'TRACTION CONTROL IS OFF' LLIGHT CAME ON - FOLLOWED BY THE 'STABILITRAK', 'LOSS OF ENGINE POWER' AND 'SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL'. I MADE IT TO AN HWY EXIT AT ABOUT 5 MPH. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO FIND A SAFE PLACE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE MY CAR ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE AND THEN CUT OFF. I HAD TO GET A TOW TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SERVICE. THIS SUVHAS HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST ISSUE IS LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION, WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HAS CONTINUED TO DISMISS. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE AIR BAGS, TRANSMISSION, SEATBELTS AND POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING AND TRANSMISSION WERE RECENTLY 'REPAIRED' THIS PAST YEAR, BUT I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH BOTH OF THOSE SYSTEMS.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION ARE JERKY SOMETIMES. IT FEELS OCCASIONALLY LIKE I HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. I FEEL LIKE IT TRIES TO ACCELERATE WHILE I AM APPLYING THE BREAKS. WHEN I AM TRYING TO APPLY THE GAS SOMETIMES IT HAS NO POWER AND I HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL DOWN HARDER WHICH LEADS IT TO JERK FORWARD. HARD GEAR SHIFTING LOTS OF SHAKING AND LURCHING. IT IS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST GM DESCRIBES BUT MY VEHICLE ISN'T ONE INVOLVED IN THAT YET, BUT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE.

MY SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING COMES UP ON DISPLAY. SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON, SOMETIMES IT GOES OFF AND ON LIKE WHEN I HIT A BUMP. I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED AND FIXED AND THEY SAY THE CLIP UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS DISCONNECTED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS VACUUMING MY CAR OUT AND AS SOON AS I WAS DONE, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I HAD IT FIXED AGAIN. LIKE LITERALLY TOOK 2 SECONDS FOR THEM TO CLIP IT TOGETHER AND IT COST OVER $70. IT CAME DISCONNECTED AGAIN, HAD IT FIXED, NOW THE WARNING LIGHT IS ON AGAIN, AND I AM ANNOYED! CAN WE GET A RECALL?? I'M SICK OF THIS! IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND MOVING. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO VACUUM MY VEHICLE OR GRAB A PIECE OF MAIL THAT HAS SLID UNDER THE SEAT WITHOUT HAVING THE CLIP COMING DISCONNECTED!

WHEN VEHICLE IS ACCELLERATED FROM A STILL POSITION, AND ACCELERATED TO GET UP TO SPEED, VEHICLE ENGINE HAS A CONSTANT JERKING THAT VIBRATES THE ENTIRE VEHICLE AND ONCE UP TO ROAD OR HIGHWAY SPEED, AND MAINTAINS A CONSTANT MPH, THE SHAKING STOPS. WHEN ACCELERATING AGAIN,VEHICLE DOES THE SAME THING; JERKING / SHAKING UNTIL LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LEVELING OUT AT A CERTAIN MPH.. AIR CONDITIONER IS CONSTANTLY 'GOING OUT' DURING THE SUMMER, BLOWING ONLY HOT AIR, THEN AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, AND SOME TIME GOES BY, SOMETHING IN THE ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER SYSTEM MUST RESET ITSELF BECAUSE THE A/C WILL START WORKING FINE ONCE VEHICLE IS TURNED BACK IN.