2010 Chevrolet Traverse Powertrain & Transmission Problems

2-18-2022 Complaint Previous NHTSA report #11339183 Ongoing complaint with additional information. Tag #[XXX] Georgia. Onstar failed with direct manipulation from Emergency Management Agency Statesboro Georgia daily mapping and stopping my vehicle Chev Traverse ([XXX]) to harass, threaten and obscene language under High density radio communication and mobile cellular tower use blocking my cell phone [XXX] for GAMES. Human not Robot. [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF REMOVED KEY AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. AFTER GETTING TO FLAT GROUND WHERE IT WOULD NOT ROLL I TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT WOULD NOT START. I COULD NOT MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER AT ALL EITHER. HAD A MECHANIC FRIEND LOOK AT IT AND HE MANUALLY PULLED THE LINKAGE FORWARD TO CLICK IT INTO PARK SO I COULD RESTART IT AND MOVE THE VEHICLE. EVERYTIME I STOP AND PUT IT IN PARK NOW IT HAS TO BE PULLED INTO PARK MANUALLY FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HAVE NOT HEARD YET WHAT THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. HEARD 2009 VEHICLES HAD SAME ISSUE AND RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR IT. THIS IS DEFINATELY NOT A GOOD SITUATION. POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS.

TRANMISSION JERK TO CHANGE GEAR THEN DROP INTO LOW GEAR ,STOP PULLING.

P10017 AND P0018- TIMING CHAINS GONE BAD

RANDOMLY MY CAR WILL HAVE PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS USING GOING INTO 3RD GEAR AND THE RPM WILL SHOOT UP. ALSO WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE IT HESITATES AND THEN STARTS SPUTTERING. ONCE I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT IT STARTED SHIFTING NORMALLY BUT ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER IT STARTED AGAIN. I HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHEN I'M ON THE CITY STREETS OR ON THE INTERSTATE. I WONDER WHY THERE HAVENT BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS BECAUSE I SEE THERE'S OTHER OWNERS GOING THROUGH THIS AND I HAVE LESS THAN 101,000 MILES ON MY CAR.

BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION SYSTEM STALIBAK NEED HELP GETTING IT FIXED IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I WAS PARKED THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I STARTED DRIVING THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO 10 MPH. WHEN I LOOKED UP THE PROBLEMB IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF TRAVERSE OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHY HAVE THEY NOT RECALLED. FOR THIS ISSUE

HAD THE TIMING CHAIN REPLACED ONCE WE ONLY HAVE 80000 MILES ON TRUCK AND LIGHT IS ON A AGAIN GOOD MAINTENANCE AND GOOD QUILTY OIL OIL ONLY IN VEHICLE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME CODES SAY TIMING CHINE.

DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK/LOCK AND THEN THE CAR SEEMS TO GO INTO NEUTRAL AND THE RPM GOES TO ABOUT 7,000. THIS HAS KILLED THE ENGINE TWICE. GM HAS ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER 8-423-8930914. TCM, CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND NEUTRAL SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED AND NO CHANGE. HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS - 75, 55,40,8MPH AND STOPPED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 30 TIMES IN THE 34 DAYS THAT WE HAVE OWNED IT. IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES.

THE AC IS HISSING AND SMOKE IS COMING OUT OF THE VENTS I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL AS I SEE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES!

IN 2014, I HAD THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUES. GM COVERED ALL BUT $1,000 OF THE REPAIR. NOW AGAIN, 4 YEARS LATER, AND 40,000 MILES ON THE TIMING CHAIN THAT WAS REPLACED, I'M HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. DEALER SAYS TIMING CHAIN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I AM OVER THE 5 YEAR, 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, SO THEY TELL ME IT WON'T BE COVERED AND IT WILL ALL BY AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THIS IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW, AND WE THE CONSUMERS ARE EXPECTED TO FOOT THE BILL. IT'S NOT FAIR, AND NEEDS TO EXPAND THEIR TIMING CHAIN WARRANTY FROM TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH THE EXTENDED SERVICE 11340-C. OR DO A COMPLETE RECALL!!! HOW THERE HASN'T BEEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT YET IS BEYOND ME....

AT 90,000 MILES, A P0008 CODE CAME UP AND THE ENTIRE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WAS $2870.00 BECAUSE THE ENTIRE MOTOR HAD TO BE DROPPED. IF THE VEHICLE WAS A 2009, THEY WOULD HAVE REPAIRED IT UNDER WARRANTY BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A 2010, CHEVY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

P008 P0017 SAME PROBLEMS WITH EARLIER YEARS. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED AS WELL. DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON TO SHOW THESE CODES. COST FOR REPAIR IS WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.

TIMING CHAIN WAS REPLACED APR 2015 AT 60,380 MILES, TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACED AGAIN OCT 2017 AT 77,689 MILES, MAJOR PART OF ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED THIS QUICKLY, TIMING CHAIN IS DEFECTIVE? MAY HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF POWER, AT HIGH SPEEDS DURING FREEWAY DRIVING, WITH POSSIBLE DEVASTATING RESULTS, FOUND NUMEROUS ARTICLES ONLINE DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM

PREMATURE STRETCHING OF THE TIMING CHAIN. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED AND ADMITTED DEFECT BY GENERAL MOTORS FOR THE 2009 MODEL YEAR TRAVERSE VEHICLES, SERVICE BULLETINS 10287C - APRIL 2012 AND 11340A - MAY 2012. OUR VEHICLE, WHICH IS LABELED AS AN EARLY 2010 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE (BUILT IN OCTOBER 2009) WAS BUILT IN THE SAME FACTORY (SPRING HILL, TN) AND WITH THE SAME COMPONENTS (3.6L V6 ENGINE) AS THE VEHICLES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE BULLETINS BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE EXTENDED COVERAGE. OUR VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED IN THE SPECIAL PROGRAM.

RECEIVED ENGINE CODE P0008 WITHIN 24 HOURS OF PURCHASING USED FROM RUSS DARROW DEALERSHIP

RANDOMLY TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK IN GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT. STOP THE CAR, TURN OFF AND THEN START AND PROBLEM USUALLY CLEARS AND TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT NORMALLY. PROBLEM MAY CLEAR FOR A WEEK , A COUPLE OF DAYS OR MAY HAPPEN AGAIN ON RE-START. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PATTERN TO FAILURE. CAN HAPPEN AT START-UP OR AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR AWHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. APPEARS TO BE STUCK IN A LOWER GEAR SINCE THIS HAPPENS @ 20 MPH. CAN HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THEN TRY TO SPEED UP BUT CAN NOT - MUST PULL OVER AND RE-START CAR.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT ABOUT 78,000 MILES. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS THE DRIVE CHAIN NEEDED REPAIR ($2000-2500). THIS PROBLEM WAS COVERED BY SPECIAL POLICY #11340B ' SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT ' TIMING CHAIN WEAR " IN 2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE MODELS. MY VEHICLE HAS HAD EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE AND CARE, USUALLY BY THE DEALER. THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE AT ONLY 78,000 MILES.

ENGINE LIGHT IS ON/OFF LATELY, CODES P0017 CAMSHAFT POSITION CORRELATION BANK 1 & P0008 ENGINE POSITION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE BANK 1.

TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK AFTER ABOUT 3RD GEAR AND DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK VIOLENTLY AND DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME, HAPPENS ONCE IN A WHILE OUT THE BLUE WHEN DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS. ALSO HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING ON OTHER VEHICLES SAME MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR FUTURE PROBLEMS WITH THIS COMPANY.