NHTSA Complaint #10594218 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

THIS VEHICLE AND MANY OTHER GENERAL MOTORS CARS LIKE IT HAVE BEEN ON MANY POST AND FORUMS ON THE INTERNET AT LEAST IN THE HUNDREDS. I HAVE PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE USED AND THEREFORE THE DATE OF THE INCIDENTS ARE RECENT. I WOULD DESCRIBE THIS A DESIGN PROBLEM. IF THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND THE TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE AND YOU THEN TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO PROCEED (AS YOU WOULD DO WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT), THE CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARDS UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE INCLINE. THIS COULD BE A DANGER IF A PEDESTRIAN IS WALKING BEHIND YOUR VEHICLE OR YOU COULD ROLL BACK INTO A VEHICLE BEHIND YOU. IF YOU ARE ON AN INCLINE (FACING DOWNHILL) IN REVERSE GEAR, THE CAR WILL ROLL FORWARD UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE INCLINE. THIS REQUIRES THE DRIVER TO STEP ON THE BRAKE SO AS NOT TO ROLL WITH ONE FOOT AND DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL WITH THE OTHER SO AS NOT TO ROLL. THE CHEVROLET DEALER SHIP DESCRIBES THIS AS NORMAL AND IS DUE TO THE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION AND THE STANDARDS FOR FUEL ECONOMY. I WAS TOLD THEIR IS NO CURE FOR THIS SUCH AS RAISING THE IDLE SPEED FOR THE ENGINE, REPROGRAMMING THE ECM (CONTROL MODULE OR OTHER FIX. GENERAL MOTORS DOES OFFER A FEATURE ON SOME MODELS WHICH IS A HILL HOLD ASSIST SO IT MUST BE A CONCERN TO MANY CUSTOMERS. I FEEL THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM AND IS WIDELY KNOWN ALTHOUGH I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS NHTSA HAS RECEIVED. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. *TR