NHTSA Complaint #10597075 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY 2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE PEGGED ALL THE WAY UP TO 260 DEGREES. I CHECKED THE COOLANT TANK AND COULD SEE THAT IT WAS SLIGHTLY LOW BUT NOTHING TO CAUSE AN OVERHEAT. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE TO GET TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO GET COOLANT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE COOLANT AND ADDED THE COOLANT AND ALLOWED THE CAR TO COOL BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO START AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES HAD PASSED I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS DOWN TO 211 DEGREES. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AGAIN AND A MESSAGE CAME UP ON MY DIC, IT READ ENGINE OVERHEAT IDLE ENGINE, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO ABOUT 40MPH. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TO NO AVAIL IN THE END HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. AFTER $745.00, THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE WATER PUMP HAD BEEN LEAKING. I NEVER SAW ANY LEAKING IN MY DRIVEWAY OR WHEN I CHANGED THE OIL. *TR