NHTSA Complaint #10604641 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH RATES OF SPEEDS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY LIGHTS UP WITH ALL KINDS OF MESSAGES. IT SAYS TO CHECK TRACTION CONTROL AND REDUCING ENGINE POWER. THE ENGINE REDUCES POWER AND WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS ICE BUILDUP BUT AFTER IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES I LOOKED ONLINE WHERE I CAME ACROSS A FORUM AND FOUND OUT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CHEVY TRAVERSE OWNERS WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND I ALMOST GOT SMASHED FROM BEHIND BY PEOPLE GOING OVER 70MPH. THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE. THE TRAVERSE WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THEY STATED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN SINCE THE THROTTLE BODY IS PART OF THE ENGINE. HOW CAN A VEHICLE 2-3YEARS OLD AND HAVE A 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY NOT BE COVERED. AFTER TALKING TO A FEW CHEVY PEOPLE I FOUND OUT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER TYPES OF GM VEHICLES TOO. THEY STATED THERE HAS BEEN BULLETINS PUT OUT ON EARLIER MODELS BUT NEVER A ACTUAL RECALL. I CALLED GM CORPORATE BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR