NHTSA Complaint #10659133 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

STABILITRAK CONTROL, ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND ENGINE SPEED REDUCED. WIFE'S CAR WHILE ON HER WAY TO WORK. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS WITH THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH VARIOUS MAKES/MODELS OF GM VEHICLES. ONCE THE THROTTLE BODY / THROTTLE POSITIONS SENSOR BECOMES DIRTY, IT SETS OFF A SERIES OF FAILURES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REDUCE POWER TO THE POINT WHERE IT CAN ONLY TRAVEL AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO PLACE DRIVERS IN. I CALLED MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE 5 YEAR 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS. WHEN THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT 500 DOLLARS AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THIS IS A VITAL ENGINE COMPONENT. HOW CAN IT NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE POWER TRAIN? *TR