NHTSA Complaint #10682842 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

VEHICLE HAD ERROR MESSAGES, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL IS OFF, SERVICE STABILITRAX, ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. VEHICLE WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE AND EXPERIENCED DECREASED SPEED. VEHICLE VIBRATING WHILE IDLING. WAS TOLD BY DEALER NOT TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OTHERS WITH SAME ERROR MESSAGES STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, COULD NOT GET THE CAR RESTARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE SUDDEN SLOW ACCELERATION AND DECREASED SPEED ARE SAFETY ISSUES WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY GMC BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. DEALERSHIP SAID CODES WERE P2176, P0121 AND P0221 ALL RELATED TO TPS SENSOR. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY, TOTAL COST $607.42. NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. ACCORDING TO A BLOG, IN APPROXIMATELY 2009 GMC STOPPED COVERING THE THROTTLE BODY UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH VEHICLES MANUFACTURED AFTER 2009 CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. ADDITIONALLY, BLOGS INDICATE THAT EVEN WHEN THE PROBLEM GETS FIXED BY THE DEALER (AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE), THE SAME ISSUE TENDS TO ARISE AGAIN. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL BY GMC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE OWNER'S DULY COMPENSATED FOR ANY COSTS THEY MAY HAVE INCURRED. *TR