NHTSA Complaint #10682849 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

TWICE WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, MY DAUGHTER AND THEN MY SON-IN-LAW WERE DRIVING THEIR 2011 TRAVERSE ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN SUDDENLY ITS SPEED UNCONTROLLABLY DROPPED FROM 70 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. MY GRANDDAUGHTERS, BOTH LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD WERE IN THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER PANICKED AND BARELY ESCAPED BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY. AFTER MY SON-IN-LAW EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM A SECOND TIME, THE DEALERSHIP AGREED THAT THERE WAS CAUSE FOR CONCERN AND EVENTUALLY DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IN THE THROTTLE BODY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. AS A RESULT OF SPEAKING TO OTHERS ABOUT THE INCIDENTS, MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND BECAME AWARE OF THE FACT THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR