NHTSA Complaint #10810833 — 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

DECEMBER 2015 DROVE THE 2011 TRAVERSE TO THE GROCERY STORE. AFTER PARKING THE COOLING FAN WAS ON AFTER ENGINE TURNED OFF. VERY LOUD FAN NOISE HAD ME CONCERNED. AFTER DRIVING HOME I NOTICE NO FAN NOISE SO I FELT IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT CONSIDERING IT IS COOL WINTER WEATHER OUTSIDE. NEXT A.M. WE WENT TO CHURCH APPROX 7 MILE TRIP AND FAN WAS RUNNING WHEN WE TURNED OFF CAR AGAIN AND SAW PUFF OF STEAM OR SMOKE COMING OUT FROM FRONT OF HOOD. REASONED IT WAS MORNING FOG? OR EVAPORATING WATER! ON THE WAY TO DO ERRANDS 2 DAYS LATER ENGINE WAS RUNNING ABOUT 260* ON GAUGE ON DASH. FAN CAME ON WHEN I PARKED AND RAN VERY LOUDLY. I WENT STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET AND MET CHEVY SERVICE REP. HE SAID IT WAS JUST THE CAR REACTING TO RUN THE DEFROST MODE ON THE AC SYSTEM AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. BEFORE I REACHED OUR HOME THE TEMP GAUGE WAS AT 260* OR HIGHER BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE HIGHEST POINT ON GAUGE. RETURNED THE NEXT DAY TO DEALERSHIP AS CAR HAD NOW OVERHEATED AGAIN, NO FAN COMING ON AT ALL, AND SERVICE WRITER SAID TURN IT OFF BEFORE IT DOES DAMAGE. WOW! LEFT CAR AND WAS CALLED THE NEXT A.M, WITH DIAGNOSIS AS BAD WATER PUMP COVERED BY RECALL. WORK WAS DONE AND THEN I WAS INFORMED THE RACK AMD PINION ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE ENGINE MOUNT IS BROKEN. I AM SURE THE LEAK ON THE RACK AND PINION IS DUE TO OVERHEATING AND EXTRA PRESSURE ON THE GASKETS. NO LEAKS EVER NOTICED BEFORE THIS VISIT DURING MULTIPOINT INSPECTION PERFORMED BY DEALER ON 9/10/15. AREA OF FLUID IS FRESH ON RACK AREA. ESTIMATE AT $1745.00. I'M SURE THIS RECALL WILL BE HAPPENING SOON. I JUST RECEIVED THE NOVEMBER 2015 RECALL ON FAULTY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR REPAIR. I CAN ONLY HOPE THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING SYSTEM LEAK AND FAILURES WILL COME SOON. . FYI WE HAVE OWNED 30 CHEVROLET CARS AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN OR THE AMOUNT OF RECALLS OCCUR