NHTSA Complaint #11030728 — 2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

ENGINE/DRIVETRAIN > ENGINE POWER REDUCED AT 70 MPH MILTSTIPEK 01:12 PM 09-05-2017 I WANT TO REPORT A VERY DANGEROUS AND SAFETY HAZARD THAT WE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED WITH OUR 2013 LTZ TRAVERSE. ON JULY 23,2017 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80. DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE GOING 70 MPH. ALL OF THE SUDDEN BELLS WERE RINGING AND DASHBOARD ALERTS LIT UP. (TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE STABILITRAK,ENGINE POWER REDUCED) OUR SPEED WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 10 MPH IN SECONDS. THE TRAFFIC BEHIND US WERE SWERVING ALL AROUND US TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE WERE LUCKY NO ONE WAS KILLED. WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD INTO A TRUCK WEIGH STATION. OUR TRAVERSE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHEVY DEALER IN FRANKFORT,IL. LOW AND BEHOLD THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL OR THE STABILITRAK. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CODES WERE FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND SENSOR. THE ECM SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE THREE PROBLEMS ROUTED TOGETHER. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF ALERT FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP BEFORE IT IT A PROBLEM AND THE ENGINE SPEED DROPPED. THE ECM SHOULD BE REPROGRAMMED SO THAT IT DOES NOT DROP THE SPEED DOWN THAT FAST. PLEASE GET THIS FIXED BEFORE THERE ARE MAJOR FATALITIES! GM YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! (THIS IS ANOTHER PERSON WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS WITH THIS EXPERIENCE - FIX IT OR YOU WILL HAVE THEIR BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS) DO THE HONORABLE THING PLEASE!