NHTSA Complaint #11222393 — 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

MY CAR HAS BEEN VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND STILL IS ONLY AT 70,000 MILES. PRIOR TO A 1000 MILE ROAD TIME WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN I WENT IN FOR A REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TO PREP FOR THE TRIP. AFTER GETTING BACK MY STRUTS WENT OUT, APPARENTLY A CHEVY DEFECT. AFTER PAYING UPWARDS OF $1,000.00 TO REPLACE AND CHECK EVERYTHING WE HEADED ON THE ROAD. NO LESS THAT 60 MILES FROM HOME, WHILE GOING 65 ON THE FREEWAY, MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. POWER STEERING, AC, THE WHOLE THING JUST SHUT DOWN! WE BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY TO BE SAFE FROM THE TRAFFIC, AGAIN, MY CHILDREN ARE IN THIS CAR IN 90+ DEGREE WEATHER ON THE SIDE OF A FREEWAY! I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS AND FINDING OUT THAT CHEVY, AMERICAN MADE CRAP, HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE TO FAMILIES, PUTTING THEM AT RISK, LEAVING THEM STRANDED AND HAS NOT DONE ANY RECALLS ON THIS DANGEROUS MATTER. THE CAR DIDN'T SLOW DOWN, IT LOST POWER, IT LOST EVERYTHING AND WE WOULD HAVE BE SLAMMED BY MULTIPLE OTHER CARS IF MY HUSBAND DIDN'T MAKE A FAST MOVE OFF THE FREEWAY. HOW CAN A LONG TIME, AGAIN AMERICAN, CAR MANUFACTURER PRODUCE SUCH A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE THAT CAN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 100K MILES? SO NOW I AM PAYING ON A VEHICLE THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WILL COST BECAUSE I HAVE TO TOW IT TO SOMEONE WHILE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS. DO NOT BUY CHEVY!