NHTSA Complaint #11230477 — 2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

TAKATA RECALL 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE LTZ, 109K MILES, I'M ON MY 3RD POWER STEERING PUMP. BOUGHT USED IN JULY 2018, REPLACED THE PUMP BACK IN MAY 2019, I PROVIDED THE PUMP AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT, THEY REPLACED IT AND CHARGED ME $600 FOR LABOR AND THE NEXT DAY IT OUT OUT AGAIN (TURNS OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A BAD PUMP, BRAND NEW BUT BAD ) SO THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY'D SWAP IT OUT FOR THE COST OF LABOR, I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER $600 TO THROW AWAY SO I REPLACED IT WITH SOME HELP AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY, WE USED THE DEXT. IV FLUID AS SUGGESTED AND IT'S BEEN RUNNING GREAT, NO MORE WHINE AND STEERS LIKE A DREAM. WELL IT'S NOW JULY 2019 AND THE PUMP IS OUT AGAIN. NO VISIBLE LEAKS AND THE FLUID LEVEL IS GOOD AND FLUID STILL RED. IF I GET RID OF THIS I'M GOING BACK TO FORD FOR A VEHICLE, THIS IS MY FIRST CHEVROLET AND ALSO MY LAST. IF THE PUMP WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. I DRIVE ALL HIGHWAY AND IT'S MY DAILY DRIVER. I CAN STILL DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT WHEN THE RPMS ARE LOW IT'S LIKE MANUAL STEERING, FORGET GOING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH OR PARKING UP FRONT ANYWHERE!