2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Engine Problems

SEVERAL MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES CONTINUE TO APPEAR ON THE DRIVER CONSOLE UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS. THEY WARN "SERVICE STABILITRAK" ; "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" ; AND, "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED" THESE MALFUNCTION ALERT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A SEVERE DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND NO RESPONSE OR VERY MODEST RESPONSE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. THIS ISSUE HAS PRESENTED ITSELF FOUR (4) SEPARATE TIMES IN 2016 AND 2017 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAYS (3 TIMES AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH) AND ALWAYS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING (32 DEGREES). GM HAS NOTIFIED ME OF THIS ISSUE IMPACTING CARS OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE ON BOARD COMPUTER (OBC) CLEARS AFTER THE 3RD RESTART (ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP) AND PROOF OF THE ERROR VIA THE OBC IS WIPED OUT (ONLY LEAVING ME WITH VIDEO AND PICTURES, WHICH GMC WILL...

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT AROUND 82,000 MILES. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE TELLING US THE TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AND NEEDS REPLACED. $2,200.00 TO REPAIR. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THIS VERY ISSUE WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE 2007-2009 MODEL YEARS. FOR SOME REASON GM IS NOT WARRANTING BEYOND THAT. WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I FOUND INSTANCES WHERE THE CHAIN CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED CAUSING THE DRIVE SYSTEM TO LOCK UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STABILITRAC WARNING AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

MY CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON A 300 MILE TRIP, AND THE TROUBLE CODES AT 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS INDICATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD STRETCHED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 81,000 MILES. LUCKILY, THE VEHICLE DID NOT BREAKDOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. PRIOR TO LEARNING ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN 2009 AND SOME 2010 MODELS, I HAD THE CHAIN REPLACED BY A NON GM MECHANIC. SINCE THEN I LEARNED THAT GM HAS REIMBURSED OR EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON SELECT TRAVERSE VEHICLES.

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS WET FROM RAIN OR ANY KIND OF MOISTURE I LOSE ALL WARNING CHIMES, BLINKERS ON OCCASION, AND THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AT TIMES. DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAINS IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2009 WHERE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED FOR VEHICLES HAVING FAULTY TIMING CHAINS BUT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS SOLD AS A 2010 I DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHILE DRIVING AROUND A BEND WITH THE DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN I HAVE ENCOUNTERED A LOSS OF POWER ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK WHILE MY KIDS WERE IN THE CAR ON A TRIP. *TR

NOT SURE I SHOULD DO THIS BUT IT HAS OCCURED 2 TIMES BOW. MY TRAVERSE ECCELERATOR GETS STUCK DOWN AND YOU CANT ATOP. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IS PUT IN NUTRAL IF YOU HAVE THE TIME. I AM AFRAID TO HAVE MY WIFE DEIVE THIS. IT HAPPENED FOR THE 2ND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT THE OTHER DAY. THE BREAKS WONT WORM UNLESS YOU PUT IT INTO NUTRAL!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND A WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL, AND STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE'S POWER INDEPENDENTLY REDUCED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,940.

AT APPROXIMATELY 92,000 MILES I STARTED GETTING ERROR CODE P0008 ON MY 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN OFF FOR A DAY OR TWO, UNTIL FINALLY IT JUST STAYED ON ALL OF THE TIME. THE ACCELERATION WAS VERY POOR, AND THE GAS MILEAGE POOR AS WELL (COMPARED TO WHAT IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN GETTING). I CHANGE MY OIL WELL BEFORE THE METER IN THE CAR TELLS ME TO, USUALLY BEFORE 5000 MILES. DEALER SAID THE TIMING CHAINS STRETCHED DUE TO EXCESSIVELY DIRTY OIL, BUT AS STATED EARLIER, I ALWAYS CHANGED THE OIL BEFORE THE METER SAID TO CHANGE THE OIL. DEALER REPLACED ALL TENSIONERS AND CHAINS AND RESEALED THE FRONT COVER AND REFILLED FLUIDS. GM COVERED 45% OF COST EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE WAS BEYOND WARRANTY PERIOD. FOR A JOB THAT USUALLY WOULD COST ABOUT $2300, I PAID $1336. I'VE READ THAT OTHERS HAVE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DROVE ABNORMALLY ROUGH AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

STABILITY CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION WONT WORK PARK AND NOW IT DOSENT WORK WHY NO RECALL TOO MANY COMPLAINTS.

OUR 2010 TRAVERSE HAS JUST OVER 91,000 MILES ON IT. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GM DEALER TO HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER CAME BACK AND INFORMED ME WE NEEDED TO HAVE OUR TIMING BELTS REPLACED AND WOULD COST AT LEAST $3000 TO REPAIR. THE MORE I DUG INTO THIS DIAGNOSIS, I'VE COME ACROSS NUMEROUS POSTS FROM OTHER '09-'10 OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. SOME HAD EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND OTHERS HADN'T EVEN HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. THERE WERE SOME OWNERS THAT HAD TO HAVE THESE ITEMS REPLACED AT AROUND 60,000MI. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO GM AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE THIS COST, NOR ARE THEY IN A POSITION TO ISSUE A RECALL. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT WE MISSED THE 'WARRANTY PERIOD' BY A...

I AM HAVING TIMING CHAIN ISSUES AS EVERYONE ELSE I HAVE SEEN OR READ ABOUT MY SUB ONLY 78,000 MILES AND GM WILL NOT EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART

I AM WRITING BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE A LITTLE OVER 1 YEAR AND PUT LESS THAN 18,000 MILES ON IT AND YET IT IS CONSTANTLY IN THE SHOP FOR COSTLY REPAIRS. I AM CURRENTLY WONDERING WHERE DRIVETIME SOURCES THESE VEHICLES FROM BECAUSE A USED CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE SHOP AS MUCH AS MY CAR IS ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVETIME'S CHOSED EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY AEVEREX ONLY WANTS TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT THEY DEEM FAIR TO PAY FOR WHICH IS A DISADVANTAGE FOR A BUYER SUCH AS MYSELF. I HAVE CONSISTENTLY PAID MY NOTE ON TIME AND GOT THE RUN AROUND FOR 2 WEEKS ON THE LAST REPAIRS THAT AEVEREX TOOK THEIR TIME ADDRESSING. I DON'T MIND MAKING MINOR REPAIRS LIKE TIRES OR MAYBE A HOLE IN THE MUFFLER BUT TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TIMING CHAIN WITHIN A WEEK OF THE PURCHASE AND AN ENGINE...

MY 2010 TRAVERSE WITH 76,200 MILES DISPLAYED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I HAD IT CHECKED AT A LOCAL PARTS STORE AND THE CODE WAS P0008. I TOOK THE TRAVERSE TO ORR CHEVROLET WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SLACK IN THE TIMING CHAIN. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE IT WAS A 2010 AND OUT OF THE 5 YEAR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. DESPITE THE FACT THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE 2009 MODELS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON THE TRAVERSE AND GM SHOULD RECALL AND COVER REPAIRS. AS IT STANDS, I AM ABOUT TO PAY $2300.00 TO REPAIR WHAT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. GM MADE NO SIGNIFICANT DESIGN CHANGES TO PREVENT THIS DEFECT FROM CAUSING THE CHAIN TO GAIN SLACK AND CAUSE ENGINE ISSUES TO DEVELOP. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT 35 MPH WHEN IT...

BLOWN ENGINE @. 55,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED.

CAR STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING. WAS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. NO STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES AND NO ENGINE. TRAVERSE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN AUG 2010 AND HAS APPROX. 55,000 MILES. NEEDS NEW ENGINE. HAD CHAIN ISSUES IN JAN 2015.

THE TIMING CHAIN HAS STRETCHED AND THE DEALER SAYS IT WILL TAKE 19 HOURS TO CHANGE IT. AUTO MFG WENT TO TIMING CHAINS FROM RUBBER BELTS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE IT. THE WARRANTY IS FOR 5 YRS OR 100,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THE WARRANTY FOR THIS EXPENSIVE JOB SHOULD BE EXTENDED. ONCE THE CHAIN BRAKES, THE CAR IS DONE. THE CAR MAKES NOISE AND DOESN'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. FIRST NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON ABOUT 6 MONTHS OR SO AGO. IT WASN'T UNTIL WE BROKE DOWN IN CANADA THAT THE DEALER THERE SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN WHEN THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY.

AT 84000 MILES THE EMISSIONS LIGHT CAME ON YET NOTHING WAS A RED FLAG WHILE DRIVING. NO NOISES OR ANYTHING SEEMED DIFFERENT. HAD DIAGNOSTICS COMPLETED AND TIMING CHAIN WAS STRETCHED AND NEEDED REPLACED. CODES P0008, P0009, P0017 APPEARED. COST $2500. OUR WARRANTY WAS UP AT 83000 MILES. SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM YET THE DEALERSHIP NEVER MENTIONED ANY OF THIS DURING THE SALE. GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS!!

APR.2015: VEHICLE CONSTANTLY STALLED, ENGINE LIGHT ON AT LESS THAN 60K. OCT. 2015: HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER TWICE AND REPAIR THE FLY WHEEL. REPAIR COSTS=$2,000. ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. TIMING CHAIN PROBLEMS, ADDITIONAL $2600 EST. COSTS. VEHICLE NEEDS INSPECTION AND WILL NOT PASS WITH CODES P0018-0007 STORED. NOT FAIR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO INCURE THESE COSTS. GM SHOULD COVER THIS UNDER THEIR "SPECIAL POLICY" FOR KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS. CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE 80K. CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ENGINE COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME.

VEHICLE KEEPS PULLING CODE P0008. GETS SLUGGISH AFTER ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. SEEMS THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2009 MODELS THAT WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES.

MAJOR HEADACHES WITH MY 2010 CHEV TRAVERSE WITH SO MANY ISSUES INCLUDING RECALLS AND THE TIMING CHAIN BEING REPLACED/REPAIRED RECENTLY. AND NOW, THE ENGINE FAILED....IT NEEDS A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE. UNFORTUNATELY I'M BEYOND MY WARRANTY OF 5 YEARS / 100,000 MILES. COST WITH LABOR TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IS ABOUT $7,000 +. IT'S NOT WORTH IT AND I STILL OWE $4,800 ON THE LOAN. THE DEALER STATED THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE FAILED ENGINE, BUT I'M NOT SURE. I'M JUST FRUSTRATED WITH THE TRAVERSE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER IT WAS EVALUATED AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP I WAS NOTIFIED THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT AND I HAD A GMPP EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE TIMING CHAIN. 6,000 MILES LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED BY FLASHING REPEATEDLY AND THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE DEALERSHIP INVESTIGATED AND STATED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER DISINTEGRATED AND PIECES OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE. THEY STATED THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY CLAIMED TO CONTACT GM AND GM SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED A RECALL. GM OFFERED TO PAY FOR $8,000 OF THE $10,000 TOTAL ENGINE REPLACEMENT. I WAS ONLY OFFERED A 12,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR THE NEW ENGINE. NOW WITH 50,000 MILES ON THE NEW ENGINE THE TIMING CHAIN HAS GONE OUT ONCE AGAIN. I DO NOT...

THE STABILITY/TRACK LIGHT TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A MEETING. THE AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF TOO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHILE IDLING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

I PURCHASED A 2010 TRAVERSE FROM MOLLE CHEVY IN BLUE SPRINGS 3 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE 61,000 MILES AND WERE SENT LETTERS TO GO HAVE MORE RECALLS AND "SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS" DONE. (CHEVY'S WAY OF MORE RECALLS WITHOUT CALLING THEM THAT) BESIDES MANY OTHER CODES, THIS WEEKS P0008 CODE IS A KNOWN TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. SINCE WE TOOK IT IN AND IT WASN'T ONE OF THE SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS, THEY MADE US PAY FOR THE $90 DIAGNOSTIC, WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE CAR UNTIL I PAID. OFFERED FOR "US" TO PAY AND FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD SPLIT THE COST WITH US, WENT FROM $2,700 TO $863, WHAT A DEAL! IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT! WHY SHOULD WE PAY A $1, WE ALREADY PAID FOR THE VEHICLE??? AFTER HOLDING ARE CAR HOSTAGE FOR THE $90 AND OFFERING FOR US TO PAY FOR GM'S FIX, WE HAVE DECIDED TO CHECK ALL REACALL'S AND...

WHILE DRIVING OUR VEHICLE SOME SENSORS STARTING TO GO OFF AND WE STARTED LOSING POWER TO THE VEHICLE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED A HUGE AND VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE TRAVERSE WE WERE DRIVING SHOWED A TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK SIGNAL. IT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN. IF WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WE WOULD HAVE WRECKED, LUCKILY WE WERE NOT. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ON MANY OTHER TRAVERSE'S AS WELL AS MANY OTHER VEHICLES WITHIN THE CHEVROLET LINEUP, YET THERE IS STILL NO RECALL. I AM NOT SURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR IF SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO HURT BEFORE A RECALL IS MADE, BUT SOMEONE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT CALL BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID IT IS A KNOW ISSUE BUT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT, WHAT...

I AM WRITING YOU THIS LETTER TO FILE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS REGARDING MY 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE. ON AUGUST 6TH 2015, WHILE DRIVING MY CAR 55MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BREAKS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS PUT MY FAMILY IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. OUR LICENSED MECHANIC TOLD US THE REASON THE ENGINE SEIZED IS A 'SPUN ROD BARRING.' WE WERE TOLD THAT A SPUN ROD BARRING IS A VERY UNCOMMON MECHANICAL ISSUE AND EXTREMELY UNCOMMON IN A CAR THAT IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 71K MILES ON IT. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING REPAIRED TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM. THEY WERE QUITE RUDE AND REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE MY CAR TO A CERTIFIED GM REPAIR SHOP. THEREFORE, I DECIDED TO SEND GM A LETTER EXPLAINING THE SITUATION. ATTACHED IS A COPY...

MY TRAVERSE JUST PULLED A P0008 AND P0017 ENGINE CODE. AFTER BRINGING IT TO THE MECHANIC, I HAD AN OIL FLUSH AND INDUCTION SYSTEM CLEANING. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE P0008 CODE WHEN OFF AGAIN. THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR THE TIMING CHAIN AND CYLINDER HEADS. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL AND WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR 08-09 CHEVY TRAVERSES HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT TRANSFERRED OVER TO MY PARTICULAR MODEL YEAR. MY VEHICLE IS 1 YEAR OUT OF WARRANTY WITH ONLY 63,000 MILES ON IT. MY REPAIRS ARE TO BE AN ESTIMATED $4,000 - $6,300 BUT AM BEING OFFERED A 50/50 SPLIT THAT I FEEL IS STILL UNACCEPTABLE ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 63,000 MILES.

ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH; VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALERSHIP, BURLINGTON CHEVROLET, RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERE WERE SOME FAILED CODES (P0011 AND P008), ALL RELATED TO THE CAMSHAFT AND TIMING CHAINS. TO REPAIR, IT WOULD COST ABOUT $2,700 SINCE I WAS SIX MONTHS OVER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THEY CONTACTED GM AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST ME $681 PLUS TAX. I AGREED TO HAVE THE REPAIRS COMPLETED WHICH ALSO INCLUDED REPLACING THE WATERPUMP WHICH WAS LEAKING. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT TIMING CHAIN PROBLEMS ON HAVE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY ON 2007-2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE, SATURN OUTLOOK, GMC ACADIA, AND BUICK ENCLAVE. ALL OF THESE SUV'S HAVE THE 3.6 LITER V6 ENGINE WITH DUAL OVERHEAD CAMS. WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THESE VEHICLES IS THAT THE TIMING CHAINS ARE STRETCHING WHICH LEADS TO CORRELATION ERRORS WITH THE CAM SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. AFTER 2010, GENERAL MOTORS HAS SEEMED TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,827.

ON THE HIGHWAY DOING AROUND 65 MPH, ALARM CHIMES WENT OFF, DISPLAY CENTER SHOWED "SERVICE STABILITRAK", "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL", "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". THE CAR QUICKLY DECELERATED TO 10 MPH AND WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT DOWN. THIS WAS ONLY ONE OF THE MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SERVICE CENTER, DIAGNOSED WITH 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT ISSUES, REPAIRED 2 OR 3 COMPONENTS ALL WITH THE SAME OUTCOME: THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED ISSUE COMES BACK. THE DEALER TELLS ME IT'S A "NEW ISSUE" EVERY TIME SO AT THIS POINT I HAVE NO FAITH IN THEIR "FIXES", I FEEL THAT WHEN MY WIFE, KIDS, OR ME ARE IN THE CAR I WILL EVENTUALLY BE IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WHERE WE ALL DIE AND HOPE THAT AT LEAST THIS MESSAGE WILL COME OUT...

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY GOING 70MPH. TRACTION CONTROL/STABILITRAK OFF CAME ON DASH ALONG WITH PARK ASSIST OFF. I FELT THE ENGINE LOSE POWER AND SPEED DROPPED TO 25MPH. I HAS TO SWERVE AND MISS SEVERAL CARS FROM HITTING ME DUE TO THIS REDUCE SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. PRESSED ON THE PEDDLE TO SPEED UP AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT GO PAST 1ST GEAR ( WELL AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE) I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME. TO AFRAID TO DRIVE. TOOK IT TO OUR SHOP AND NOTHING WAS REGISTERED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE. CAR SEEMS FINE NOW, JUST AFRAID TO DRIVE. IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND THE ENGINE COILS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE WITH 67,000 MILES ON IT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND DETECTS TIMING CHAINS. TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND $3200 LATER HAD NEW TIMING CHAINS PUT ON. THERE IS NO WAY WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MILEAGE THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED YET. WHEN IS THIS RECALL GOING TO TAKE EFFECT!!!! ON TOP OF THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN MARCH, SO NO HELP WHAT SO EVER..... GM NEEDS TO STEP UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE STABILITRAC AND MOTOR POWER REDUCED INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF, RESTARTED, AND RETURNED TO NORMAL FOR A FEW MILES BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

MY CAR COULD HAVE GOTTEN ME KILLED. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK,STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN I MASHED THE GAS TO GO IT SAID STABILITY TRACK OFF ,MOTOR REDUCED. MY CAR LITERALLY WAS IN THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC COMING. THERE WAS NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF . ANOTHER DAY I HAD TO PULL OVER ON A FOUR LANE BECAUSE IT DONE THE SAME AND WOULDN'T GO. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO HAS THESE CHEVY TRAVERSE.I HAVE LOOKED AT MANY REVIEWS AND THIS IS A BIG COMPLAINT OUT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE SAME ISSUE. IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MUCH LESS A FAMILY,BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO SHUT DOWN. NO SHOP CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM. I'VE HAD NEW TIRES,SENSOR,AND RESET AND IT DOESN'T WORK. PLEASE CONSIDER LOOKING AT ALL...

TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AFTER 102,000 MILES; REPAIR IS $2500; GM EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM ON 2007 TO 2009; THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS FOR 2010 BUT GM HAS NOT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY; OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY; TIMING CHAIN SHOULD NOT GO AFTER 5 YRS, 100K MILES. GM MUST EXTEND WARRANTY FOR THIS MODEL YEAR DUE TO THIS ONGOING DESIGN FLAW.

MY TRAVERSE JUST PULLED A P0008 AND P0017 ENGINE CODE. AFTER BRINGING IT TO THE MECHANIC, I HAD AN OIL FLUSH AND INDUCTION SYSTEM CLEANING. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE P0008 CODE WHEN OFF AGAIN. THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH IS DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE CAM AND CRANK POSITIONING (CREATING SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY) APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL AND WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR 08-09 CHEVY TRAVERSES HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT TRANSFERRED OVER TO MY PARTICULAR MODEL YEAR, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 09 BUT SOLD AS AN 2010. THE VEHICLE IS 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES ON IT. -(PLEASE NOTE SERVICE BULLETIN 10287C DATE OF ISSUE APRIL 13, 2012) (ALSO NOTE THE LETTER SENT TO OWNERS ABOUT THE ECM REPROGRAMMING, DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AND WARRANTY EXTENSION WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR 10 YEARS 120,000 MILES)

CAR STALLED OUT 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL INTERSECTION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON EITHER. TOOK THE CAR INTO GOODYEAR FOR A CHECK AND NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THEIR COMPUTER, CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR 20 MIN WITHOUT INCIDENT EITHER. WAS ADVISED TO TRY AND USE A FUEL INJECTION FLUSH. GASOLINE COULD BE SMELLED INSIDE THE CAR AFTER THE STALLING INCIDENT. 9/13/15: WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALLY. STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE STARTED TO SEEP INTO THE CAR. CAR FINALLY STALLED OUT AS WE APPROACHED THE SHOULDER LANE. THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS VERY STRONG AT THIS POINT, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. CAR WAS TOWED TO GOODYEAR. HOOKED UP CAR TO THE COMPUTER AND THERE WERE 6 THINGS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT INTO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP...

TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN IT WAS ON THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. TRIED TO PASS A SLOW MOVING TRUCK. ENGINE RPMS WHEN UP BUT VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD MECHANIC CHECK CODE AND THE FOLLOWING CODES SHOW UP U0121, U0073 AND U0121 HE STATED A PRODUCT SAFETY NOTICE #14515B HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. CONTACTED A CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT A RECALL ISSUE.

ME & MY FAMILY WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, DOING 65 MPH, & SUDDENLY THE CHIME IN MY VEHICLE GOES OFF, & IN THE DISPLAY WINDOW IT READS SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK & PARK ASSIST OFF. ALSO THE ENGINE LIGHT & I BELIEVE THE STABILITRAK LIGHT COME ON. THEN THE VEHICLE JUST SLOWS DOWN & WHEN I TRY TO PUSH THE GAS TO GO, IT WILL NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON & LUCKILY I WAS JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TAKE MY VEHICLE BACK TO GREG MAY HONDA WHERE I PURCHASED IT, THEY PUT IT ON THAT MACHINE & THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THAT SAME DAY I TAKE IT & THEY TELL ME IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY. SO I DRIVE MY VEHICLE HOME & TRY TO COME UP WITH THE...

CAR WAS PARKED AND RUNNING, TURNED OFF THE KEY AND PULLED IT OUT OF IGNITION AND THE CAR STAYED RUNNING. HAD TO PUT KEY BACK IN AND TURN 'ON', THEN TURNED OFF AND IT TURNED OFF THE WAY IT SHOULD. CONCERNED HOW THIS WILL AFFECT MY STEERING/ELECTRICAL/BRAKES/ AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE IGNITION AFFECTS.

ENGINE APPEARS TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER. CODE P0008 COMES UP ON THE CODE READER AND SCANNING THE ENGINE WITH A SCAN TOOL REVEALS THAT THE TIMING CHAIN IS HAVING ISSUES. WITH SOME RESEARCH I FOUND NHTSA REFERENCE- 10043857 AND TSB REFERENCE- SB-11340 FOR THIS ISSUE. GM STATES THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH 2006 TO 2009 MODELS. I FEEL THOUGH THAT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT GONE AWAY WITH THE 2010 MODEL AS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LADY AT GM SEEMS TO INDICATE. I ALSO HAVE HEARD THAT GM HAS EXTENDED THE COVERAGE TO 10 YEARS / 120K MILES FOR THIS ISSUE. IM GETTING NOWHERE WITH GM SO FAR!

I HAD MY VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WITH A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE THAT IS COMMON TO THIS ENGINE. GM HAS A SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT (#11340A) THAT IS HAVING THEIR DEALERSHIPS CHANGING OUT THE DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAINS UP TO THE MODEL YEAR 2009. MY VEHICLE IS REGISTERED AS A 2010 BUT HAS A BUILD DATE OF 11/09 AND I BELIEVE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY BOTH GM AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE OF NO ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. THE REPAIR WILL COST AROUND $4500.00.

I HAVE BEEN HEARING NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE FOR THE LAST 2MONTHS,I HAVE HAD 3 RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE IN THE LAST YEAR.THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA,THEY MEANING THE MACHANICS CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM. THEYHAVE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT AND ITS COMING OM THE ENGINE/ALSO THERE WAS A RECALLON THE ANTI FREEZE CONTAINER AND I BROUGHT IT TO KERBECK IN ATLANTIC CITY THEY SAID THERE IS NO PROBLEMS/THERE IS A LEAK COMING FROM SOMEWHERE!! THIS VEH IS NOT WORTH MY TIME AND ENERGY. SHOULD I REPAIR THE PRODUCT AFTER THERE WAS A RECALL AND NO PROBLEMS,IM DISGUSTED BY THIS MATTER AND IF I COULD GET A HOLD OF A GM I WOULD TELL HIM WHERE MY THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS VEH..

ON THE WAY TO LONGVIEW TEXAS, WE WERE DRIVING ON THE LOOP IN PALESTINE WHEN THE STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME ON, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND PARK ASSIST LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER QUICKLY AND WE HAD TO CROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. I AM PREGNANT AND MY (XXX) YEAR OLD WAS IN THE CAR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, I HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR. THE BACON CHEVROLET IN PALESTINE CHARGED ME $150 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS AND GIVE ME AN OIL CHANGE SINCE THAT WAS DUE UP. THEY FIXED THREE RECALLS THAT WERE DUE ON MY VEHICLE I HAD OWNED FOR 1.5 YRS, THEN NONE OF THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. AGAIN ON MAY 12TH, YESTERDAY, MY VEHICLE STABILITRAC LIGHT CAME ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE RPM'S WOULD GO TO ABOUT 3,000 ONLY DRIVING 40 MPH. I...

BROUGHT THE 2010 CHEVY TRAVERSE TO DEALER FOR A LEAKING WATER PUMP THAT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY IN NOVEMBER. VEHICHLE WAS IN REDUCED POWER MODE ONCE IT WAS STARTED UP AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED ON WATER PUMP. AT THAT TIME I WAS INFORMED THE TIMING CHAIN WAS STRETCHED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE GM DEALER QUOTED ME $1834 TO REPLACE. UNACCEPTABLE AT THIS MILEAGE FOR A TIMING CHAIN TO BE STRETCHED THAT MUCH. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICHLES FOR THIS AND MANY OTHER ITEMS AND FIX THEIR JUNK THAT THEY TURN OUT FOR TOP DOLLAR. THAT ISN'T AN EASY TAB TO PICK UP FOR MOST OF US.