2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WAS MAKING AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BATTERY FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK BEHIND THE GLOVE DEPARTMENT THAT LEAKED ONTO THE FUSE, WHICH CAUSED A WIRE SHORTAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING A HILLY BACK ROAD FROM SCHOOL THE SERVICE STABILITRAC AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THEN THE ENGINE POWER IS BEING REDUCED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO A CRAWL WITH VERY LITTLE STEERING CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT ON THE SHOULDER TO MY MECHANIC AT NO MORE THAN 20 MPH AND HE SAID THAT 4 OF THE 6 COILS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A $700 REPAIR. SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED (12/3/14) I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 DOING 65 AND ALL THE SAME LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THE CAR INSTANTLY REDUCED THE SPEED AND I WAS CRAWLING AT 10MPH. I HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WITH OTHER CARS AS WE WERE ALL TRAVELING AT THE POSTED SPEED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I STRUGGLED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER. I STOPPED THE...

USE REMOTE STARTER. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF WARMING UP UNLOCKED AND ENTERED VEHICLE. ONCE KEY TURNED TO ON DOORS STARTED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK. PUT CAR IN REVERSE BARELY MOVED. TRIED DRIVE AND WOULD NOT MOVE? CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, STABILITY TRACK LIGHTS ARE ON. NOT GOOD WHEN YOU NEED TO GET TO WORK. *JS

2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE IS HAVING FUEL GAUGE ISSUES. GM HAS A RECALL OUT ON 2014 MODELS, HOWEVER MY 2011 IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL FOR THAT YEAR. PER GM THIS CAN RESULT IN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND STALLING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. *TR

WHILE BACKING UP AT A VERY LOW SPEED THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, I THEN REALIZED THE ENGINE HAD SHUT OFF. I NOTED THE KEY WAS STILL IN THE ON POSITION AND THE BACK UP CAMERA WAS STILL ON. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WERE NOTICED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DUPLICATE THIS ISSUE THE ONLY TIME I COULD GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP WAS IF THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. ALSO BACK UP CAMERA WOULD ONLY STAY ON IF THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IN REVERSE SO IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WITH THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF IT HAPPENED UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

SERPENTINE BELT SHREDDED, WATER PUMP, BATTERY AND POWER STEERING FAILED TWICE, ONCE IN 2012 AND ONCE IN 2013. SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED AGAIN IN 2013 BECAUSE IT WAS DAMAGED BY A STONE. *TR CURRENTLY HAVE LAWSUIT AGAINST GM TO REPLACE THE CAR FOR SAFETY REASONS. THEY ARE DRAGGING THEIR FEET. LAWSUIT GOING ON OVER A YEAR.

ON FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014, MY 2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE STALLED/SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. I PULLED OUT OF A LOCAL GAS STATION AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL/SHUTDOWN. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER (FORTUNATELY THERE WAS ONE). I TURNED THE AC UNIT AND RADIO OFF. I STARTED THE CAR WITHOUT ANY NOISE. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE, TURNED THE AC BACK ON AND THE CAR STALLED/SHUTDOWN ONCE AGAIN, THIS TIME AS THE CAR WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. TO SAY THE LEAST, I WAS EXTREMELY DISTRAUGHT AS THE CAR LOST POWER AND STEERING. FORTUNATELY, (FOR MY FAMILY AND CHEVY), THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE AC UNIT AND WANTS TO CHARGE ME ALMOST $2,000 TO FIX! THE AC UNIT WAS...

THERE HAS BEEN A LEAK IN MY CHEVY TRAVERSE 2011 FOR A LONG TIME BUT WE HAD NO IDEA BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER THE FOAM IN THE CARPETS. WE FOUND WATER IN OUR BATTERY COMPARTMENT BEHIND THE SEAT. WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SEATS IN THE CAR AND FOUND BLACK MOLD UNDER THE CARPETS. WE HAVE BEEN SO SICK FOR AWHILE(DAUGHTER DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM) CHEVY/GM WANTS TO CHARGE US 1400+ TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN GOING ON SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2011. I AM SO SADDENED THAT OUR FAMILIES SAFETY IS NOT CHEVY'S PRIORITY. IT HAS 48000 MILES ON IT SO IT IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY WINDOW. NO HELP FROM CHEVY TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. HAVE I MENTIONED THEY HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR OVER A WEEK AND STILL CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM???...

TRAVELING AT 45 MPH OR GREATER, WARNING MESSAGE COMES ACROSS DASH "TRACTION CONTROL OFF"' WITH IN 2 MINUTES WARNING MESSAGE CHANGES TO "SERVICE STABILITRAK SYSTEM" WITHIN 2 MINUTES WARNING MESSAGE CHANGES TO "REDUCED ENGINE POWER". WITHIN 2 MINUTES OF THIS MESSAGE THE ENGINE LOSES MOST OF ITS POWER IMMEDIATELY AND CAR LURCHES TO LESS THAN 5 MPH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SAN DIEGO TO AZ WITH MY 3 KIDS WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN ALL MY WARNING DASH LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, THE RADIO LOST POWER AND I LOST POWER STEERING. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 1 MIN AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT AWAY AND THE RADIO TURNED BACK ON AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE FINE. FIVE MINS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED SO I EXITED THE FREEWAY IN ALPINE CA, AND DROVE TO THE ONLY MECHANIC IN THE ENTIRE TOWN. AFTER AN HOUR THE MECHANIC CAME AND TOLD ME MY KEY WAS BAD AND THAT THE COMPUTER WASN'T RESPONDING AT ALL TO IT. LUCKILY FOR ME I HAD THE SPARE AND HE TRIED THAT KEY AND IT TOO WOULDN'T START THE CAR. AT THIS POINT THE MECHANIC SAID I'D HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR WITH HIM FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSING. I THEN RENTED A CAR AND HEADED...

MY WIFE RETURNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER RECEIVING AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. SHE PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AT THE HOUSE AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES MY FAMILY GOT IN THE VEHICLE. I SMELLED A BURNING ODOR WHILE WALKING TO THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE CRANKED THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A FIRE BURNING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WE GOT THE FAMILY OUT OF THE CAR AND I GRABBED A WATER HOSE AND PUT THE FLAMES OUT. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS AGAIN COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I DISCONNECTED THE CABLE FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE SMOKED STOPPED. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE BATTERY CABLE CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE ELECTRICAL...

I WAS PARKING, BACKING INTO PARKING SPOT GOING MAYBE 2 TO 3 MILES AND HOUR, TRIED TO PUT CAR INTO PARK, WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT. THEN TRIED TO TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT. THEN REALIZED WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN (ALL 4). I LOCKED THE KEYS IN THE CAR WITH THE LOCKING FOB. LATER IN THE DAY A PERSON CAME TO ME AND SAID MY LIGHTS AND RADIO WERE ON, DUE TO THE FACT I HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRY TO GET THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION THOUGHT OUT THE NIGHT I KNOW THE RADIO WAS OFF WHILE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET THE KEYS OUT. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED. I HAVE A WARRANTY AFTER MARKET ON THE CAR. THE DEALER SAID THE WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT COVER REPAIRS. I AM TRYING TO...

AROUND MAY 11, 2012, ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE, ACCELERATING TO 65 MPH, MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD REPETITIVE NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER A FEW MILES, A BATTERY SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER. AS I REACHED A PULLOVER, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND EVERYTHING ELSE QUIT WORKING (RADIO, LIGHTS, ETC.) I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND COULD NOT TURN IT BACK ON. WHEN THE CAR WAS TOWED, WE FOUND THE BELT WAS SHREDDED AND DRAGGED BEHIND THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WATER PUMP. THE CAR WAS ABOUT 11 MOS OLD AND HAD ABOUT 11,000 MILES ON IT. ON JUNE 2, 2013, DEJA VU. AS I LEFT A STORE AND ACCELERATED TO 45 MPH, MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD REPETITIVE NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. AS I ACCELERATED, THE NOISES WERE LOUDER AND...

THE CHEVY TRAVERSE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES SINCE MAY OF 2012 FOR SUDDEN TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRAK ERROR MESSAGES . ONCE THESE MESSAGES POP UP ONT HE CAR THEY ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY A REDUCED POWER MESSAGE WHICH IMMEDIATELY SHUTS OFF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE OR FUNCTION NORMALLY ONCE THIS HAPPENS. CHEVY HAS YET TO BE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE RADIO UNIT EMITS A VERY HIGH FREQUENCY NOISE WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING OR NOT. THIS CAUSES HEADACHES ON A REGULAR BASIS. GM IS APPARENTLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT IS STATING THAT IT IS NORMAL OPERATION AND NOT OFFERING ANY OPTIONS TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE OFFENDING UNIT CAUSING THE HIGH FREQUENCY NOISE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM ACROSS DIFFERENT MODELS IN MULTIPLE FORUMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY STARTING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TEST DRIVEN AND THE FAILURE WAS DUPLICATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GROUND WIRES AND THE COMPUTER MODULE, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000. .,.UPDATED 05/15/12 * BF THE CONSUMER STATED GM WAS TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO REPLACE HIS VEHICLE. UPDATED 05/21/12