2011 Chevrolet Traverse: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Sep 18, 2024 · Brakes, Steering · OH

As i am driving down the road the service stable trak light and abs lights pop on and the brakes sieze up so bad you cant get the car to stop and brake pedal to unlock as well as when you try to turn the steering wheel locks

Filed Nov 6, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 167,000 miles · FL

Sitting in the parking lot waiting for my daughter to get out of school all of a sudden it smells hot then start to drive off and traction control lights and ABS go wild then I pull over turn off the engine open the hood and there's smoke letting it cool the key won't reverse out of the ignition and there's no power at all

Filed Jun 20, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 120,000 miles · MN

Driving my car on the street and heard 3 beeps go off and car wouldn't accelerate. Stabilitrak warning, traction control and ABS lights. Tried pushing on pedal to go and car couldn't pick up speed. Turn car off let sit tried again 30 seconds later same. Had the throttle switch worked couple days and now its happen again

Filed May 21, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 70,000 miles · MT

The vehicles control panel displays multiple errors such as engine power is reduced, park assist off, traction control off, brake (in red), ABS and all the gages go up and down, automatic locks-lock and unlock all while driving on city street and highways. Attempting to pull the car over, the transmission wont go into park. Multiple times it won't start and sometimes the vehicle fails to gain speed while driving.

Filed Oct 30, 2018 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 109,000 miles · IN

Stabilitrack needs serviced , ABS light on , traction control failure . Power loss . Just driving through town approximately 30 MPH and all errors started flashing . This is a safety concern . I have read multiple complaints on the same issue with no results

Filed Dec 30, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 118,000 miles · CO

I purchased this 2011 traverse used in 2013 with approximately 28,000 miles on it in aurora, co. It now has about 118,000 miles. I have had warning lights on the ABS and stability control systems come on, along with error messages indicating stability control and awd are deactivated for about a week that do not reset upon restarting the car. Today, I experienced numerous losses of engine power, as though the car had dropped into neutral, while driving surface streets at approximately 30-35mph. Despite pressing the accelerator, the vehicle immediately dropped down to 10-15mph for several seconds. Research online in the chevrolet forums indicates a throttle body issue, but shows no corporate investigation or recall into this, though many people report similar losses of power on highways at 60+MPH, suddenly dropping to 10mph. I am concerned about safety in traffic if such a loss of power occurs again.

Filed Mar 9, 2017 · Driver assistance · 5 miles · CO

It has happened several times normally when there is snow on the roads, I will be driving the speed limit when suddenly the traction stabilizer control/ABS lights come on the dashboard and the car started decelerating quickly coming to a halt. Even though I press the gas pedal no acceleration happens. I have to turn off the engine and restart. The remainder of my drive the traction stablizer control/ABS stay on until I come to my destination. This is not safe. The chevy dealership says there is no recall on this. This is a problem and needs to have a recall out on this issue. This has happened multiple times, thankfully this car is driven just to and from work for short distances. Please notify me once a recall has been put in place.

Filed Sep 2, 2014 · Brakes · 75,000 miles · KS

The ABS and trac control lights have been coming on and going off for about a month. Friday aug, 29 2014, while my wife was driving the vehicle around town the stop light turned and she went to stop like normal, the pedal acted like it was slick, the ABS was trying to come on. When it did that the pedal went clear to the floor. The car did stop but she is a good driver so no accident happened thankfully. I can see how this can possibly cause an accident. I took it to the chevy dealership and they replaced a wheel sensor and said it was fixed, $187. We left the shop and went about a block to the first stoplight and it happened again so we turned around and went back. They worked on it for 3 more hours and said they couldn't find anything and would have to keep the vehicle until they could talk to gm engineers. Today I received a call from them and it was fixed. The wife went to pick it up and the brought it around to her and said "here you go", she got in and the ABS light was on again. She didn't even leave the dealership, went back in and told them it is messing up again, so she had to leave it there again. Luckily so far I haven't had to pay anything more, but it obviously isn't fixed yet. As many other problems of this nature you'd think gm would do a recall for this problem. What really makes me mad is that we don't even have 80000 miles on this thing. If they can't build anything better I guess I will have to switch to a ford or chrysler or maybe even kia.

Filed Aug 11, 2014 · Driver assistance · WI

2011 chevrolet traverse. Consumer writes in regards to issues with the traction control features. *smd the consumer stated when decreasing acceleration, approaching a curve or stop sign, the transmission down shifted causing the vehicle to go into an uncontrollable skid with the front wheels actually locking up. Also, when he applied the brake, when he approached a curve or stop sign, the ABS over-reacted, which caused the vehicle to go into a skid. Both incidents happened while driving on snow covered roads. When it first happened, he went though the stop sin and ended up in a ditch when going around two moderate curves at slow speed. The consumer read the owner's manual and discovered the traction control could be turned off by flipping a switch. After doing so, the vehicle performed flawlessly with slippery conditions and continued to do so as long as the traction control was turned off. The problem was amplified by the fact, the traction control was automatically on when the vehicle was started.

Filed Jun 12, 2013 · Brakes · 32,758 miles · IL

My wife had just dropped the kids off at school and was about 10 minutes away from home. After about five minutes of driving a series of chimes emitted from the car and the dash flashed a light indicating a problem with the ABS system, followed by another series of dings and a burning smell. She then pulled over, turned off the car, and waited approximately a minute. Upon turning on the car she heard another ding and the service lights remained on. She was able to slowly drive home but the car emitted a "grinding noise" and the heat gauge was slightly higher than normal. Upon getting home she checked under the car but did not see any fluids under the car. We have scheduled a mechanic to look at the car tomorrow.

Filed May 10, 2013 · Driver assistance, Engine · 38,000 miles · TX

Was at target one evening and noticed a sweet unusual smell coming from the traverse. I took a look underneath the car and noticed pink substance dripping from the engine. Upon leaving target I noticed that the arm on the temperature gauge was higher than normal. I drove 40mph for a mile and the gauge shot up to the top. I was 25 minutes from home. I had to stop 6 times to let the engine cool down in order to make it home and I had all four of my kids in the car with me as well. It totally freaked them out. I had to rent a car for the weekend as I needed transportation to get around. I had a company that will come to your home to fix your car. Found out it was my fuel pump. After 4 hours of labor and $400.00 later it was fixed. Four months later, today may 10, 2013 as I'm driving home from work, the car begins to beep and the traction control light and ABS light comes on and service stabilitrak system and traction control off displays in the display window. It seemed as if it was hard to accelerate as well. This is the 2nd thing that is probably going to be fairly expensive to fix that has happened to this car. It is the weekend and now have to try and find a place to take my car and have it serviced. Seeing now that there have been several complaints with this specific component on the car, chevrolet needs to recall this car and fix this. This is very dangerous and could cause an accident. I think it's ridiculous to have to continue to pay for things that continue to break down on this vehicle. I am a single parent and cannot continue to financially be able to do this.

Filed Jul 7, 2011 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 250 miles · MI

Defective braking system includes stabilitrak and ABS system. The brand new vehicle has been serviced five times for braking failure. While waiting at a traffic light the ABS kicked in and the brake went to the floor. The sensors have been changed/debris cleaned/and frayed wires replaced. The vehicle is still not repaired.