I was driving and the traction indicator light appeared. A warning showing loss of engine power was displayed and the car slowed to about 15 MPH. I had to pull over. I turned the traverse off, and restarted it. I was able to drive home. The next day, the same thing happened. After restarting the car, I was able to get home. From what I've been reading, this is a very common occurrence for this vehicle. It should be recalled and fixed.
2011 Chevrolet Traverse driver assistance complaints
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On 2/3/15 driving 60mph on the 1-87 my steering wheel began to vibrate on and off. Then drove about 5 miles further then my stabilitrack and traction control failed with its indication on the dash board then the vehicle skid symbol lit up and the dashboard stated engine loss of power and the vehicle slowing began to decelerate to about 40mph and I had to pull over on the shoulder and had my vehicle towed to chevy dealer. I was told it was my throttle body. Which I see seems a big problem for a lot of 2011 traverse owners. The repair will cost me nearly $700 after I replaced a burned out wireharness for $658 just 2 weeks ago!!!!
Stabilitrak and traction control issues. Car reduces acceleration during low and higher speeds of driving. Very dangerous to my family and other drivers on the road to have a reduction in acceleration while traveling during rush hour traffic on a busy highway. I have noticed this has become an issue with many owners of gm vehicles.
When I pulled out of a driveway and began to drive down the street, my traverse message board read, traction control off, engine power reduced, service stablitrac. I was unable to accelerate past 40 MPH. My car was unsteady and shaky. I called gm and they stated that I have recalls issued on the car but none of them have anything to do with my current issue. It seems this is a common problem that gm is not addressing concerning a faulty throttle body. I am very frighten to drive especially of highway and with my children in the car. I bought this vehicle because I believed it would be safe for my family.
When driving normally down the road warning text flashes and displayed stabilitrack disabled, traction control off, and reducing engine power. The vehicle suddenly decelerated and almost caused a crash due to the sudden deceleration.
Daughter was driving, with kids in car. 6:45 pm 1/25/2015. Traction control warning light came on and acceleration dropped instantly. She pulled over and turned off vehicle. Restarted and still could not get past 45 MPH. Pulled over again and turned off for five minutes. When pulled back onto highway was able to proceed normally, edmunds forum and chevytraverse forums stated this has happened repeatedly.
While driving, the vehicle suddenly showed alerts reading traction control off, service traction control, service stabilitrak, and engine power reduced. At this time the vehicle immediately slowed down to 20mph. Thankfully my toddlers were not in the car and I did not have traffic behind me so that I could safely pull over to the shoulder. I turned off the vehicle for a few minutes and restarted again, at which time the same errors returned with the exception of engine power reduced, so that I could at least make it home. I immediately called my chevy dealer who completes all service on my vehicle, and I was told that this is a common problem, especially in the cold temperatures as oil tends to accumulate in the throttle body and freeze up, making the sensor go haywire, leaving the throttle unable to compensate for the changes, and the warnings to occur. I was told it would not be covered under the powertrain warranty and that there was no recall. I was also told that it wasn't a big deal and it should be fine when it warms up. I guess we differ in our opinion of whether a car shutting down in the middle of the highway or with my children in the car is a big deal. I guess we also differ in our opinions about whether a $40k vehicle should function in freezing temperatures that occur for four months of the year in the northeast. Chevrolet has issued recalls for this very issue with many other vehicles and some years of traverses but not all. Chevrolet, you need to stand behind your vehicles...take responsibility for the $100 part that can very easily be fixed in 15 minutes time instead of forcing customers to drive an unsafe vehicle or shell out upwards of $600 to make the repair. I love this car, probably my favorite vehicle I have ever owned, but this is a major problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet traverse. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the electronic stability control, traction control and the engine power reduced warning lights illuminated on the instrumental panel. The vehicle independently reduced power. The contact merged to the side of the road where the vehicle was turn off and restarted however, the warning indicator remained illuminated. The dealer was made contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The failure mileage was 82,000.
On six separate occasions in 7 days, my vehicle has displayed the following messages, traction control off, check stabilitrak, and reduced engine power then suddenly reduces speed significantly unwilling to accelerate. I have to pull over, turn off the car and wait several minutes before I can turn the car back on for it to drive correctly. This is extremely dangerous and I know it is a recurring issue for many gm 2010-2012 vehicles and no recall or solution has been made yet.
While traveling on the hwy at 65 MPH I got a message on the dash that read "service traction control" then "service stabilitrack" then "engine power reduced" all simultaneously. Then I lost power and went drastically from 65 MPH down to about 40 MPH. I almost got ran over by a semi truck!! I pulled vehicle to the side and slowly made my way to the nearest exit. Once I got off the hwy I tried to make my way back home, but the power was reduced to a crawl, so I pulled into a parking lot and ended up having to get it towed to the shop. They diagnosed the car and found no mechanical issues, only what seemed to be a "glitch" in the computer system. Suggested that I may need to replace the throttle body. I picked up my car and it drove fine for 5 days then it did the same thing again, luckily I was in my neighborhood. Drove it home and parked it. The next morning it drove just fine, no issues, and today it happened again. I have spent the last few hours reading hundreds of other complaints describing the exact same scenario, and found that they are taking their vehicle into the dealer and getting parts replaced only to have it happen again and then more parts replaced and it continues in this cycle... This from only one forum and there are a number of others a like!
As I was driving, I received three messages on my vehicle: service traction control, service stabilitrak and engine running at reduced power. Took the car to my local mechanic and they flushed out something (I don't remember what exactly). It ran fine for a few weeks then as I was on the freeway the same messages appeared and as I was trying to accelerate up a slight incline, the car's speed was decreasing even though I was pushing on the gas. Luckily I was in the right lane and there was light traffic or there could have been a major accident as I could not increase speed. Took the car to the dealership who says I need the throttle body replaced and it will cost $600. After looking at this site, I see there are many, many complaints for the same issue. This should definitely be a safety recall!
I was driving on the highway in the fast lane and all of a sudden an error message started flashing. It stated that I needed to have my stability track serviced. About 2 seconds later it say that power would be reduced to my engine and then my vehicle slowed down immediately from about 65 MPH to about 15 MPH. I had to cross 3 lanes of traffic to get to the shoulder. I was horrified and prayed and thanked god that we were not killed. I had my daughter in the vehicle with me. We had to wait on the highway for a tow truck to tow us through the fort mchenry tunnel to safety. This apparently is a problem with this vehicle. Why haven't a recall been issued. Someone is going to die if this problem isn't fixed.
I was driving along at 65 MPH when the "stabiltrak off" light came on followed by the "traction control" light and the "engine power reduced" light. My traverse slowed down to 15 MPH on a busy interstate. I was very lucky to be able to get over to the side of the road. After reading the owners manual I shut the car off for about a minute, re-started it and everything seemed fine. The next day it started doing it again and now shutting it down and restarting it may or may not fix it. Taking it to the shop today but see alot of people having the same problem and it seems to re-occur frequently. Definitely seems like a recall item as it can create a very dangerous situation when the power is automatically reduced. Especially on a busy highway.
Driving on the road and all of a sudden the dashboard lights up. The car tells me that the "stabilitrack needs to be serviced" and "reducing speed". The car just slows down and I can't go above 15 MPH in the middle of the road with cars all around me driving at the same speed. Thank god I was able to pull over to the right and get off the road. I shut car off and waited a few minutes. I turned car on and the system reset itself and car was fine. Now its doing it again as my wife drove it today. Researching online, I see many people are having this same problem. Gm needs to recall these vehicles and fix this problem. Someone is going to get killed in an accident!
I was driving along at 60 MPH when my traction control light turned off, followed by "service stabilitrack", followed by "reduced engine power" and my vehicle went from 60 MPH immediately down to 15 MPH. If I were in heavy traffic or had any vehicles following me, this would have caused a major accident and potentially serious injuries, to me, my (xxx) year old son and whoever was behind me!!! *trparts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I was driving down the interstate at 65 MPH and all of a sudden the cars dings and starts flashing service stabilitrak, engine power is reduced, traction control off, and service traction control. It was dangerous because the car dropped from 65 MPH to 20 MPH with no warning! It was instant!!! I pushed the on-star button (after pulling off the road an collecting myself because I was almost rear-ended) and asked them to run diagnostics. They told me the car was safe to drive. I needed to turn it off for a couple of minutes and it would reset it's self. So I did and it did! They told me to take it to the dealership within 4 days. I did that! The dealership said they couldn't do anything because the lights were gone! They stated it was probably a glitch. So I went on my way after a few choice words (this was dangerous!!!!!) it has happened 8 more times since then! Now today it happened again and the check engine light stayed on! I will take the car in first thing tomorrow morning. I just cannot believe there has been so many issues and nothing is being done about it!
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 car and restarted and everything reset and I was able to drive for about a mile or two and it recurred. I happened 8 times before I was able to get it to the chevy dealer. The dealer took 3 days to try and diagnose it and said it was probably the throttle control. They replaced it $493! And told me they did not know if it would fix the problem - it may last 1,000 miles or 20,000 miles. If it happens again I will have to bring it back and they would have to take apart the engine which would cost me $5000!!! This car is unsafe! I/my family could be injured or killed if it happens again! Recall it! Codes shown in diagnostic were p0300, p0305, p0221, p0121.
Driving at 65 miles per hour , the truck feels like it is losing power , the more gas I give it does not matter. The console say the stability control is off. I pulled off to the side of the road turned the car off and restarted it. It went for about 3 miles and came back on again . In researching this seems to be a defect as this does not appear to be uncommon. This is extremely dangerous. I am glad I was driving and not my (xxx) year old daughter. The dealer wants $600 to fix a throttle cable. *tr parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I was driving home from work one evening. I just came off of the highway, then there was chimes coming from the 2011 chevy traverse. Then on the dash read traction control off stability control off service traction control service stability control engine power reduced. I went form 40 MPH to 20mph in less than a second. Contacted the dealership was told to stop driving immediately and have it towed to them. I get a call the next morning regarding the traverse and an estimate of $230.00 for a diagnostic and cleaning the throttle. Not even a month later it happened again right before I was about to enter a highway, I called the dealership again and they told me to have it towed and they will perform another diagnostic and give me another estimate for the exact same problem. They called back later that day with another estimate of over $500.00. I told them I was not paying another cent to repair the exact same problem that I brought the truck in for the first time. He gave me some story about it could be 1001 problems that causes this problem and I told him that is the purpose of a diagnostic to find out what the problem is the first time. Long story short I did not pay the $500.00 to fix my traverse a second time for a repeat problem. The worker made it seem like he did me a favor for not charging me. Thank god I was not onb a highway when this happened or that I did not have my children with me. Chevy needs to fix this problem asap before a very bad accident happens and they will be sued.
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.
While driving 2011 traverse the service traction control warning light came on. The service the stabilitrak light came on. While continuing to drive the car completely lost engine power. I was not able to accelerate. Had to pull over to the side of the road and wait 2-3 minutes. Restarted the car. Drove a few more miles down the road and happened again. No power at all in the engine. Could not accelerate. Pulled over to the side of the road and restarted. Was able to get to the dealer. Was told it was a throttle body control system that had to be replaced. While researching online appears to be a known problem at gm dating back to their 2004 models. No recalls have been issued but the problems continue.
I was entering onto the freeway when my stabilitrack turned off by itself and my engine power was reduced. I was very nearly rear-ended as my car couldn't safely accelerate (accelerate at all really) as I was coming onto the freeway. A search on problems similar to this appears very prevalent within the chevy line of vehicles, especially the traverse. This is a very serious issue and was very unsafe where it occurred. It almost caused. It's very disappointing to see how many people are experiencing this same issue and chevy hasn't issued any kind of recall to try and fix it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet traverse. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the traction control warning light illuminated and the engine speed reduced to approximately 15 MPH. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the part not being available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. The VIN was not available.
Traction control turned off, stabilitrak trak turned off and then it said they needed service, immediately after it then started down shifting and quickly slowing itself down. It is a real hazard on icy roads and on the interstate in traffic when the vehicle quickly slows itself down. Many posts on the internet with this problem repeatedly occurring with multiple repair attempts at dealerships. I'm starting on my 2nd trip to the dealership. This is a definite safety issue when the car takes control and slows itself down. By shutting off the car it will reset the system and then it will work properly for a while. But this problem keeps recurring after it has been driven for a while.
I bought a 2011 traverse last winter. I was so excited about my new family car. Wednesday, the service stabilitrak, service traction control and reduced engine speed came on with no notice. Luckily, I was on a neighborhood side street taking my kids to school. I called to setup an appt to have a chevy dealer look at it but after turning it off while filling the tires up the lights all went off. Called back to see if they still wanted to see it and they said no because it must have just been a sensor... Appt canceled. Thursday drove with no problems. Now today, friday, I hop on the expressway in chicago traffic and bam right as I am merging, ding ding and my car just revs and won't get up past 40 MPH, all the same service lights came on. So scary! I have my little kids in the backseat and terrified to pull over on the side of the eisenhower, slowly get to the next exit as I pray we won't get rear ended. Call as soon as I make it home for another appt and the first time any chevy dealer near me has open is 4 days from now. Looks like we will be parked at home for the next 4 days. It really frustrates me that we bought this "reliable family vehicle" that I am now scared to drive my family in. It's even worse now googling this issue and seeing many other having the exact same issues and nothing is being done for us.
Four times today as I was driving my chevy traverse the traction control went off, the stability control went off, and a message flashed that I could experience a reduction in power, which happened immediately after the notification. The car barely had enough power to make it safely out of traffic. This happened one other time last year but when we brought it to the dealer they could not replicate the problem.
When driving my 2011 traverse, it would reduce engine power and advise service. It would drop power to the point car was not drive able. I would shut car off. Wait and then able to drive it at low speeds (15 MPH). This of course created a dangerous situation on the highway.
Have had two incidents where the stability track has come on and had to pull over and turn vehicle off wait 10 minutes and restart and finally it goes off. The last incident was I was driving the light comes on saying engine power reducing and it drops speed down to where I have to pull over not to get hit. I pull over turn the truck off and it starts but reduces power again and turns itself off this happens about three times before I give up. I then have to call a tow truck when they arrive and tries to start it does start now. I have been having this vehicle for 6 months.
When driving 2 different days this week on highway with cruise set service traction control light and service stabilitrak light came on.when car turned off it will go off and not come back on for a few days.
Received service stabilitrak and traction control off errors 4 times since feb 2014. Dealer has "fixed" 3 times.
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