Purchased 2011 traverse on monday, by tuesday evening the traction control and the stabilitrak service soon codes were showing. The present mileage is 440 and this started around 350 miles on odometer. Also, while backing out of driveway on incline put car in drive and let off brake began pressing gas, the car continued to roll backwards until I pressed the brake and got on the gas at the same time.
2011 Chevrolet Traverse transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet traverse. The contact stated that the vehicle rolled backward and forward on an incline with the brakes engaged. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who noticed the failure and stated that there was no repair available. They vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 27,154.
The vehicle always roll backs when you are stopped on a slope. This happens to me at all times when I am picking up kids from school and have a stop sign at a slope. The slope is not very steep and other car I have does not have this problem. Just bizzare that you really have to accelerate your way out, even then the car rolls back....almost hit another vehicle behind me.
My chevy traverse rolls back when stopped at a stop sign on a hill before applying the gas, when you attempt to take off, you really have to rev up the engine or leave your foot on the brake while applying the gas or it will roll back. This happens on any incline no matter size. The dealer stated this is how the car is designed. What manufacturer would design something unsafe like that? I fear for my safety in the snow and ice. My second incident involved backing out of my garage, I backed approx 4 ft and then had to go over a 3" speed bump, but my car wouldn't continue to go backwards, until I revved up to 2000 rpms. Then if finally made it over the 3" hump. They say this is normal for the 6 speed transmission I have because of the "green' environment changes made to give it more fuel economy. Green environment over safety what is our government thinking, if this is really the truth. I am now concerned I will not be able to keep my car in my garage, when the snow and ice fall as I won't be able to rev it that high or I will wreck my vehicle into the side of my garage. I would like for gm to make this right and if not and I have a wreck they pay when my insurance goes up due to their poor design!! I do love the style and room in my SUV. That's probably what I was sold on as well as the color. However, the room in the vehicles means nothing, when I'm afraid I am going to crash into someone behind me. This is absolutely an unsafe vehicle. Gm needs to do something about it.
This chevy traverse rolls back when stopping at a stop sign on a hill. When you attempt to take off, you really have to rev up the engine or it will roll back. This happens on any incline no matter size. The dealer stated this is how the car is designed. What manufacturer would design something like that? My 16 year old is driving now, and I won't allow her to drive this vehicle because of safety issues. I would like to trade this car in for something safer, but that would not be economically smart since I just purchased it 7 months ago. I also think the headrest need to be redesigned. They protrude toward your head and pushes your head forward. Not comfortable at all. I wish I could have test drove this car for week, I would have never purchased it. I do love the style and room in it. That's probably what I was sold on. However, the room in the vehicles means nothing, when I'm afraid to have my children riding with me in this unsafe vehicle. Gm needs to do something about it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet traverse. While on an incline with the brake depressed, the vehicle rolled backward when he removed his foot from the brake to the accelerator. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was inspected and the contact was informed that the vehicle was operating as designed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 15,000 and the approximate failure mileage was 7,133. Updated 10/21/11 *bf updated 12/23/11
While in the drive position on a hill at a stop sign or traffic signal, I removed my foot from the brake. The vehicle began to roll back almost hitting the vehicle behind me. It startled me and almost hit the car behind. *tr in the second incident, my wife was pulling back from parking spot which has a slight incline (ground level in front is a bit lower than that in the back). She removed her foot from the brake after trying to park out with the gear 'r', the vehicle now began to roll forward almost hitting a little stone. My wife was terrified. We further tested the vehicle on various hills/inclines both in drive and reverse and it continued to roll in the opposite direction of the engaged gear. Apparently, this is a characteristic of the automatic transmission on this vehicle, and it does not have "hill-hold" or "hill assist". However, since this family SUV carries is being driven by mothers, and this might cause the serious safety issue. I saw there are a lot of complains of the same case, this issue should be brought up and chevrolet should do some action on this.
When reversing out of my driveway I cannot put it in drive or stop it. I had to put it in park turn it off and press the emergency brakes in order for it to stop rolling down the hill. This has now occurred approximately 4x. Last night it happened again but the emergency brake didn't work the engine made a whining/screeching noise and the car slammed into rocks and a fire hydrant. Which tore off my back bumper. I had brought this to the attention of the dealership when I brought it in for service and they couldn't find anything wrong with my car. After it happened an additional 3 times they told me to call them the next time it happened and they would come pick it up. Since this happened again last night they have yet to pick it up. They were closed and wont be open again until around 8am central time. I am fortunate that this did not happen on a major roadway.
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet traverse. The contact stated the vehicle lost power while shifting into third and fourth gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic test that indicated the failure was located in the transmission module. The dealer replaced the transmission module, but the failure was not corrected. The vehicle continued to lose power while shifting into third and fourth gear, and the stability control light illuminated. The VIN information was not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer stated the transmissions was equipped with six speeds and was designed to lose speed. The failure mileage was 8,000 and the current mileage was 9,081.
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