Chevrolet Traverse Engine Problems
1,336 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 17 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2011. Best year: 2025.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON I-64 IN NORFOLK, VA. OCCUPANTS SMELT FUEL AND PULLED OVER. WITNESSES ADVISED THAT IMMEDIATELY PULLING OVER THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WITHIN 60 SECONDS THE FIRE WAS OBSERVED IN THE...
Our Traverse spontaneously caught fire.
White smoke was coming out the car and my car eventually sat on fire. I had to call the fire department.. fire department stated that it was a electrical issue
I was driving along the highway way at 60-65 mph when suddenly service traction control came on and vehicle started jerking and slowing down. As I tried to accelerate it continued to jerk and then just shut off completely. I hit the gua...
2 issues: 1: Brakes did not stop car nor did the abs braking system kick in causing the car to not stop on full demand! 2 cars slammed on their brakes at a yellow light instead of going thru causing a small number kiss Was going 35mph a...
Sunday night 4/7/24, I was on my way to the emergency department with my 5 month old baby to be seen. 30min into my drive i came to a stop light when my truck completely shut off (BLACKOUT) No Power, NO LIGHTS not even my hazard would tu...
I HAD 2 MILE HR FRONT SIDE INPACK IN A PARKING LOT WHITCH PUSHED ME INTO ANTHER PARKED CAR .THEN AT THAT POINT MY CAR WENT INTO AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED .I HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BREAK NO HELP .I PROCEEDED TO HIT OTHER CARS AFTER THE 3RD AN...
I was unable to stop my vehicle from accelerating. The brakes were engaging but my vehicle continued to build speed. Myself and my family, as well as others on the road, were all put at risk due to my vehicle not responding or failing to...
I was parking in front of a restaurant- my foot was on the brake and as I came to a stop the engine revved up and the car surged forwarded about 5 feet - The car pushed a pole and blew out the front door and the door frame- all this t...
I was driving down the freeway at about 67 MPH when the message "Traction Control Disabled" came on my display & the car immediately went into "limp mode"! By some miracle I was able to muscle the car out of the slow lane, onto the shoul...
The driver's side mirror is cracked, in addition to the catalytic converters - bank 1 and 2, they sold me this car like this and reset the engine light.
I purchased this vehicle in June, 2021 and had noticed that it sometimes lurched forward a few feet when I applied the brakes. I made an appointment to have the vehicle’s brakes checked. While merging onto 12th Street in Rochester, MN ...