10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,315 miles

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problem #80

Feb 102025

Traverse

  • miles
Car showing that car is not in park and constantly kills battery. Shift to park warning, antilock brake warning, parking brake warning, and forward collision warning continue to come on. Dealer says now partially covered under extended warranty after deductible, but battery needs replacement for $375.

- Mckinney, TX, USA

problem #79

Feb 282025

Traverse

  • miles
Car is constantly getting the shirt to park error message when the car is in park. The car-??s lights and other electrical panels on the inside will not shut off because of this issue.

- Cartersville, GA, USA

problem #78

Dec 012024

Traverse

  • miles
Veh continues to display service stabilitrak when coming out of auto stop at a light or stop. Service restraint likely keeps coming on unable to buckle seat belts sometime seat get stuck when moving forward or backwards on driver side Shift to park light keeps coming on Service parking break is coming in as well for no apparent reason

- Dallas, TX, USA

problem #77

Nov 012024

Traverse

  • miles
The transmission keeps stalling when the auto engine turn off comes on and I try to hit the gas. The transmission end cap had to be replaced. Then the shift to break kept going off when I was in park.

- Greenville, MI, USA

problem #76

Jan 272025

Traverse

  • miles
Frequently receive warning message -??Shift to Park-?? while the car is already at a complete parked state. You have to engage brake and wiggle the shifter to allow car to shut off. Another issue, the car display comes on and the car alarm beeps regarding the Stabilitrak. This happens on colder days usually below 40 degrees. Dealership wants $200+ to evaluate but states common concern they receive.

- East Windsor, NJ, USA

problem #75

Jan 112025

Traverse

  • miles
Transmission issues Vehicle drives forward when in reverse Vehicle will no go into reverse Vehicle will not drive or go into reverse

- Nederland, TX, USA

problem #74

Dec 182024

Traverse

  • miles
When I push the button to turn off vehicle it dings and says shift to park. I cannot stop it from doing it. One day my vehicle did it for 45 minutes. I could not do anything lock my door anything this is a hazard what if I was out of town and someone tried to steal my car because it would not stop doing this. I see on social media this is happening to a lot of 2019 chevy traverse owners.

- Leavenworth, KS, USA

problem #73

Nov 022024

Traverse

  • miles
Once shifting the car in park the car won-??t shut off. It keeps stating -??Shift to Park-?? the car has already been shifted to park. I have to shift my car over and over again to get it to cut off. Also when driving it keeps stating something about the track system.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #72

Dec 092024

Traverse

  • miles
I took my truck to the dealer back in 2022 for the specific reasons that the truck is being recalled now but my vehicle doesn-??t qualify for the recalls. My vehicle has been having the same issues as the 2019 Chevy traverse recalls and I just saw that my truck is also leaking transmission oil which is linked to the 2019 recall but my truck doesn-??t qualify. It started smelling like it was burning during the freeway drive today and when I got home, I noticed the oil leak I drive around 15 to 20 miles a day driving six children in my truck for safety and my truck is no longer safe to drive. I want to know why when I took my car in 2022 for the specific issues. They told me that it was pretty much all in my head that my truck was running fine and now I come to find out there are these recalls in effect, but my truck doesn-??t qualify when the check engine light is on in my car for the specific reasons. I did contact the dealer where I took my truck in 2022 and they do have the paperwork to prove that I took my car and they told me someone would call me back to see what was going on. This was four days ago and nothing has happened and they also didn-??t email me the paperwork like they told me they would.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #71

Oct 152024

Traverse

  • miles
Shift to park message will not go away.

- Hopewell Junction, NY, USA

problem #70

Dec 012020

Traverse

  • miles
The shift to park constantly appears when you go to park the vehicle only to be resolved with shaking the stick and clicking the button to get it to park fully. Additionally this car has had to have the alternator replaced after only 4 years of having it which I find to be ridiculous and have heard many other customers have had the same issue of it failing early on I think there must be something deeper to that.

- Lexington Park, MD, USA

problem #69

Oct 152024

Traverse

  • miles
When shifting into park I get a message on my dash to shift into park and the car will not shutoff. I have to jiggle the shifter knob a few times for it to shutoff again and again. It's a real problem and should have a recall on it.

- Schenectady, NY, USA

problem #68

Sep 162024

Traverse

  • miles
When putting car in park, it continues to show a shift to park error message and will not power down all the way. I have to restart the car and shift in and out of park several times before the car will shut off. Often times when stopping at lights/stop signs the car will shift super hard and jerk into gear when trying to start moving again. This occasionally happens when it should be shifting going up hills as well.

- Hurricane, WV, USA

problem #67

Aug 122024

Traverse

  • miles
Check engine light keeps coming on for a small evap leak. When putting car in Park and turning car off, warning message comes up saying Shift to Park so I have to wiggle the shifter until the message goes away. Tailgate some times does not close when pushing the tailgate button. Remote start does not always work.

- Murrieta, CA, USA

problem #66

Jul 292024

Traverse

  • miles
Vehicle automated message stating to shift to park. While the vehicle is in park the message does not go away, Trouble exiting the vehicle due to the shift to park problem.

- Portsmouth, VA, USA

problem #65

Jul 282024

Traverse

  • miles
After putting the vehicle in park a error message appears indicating vehicle is not in park and the gear shift must be wiggled back and forth to remove the message.

- Brandon , MS, USA

problem #64

May 012024

Traverse

  • miles
When car is shifted into park and then push to start/stop is pressed to turn off car -?? shift to park-?? appears and shift must be wiggled for message to go away. Problem has just started in the last month (May 2024).

- Rayne, LA, USA

problem #63

Mar 292024

Traverse

  • miles
When in park, "Shift to Park" continues to alert causing trouble turning off the engine. I've read this is common among the 2019 Traverse and many have been recalled, but my specific VIN has not. Can you help so I can get this fixed?

- Yuma, AZ, USA

problem #62

May 052024

Traverse

  • miles
My car stalled on a four lane highway due to the alternator dying. I was able to pull over but was almost rear ended. I only had 40,000 miles on car at the time. I replaced the alternator with a factory direct from Chevy on 3/16/2022. On May 5, 2024, my car again stalled out due to alternator. At that time I was on another busy highway but had enough time to pull over. I had to have someone pick up my children and follow me home. I was terrified it would stall again and I would cause an accident.

- Irwin, PA, USA

problem #61

Feb 212024

Traverse

  • miles
Dashboard alerts -??Shift to Park-?? after the car is turned off. Car is in park. Contacted dealer and it $480 to repair and apparently not covered by the GM Bumper to Bumper extended warranty protection plan. A recall was issued for the same issue on the 2018 traverse but not issued for the 2019. This is ridiculous and GM needs to issue a recall for this issue for the 2019 model.

- Georgetown , DE, USA

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