10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
1,065 miles

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problem #24

Oct 022022

Traverse

  • miles
When shifting to park, the car indicates that the car has not shifted and has not engaged the parking break. The car remains on and has rolled back as a result. The dealership refuses to acknowledge the problem and it is endemic with General Motors vehicles across the family of brands.

- Wake Forest, NC, USA

problem #23

Sep 122022

Traverse

  • miles
Auto stop continually stops but delays to turn on. Service esc goes on and off even after being fixed. Several Mechanics have -??fixed-?? this issue but it still happens. This is going to cause a serious accident.

- Glendale, AZ, USA

problem #22

Aug 012022

Traverse

  • miles
When placing into park, message coming displays place in park, after many attempts it shifts into park, but has rolled into roadway while in park.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

problem #21

Jul 192022

Traverse

  • miles
I was driving to take my daughter to school and my truck made a loud click noise and it sounded accelerated and it won-??t go more then 10 miles per hour which almost made a car crash me. Also the pass anger seat belt does nit work properly

- Los Angeles , CA, USA

problem #20

Mar 182022

Traverse

  • miles
Transmission shifting erratic. Rpm is high and shifting is delayed. Delay in acceleration when car is in movement. Parking gear sensor is not working. Shows on dash to put car in park. When car is already in park.

- San Francisco , CA, USA

problem #19

Apr 202022

Traverse

  • miles
Shift to park error And the car can-??t turn off

- Southgate, MI, USA

problem #18

Feb 112022

Traverse

  • miles
My Chevy Traverse LT has only 15,500 miles. A few weeks after my 3 year warranty expired I started getting an "Action Required Shift to Park" message and the car would not recognize it was in park. After numerous attempts it would eventually recognize and turn off properly. Not only is this frustrating but also dangerous. I called the dealer I purchased from and his only offer was to put it on the diagnostic machine told me that that would be deducted from the total. When I asked what the ballpark figure would be, he said he did not know which tells me that they could just charge me whatever they wanted. He said he knew about this problem and the bulletin that was issued and had fixed many. I'm assuming he should know a ballpark figure but the way he was doing it I wouldn't know until it was all said and done shameful way to do business for a known problem. I called Chevrolet Customer Service and was told it was covered under the power train warranty. Then I found a Chevy dealer in Smithville who acknowledged this is an ongoing problem, not covered by warranty and quoted me $500 to repair by replacing the sensor and harness. He got my business by being honest. I have been a loyal Chevy customer for 50+ years and now rethinking what make car I will get in the future. I am perplexed why Chevy doesn't issue a recall for this issue since a car needs to be in park and turned off.

- Kansas City, MO, USA

problem #17

Dec 292021

Traverse

  • miles
On several occasions when trying to park my vehicle I would get a -??Shift to Park-?? error message on my dash. Despite turning the car back on and off, the error message did not go away. I had to do this several times before it-??d go away.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

problem #16

Feb 042022

Traverse

  • miles
-??Shift to park-?? message when car is put in Park and car cannot be turned off. Reshifting fid not fix the problem. Drove it around a bit then was able to turn it off. Apparently this is a known defect. Dealer who fixed mine says he gets a few every week. Should be a recall since this is definitely a hazard. My car was 6 weeks out of warranty with 30844 miles on it do I had to pay nearly $500 for the repair. And after reading reports, it may recur.

- Olathe, KS, USA

problem #15

Feb 012022

Traverse

  • miles
Intermittently after I put the Trans. in park and shut off the engine I get a message to shift trans. to park. I repeat the process of starting and stopping engine and shifting in and out of park several more times. I can't leave the vehicle until the message stops appearing. If I get out and shut the door the radio keeps playing and doors will not automatically lock. I'm concerned that I have an electrical short and might catch fire. I park in a garage at home and could lose my home or life if it caught fire I have an appointment with my dealer 2/7/2022. As of this date I have not reported the issue to anyone. The problem started just before Christmas and stopped for several weeks and now it's back again. There are no pre-warnings before the issue occurs.

- Spring Grove, PA, USA

problem #14

Jan 072022

Traverse

  • miles
Stopped at a red light in left lane of a two way highway. When light turned green car stalled out. Steering locked and brakes locked. Got truck to side of road. Lights and radio still worked. Truck would not turn over or start. Dashboard was fully lit. Had towed to dealer. According to dealer it was starter and flywheel

- Smithtown, NY, USA

problem #13

Dec 082021

Traverse

  • miles
When I put the car in PARK and turn the vehicle off, the dashboard signals a notice to put the vehicle in Park. It will not stop the notice until I stop / start the car a few times.

- Pearland, TX, USA

problem #12

Dec 042021

Traverse

  • miles
Getting -??shift to park-?? message repeatedly when car is IN park. Sometimes can short term fix with go back to drive and then shifting to park again. Worried this will drain battery or cause car to roll out of driveway if it-??s not reading that it-??s in park.

- Leander, TX, USA

problem #11

Oct 012021

Traverse

  • miles
When the vehicle is in park and turned off, will receive shift to park errors. have to turn the car back on and off multiple times and reput the car to park to get the code off. The vehicle will not turn off with shift to park message. This is a huge safety issue

- Pensacola, FL, USA

problem #10

Oct 082021

Traverse

  • miles
I get a -??shift to park-?? message after I have turned my car off even though it is in park. The warning does not shut off so I have to remain in my car and turn the car on/off and switch it into gear and out of gear in an attempt to get the warning to stop. At times, I have had to leave the parking spot and drive around more then park again to get the warning to stop. My car is three years old. This should NOT be happening on a three year old car. My car not recognizing what gear it-??s in certainly isn-??t safe.

- Whitewater, WI, USA

problem #9

Jul 192021

Traverse

  • miles
After shifting my 2019 Chevrolet Traverse into park, an -??Action Required-?? message appears on the dash that says, -??Shift to Park-??. But, the car is already in park. Due to this action required message the car will not properly shut off.The only way I am able to shut the car off is by restarting it and shifting into reverse or drive, back to park. Sometimes it takes up to six times of going through this process to get the car to shut off. This issue has been going on for over a month. I arrived at the dealership for a scheduled oil change and the car did the same as I parked in their garage. I had a tech come out to see what was going on. He told me that Chevrolet was aware that this was happening in at least 4 models, including my Traverse. He immediately knew what the fix was. It was explained to me that there was a bulletin, but not a recall for this issue. The dealership said they could fix it for $140, and because I was 7,000 out of my bumper to bumper I had no choice but to pay the amount. If Chevrolet knows this is an issue then they should be covering the cost to repair it. It is bulletin #19-NA-206. They installed a SL-N-Switch and an N-Harness. They also removed transmission range selector and removed and replaced wiring harness on the selector to a newer design, that-??s supposed to stop the issue.

- Ellington, CT, USA

problem #8

Aug 202021

Traverse

  • miles
We have major paint chipping and peeling issues, the gear selector will not recognize park at times and we have had the catalytic converter replaced in the 2.5 years of owning (we are the only owners).

- Austin, TX, USA

problem #7

Jun 212021

Traverse

  • miles
Shift to Park alert and gear parking issue. This is a big issue with GM cars/SUVs after I searched online. Looks like a manufacturer parts-?? defects in gear box.

- Alexandria, VA, USA

problem #6

Sep 162020

Traverse

  • miles
Shift to park issue- car will not shift even though it's in park.

- Valley Park, MO, USA

problem #5

Jan 202021

Traverse

  • 30,738 miles
My vehicle is at 30,738 miles and recently I began smelling what I thought to be exhaust fumes inside the cabin of the vehicle. I also smelled it after the car was parked outside the vehicle, near the the hood of the car near the engine. I took it to the nearest repair shop and they said that the brazing/welding point on the fuel rail was faulty and the fuel injector had broken off and was spraying fuel all underneath the car. It was "two or three turns away from a catastrophic event". the car was had fuel sprayed all near the intake manifold and was getting dangerously close to the exhaust manifold. It was only a matter of time (minutes/hours) before the vehicle caught fire or exploded with the amount of loose fuel present and I have small children in car seats I would never have been able to get out of the car in time. I had the vehicle towed to a Chevy dealership and they replaced the fuel rail and several other parts. And returned the vehicle to me. There were still fuel vapors coming into the cabin of the vehicle and near the hood of the engine. I took it back and the dealership said all of the insulation around/ in the engine was saturated in fuel still. So they washed the insulation and put it back in the vehicle. It still smells like fuel vapors in and around the vehicle.

- Trabuco Canyon, CA, USA

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