2011 Chevrolet Traverse Engine

THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 113,000 MILES. THIS WAS A KNOW FLAW BY GM AS PROBLEMS OCCURRED IN THE 2009 AND 2010 TRAVERSE ENGINE THAT RESULTED IN REIMBURSEMENTS FOR REPAIRS. THE 2011 TRAVERSE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE COST TO REPAIR IS ABOUT $4,500. GM SHOULD REIMBURSE FOR THIS ISSUE AS THE FLAW HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN 2011 MODEL.

VEHICLE HAD HAD BEEN SHUDDERING AND MISFIRING ON AND OFF FOR QUITE SOME TIME, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK TO SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. SHOP STATED CODES WERE RELATED TO STRETCHED TIMING CHAINS. I THEN TOOK TO DEALER, GOT SAME DIAGNOSIS AND A $2,000 ESTIMATE. HAD REPAIRS DONE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT COME BACK ON SINCE. CAR WOULD HESITATE AND LOOSE POWER ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE WHEN TAKING OFF IN TRAFFIC. FELT UNSAFE DRIVING, AS I NEVER KNEW WHEN CAR WAS GOING ACCELERATE OR NOT.

MY ENGINE KEEPS USING OIL BUT NOT LEAKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN OIL CHANGES

TIMING CHAIN, HEADS, VALVES QUIT RUNNING THE TIMING CHAIR JUMPED AND MY CAR WON'T RUN NOW. THE CHEV DEALER SAID THAT IT IS A REOCCURRING ISSUE IN 2011 CHEV TRAVERSE.

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ENGINE MADE A TICKING SOUND THEN KNOCKED A LITTLE UPON ACCELERATION, NO LIGHTS CAME ON AND I WAS WITHIN A 1/2 MILE TO MY HOME SO I KEPT DRIVING. CAR DIED AS I PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY, HAD I BEEN ON THE STREET I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OVER AS THERE WAS NO WARNING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THE TIMING BELT WENT OUT AND RUINED THE ENGINE, TOTAL COST FOR NEW ENGINE $7250 AND DESPITE OTHER YEARS AND VIN NUMBERS BEING RECALLED THEY REFUSED TO COVER MY VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES. MECHANIC ALL BUT ADMITTED IT WAS A FLAW AND TOLD ME TO SAVE MY RECEIPT. I ASKED HIM IF THE ONLY WAY CHEVY WILL COVER IT IS IF SOMEONE GETS KILLED, OR IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND HE SAID YES. WHY NOT BE HONEST ABOUT IT AND STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT? NOW I'M SCARED EVEN WITH A NEW ENGINE IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, ONLY I MIGHT NOT BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN MY DRIVEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED COOLANT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHOTTENKIRK CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 755 HICKMAN RD, WAUKEE, IA 50263) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. AFTER PERFORMING A ROUTINE TUNE UP ON THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (RAINBOW CHEVROLET IN LAPLACE, LOUISIANA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN MALFUNCTIONED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

ENGINE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY ON THE BUSY I10 FREEWAY AT 50 MPH. IT WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT A PILE-UP DID NOT OCCUR. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY OR DEATH. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO A CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT STARTED TO DISINTEGRATE AND BLOW ABRASIVE CERAMIC DUST BACK INTO THE ENGINE. EVENTUALLY CAUSING IT'S COMPLETE FAILURE.

WE WERE DOING NORMAL DRIVING AROUND TOWN WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGH. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND GET THE VEHICLE HOME. THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT. THE DEALER SAID THE TIMING CHAIN AND PISTONS WERE OUT AND THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE MOTOR. THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE ON THE TRAVERSE AND WOULDN'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL THEY TOOK THE ENGINE APART BUT THAT WAS WHAT THE DIAGNOSTICS WERE SHOWING. WE TOWED THE CAR TO ANOTHER SHOP TO GET A SECOND OPINION. THEY ALSO STATED THE PISTONS AND BEARINGS WERE BAD, THE TIMING BELT WAS BAD AND THEY WOULD KNOW MORE IF THEY TOOK IT APART. THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE MOTOR BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. WE REPLACED THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD 108,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE.

CODE P0008 AND P0017 WAS PULLED. LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS - HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2010/CHEVROLET/TRAVERSE/ENGINE/PROBLEM.ASPX. LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A MAJOR COMMON ISSUE. LOOKS LIKE CHEVY HAS HAD IT SINCE 2008 ON THAT SAME MODEL AND THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON 2008-2009 MODELS BUT NOTHING SINCE, JUST THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS. IT IS A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE THAT HAS OCCURRED IN MANY MANY CASES. HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2010/CHEVROLET/TRAVERSE/ENGINE/PROBLEM.ASPX HTTP://WWW.CARTRUCKINFO.COM/MECHANIC/TRAVERSE-TIMING-CHAINS/

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH CODE P008, TOOK TO DEALER & FOUND 3 TIMING CHAINS NEEDED REPLACED WHICH MEANS THE ENGINE MUST COME OUT AND AN OPEN ESTIMATE OF AT LEAST $2350.00. FOUND ON CARTRUCKINFO.COM AND NHTSA.GOV THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND NEEDS CORRECTED BY GENERAL MOTORS AND CHEVROLET. UNACCEPTABLE FOR A 2011 VEHICLE WITH 64,000 MILES.

TIMING CHAINS WORN OUT

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED DEC 2015. DRIVING OUT OF TOWN ON THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE SHUT COMPLETELY OFF BARLEY MISSED AND ONCOMING 18 WHEELER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THAT CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY PATCHED THE PROBLEM. TODAY 1/27/2017 A YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM. DRIVING TO WORK AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. CALLED THE CHEVROLET CORPORATE NUMBER WHEN I WAS TELLING THEM WHAT ABOUT THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF. CHEVROLET CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICES MALE WAS TELLING ME WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE ENGINE AND TELLING WHAT THE VEHICLE WAS DOING WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, HOW THE POWERTRAN LOCK. BUT THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE TELLING ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. WHY, SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET WHEN CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIP ALSO INFORMED ME THAT CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM PUT DOES NOT WANT TO DO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS EXPLAINING THE CHEVROLET CORPORATE THAT EACH TIME THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT. BUT CHEVROLET RESPONSE WAS SORRY TO HEAR BUT HERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. *TR

I HAD CONTACTED CHEVY CORPORATE ON THE STEERING ISSUE ON MY CAR WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WERE NO HELP. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THE STEERING ALONE. SINCE THEN I HAVE OTHER ISSUES WITH MY 2011 TRAVERSE. NOW THE CAR SHUTS WHILE DRIVING. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF GM OWNERS OF DIFFERENT VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I GUESS THERE WILL NOT BE A RECALL UNTIL SOMEONE DIES OVER THIS. SOME OF THE ISSUES INCLUDED ALL 4 STRUTS WERE BAD UNDER 100,000 MILES, RACK AND PINION GOING UP, STEERING ISSUES, LEAKING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, 3 TIMES THE AC ACTUATOR HAS GONE UP, ISSUES WITH THE LIFT GATE FAILING, LIFE GATE ONE TIME INJURED MY FATHER-IN-LAW, TIMING CHAIN FAILING PREMATURELY, AND NOW THE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL IS GOING OFF. THE VEHICLE SHUTS UP WHILE DRIVING! MY WIFE GOT STUCK ON A BRIDGE AND WAS PUT IN DANGER DUE TO THIS. NOW THE TRAVERSE SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE SAID A WARNING WAS DISPLAYED ABOUT REDUCING ENGINE POWER. THE TRAVERSE WENT DOWN TO 20MPG AND THEN SHUT OFF ON A BRIDGE. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE 'ENGINE POWER REDUCE' WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLES SPEED REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON ONE OTHER OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

MY CAR HAD STARTED MAKING A NOISE IN THE FRONT BEFORE I COULD GET IT TO THE SHOP THAT I TAKE IT TO I WAS GOING TO GET MY DAUGHTER HAD MY SON NEICE AND NEPHEW WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE DASH FLASHED LOW ENGINE POWER LOST THE BREAKS AND COULD NOT STEER THE CAR. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE TIMING CHAINS. AFTER RESEARCH AND TALKING WITH CHEVY THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. THEY SAID WITH ME GOING TO A 3RD PARTY TO HAVE THE CAR WORKED ON THAT THEY WOULDN'T TOUCH MINE. MY CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED I HAD JUST HAD THIS CAR OVER A YEAR WHEN IT STARTED THIS. I OWE 17K STILL ON THIS CAR AND NOT ABLE TO DRIVE IT. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN SEVERAL MODELS AND CHEVY IS NOT WANTING TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE, I HAVE ALSO HAD THIS LOOKED AT BY CHEVY THEY TRIED SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE CAR BUT IT WAS CHANGED AND HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS. A SINGLE MOM PAYING 400 A MONTH ON A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT IT IS MESSED UP. I WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 95000 MILES CODE POOO8. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED TRIMMING CHAINS. MY GUYS TOLD ME IT MIGHT BE COVERED BUT AFTER CHECKING MY BIN IT WAS NOT COVERED. HE TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH WITH THESE MOTORS BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND IT WOULD BE 2500 DOLLARS TO FIX A FOUR YEAR OLD CAR. GM WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME.

MY 2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GO ON AT JUST UNDER 40,000 MILES ON ERROR P0017. A CAM SHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THE LIGHT EMIT AGAIN 2 WEEKS LATER. NOW THE CAR IS READING 2 CODES. ONE IS STILL THE P0017 AND NOW A P0008. THE TIMING CHAIN IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE AND GM STILL HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL. THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH COMPLAINTS THAT ARE OVER 2 YEARS OLD. THE CARS RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH WHILE DRIVING, USE EXCESSIVE GAS AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ON THESE ENGINES.

MY SUV SIMPLY CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, THEN IT CUT OFF. IT HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE STREET AND TOWED. HAD THIS HAPPENED 1 HOUR EARLIER WHEN I WAS ON I 85 GOING ABOUT 75 MPH, IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT I WOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAD (3) DIFFERENT CODES AS SENSORS THAT HAS GONE BAD. TOOK TO DEALER WERE THEY SAID IT WAS MY TIMING CHAIN HAS STRETCH AFTER 90,000 MILES. IF THEIR CHAINS ARE STRETCHING AT 90,000 MILES IS AN ISSUE. I'M LUCKING THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE AND THE CHAINS DID NOT SNAP.

MY CAR HAS 52,000 AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THE TIMING CHAINS NEED TO BE REPLACED. REASON IS BECAUSE OF YOUR OIL CHANGE INDICATOR CAUSES YOU TO BURN TO MUCH OIL AND YOUR RUNNING YOU CAR ON LOW OIL LEVELS. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR LETS YOU GO 5,000 MILES BEFORE AN OIL CHANGE, YOU STILL SHOULD CHECK YOUR OIL LEVELS ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE YOU ARE BURNING OIL. HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO KNOW THAT. BECAUSE I FOLLOW THE OIL LIFE INDICATOR I NOW AM STUCK WITH A $3200 REPAIR BILL. CHEVY EVEN HAS A SPECIAL TECHNICAL BULLETIN ASSOCIATED WITH MY ENGINE FOR THE PROBLEM THAT EXTENDS WARRANTY COVERAGE TO 10 YEARS / 120,000 MILES BUT MY VIN NUMBER DOESN'T QUALIFY.

I KEEP GETTING THIS CODE P0017 TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND GOT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION CORRELATION BANK 1 SENSOR B FIXED AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON TIMING CHAIN IS NOT OUT THE TRUCK IS STILL WORKING .THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS.CAN U HELP ME .

TAKATA RECALL I KEEP GETTING THIS CODE P0017 I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A CRARKSHRT VALUE COST ME 395.00 TO GET IT FIX THE ENGINE WAS ON AND THE DEALER SAID THIS WOULD FIX IT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO OFF I SAID OK .I GET MY CAR BACK LEAVE THE DEALER GET TO THE CORNER AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON I GO BACK TO THE DEALER AND TELL HIM THE ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON AND HE TAKES ANOTHER LOOK AT MY TRUCK AND SAY U NEED A TIMING CHIAN AND TO REPLACE IT WILL BE 3000 I WAS LIKE O MY GOD I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY THIS IS JUST NOT FAIR I GOT THIS TRUCK USED IN 2014 AND NOW I NEED A TIMING CHAIN I NEED SOME HELP .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AS THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.