Check Engine Light On problems of the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse

Dash is throwing different codes such as service and check traction control, stabilitrack, air bag, and at times while driving it will say reduced engine power and my foot would be on gas not wanting to barely move. One time I almost got hit. Other several times I was able to pull over and we would have to disconnect battery wait a little and car would be ok again. I have been experiencing problems with this car that it makes me not want to drive it and thank god we have another car. I am also experiencing catalytic converter issues for the 4th time. Car feels at times like it is bogging when on gas peddle as if something had a clog in it and starts pulsating. Check engine light is also on.

We purchased our 2012 chevy Traverse brand new in April of 2013. I had the extended pip warranty 6 years, 60,000 miles. The mileage is 65,674. On 9/12/2020 while driving rural state road at 55mph the engine stalled losing power steering and brakes. We safely pulled to the side. The engine started back up with the check engine light on and an obvious knock. Towed the Traverse to the dealership for service Monday when they opened. Drivers village dealership cicero NY checked vehicle and confirmed �very bad knocking when vehicle is running, noise changes with rpms. Scanned and found p0016 crank cam. � diagnostic repair fee of $250 determined the #1 bank rod broken- need engine replacement. They also reported oil level full and clean with 57% life remaining. The oil has always been changed at the 3,000. I was presented with two quotes to install a gm new engine or a rebuilt engine. Both options are over $8,500 to repair.

The vehicle at 125,000 the check engine light turned on and there is a problem with the timing chain stretching. It is the crank shaft/cam shaft. It is over a $2,000. 00 repair and the mechanic said this is a common problem with chevy Traverse's.

The timing chain needs to be replaced and is a known problem with Chevrolet even though they have not done a recall. Eats oil, ticks and my check engine light is on. My mechanic looked at it and said it was the timing chain. I don't have 3k to fix my car.

When driving car forward on roads and when backing up the car/engine stutters. When in reverse the car has cut off, when driving forward the engine rattles with a �tin like� sound. When the car is in park and idling, it will cut off at times. Upon restarting the check engine light will come on. The check engine light will go off and come on intermittently. When I took the car in to determine what was going on, the check engine light had gone off and the dealership was not able to determine the problem initially and had to keep the car overnight to determine the diagnosis that the timing chain kit needed to be replaced. I was told that this repair would no longer fall under the gm warranty. Upon searching online and having my car looked at by an independent repair shop, I have found that this has been a recurring problem with the Chevrolet Traverse and gm has not issued a recall.

While accelerating to merge back onto the highway from the exit the SUV stopped accelerating. The check engine light came on and it just shut off. It was coasted to the shoulder and tried restarting it but nothing happened. Checked the oil dipstick and it was reading empty. Two quarts of oil was added and it still wouldn't start. The SUV had been driven about 4k miles since purchased with no oil change but at no point did the oil light come on to say it was low. It was towed to rincon chevy where they said it was catastrophic internal engine failure and engine to have no compression. Contacted the dealership it was purchased from, waldorf Honda, and they continued to say the oil not being changed at 3k miles for the problem. They continued to ignore the fact that I called them the day after purchase that I noticed a hesitation while driving. Told them a second time in person about it and was told to drive it until something happens. I have read other instances about these same types of problems. This is a major safety issue for anyone as for riding in this SUV was a man, an eight month pregnant woman, and a three year old child that was traveling on a highway where speed limit was 70 mph. In the process of taking it back to the dealership where purchased. They are still putting on that it's my fault and are surprised that the warranty company is offering to pay about 30% of the cost to replace the motor. Saying that replacing the motor is the only option and also the only way to figure out the hesitation issue, a possible transmission problem.

Check engine light came on had the codes checked and I had the engine taken apart twice because the timing chain had jumped causing it to run rough and light came back had to do again and it was fine for a few months but mechanic said the engine is the same as the enclave and acadia which both have had recalls on this issue. This happened the first time while car was in motion.

I was driving my Traverse on an on ramp to the highway when the check engine light came on. The dash said service stabilitrac, engine power reduced. . . Just as I was about to merge into traffic. I lost acceleration and had to take the shoulder of the highway to avoid getting run over by a semi that was at highway speed! I can't believe there isn't a recall or something for this extremely dangerous issue!!.

Car began running extremely rough with lack of power. Check engine light came on and obd showed codes of p0016 and p0017. Vehicle had a bad timing chain which was replaced at a cost of $3200. Vehicle shows 66409 miles on the odometer.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle abruptly decelerated to 20mph. The traction control and the reduce power check engine light illuminated while the failure occurred. The failure was experienced numerous times however, the vehicle regain normal acceleration when the engine was restarted. However, the contact stated that the vehicle deceleration failure became permanent. The contact took the vehicle to chris car care 533 mcanulty road pittsburgh, PA 15236 phone 412-877-5288. The mechanic replaced the accelerator pedal and the accelerator sensor. However, the repair did not correct the failure, the vehicle continued lose acceleration while driving and did not accelerate over 20mph. The vehicle was taken back to the mechanic, the mechanic performed a diagnostic that located failure codes at the crank position sensor, and the engine timing chain stretch. The manufacturer was contacted. The manufacturer advised the contact that the vehicle was not included in the warranted repair for the timing chain replacement and the manufacturer also advised that the timing chain replacement ended in two thousand seventeen. The manufacturer provided the contact case number 9027334. The failure was not repaired. The failure mileage was 49,300. Li.

I was driving on a flat road in the middle of rush hour traffic. The traction control light came on, shortly after the check engine light came on, and steering wheel tightened. I pulled over, shut the car off, waited a few minutes and then restarted. No lights. When I brake car, seems to take longer and then jerks to engage brakes. Shop ran codes and nothing came back.

There were more than a few occasions were I am driving and my car will instantly slow down and the check engine light comes on and something saying traction control. I don't know exactly what that means but when I took it to my dealership the lights had went off and they just looked at me, saying that they can't fix something that's not there. It's scared me because it decreases speed while on the highway and the other cars obviously don't know what's happening and we almost got into an accident. I'm nervous about my car while driving in the road. This has happened on the streets as well as highway.

"takata recall" when I was driving home I had my check engine light come on and the traction control disengaged and the same time. It also reduced engine power (it also said it was on the dash board) however with no warning started to slow too quickly while I was dribing down street which speed limit is 50 mph. As I had another vehicle behind me who had to switch quickly to next lane. Once I made it home I did some research on this issue and their hundreds of complaints of the same problem. . . I never seen so many of the same issue with the same manufacturer. . . I have 3 children and are mostly with me when I'm on the road. Luckily I left them home this time. And no one got hurt. However, this is a major safety concern. . . I strongly believe if this would have happen on my way to work during rush hour on the highway. I would have had a different outcome. Please look in to this a. S. A. P.

My 2012 Chevrolet Traverse with 72,000 miles is experiencing the same issue as many other Chevrolet vehicles regarding v6 timing chain. Check engine light comes on with code p0016 p0017. Since I purchased my vehicle in December of 2011, I'm over the 5 year portion of the warranty and the 2012 Traverse is not included in the customer service program extending the warranty on vehicles with the same engine to 10 years / 120,000 miles. Chevrolet needs to be made to recall vehicles they made with this issue.

While driving, traction control automatically went off, then automatically went back on. Happened as I was exiting a parking lot onto a busy road. Went off again, then in the middle of my turn, car suddenly decelerated and I was barely able to make it into the next parking lot. Gradually ramped up to about 20 mph. Traction control automatically came "on" but so did the check engine light. Let the car sit for about an hour and it would drive (but I did not get over 40 mph or further than around the block). Check engine still on. Thank goodness I was not on the interstate as had been about 15 minutes earlier.

Experienced an issue with reduced engine power/stabilitrak/traction off. This happened suddenly without warning while I was headed home work. Engine reving unable to move at normal speed I took it to the dealership & was told it was 3 broken wires on the tcm. Got the truck back and all seemed ok, then less than 1 week later after pulling out of my driveway chmes started dinging,check engine light started flashing, traction contol light came on, dic showed "service stibilitrack" and "service traction control" it is at the dealership now. . .

We were driving the vehicle with two small infants in the car going 70 mph on the highway when suddenly the vehicle went into limp mode and rapidly lost speed, causing us to swerve into the ditch and other cars behind us slamming on their brakes. The check engine light, traction control light, and stability control light went on. Engine was running rough and needed to be shut off and turned back on in order to restart the vehicle to normal function. The vehicle was brought into a Chevrolet dealership where it was determined that the vehicle needs a new throttle body. After contacting general motors, we were told this is a known issue with the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse, and in some cases an extended warranty has been given. We were then told that our vehicle does not fit that description because the throttle body was made in a different facility as the others. This is the exact same error as the known issue but general motors is refusing to take any action. This is an extremely dangerous issue that needs to be rectified immediately in order to prevent serious injury.

My wife left for work acouple of mornings and calls me to tell me the traction control light, check engine light and the stabilitrac light came on and the vehicle had trouble driving when she would press on the gas.

While traveling at 70mph on interstate, the check engine light suddenly went on and I immediately lost power to 5mph with engine running roughly. I limped into Chevrolet dealer who replaced mass air flow sensor and throttle body. Chevrolet claims there is no recall but a friend who has 2001 Traverse was sent letter indicting a possible problem could occur indicating same circumstance-"the engine to run rough , cause the malfunction-indicator lamp/and or reduced power message to illuminate,and reduce the engines power. This condition is very serious and could have bee catastrophic.

I was driving through a parking lot and the stabillitrack light came on, the check engine light flashed and the traction control light came on. The driver center said the traction control shut off and it also stated to service stabillitrack. The engine seemed to slow itself as well. I parked the vehicle and waited a few minutes. The warning lights finally went off on their own and the traction control turned back on, on it's own. The car seemed ok driving home for 2 miles and engine power seemed to return to normal but there seems to be some hesitation in the transmission shifting at low speeds too. I called the dealer and the soonest they can get me in to check the car is Monday. I asked if it was safe to drive and they would not commit to safety or reliability but refused provide any relief until Monday and gave me no offer of a loaner car. I just did some investigating online to research what the cause of this problem might be and it appears that this is a very common problem with this vehicle and it can occur at high speeds on the highway. Many forums list many people with this complaint. I am concerned this could occur again and cause an accident. The problem looks to be intermittent and will occur without warning at any speed. In my opinion this is a safety problem which needs to be taken seriously. I am fearful for my families safety in this vehicle.