general problems of the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse - part 2

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.

While driving on a on a busy street vehicle- approx 30mph - unexpectedly and without warning this vehicle suddenly decelerated / downshifted to a crawl. We nearly lost control of the car and narrowly avoided several close calls of people behind us. Thankfully we were not on the highway as others have described. Also, door locks began locking and unlocking on their own. Once we got to a safe spot messages on the display began flashing, service stabiltrak; service traction control; park assist off; traction control on; traction control off. Towed this car to the dealer for an exorcism since it was no longer driveable. First thing they did was replace the battery. As they tell it a bad / funky battery might cause bad things to the electronic transmission module. $400 later issues persist. Now I am told I need to replace the transmission outright - $5500. This just can't be right. This is barely 6 year old vehicle with just over $115k. Serviced regularly / without fail. Shame on you Chevrolet. I'm betting no chev exec, dealer or mechanic would ever trust this car for their family vehicle.

Pulled out of driveway and check engine started flashing then the traction control said it was off and the stabilization trak service the power of the vechical went down and started shaking. I pulled over and turned the car off waited 15 minutes and tried to start it it hesitated and was dealing rough. . Stabilizer control on flashes on the screen and check engine went solid and car seemed fine. I'm now calling the dealer ship to get it in. But I read this is a common problem. Why no recall? d car was shaking.

I was driving with my children while exiting a highway off-ramp, and our chevy Traverse suddenly malfunctioned and I temporarily lost power steering/control of the car, had no acceleration, and all instruments went wonky (turning on/off, going back and forth). I was forced to pull off the highway off-ramp onto a dangerously narrow shoulder with minimal room, and had to coast the car to the end of the off-ramp-- and then was stuck at the off ramp at a red light in rush-hour traffic. After towing the vehicle to the dealership, we replaced the battery at the suggestion of our local chevy dealership. Then about 4 months later, the problem has happened again as I was exiting our driveway on my way to work. We had it towed to our local chevy dealership, and after 4 days of running diagnostics and test driving it, they finally concluded it was a faulty transmission module. We now have to pay $ 1,700. 00 out of pocket to repair the car, as were one year over the 5 year warranty (but only 55k miles on the car). At the time this happened, our Traverse only had approx. 57k miles on it.

I was driving my Traverse and the stability and engine power reduced came on and automatically my car came to a stop and would not accelerate. My son pushed the car to the side of the street. I shut the car off and turned it back on and everything was fine. The mechanic couldn't find anything wrong. It keeps happening. I'm lucky so far that I wasn't on the expressway, I might have been killed.

Compre el carro hace dos meses y por tres veces me enciende service stabilitrak luego traction control off despues engine power is reduced . El carro tuvo este problema cuando iba conduciendo y se me presento como un peligro la reducci�n tan abrupta ,tengo entendido que hay muchos carros con este problema desear�a saber que puedo hacer.

2012 Chevrolet Traverse - in several occasions while driving at different speeds the I will smell a strange chemical oder, then the check engine light will come on and black smoke will come from the exhaust. Then the Traverse will dramatically reduce speed. This seem to occur on humid or days with wet weather. I will pull over and shut off the vehicle for about 5 minutes, when I start it up again it resets but their is smoke or steam coming from the engine compartment. Upon looking it appears to be coming from wire harness. My shop can not explain why this is happening, but I feel that this is a safety concern due to the quick drop in speed while on the highway. I've read a lot of blogs on this and it appears to be a similar issue at early models that have had recalls.

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.

I've had this 2012 Traverse for less than a year. At first the traction control would come on after sitting at a red light. Reduced engine light comes on and truck will pull hard and barely exceed 40mph. I pull over, turn off engine for approximately a minute. Then restart engine and stabilitrak would go off. Now the problem will occur while driving. Sometimes the engine shuts off in mid traffic. It also comes on while in warming engine in the mornings. I have to turn engine off and on a few times before it goes off.

So basically like everyone else is stating all of the sudden when you are driving the light comes on and says traction control off/service strabila trac and the the check engine light comes on and you have reduced engine power. My mechanic has had me drive straight to him every time this happens because if I turn the car off the computer does not hold the codes. He was getting a reading of the ignition coils being bad. We have replaced all six ignition coils about two weeks ago. Today 06/04/18 it did it again. This has been going on for a while and nobody really seems to know what the problem is. I am seriously out of money to keep experimenting with repairs at this point. Gm really needs to step up and do a recall. Also these cars had an airbag recall and I took it in and was told they fixed that recall. My airbag light remains on and they tell me I have to replace the airbag at my cost! why? seriously loosing faith in gm products.

Takata recall. Stabilitrack automatically goes off while driving down the road or interstate the smell of raw gas comes through the cabin, vehicle goes into limp mode and starts to stall. This happens often not just once. I have researched complaints online and there are a ton of people with the same complaints.

The vehicle has 86k miles and is 6 years old. Over the past few weeks we have noticed a similar issue as others I have read about. The traction control light goes on. . . . The doors lock/unlock. . . . And the engine essentially decelerates from 60+ down to 30-40 mph quickly. I have heard that the throttle body may need to be replaced. We are going to try that and if that works, great. If it doesn't, not going to get another chevy. This is dangerous. . . And could eventually cause serious injury or death.

This incident occurred twice. Driving down the freeway at freeway speeds, a loud clunk was heard, the vehicle jerked, check engine light appeared, check stabilitrax and traction control messages appeared and stabilitrax disabled, speedometer remained frozen at speed this incident occurred. While driving to safe location to stop, vehicle appeared to be stuck in a specific gear that is lower than normal for freeway driving, rpms were much higher than normal. When attempting to accelerate from a standstill, vehicle appears to have no power (probably due to accelerating from 0 mph in a higher gear). I took vehicle to bowman Chevrolet service center for attention and they were unable to duplicate the incident though they did state that they see error codes in the system for loss of communication. After testing and troubleshooting for up to 2 weeks, service department stated that they are unable to determine the cause of the error but during their testing they found the battery needs to be replaced. Assistant manager of the service center states that a battery replacement may or may not fix the problem. I made a case (#8-3668973225) with Chevrolet but the adviser received information from the dealership that was false and stated there was nothing further he could do. The information he received from the dealer is that they were waiting for me to authorize charges for additional diagnosis while the assistant manager reaffirmed to me that there is no further diagnosis that can be done on this vehicle. I did authorize bowman Chevrolet to replace the battery. My concern is that I am now taking back a car that is a safety hazard and allowing my wife to drive, and daughter to ride in, this vehicle that has a known issue. Luckily for us the issue occurred at night when there was no one on the roads but if it occurred during rush hour it could cause an accident.

The first occurrence happened 10/11/17 on I-40. My car started "jerking" and all of a sudden the car decelerated to approx 35 mph. The abs light came on. A ntfcn came on that all of my assists were off (parking, all wheel drive, traction control, stabilitrack). A ntc also appeared that said to service stabilitrak. When I go to press my brake there is a noise in the brake pedal and it "jumps" when I go to press it. We have taken it and had it put on the computer but no codes appear saying there is anything wrong with it. They say the sensors are fine. I have almost been rear-ended several times now. It happens every time I drive my car. I am too afraid to drive my car anymore. It is too dangerous. I can't afford to replace it. No dealer is going to take a faulty car and I can't afford to buy another one. We have researched the problem and found that we are not the only owners having this very same issue but no one seems to have found a resolution for their problem which leaves me very disheartened. Now I am stuck in a car that can't be fixed and I have a car that I can't drive. Gm needs to fix this issue before someone gets killed.

When driving the vehicle randomly pops up with a service stabilitrak/traction control message with the check engine light. The vehicle then has reduce power and issues accelerating. The same issue occur at stop lights and the car will sometime shut off an take multiple turnovers to restart. The check engine light will then randomly go away and the car start driving normally again until it re-occurs. We have already spent over 1200 dollars trying to fix the issue to no avail. This has happened numerous times with the last time listed below.

After pulling onto a highway and accelerating to 60 mph, all of the lights on the dashboard of my 2012 chevy Traverse came on including traction control, battery, engine light etc came on and my vehicle lost power when pushing the accelerator. I pulled to the side of the road and turned off my engine and waited 5-10 minutes, when I restarted my engine, the dashboard lights were still on. I pulled onto the highway and the vehicle still would not accelerate faster than 30 mph so I made a u-turn in the highway, returned to my home, and the vehicle would not go up my driveway. I rolled back down the driveway and again waited on the side of the road, turned off the vehicle, and when I restarted the vehicle, made a loop in the highway and finally was able to go up my driveway to return home. . Read more...

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.

I was driving my car on I-75. The door locks started locking and unlocking, the vehicle lost power and went from 65 mph down too 25 mph, and the traction control off and on kept switching. The vehicle would not gain speed, even while depressing the accelerator. No check engine lights or any other lights were on except for the traction control off/on lights. I was almost hit by a semi. I pulled over, shut the vehicle off for 5-10 minutes, and restarted it. No lights were on, and I attempted to drive home. While in a slow speed on a side road, approximately 35 mph, the vehicle suddenly started locking and unlocking, and this time suddenly accelerated. I put the car in neutral. Again the traction control off and on kept displaying on the dcim. Each time the vehicle randomly accelerates or decelerates the doors will unlock then lock and unlock and lock, the warning chime goes off rapidly and the car will then either decelerate or accelerate. The traction control off then on then off then on comes on, and then the car is fine.

I started my car and drove out my driveway as soon as I get to the corner to turn my sterling wheel locked up and then I had to hurry up to brake in order to not hit the sign and curb. Finally when it released I got to the main road and was driving about 20-25 mph my vehicle radio started to switch from fm to cd on its on and then I couldn't acellrate to a higher speed. The vehicle display showed service traction control, service stabilitrak and traction control turned off. There was some kind of engine loss but it stalled out too. This happened two times now! I see it has been a problem with the Traverse since 2011 models. The chevy dealership does nothing to fix this. I am terrified to drive this car with my family and have us get in an accident. I have owned this car for 1. 5 years. Someone could get hurt or killed while driving one. They are not finding out the issues or recalling these vehicles!!.

I bought the car 12/2015. When the engine stopped on me on 1-95 with my children and I, we were terrified. During a service in 2/2016, I found out there was a 20,000 mile discrepancy. They supposedly fixed the engine but the a/c was not covered in the standard warranty. Since then, I bought my car to autonation in aprox. 12 times. Last time, I bought the car over in may, I dropped in off because my car was shaking, gas was coming out the pipe and then it stopped and received my car back over 24 hours later. When I picked my car back, I received a estimate of atleast $3,000 and was told if I were to get the certain repairs done to the car, it does not mean that, my car would stop having the problem, when the car stops. Again, this month, my car did the same thing and the trunk door would not stay open, I have to hold the door up with my hands. Then I took it somewhere else, that repair center, stated that my computer has problems, I need a new condenser and compressor.

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. . .

This is a formal complaint against general motors regarding the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse traction control system. A safety hazard among myself and others home can be seriously injured if not killed. I use this vehicle to and from work about 75 miles to commute through the cascade mountains. We bought this chevy Traverse October 2016 and have regularly serviced and maintained the vehicle to the best of our ability including or not limited to oil changes and tire rotations but also power steering/suspension work. There has been no accidents or abuse as a driver. All of a sudden on my way home from work approximately 60 miles an hour decreasing speed as sharp curves approaching. With no warning it felt as if there was minimal power and no control the car dramatically reduced from 60 to about 20 25 miles an hour, while their vehicles behind me and had to slam on their brakes as I was way before the actual curves at this point in time I noticed check engine light blinking an error message stating service traction control system as well as stabilitrak. As we proceed it around curves at an uphill slant I was unable to maintain speed but decreasing from 25 down to 10 - 12 miles an hour. Route 66 ashland oregon is dangerous with back-to-back sharp curves blind spots narrow roads and weather cousin fatalities every year. Looking behind me a few cars could have easily been hit from anyone coming around that curve. A speed limit of 55 miles an hour and not being able to reach 20 mph. This morning once again happened so I pulled over to troubleshoot online and I found from 2009 there have been a series of complaints that gm's motors lacks responsibility that pertains two the traction control system among Traverse as well as other models. I am simply trying to prevent myself wife three children and you from a potential fatality of which can be prevented.

I own a 2012 Chevrolet Traverse, with just over 41,000 miles. Yesterday, when I started the vehicle, for no apparent reason, the traction control / stabilitrak, and check engine light came on. Prior to that I had no issues, the vehicle was running fine. I have kept it well maintained and clean, and drive at the speed limit, on good roads. I researched the issue online, and it appears to be a common problem with this model vehicle. There are no recall notices, which seems unusual for the number of issues. The Traverse is a nice vehicle, but I have been in 3 times for manufacturer recalls regarding other issues. Gm should have a recall for this issue, given that it affects what appears to be many model years of this vehicle and others.

I was driving on a state rd with my toddler when unexpectedly the car began to abruptly slow down. I was almost rear ended by another car that swerved to avoid hitting me. The engine light came on with a message engine power reduced, traction control off, stabilitrack needs servicing. I was in the middle lane and with cars flying by it was terrying trying to pull off safely. The vehicle would not increase in speed when I press down on the accelerator. After pulling off I immediately turned the engine off waited a few minutes and tried to start the engine again but received the same messages. When I put the car in gear it struggled to move. I turned off the engine again and then waited 10 minutes. Upon restarting the engine light came on but no other messages were displayed. I was able to get the vehicle home and took it to the dealership on 3/30/17. When I brought the vehicle in the engine light was no longer on. The service advisors called a few days later and stated they could not duplicate the problem. They only noted that the engine mount needed replacement and this could possibly have caused the problem. My vehicle was out of warranty so I paid believing this would solve the issue. Unfortunately it happened again driving on a city rd and I was nearly struck from behind again and struggled to safely get off the road. This time my husband and 2 other children were in the vehicle. I was able to take pictures of the same dash notifications and after getting it started I drove it straight to the same dealership on 3/17/18. I showed them the pics and was adamant I would not get in the car again unless it was fixed. They assured me it would be fixed this time. A few days later they stated the fuel pump fuel lines and fuel pressure sensor had to be replaced. After my second experience I found several similar complaints. This is a safety issue that needs to be recalled.

Have only had this vehicle since late January 2017. Within 2 days of having it, the service stabilitrak, service traction control and reduce engine power alarms came up. There was also gas fumes filling my car. Had service completed, all that was found was a fouled out spark plug. Car has had these same alarms come up maybe a dozen times over the past 6 months. The first time these came up, vehicle was idling. Other times. I was driving on the interstate. Have also had the service airbag light come up as well. The middle seatbelt in the center of the car, doesn't come out at all.

I was driving 70mph on the interstate (with my 4 children in tow) my cel, service stabilitrac and reduced engine power lights came on. My speed was reduced to around 45mph. I had two semis behind me, the one directly behind me had to get over very quickly to avoid rear ending me. I put on my hazards and took the next exit approximately 7 miles ahead. Once off the interstate I shut off my vehicle, waited two minutes then restarted, lights and messages still on. I proceeded to drive but could only go around 45mph while my vehicle was not wanting to go. I parked it at work then at lunch I drove it on city streets at 35mph. I parked it again at my work. When I got off I started the car and started driving, no lights or messages. I proceeded to drive to the interstate on my way home. When my vehicle hit 60mph the same thing happened, luckily no vehicles behind me. I got off the interstate and drive 45mph the rest of the way home. My vehicle was parked for a few days. After starting again the same lights and messages appeared. I contacted my dealer and was told my vehicle was not part of the special coverage for this exact issue. I contacted chevy customer service and was told my VIN/year was not part of the issue and there was nothing they could do knowing this is a known issue and was one of the scariest moments of my life.

While driving on a city street, the vehicle lost propulsion and stabilitrak warning will come on. Rpm revved up and down, smell of gas fumes in the vehicle.

The car's engine sounds too loud. I bought the car late December 2015 and I told the servce advisor that something is wrong with the wiring because the light bulb needed to change, sounds from speakers would bounce off from one speaker to another, the windows would not go back up, and engine was louder than usual. Two weeks ago, while I was on I-95 with my kids, the engine light came on, the car automatically slowed down on me, traction control automatically turned off, the car stated engine power slowed and stabitalk light came on. I was terrified. I'm already a victim of mile discrepancy and poor professionalism from the gm from autonation Chevrolet delray and I'm still having problems with my vehicle. I took my car there a time back in may because my engine was shaking, I was told they fixed my engine but the car was still shaking afterwards. Also the seatbelt for the middle seat of the second row, works when it wants to. I went to autonation to look at the vehicle, they claimed it doesn't have engine issues even though they did not give me a copy of the results of the whole diagonosis.

While driving on the highway, my chev Traverse traction control, stabilitrak, abs and brake warning lights lit up! when both accelerating and applying brakes the car drags. Additionally the air conditioning blows harders on its own.

I bought this car used in April 2016, within 72 hours I noticed it was making some horrible noises. My family mechanic said the idler belt tensioner was bad, multi motor issues, 2 fuses were blown, 2 bad window motors, ac was not super cold and the airbag recalls were all still present. I took it back to the dealer to get serviced and one of the employees wrecked it in service and no one told me so I found it when I got home, they kept my car for close to 5 weeks to repair it and then take it to an autobody shop since the dent was bad enough were the rear quarter panel needed to be replaced. Now that I have it back, I have experienced multi times where the power steering goes out in the rain. And today the ac stopped working. I am not saying this is the case for everyone but after researching it, it does appear I am not the only one with negative comments about these cheaply made "american" SUV's. I am a single mother and although I make good money- I do not have enough saved up to take it back to the shop for repairs. I am extremely disappointed in the dealership and chevy.

As I was driving the truck started flashing several warnings and the check engine light came on. The car would also not accelerate higher than about 20mph. The errors mentioned stabilitrack needs service, engine power reduced, traction control off and others. I took it to o'reilly and received error code p2138. Had to pay over 400 to get sensor replaced at dealer but upon further research many others have encountered this same issue and the issue keeps recurring. This is very dangerous if driving on the expressway and suddenly your car does not accelerate.

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.

Car lost engine power while driving over 60mph on the expressway.

The battery voltage display on the dash is reading a below normal reading. Battery was replaced due to this. But still the display is reading a below normal reading. Had battery and alternator tested, all tests confirmed battery and alternator were fine and there should be no reason the dash display should be showing a lower reading. This occurs at all times, from cranking, to idling and driving. At times the reading will fluctuate into the normal area, but it is brief and will soon return to a lower reading. This occurs also at all times on all road surfaces and all driving conditions.

While traveling at about 55 mph in fairly heavy traffic on an upgrade, suddenly and without warning my car slowed to 28 mph. We were almost rear ended by a triaxle dump truck. The display on the dash showed "check stabilitrack - traction control off". We weren't far from home and limped back at 28 mph. The left front wheel speed sensor had come off. Nothing else wrong. This is a dangerous condition - to allow the car to only travel up to 28 mph for no real reason. I hate to think what might have happened if this had occurred on an interstate highway at 70 mph in bumper to bumper traffic.