general problems of the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse

Power steering pump in the car had low pressure causing the steering wheel to barely turn or have a hard time turning the wheel. This put me and my family at risk while driving because when making turns it would feel like it was locking up which almost would cause accidents not being able to turn the wheel all the way to make the turn. I ended up having to pay 1309 to have a new power steering pump put in.

Rack and pinion steering is failing at 66,000 miles on a 2016 chevy Traverse. This is low mileage for a vehicle to lose this function and a safety concern should the steering fail at speed and needs to be investigated. There are other complaints by chevy owners for the same problem across several model years of this vehicle.

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, an abnormal moaning sound was present coming from the steering wheel while turning in either direction. The steering wheel had become stiff while turning. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not yet notified. The contact indicated that the vehicle was previously serviced regarding a power steering failure. No further information was available. The failure mileage was 108,000.

Replaced the transmission in 2018, transmission went out again in 2021. Power steering also had to be replaced in 2021. The initial transmission repair was covered under warranty but not the subsequent transmission nor the power steering were covered under warranty. There are less than 95,000 miles on the car.

The power steering pump went out on my 2016 chevy Traverse which has 34,700 miles on it. At low rpms the pump would intermittently fail and lock up the steering wheel. This means that when decelerating and attempting to avoid an accident my power steering could have failed causing me to be unable to avoid an otherwise avoidable accident. I was close to hitting another car in a parking lot when I was turning into a parking spot and the power steering failed, but I was able to slam on the brakes in time. I was able to bring it into a mechanic and get it fixed within two days. They were able to test the system and replicate the issues I was having. $1060. 05 later I have a new oem pump installed. The mechanic informed me that the pump he installed was a superseded part by gm. So gm knows it's a junk part and aren't using it anymore but don't care about the customers who bought the junk part originally. The bad pump has been disposed of by the mechanic. I paid for this out of pocket, and did not show this to the police, insurance, or manufacture. There were no warning lights or other indications that the steering was going out, I was simply driving home from work and noticed an intermittent lose of power steering on 6/2/21. I was able to get the vehicle home and fixed by the mechanic the next day 6/3/21.

The power steering started to become non-existent at very low speeds. The wheel is extremely difficult to turn when coming in and out of parking spaces or turning around parking lots or tight spaces. This is very dangerous as the only time the ps can work is to speed up which is impossible when maneuvering around parking garages. It is now a permanent problem with my 2016 Traverse and I need it fixed ASAP but I don't see any recall for it. I see several other similar complaints on the same 2016 chevy Traverse or within the same year model. Gm should issue a recall for this issue now before any serious damage or injury occurs!.

Making loud sounds when turning wheel and in motion I've only had this car for 4 months bought of dealership and it has more than 3 issues related to the power steer.

I was driving home from work when all of a sudden I couldn't turn my steering wheel. The power steering just gave out and my car only has 49k miles. It is nearly impossible to pull in and out of my driveway and other places that require a low speed turn.

Power steering periodically seems to go out. It is worse at low speeds and trying to park. Checked power steering fluid and it is fine. At low rpms it is almost impossible to turn the wheel. When turning from one street into another at low speed fearful of steering going out and causing a crash as car will not turn short. Have seen numerous concerns on this issue with this model and earlier models that have had recalls. Something needs to be done.

When turning at speed - you can feel noticeable play/lag as your holding the steering wheel. At slower speed, the wheel becomes slightly heavier to turn but reverts back at turn from complete stop - wheel return to center is extremely delayed if none at all requiring you to bring it back to center. When parking - almost if not total loss of powers steering.

While driving my 2016 Traverse on the highway, the engine lost power and I received the stabilitrak warning, along with the abs & check engine warning lights. I was on the interstate travelling across country when the car began to stutter, shake and with immediate loss of power, I struggled to steer of the main lanes and narrowly escaping a life-threatening crash.

On 10/23/18, about 1-2 miles after exiting highway, I was driving when my traction control on appeared on my dashboard with engine light on, my vehicle started to shake like it was about to die and I could not accelerate any more. I went from 40mph to 10-15mph. I was turning left at a light and had to pull in to a parking lot and vehicle started shaking so much. It was difficult to maneuver the turns. Then the shaking just stopped. Turned my vehicle off and back on, traction control and engine light disappeared like nothing had happened. I drove but would not accelerate past 20 mph. Turned vehicle off for a while and everything was back to normal. On 10/30/18, vehicle was in motion again, traveling 40 mph, then traction control came back on with engine light, I slowed down to 20 mph again and was able to pull over before engine started to shake and or turn. Turned off the engine again,powered back on and it drove like normal again. This has happened twice to me with my children in my vehicle. Incident happened when pavement was dry, no debris on road , this is an safety issue, and I am grateful it did not occur on the highway while I was traveling 60 mph in morning traffic. Contacted gm where after explaining my issue to sue and she even stated it was a safety issue. Dealership stated that they could run diagnostics but if neither traction control on or engine light was on, may not read as to what the problem is and they could not get me in until 11/2/18.

It was 70 degrees outside and raining. I was leaving a store, backed out of my parking spot and drove to the end of the first lane, I stopped, then as I started to move forward and turn right, my power steering did not work anymore. I was very hard to turn and made growling noise. I couldn't make the right turn. I stopped quickly, backed up to get out of lane, and steering became very loose in reverse. I stopped, tried forward again, and it did it again, very tight steering, could not turn all the way to make the turn and growling. I backed up and parked and turned off vehicle, then started again, then it worked fine for the trip home.