Table 1 shows one common steering related problems of the 2020 Chevrolet Traverse.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Steering problems |
A few months ago I was driving and without any warning the steering wheel would lock up and I couldn’t turn it at all. I had to use my strength to wiggle it to unlock it. It happened several times on busy roads and highways. It’s currently at the dealership for the past 2 months because there is a short and the steering gear box needs to be replaced but the part is on back order with no date of when it’ll become available. I obviously can’t drive it due to the steering locking up and that it’s a danger to not only myself and my family but other drivers on the road. Anyone could have been seriously injured or killed had it locked up and caused an accident. It would happen no matter what speed I was going.
The car displayed a message on the board advising the following: "steering assist is reduced, drive with care" right after the message popped out my steering wheel locked and I couldn't turn, and move the car to a safe place was very hard, almost had a crash. I was able to park, and turned the engine off. When turned back on the message disappeared and turned on again. Next day, no message, the car was running fine and after 8 miles of drive did the same and it required towing.
Tl- the contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated her husband was driving at 50 mph and when vehicles a head of him started to slam on their brakes the contact husband then depressed on the brake pedal but the steering wheel and the brakes on the vehicle locked which caused the vehicle to slid into crash into the rear end of a utility truck in front of him . The vehicle then caught on fire. The air bag did deployed. No warning light illuminated on the vehicle. The fire was extinguish by the utility truck driver on the scene. No one injured. No medical treatment was needed at the scene a a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a impound where then the insurance company had the vehicle towed where they plan to inspect the vehicle. The local dealer nor the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 7000. Vw.
~tl- the contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Traverse c1. The contact stated while driving 20 mph, when the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact stated abs system failure warning light was illuminated. The contact stated she parked on the side of the road. The contact called her husband and was able to drive to residence. The contact stated on June 25,2020, while her husband was driving 75 mph, he experience the same failure. The driver was abler to drive to the local dealer fremont Chevrolet located at 5850 cushing pkwy, fremont, CA 94538, (510) 445-8700, where he was informed needing unknown sensor updated. The vehicle had been repaired but experience the failure again. The contact stated she had experience the failure 5 times. The manufacturer had tried to contact but has not been able to speak to them . The failure mileage was 300. Dp.
This started around may 2020. . . I was at about 2k miles in. I was told it was due to weather. And that they had other chevy with same issue- "so it's normal". I bought the 2020 chevy Traverse brand new right off lot. After we packed up and visited family I noticed it had sounds. The sounds were like whining noises just loud and seriously obnoxious. It only happened we were turning vehicle at first. So we get home and it started being louder. I then noticed as I was driving and after I slowed down to like 20 heading for a stop sign the car suddenly has this burst of energy and speeds up to like 33 causing me to hit breaks. I told my husband and he was like I don't know maybe it is expunging gas. After I slow down? isn't that dangerous. I ignored it but it continues ever so often and this is on regular streets -speed limit is 35. Then the whining noise from wheel had me terrified. So we went to dealer. That was comical. Dude was like "it's a characteristics of the car". I'm like what? why would they make a car with an annoying sound - its distracting. I don't want to die because of my wheel. I read online other people had problems so we went to another dealer and another. The guy at last dealer was like this is not normal. They created carfax report and switched part out. I could go on. So that loud noise never went away- at first it was low and now louder. I called chevy again and they are like a dealer has to access situation and call us. This is not safe. Also the other problems are seatbelt locks. The middle seat design is terrible. My daughter was sitting there when it went back in between seat and locked it wouldn't let up no matter what. Had to take seat apart to fix seat belt. My seat in front locks and its relentless. So uncomfortable and it chokes me because I'm short. Terrible design because it can't adjust like the gm version. I have video proof/receipts.