2009 Chevrolet Traverse Steering

VEHICLE IS HARD TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS. (POWER STEERING) HIGHER SPEEDS IT STEERS NORMALLY. THEY APPARENTLY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE.

POWER STEERING HAS FAILED AGAIN. POWER STEERING WAS FIXED UNDER A PREVIOUS RECALL, BUT THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAS FAILED AGAIN MAY 2020.

WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING. AT FIRST THIS ONLY HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY AND NOT IT IS HAPPENING MORE. IT ALSO GETS WORSE IF VEHICLES HAS BEEN DROVE ALONG THAT DAY. CHECK POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT IS FULL. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I TURN BUT RANDOMLY WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEED. TURNING ONTO A ROAD, AT STOPLIGHT OR INTO AND OUT OF PARKING SPOTS. HAPPENS WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 5-20 MPH

IT'S VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. WHEN TRYING TO TURN IN OR BACK UP IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE STEERING LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BERGER CHEVROLET (616-949-5200, LOCATED AT 2525 28TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD CONTACT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

POWER STEERING FAILING WHILE TURNING AND IS DIFFICULT TO TURN.

WHEN I TURN FROM A STOP IT'S LIKE I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEELS. IT'S HAPPENED OFTEN BUT GETTING WORSE

POWER STEERING BECOMES HARD TO TURN WHEN TURNING A CORNER OR TRYING TO PARK IN A PARKING SPOT.NOT MAKING ANY NOISE BUT STEERING GETS REALLY STIFF

POWER STEERING IS VERY HARD TO TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS I HAVE CHECKED POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT'S FULL I'M VERY AFRAID THIS MAY CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL IF IT WOULD HAPPEN GOING DOWN THE HWY PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN I DO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT FOUND NOT VISIBLE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED GERRY LANE BUICK GMC (6615 FLORIDA BLVD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70806, (225) 341-5413). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,500.

POWER STEERING MAKES ODD, HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAKING NOISES, SOMETIMES CHATTERS AND HAS COMPLETELY FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2011 WITH ONLY ABOUT 12,000 MILES. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS SERVICED AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S NORMAL TO BE DRIVING A CAR AND SUDDENLY HAVE NO STEERING. I AM HONESTLY SCARED EVERY TIME I LEAVE MY DRIVEWAY THAT THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND INJURE SOMEONE. NOW, THE DEALER FINALLY ADMITS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG - NEEDS POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK & PINION. BUT IT NOW HAS 94,000 MILES, SO THEY WON'T REPAIR IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE LS. I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY POWER STEERING AND RECEIVED THE SPECIAL COVERAGE NOTICE NUMBER 14329 TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE. ACCORDING TO NOTICE, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FLUSHED, THE STEERING PUMP REPLACED AND A NEW STEERING GEAR INSTALLED. I RECENTLY WENT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AT THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN LOWELL AND CAME ACROSS SOME ISSUES WITH THE STEERING. THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND GEAR. IT HASN'T BEEN A YEAR AND IF THESE WERE REPLACED LAST JULY THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING AGAIN. HOW DO I GO ABOUT HAVING THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED? THANK YOU

POWER STEERING JUST WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. POWER STEERING FLUID FULL

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT IN MY 2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE WHILE I AM DRIVING. ON TWO OCCASIONS, IT WAS RAINING AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS TURNING - BOTH INSTANCES ON A CITY STREET. THE THIRD INSTANCE WAS ON A CITY STREET (IN A NEIGHBORHOOD) AND THE POWER STEERING AGAIN WENT OUT AS I WAS GOING AROUND A TURN. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER ON THE ROAD BUT IT WAS NOT RAINING AT THE TIME. IN ALL THREE INSTANCES, THE VEHICLES WAS IN MOTION, TURNING, AND ON A CITY STREET. IT IS UNKNOWN TO ME WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS, BUT QUITE SCARY WHEN THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THE LAST TWO INCIDENTS WERE CLOSE TOGETHER AND WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS (DURING JULY 2017).

THERE IS LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. IT IS UNSAFE AS THE VEHICLE BECOMES HARD TO STEER WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN TO THE AUTO-MAKER AND THEY ONLY WANT TO REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP AND FLUID. THE POWER STEERING GEAR IS LEAKING AND GM SHOULD RECALL THIS UNSAFE PART. THE STEERING FUNCTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE IS CRITICAL AS HUMAN LIVES ARE AT THE MERCY OF THIS COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED.

2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE STEERING "LOCKS UP" ALMOST LIKE LOSING POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING (OFTEN AT LOW SPEEDS LIKE AROUND ROUNDABOUTS) AND NEED TO USE ALL MY STRENGTH TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL TURN WITHOUT HITTING VEHICLES AROUND ME THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT "GIVES" AND IS OK AND OVERCORRECTING OCCURS BECAUSE I AM USING ALL MY STRENGTH TO MAKE THE TURN .... VERY SIMILAR TO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE READ ONLINE ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE IN THE SAME MAKE/MODEL/YEAR VEHICLE

LOSS OF STEERING DUE TO LEAKING STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY.

POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILS WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS (EX. INTO A PARKING SPACE, AT AN INTERSECTION...ETC.). STEERING GETS VERY STIFF THAT AT TIMES I CANNOT COMPLETE THE TURN. HAVE TO STOP AND REVERSE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. BEEN VERY CLOSE TO HITTING VEHICLES BECAUSE OF IT. FROM WHAT I AM RESEARCHING, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL TO FIX IT. I GUESS THE INDUSTRY DOESN'T SEE IT AS BIG ISSUE SINCE THEY AREN'T THE ONES DRIVING THESE CARS AND PUTTING THEIR OWN LIVES, FAMILY'S LIVES AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD AT RISK. IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO SAY "FIX IT ON YOUR OWN" OR "JUST BUY ANOTHER CAR". BUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AND DEPEND ON THEIR VEHICLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OR IF NO ONE ELSE WAS HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, BUT ITS NOT. IT'S A BIG PROBLEM ALL OVER THE U.S. FIX IT PLEASE !!!

SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS. TURNING THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS SUDDENLY BECOMES VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AS VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING ASSIST STOPS WORKING WITH NO WARNING.

2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE WITH 98XXX MILES ON IT. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES FOR THE PAST 40,XXX+ MILES THAT WE'VE HAD IT. THE STEERING WILL INTERMITTENTLY SEIZE UP WHILE DRIVING, MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A TURN. IT TAKES MY ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT TO TURN THE WHEEL AND AT TIMES IT LETS LOOSE ALMOST CAUSING ME TO OVERCORRECT. I WILL SOMETIMES HAVE TO MAKE SEVERAL CORRECTIONS BEFORE GETTING INTO A PARKING SPOT. IT IS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION THAT GM NEEDS TO CORRECT AS IT IS SEEMINGLY A UNIVERSAL ISSUE.

2009 CHEVY TRAVERSE WITH 68000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS HAD STEERING PROBLEMS WHICH I BROUGHT TO DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. WAS TOLD THAT SOUND (SQUEEL/REV) WAS NORMAL. NOW CAR NOT UNDER WARRANTY. NOISE GETTING LOUDER. TAKE TO DEALER. SAYS I NEED NEW POWER STEERING PUMP, AND RACK AND PINION. I NOTICE THERE IS A SPECIAL COVERAGE 14329 WHICH COVERS POWER STEERING ISSUES (PUMP ETC.). PRICE QUOTED TO FIX EVERYTHING WAS $2500. I ASKED FOR PRICE RELIEF GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE POWER STEERING PROBLEMS, I HAD RAISED THE ISSUE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE SPECIAL COVERAGE. DEALER AND GM REFUSE TO OFFER ANY REIMBURSEMENT. NOT EVEN FOR THE PUMP WHICH IS COVERED UNDER SPECIAL COVERAGE 14329. I AM NOW OUT $2500. THIS STEERING SYSTEM WAS A LEMON FROM THE GET GO. STEERING IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FRO ALL VEHICLES IN THE 2009-11 RANGE FOR TRAVERSE/ACADIA/ENCLAVE. IT IS NOT ONLY IRRESPONSIBLE, BUT GROSS NEGLIGENCE NOT TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND PASS THE PROBLEM TO THE CUSTOMER.

STEERING WHINE, SOME LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CALLED DEALER FIRST SAID RACK COVERED ON DAY OF APPOINTMENT, RACK NOT COVERED. CALLED GM, WON'T COVER. CASE 8-2095354928.

AT LOW SPEEDS IT GET HARD TO STEER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER NOT SURE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT.

A PERIODIC FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING HAD OCCURRED FROM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. SOMETIMES 2 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH BUT SOMETIMES NOT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DEALER "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. BRING IT IN WHEN IT IS DOING IT". ONLY LASTED THROUGH 1 TO 2 TURNS AND THEN IT WAS FINE. IT HAS DONE THIS SENSE NEW. A MONTH AGO IT STARTED DOING THIS ALL THE TIME. 8 OUT OF 10 TURNS YOU WOULD LOOSE STEERING. MY WIFE RAN OFF INTO THE GUTTER SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRUSTED REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND G.M HAS NOT ADDRESSED IT. REPAIR COST $900.00 . I LOOKED ON-LINE AND IT WAS TRUE. THERE IS EVEN A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. (MAINLY AT LOW SPEED TURNS BUT NOT ALWAYS).

WHEN DECELERATING OR MOVING SLOWLY, THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCES A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. MY WIFE IS BARELY ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL.