2011 Chevrolet Traverse ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

TIMES 2- AGAIN I GET THE STABILITRAK WARNING. CRUISE WILL NOT WORK, POWERS DOWN TRYING TO EXCELERATE. THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIX THIS SENSE THERE IS NO CODE COMING UP FOR IT EVEN THOUGH THE WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND FLASHING ON MY DASH. TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT WILL POWER DOWN AT LIGHTS, ON INTERSTATE ETC.

MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON A DRY PAVED ROAD THEN MY DASH FLASHED TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, AND THEN IT JUST SLOWED DOWN TO 10MPH AND I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I PULLED OVER SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED 5 MINUTES. IT STARTED AND RAN WELL TILL I GOT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN A 72 HOUR PERIOD. PLEASE GO TO THIS VIDEO LINK TO SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH A TRAVERSE [XXX]. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRACK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. OUR VEHICLE IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND WHEN WE HIT A STOP AND TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE VEHICLE LUNGES. LOSS OF SPEED DOWN TO 10-15 MPH IMMEDIATLY. WE HAVE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY EVERYDAY AND THIS IS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS.

I HAVE HAD THE 2001 CHEVY TRAVERSE FOR 1 YEAR NOW. BOUGHT IT USED FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THE TRACTION CONTROL/ STABILITRAK WARNING HAS COME ON NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEAR, BUT HAS COME ON EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS PAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS NO LOSS OF POWER LIKE OTHERS HAVE REPORTED, BUT IT DOES KNOCK OUT THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE WARNING MESSAGE COMES ON. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THEM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. I HAVE READY TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL RECALL I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT 60 MPH THE INTERSTATE WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, THE FIRST WARNING SAID 'TRACTION CONTROL TURNED OFF', IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY 'SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL', THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WARNING LIGHT "SERVICE STABILITRACK", THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WARNING "REDUCED ENGINE POWER". THE VEHICLE WENT FROM 60 MPH IMMEDIATELY DOWN TO 20 MPH. REMIND YOU THAT WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE, IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THIS IMMEDIATELY TURNED INTO A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE NOT REAR ENDED, AND CAUSE HUGE PILE UP. WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER, WE ARE STILL NOT OUT OF DANGER AS SEMI TRUCKS, CARS, ARE DRIVING BY US AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS. OUR CAR WAS BEING BLOWN SIDE TO SIDE FROM THE WIND FORCE FROM THESE VEHICLES. MY 2 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE IN TO GET IT LOOKED AT, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE ISSUE AS THE PROBLEM IS ONLY SPORADIC. NOW A MONTH LATER THE VEHICLE GIVES US THESE WARNINGS AND HAS THESE SAME ISSUES DAILY. WE CAN NOT FIND A RESOLUTION. PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED AND SO WE DRIVE IN COMFORT THAT WE WILL MAKE IT TO OUR DESTINATION AND SAFELY.

THE CAR WILL GO INTO REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND SLOW YOUR SPEED WITH LITTLE WARNING WHILE SAYING TRACTION CONTROL SERVICE AND STABITRAC SERVICE

WHILE DRIVING THE SENSOR COMES ON AND SAYS THE STABILITY CONTROL IS OFF. THEN TURNING THE STABILITY CONTROL BACK ON BY THE BUTTON IT RESETS. THEN DRIVING IT AGAIN IT GOES BACK OFF. SOME TIMES IT RESETS BY IT SELF BY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT. THEN THE SENOR DOESN'T GO OFF. YET THEN THE NEXT TIME IT IS RESTARTED IT GOES BACK OFF. DRIVING DOWN ANY ROAD NO WATER OR ICE ON ROAD AT ALL COMPLETELY DRY.

TRACTION CONTROL COMES ON STATING TRACTION CONTROL IS OFF AND ENGINE POWER REDUCES TO 20 MPH AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE PASS 20MPH I WAS ON [XXX] TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND REDUCED POWER TO 20MPH NO THROTTLE. THIS OCCURRED 4 TIMES WITHIN AN HOUR. THE THIRD TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULDNT GO OFF. EACH TIME IT HAPPENED I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON. THIS SEEMED TO RESET IT BUT THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. VERY UNSAFE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NORMALLY WHEN THERE IS SNOW ON THE ROADS, I WILL BE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRACTION STABILIZER CONTROL/ABS LIGHTS COME ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE CAR STARTED DECELERATING QUICKLY COMING TO A HALT. EVEN THOUGH I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL NO ACCELERATION HAPPENS. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART. THE REMAINDER OF MY DRIVE THE TRACTION STABLIZER CONTROL/ABS STAY ON UNTIL I COME TO MY DESTINATION. THIS IS NOT SAFE. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS. THIS IS A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL OUT ON THIS ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, THANKFULLY THIS CAR IS DRIVEN JUST TO AND FROM WORK FOR SHORT DISTANCES. PLEASE NOTIFY ME ONCE A RECALL HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY TRACTION COMTROL WENT OUT AND IS TELLING ME TO SERVICE STABILITRACK..I JUST REPLACE THE THROTTLE NOT EVEN 2 YEARS AGO

TRACTION CONTROL COMES ON STATING TRACTION CONTROL IS OFF AND ENGINE POWER REDUCES TO 20 MPH AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE PASS 20MPH I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND REDUCED POWER TO 20MPH NO THROTTLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 40MPH, SERVICE STABILITRAK/ SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNINGS CAME ON. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND I WAS JUST ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER 4 FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLOGGED REQUIRING NEW INJECTORS, NEW OXYGEN SENSORS AND DAMAGE TO ALL THREE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. AIR BAG WARNINGS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, AS DO THE TIRE SENSOR WARNINGS. I'M NOW FINDING OUT THAT THESE STABILITRAK ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS WITH VARIOUS CHEVY AWD MODELS, WHILE GM DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

ON MY WAY TO WORK ON ROUTE 30 WHEN THE FOLLOWING APPEARS:SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL,SERVICE STABILITRACK,ENGINE POWER REDUCED. CALLED CHEVY DEALER BY WORK IN MERRILLVILLE IN NO APPT UNTIL TODAY .CALLED DEALERSHIP BY HOME WAS TOLD NO APPT UNTIL TODAY AT 1PM. INQUIRES IF WAS ISSUE IN WHICH LETTER DATED IN NOVEMBER 2015 AND WAS NO. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT IS THE ISSUE STATED IN LETTER. HAVE DEALERSHIP LOOK AT VEHICLE TO HAVE IT CO WEED UNDER WARRANTY.CALLED DEALERSHIP BACK AND WAS TOLD CLOSE TO $500.00 FOR REPAIRS AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE NOW VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE MILEAGE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE PART WAS CHANGED AFTER LETTER WAS RECEIVED IN NOVEMBER 2015. VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER 120,000 MILES. HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SINCE WE BOUGHT I IT. AIR CONDITIONING,WATER PUMP,WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP NOW THROTTLE BODY. HOW DOES THE DEALERSHIP EXPECT THE CAR NOTE AS WELL AS THE REPAIR BILL TO BE PAID WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE???

1/5/16 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN MY TOWN, TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, AND THE CAR REDUCED FROM 40MPH TO 20MPH. THE CAR GAVE A MESSAGE ON THE DASH STATING "SERVICE STABILITRACK, REDUCED ENGINE POWER". I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED, AND THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE CAR RAN OK UNTIL 1/14/16, WHEN THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED- I WAS DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AND THE CAR REDUCED SPEED TO 20MPH WITH THE SAME "SERVICE STABILITRACK, REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND IS CURRENTLY THERE WAITING FOR THE THROTTLE BODY TO ARRIVE AND BE REPLACED.

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN TRACTION CONTROL/STABILITRAK LIGHTS CAME ON AND ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED. THE TRAVERSE SPEED DROPPED FROM 60 MPH TO 20 MPH IN JUST A FEW SECONDS ON THE INTERSTATE. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS NOT A LARGE VEHICLE BEHIND US THAT WOULD HAVE MOWED RIGHT OVER MY FAMILY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT 65 MPH WHEN THE "STABILTRAK OFF" LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY THE "TRACTION CONTROL" LIGHT AND THE "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" LIGHT. MY TRAVERSE SLOWED DOWN TO 15 MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER READING THE OWNERS MANUAL I SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, RE-STARTED IT AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. THE NEXT DAY IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN AND NOW SHUTTING IT DOWN AND RESTARTING IT MAY OR MAY NOT FIX IT. TAKING IT TO THE SHOP TODAY BUT SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO RE-OCCUR FREQUENTLY. DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE A RECALL ITEM AS IT CAN CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THE POWER IS AUTOMATICALLY REDUCED. ESPECIALLY ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CARS DINGS AND STARTS FLASHING SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL. IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE CAR DROPPED FROM 65 MPH TO 20 MPH WITH NO WARNING! IT WAS INSTANT!!! I PUSHED THE ON-STAR BUTTON (AFTER PULLING OFF THE ROAD AN COLLECTING MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED) AND ASKED THEM TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. I NEEDED TO TURN IT OFF FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND IT WOULD RESET IT'S SELF. SO I DID AND IT DID! THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHIN 4 DAYS. I DID THAT! THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WERE GONE! THEY STATED IT WAS PROBABLY A GLITCH. SO I WENT ON MY WAY AFTER A FEW CHOICE WORDS (THIS WAS DANGEROUS!!!!!) IT HAS HAPPENED 8 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN! NOW TODAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON! I WILL TAKE THE CAR IN FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY ISSUES AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT! *TR

I HAVE A 2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE 2 LT, IT STARTED GIVING ME TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TELLING ME THAT IT DISABLE TRACTION CONTROL AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL. AT THE TIME THE LIGHT TURNS ON THE VEHICLE WAS ON A HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH TO AND VEHICLE LOST POWER TO 20 MPH REDUCING SPEED TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY HAD A SHORT.

WHILE DRIVING ON SNOW COVERED ROADS ON 2/21/2015, A NOTIFICATION CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL "SERVICE STABILITRACK", "ENGINE POWER REDUCED". THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 40MPH. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN, AS INSTRUCTED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS FINE. IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL TONIGHT (3/3/2015). AGAIN, ON SNOWY ROADS ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, THE SAME WARNING CAME ON AND THE ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED. IN RESEARCHING THIS, IT IS APPARENTLY A COMMON COMPLAINT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE TCS TURNED OFF BY ITSELF A MESSAGE INDICATOR CAME ON STATING REDUCED POWER TCS OFF SERVICE STABILITRAK. I TOOK IT TO A JACK WILLIAMS SINCE THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES OPEN ON AT THE TIME. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR AND DETERMINED I HAD A BAD BATTERY AND REPLACED IT. THE TCS STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND WORKED UNTIL 2/16/15 WHEN AGAIN TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65MPH THE TCS TURNED OFF BY ITSELF. I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY SHUT OFF THE CAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER I RESTARTED AND DROVE HOME ON A BACK ROAD. 5 MILES FROM MY HOUSE THE TCS AGAIN TURNED OFF AGAIN. A MINUTE LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AT MOTORWORLD. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BLOCKED. MY CHOICES WERE TO FLUSH THE SYSTEM WHICH THEY WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THE WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AS THEY DO NOT TAKE THE THROTTLE BODY ITSELF APART TO SEE IF IT IS SERVICEABLE OR TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AND FLUSH THE SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT FLUSHING THE SYSTEM IS PART OF THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND SHOULD BE DONE EVERY 40,000 MILES. UPON LOOKING IN MY OWNERS MANUAL I FOUND NO REQUIREMENT THAT THIS IS A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ITEM. IF IT WAS THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE LISTED IT IN THE MANUAL. I RESEARCHED FORUMS AND FOUND THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS WAS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AS YOU LOSE POWER AND DROP SPEED QUICKLY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BELOW IS THE LINK TO THE FORUM ON EDMUNDS.COM. IF CHEVY TOOK SAFETY SERIOUSLY THEY SHOULD HAVE A DIRECT COMPLIANT SECTION ON THEIR WEBSITE TO COMPLAIN TO SO THAT ALL CARS PROBLEMS ARE TRACKED. HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/14979/CHEVROLET/TRAVERSE/CHEVY-TRAVERSE-STABILITRAK-TRACTION-CONTROL-PROBLEMS/P6?. *TR

STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL ISSUES. CAR REDUCES ACCELERATION DURING LOW AND HIGHER SPEEDS OF DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN ACCELERATION WHILE TRAVELING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. I HAVE NOTICED THIS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE WITH MANY OWNERS OF GM VEHICLES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AN ERROR MESSAGE STARTED FLASHING. IT STATED THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MY STABILITY TRACK SERVICED. ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER IT SAY THAT POWER WOULD BE REDUCED TO MY ENGINE AND THEN MY VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN IMMEDIATELY FROM ABOUT 65 MPH TO ABOUT 15 MPH. I HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS HORRIFIED AND PRAYED AND THANKED GOD THAT WE WERE NOT KILLED. I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. WE HAD TO WAIT ON THE HIGHWAY FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW US THROUGH THE FORT MCHENRY TUNNEL TO SAFETY. THIS APPARENTLY IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHY HAVEN'T A RECALL BEEN ISSUED. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IF THIS PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED. *TR