9 complaints reported

2016 Chevrolet Traverse UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
9
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Dec 2024

Driver side floor board is getting wet after rains. Confirmed it is not the heat coil or ac drain hose.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2024
Nov 2021

Vehicle has had 3 separate occurrences - January, October and November of 2021 - the vehicle suddenly losing its "power" by not accelerating over 40 mph, hard shifting to where it jerked uncontrollably. The dash board message center would say "service stabilitrak" "service traction control" "traction control off". The orange traction control light was also Illuminated on the dashboard. No check engine light was presented, and no codes were stored in the computer. 1s occurrence dealership changed battery, 2nd occurrence could not find an issue, customer refused vehicle back so dealership cleaned ABS tone rings. On all occurrences the customer was close to being rear ended on the major interstate due to losing sudden power. Dealerships are only able to "guess" on repair, due to no codes being stored in the computer. Many complaints for the same issue can be found in a Traverse Facebook group, on Google, and many other personal Traverse owners. There needs to be an open recall and investigation with this issue. None of these fixes are covered under the warranties, and customers must pay out of pocket as the dealership has it coded under "maintenance".

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2021
Aug 2021

Traction Control pops on my dash to service now, lose power and Van Bucks like missing and and speed cuts way down, very dangerous if you are in traffic, and only had 30,000 miles on Van when started, now i have 31,000

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2021
May 2020

THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM WARNING SENSORS HAVE FAILED AND WILL NOT WORK. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE SEVERAL NEAR MISSIES IN DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS WITH OTHER VEHICLES. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT. *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2020
Aug 2018

THE METAL HOSE THAT CARRIES THE FREON FOR THE AC UNIT IS BEHIND ANOTHER HOSE WITH A METAL FEATURE ON IT THAT RUBBED A HOLE IN THE METAL HOSE WHICH CAUSED THE AIR CONDITIONING TO LEAK FREON SO UNABLE TO USE AIR CONDITIONING. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE AIR STOPPED WORKING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2018
Nov 2017

THE CENTER CONSULE HAS A PLASTIC PIECE THAT BROKE OFF AND IT KEEPS POPPING UP AS I AM DRIVING. IT HAPPPEND TWO DAYS AGO WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND INTERFERRED WITH MY DRIVING WHEN I TURNED AND IT HIT MY ARM AND IT ALMOST CAUSED ME AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH I AM CAREFUL, ITS STILL KEEPS POPPING UP AND INTERFEERING WITH MY DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IF I CAME IN 1 MONTH AGO, IT WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN COVERED ON MY 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, BUMPER TO BUMPER. I BELIEVE THIS HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL FOR IT TO BREAK IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS AND I DO NOT USE THE CENTER CONSULE MUCH.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2017
May 2017

DURING A SNOW STORM WHERE TEMPS WERE BETWEEN 22 AMD 30 DEGREES. I WAS OUT FOR 30 MIN TO 1 HOUR WHEN THE FRONT WINDOW FROZE AT THE BOTTOM. I HAD DEFROST ON THE ENTIRE TIME AND NOTHING I COULD DO WOULD UNFREEZE THE WINDOW. THIS CAUSED THE WIPERS TO NOT FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY. THE WIPERS LEFT WATER STREAKS BECAUSE THEY WERE SITTING ON ICE. PRIOR TO COMING OUT MY CAR WAS COMPLETLY DRY BECAUSE IT WAS IN A GARAGE. NO PRE ICE CONDITIONS. THE STREAKS WHEN I WAS CONCERNED WERE IN MY VIEWING AREA AND I COULDNT SEE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2017
Feb 2017

ON JAN. 8,2016 WHILE DRIVING, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY A KNOCK IN THE MOTOR. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I TOOK IT TO SHOTTENKIRK CHEVY IN QUINCY, IL WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A COIL WAS BAD AT 11,993 MILES, BUT TOLD ME TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR. THEY REPLACED THE COIL 2 DAYS LATER. THAT SAME NIGHT WE GOT IT BACK, WE TOOK IT BACK AND TOLD THEM WE WEREN'T SATISFIED. THEY KEPT IT 3 DAYS AND TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG ON JAN. 16 WHEN WE PICKED IT BACK UP. ON JAN. 20 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN LOUDER KNOCK. WE TOOK IT BACK JAN 21 AND RECEIVED A LOANER. THEY HAVE REPLACED MULTIPLE THINGS WITHIN THE MOTOR BUT IT STILL HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM. ON FEB. 25 WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO TRADE FOR A NEW VEHICLE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE US WHAT OUR CAR WAS WORTH. AFTER TALKING WITH THE GM ON THE PHONE WE TOLD HIM WE WOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. HE REPLIED "I'M CALLING THE LAW AND REPORTING THE TRUCK YOUR DRIVING STOLEN." WE RETURNED THE TRUCK THAT AFTERNOON BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE ACCUSED OF BEING A THIEF. WE NO LONGER HAVE A VEHICLE TO DRIVE;HOWEVER, I'M STILL PAYING A CAR PAYMENT AND INSURANCE. I BELIEVE WE PURCHASED A LEMON AND WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID OUT OF OUR LOAN FOR ALL THE TROUBLES WE HAVE HAD. I DO HAVE A VIDEO OF WHAT MY VEHICLE SOUNDS LIKE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2017
Apr 2016

NAVIGATION SYSTEM - TURN BY TURN. PROVIDE DANGEROUISLY DIRECTION. INSTRUCT YOU TO MAKE TURN WHERE THERE IS NO STREET TO TURN ONTO, I.E., INSTRUCTS YOU TO MAKE TURNS OFF A OVERPASS FROM A BRIDGE AND FALL DOWN ONTO THE INTERSTATE BELOW. THIS A SAFETY, DANGEROUS, HAZARDS, LIFE THREATENING COMPONENT IN THE 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, NO HELP! CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE IN DETROIT=NO HELP. THIS NAV SYSTEM IS A DEADLY SAFETY HAZARD. THAT PROVIDE DEADLY INFORMATION TO THE DRIVER. THIS NEED TO BE CORRECTED ASAP - BY ISSUING A RECALL FOR 2016 CHEVY NAV SYSTEM. GM HAS BEEN SLOW TO FIX REPORTED SAFETY ISSUES WHICH HAS RESULTED IN DEATH/FATALITY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2015

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The 2016 Chevrolet Traverse has 9 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.