Chevrolet Traverse

"Appears to slip into Neutral sometimes when driving. Second appears related to software, doesn't know it's in park."

"The shift linkage needed to be replaced because it had to be forced to go into park."

"I would put the car in Park and turn off the engine, but the car would give me an error message that the car was not in park. I was not able to lock the car when this message was given, although I could still drive the car. I had to turn it on, put it in drive, put it in park, turn it off, and repeat until the message disappeared."

"Part of the recommend fix for transmission slippage."

"Hesitation shifting from 0 to 40 mph"

"Rough shifting in lower gears when accelerating and it was mostly when in the 2wd mode. Replacing the transmission fluid has resolved the issue."

"The car has had shifting issues from the first month we got it. Over time they have slowly gotten worse. CHEVROLET can't seem to be able to recreate the problem so no action is ever taken. It stumbled and shut off once, now warning, no codes. They don't know why. I'll never buy another GM veh, I have been a GM guy all my life, till now."

"9-spd tranny has never shifted smoothly, either up or down. Noticed this from day one of ownership. Even after transmission rebuild, shifting is still a bit jerky especially from a stop."

"From the beginning the transmission would shudder during low speed gear shifts. This was a common issue with the newer 9 speed transmissions in the vehicles and early assembly dates. The early models had the incorrect transmission fluid added at the manufacturer. A Technical Service Bulletin was eventually released to all dealerships. The fuild was changed and the transmission computer reprogrammed about 18 months ago and have not had any reoccurences since."

"Vehicle shudders when shifting but is not consistent, does it 80+% of the time. Been problematic determining the cause, Chevrolet is in process of getting parts to change out torque converter, hope it fixes it.. makes you feel like do I have a lemon, other wise great vehicle I love. Have been getting 29 mpg on trips, fantastic.. fix the shuddering!"

"Rough shifting at all speeds."

"Occasionally when shifting from park to drive, transmission does not immediately engage. For this brief time (a few seconds) the transmission acts as if it is In neutral and vehicle can move if on incline and foot off brake."

"sometimes qhen you go from park to drive it takes 30 seconds then slams into drive"

"Performed recall to try to fix problem. Finally replaced tourqe converter."

"The traverse has two peculiar issues with the transmission. One is the sensor (I’m guessing) when I start the car and then take off immediately after starting. It hesitates when I put it in reverse or drive before the engine and transmission sync. I have to reapply brake and wait for the car to actually engage the trans and take off. So, I start car and let it sync before taking off. Second, more serious, is that on mountains / steep grades for several miles the transmission heats up horribly going up a mountain ( can smell the overheated transmission when in low 2nd gear) for the drive up. When going down the mountain, I put it in low to get the transmission to assist in slowing the speed, but it doesn’t work. It’s like I left it drive or put it in neutral. I end up riding the brakes. All the way down the mountain. We have a cabin in Hiawassee, GA in the Appalachian mountains. Out here in Texas we have no steep grades around here and beside the hesitation it works great and gets great gas mileage on flat ground. It’s not very good driving through mountains."

"While driving the transmission would slip into and out of neutral."

"At times, the transmission would slip from a higher gear to a lower gear."

"one time stopped shifting properly-check engine alert verified trans. problem.Told by dealer that engineers are working on a solution.Only happened once and corrected inself"

"The car didn't recognize that it had been shifted into Park. It would give a warning tone if I tried to leave the car. Had to turn it off and back on multiple times until it recognized it had been shifted. This happened several times with increasing frequency over about three weeks. I eventually was able to learn a workaround from the dealer which helped until I could get it in to be fixed."

"when running and in park then shifting to drive, would not move, had to put in park again then shift to drive. Corrected by program update"

"#5 sensor failed."

"Shift to park issue. Even though vehicle is in park, message comes up on screen that says "shift to park". This causes warning signal to keep dinging and you are unable to lock the vehicle. Problem started with less than 10000 miles. Experienced this problem about 6 times. Dealer was able to fix problem with installation of a jumper wire."

"It seems that these cars along with other GM Auto Transmission equipped units have a problem with the Transmission sensor. The computer detects a failure to put the transmission into park even though the shifter is in Park."

"transmission stuck in 2nd gear"

"Transmission pump was replaced along with the transmission as they believe that a pump-related pressure buildup is what caused the transmission failure."

"Could not get vehicle to go forward or reverse, engine rpms racing, appears to be a software problem"

"soon after purchase the air stopped working-dealer replaced a sensor"

"System kept indicating and chimed the car was not in park when it engine was turned off"

"It took almost 4 months to identify the problem of repeated failures to start and/or inability to drive more than 30 mph. They finally replaced the electronic control module and fuse block."

"Problem with shifter. It did not recognize that the vehicle was in park, so I could not turn it off."

"Driver side door rattle when closing poor fit and finish"

"Back seats rattle. Have taken it to be repaired but still rattle at times."

"Seats rattled in forward position."

"Driving on the highway is a little annoying. Doors are not complete sealed and we can hear the sound of air coming through. This is a design issue that needs to be corrected."