AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE OR MAKING A TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET THE STEERING SIMPLY LOCKS UP. MORE DIFFICULT THAN SIMPLY DRIVING A CAR WITHOUT POWER STEERING. NO ACCIDENT YET BUT MY WIFE DRIVES IT DAILY AND I'M AFRAID ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SHE GETS HIT DUE TO LACK OF ABILITY TO REACT QUICKLY. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF TRAVERSE OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AT THE SAME MILEAGE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. A RECALL NEEDS PUT INTO EFFECT AS REPAIRS ARE COSTLY. I'VE SEEN FROM$850 TO OVER A THOUSAND. THIS IS TOO COSTLY AND IMPORTANT A REPAIR FOR AN AUTOMOBILE WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. FLUID LEVELS WERE FOUND TO BE LOW ONCE. FLUID WAS TOPPED OFF BUT ISSUE REMAINS. ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNS OF LEAK UNDER VEHICLE. IT IS SPOTLESS. *TR
2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION WAS SURGING AND ABRUPTLY SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR AND AGAIN FROM FIFTH TO SIXTH GEAR. THE MORE IT WAS DRIVEN THE WORSE IT WAS GETTING. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. WAVE PLATE AND PISTONS AND SEALS GEARS 3, 5 AND REVERSE WERE ALL REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION TECH AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID WHEN HE OPENED IT UP THERE WAS METAL PARTS FALLING OUT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND 5 OTHERS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE WAVE PLATE IS BREAKING APART INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. I EXPECT TO SEE A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION AS MORE PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR