2013 Chevrolet Traverse Electrical System Problems

Fuse box

Rain Water is getting into the door connectors and caused some pins on passenger side to corrode. All audio in vehicle has stopped including turn signals, pack up sensor audio, and radio ect. GM/Chevy knows about this and is quite common reading in a lot of forums but GM has done nothing about it. This is a safety hazard.

Vehicle dies while driving in traffic. Has done this since I bought it. Very unsafe. I have had my car since march 2022. While driving it says engine power reduced, traction control, stabli track, and loses power and I have to try to safely make sure I get it off the road. After it dies it won't start. I have to get tow truck to bring it home. Then next day it starts fine sometimes. Very unsafe. I have children . I have barley been able to prevent myself from being in a wreck. When it dies the whole cars jerks. It does it all the time. This last time it was doing it so much I haven't been able to drive it. To afraid of accident.

I’ve told penland automotive llc car dealer Joey my vehicle cuts off while I’m driving me & my kids have been in 8 near death experience & I’ve been in 6 by myself I went to trade it in because that’s not safe & I’ve done plenty of work on it I’ve told him the service stabiltack keeps shutting it off & im scared he says it’s nothing he can do about it & I’ve only had this vehicle a year it started before the 1 year anniversary on the truck!! Him not doing nothing is not ok!! I thought it needed a tune up but I really didn’t so I paid out that for nothing! I’ve also went to green light Chevrolet in Laurens they said it was a corrosion fuse box but a fuse box no lights of nothing would be working & I paid out $135 just for them to look at it & tell me that I told them what it was saying & they said the fuse box negative I went on YouTube & asked other mechanics they said it’s a part that needs to be cleaned or it will catch fire they would do it but they can’t because im making payments & it’s stuff that Chevy would have to do! I’m trying to get help some where before this truck get me or me & my kids killed

CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY HAVE REDUCED ENGINE POWER, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE STABILITRAK WARNING. THE CAR WOULD GO INTO LIMP MODE BUT DRIVABLE ENOUGH TO GET SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED ALL THE SAME WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON BUT THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED. THE CAR DRIFTED TO A STOP RIGHT OUT OF A CONSTRUCTION ZONE BUT WE WERE STILL UNABLE TO GET COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD. WOULD NOT RESTART. COPS CAME BECAUSE WE WERE BLOCKING TRAFFIC UNTIL A TOW TRUCK COULD ARRIVE. THANKFULLY OTHER CARS WERE ALREADY SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. IF THIS HAPPENS IN THE WRONG LOCATION WERE YOU CAN'T GET OFF THE ROAD IT COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE FUSE BLOCK AND TERMINAL 51 HAD CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE PROBLEM AND I NO LONGER TRUST THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH.

THE REDUCE ENGINE WARNING KEEPS COMING UP. WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT. BUT WHEN SCAN NO CODES SHOW UP ON THE SCAN. IT KEEPS GLITCHING.

THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS FAILED AND MY VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. DROVE FINE. P1682 CODE IGNITION 1 SWITCH RELAY 2. RELAYS IN FUSE BOX LOOKED FINE. CODE WENT AWAY. FOLLOWING MORNING THE LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH OTHER WARNINGS INCLUDING TEST ICE TRACTION CONTROL, ABS ETC. AND VEHICLE DRAMATICALLY GOES INTO LIMP MODE REDUCED ENGINE POWER. LUCKILY MY WIFE HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO A CITY STREET AND COULD SAFELY PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WITH OUR KIDS.TOWED VEHICLE TO SHOP AND SHOP SAYS SHORT/BURNT WIRE LEADING TO FUSE BOX. NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE FUSE BOX. $1273. BOUGHT VEHICLE BRAND NEW, ONLY 69XXX MILES. STILL WAITING FOR REPAIR TO COMPLETE. SEVERAL DAYS FOR PART TO DELIVER.

I TURN MY TRUCK ON TO GO TO WORK COME OUT OF WORK TRUCK IS COMPLETELY DEAD THEN WHEN I TRY A FEW TIMES TO START SERVICE AIR BAG POPS UP AND SERVICE CHARGING SYSTEM AS WELL I HAVE PICTURES AND NEED CHEVROLET TO FIX THESE ISSUES CAUSE I HAVE TO BUY BATTERIES EVERY 3 MONTHS IT'S COSTING TO MUCH MONEY

THE STARTER ON THIS TRUCK IS FAULTY AND SERVICE FOR AIR BAG KEEPS COMING UP AT BEGINNING OF START IT'S HARD TO START SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS JUMP AFTER WHILE IT WILL KILL MY BATTERY DEAD FEW MINUTES LATER IT WILL START

GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT NIGHT, AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY LIGHTS AND RADIO WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND THEN BACK ON. THE ALTERNATOR DROP PAST THE 14 V. WE HAVE HAD THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR CHECK AND THEY ARE SHOWING WORKING IN GOOD CONDITION. SOMETIMES THE ALTERNATOR WILL DROP DOWN BELOW THE 14 V, AND SOMETIMES IS STAYS ABOVE THE 14 V.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO REDUCED POWER, TURN OFF TRACTION CONTROL, TURN OFF STABILITY CONTROL. IT HAS ALSO TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. I LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR VEHICLES FROM 2009-2015, WITH NO KNOWN FOR SURE FIXES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. I DONT HAVE MONEY TO KEEP FIXING THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE PROBLEM.

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS MY 2013 CHEV TRAVERSE HAS HAD THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER PROBLEM EXPERIENCED BY THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS. IT HAS HAPPENED GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND 30 MPH ON CITY STREETS. USUALLY I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR A MINUTE THEN THE CAR WILL START AND OPERATE AS NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS. IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE. I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO AVOID A TRACTOR TRAILER IN THE RIGHT LANE AND COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. AFTER THE CAR SAT IDLE FOR A DAY IT STARTED UP. CODES WERE CLEARED AND IT RAN NORMALLY AGAIN FOR WEEKS. LAST WEEK WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH ON A CITY STREET THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING, BUT STILL IMPACTING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER HELPED ME PUSH THE CAR FURTHER OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SIDEWALK. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. 24 HOURS LATER THE CAR STARTED OK. CODES WERE CLEARED AND IT ONCE AGAIN COULD OPERATE NORMALLY. MY MECHANIC CONSULTED TO A GM MECHANIC AND THEY AGREED THE PROBLEM IS THE IGNITION SWITCH. MY TRAVERSE HAS NOT HAD A RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT. I AM AWARE THAT GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS HAVE KILLED OVER (100) GM VEHICLE OWNERS. MILLIONS OF GM CARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED BY REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH, IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AND IGNITION KEY. MANY MORE GM VEHICLES LIKE MY 2013 CHEV TRAVERSE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED OR MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE. IN FACT MY GUESS IS HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS HAVE DIED AND THE PROBLEM IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT BLAMED FOR THESE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

WHILE DRIVING, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALSO TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON, LOSS OF POWER CAME ON, AND STABILITY TRACTION TURNED OFF. MY SPEED REDUCED FROM 40 TO 25. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND NOW ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF MY DASH GAUGES STARTED TO FLUCTUATE, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, I STARTED TO LOOSE SPEED WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR, WHEN I FINALLY MADE IT HOME MY BACK UP CAMERA WOULD NOT COME ON AND I HEARD CLICKING COMING FROM THE FUSE BOX.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT/STABILITRAX COMES ON, WHICH MAKES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON, WHICH THEN CAUSES MY ENGINE TO POWER DOWN, I WILL THEN HAVE TO WAIT 2-3 MINUTES AND IT WILL EITHER CRANK UP OR IT WON'T (HAS TO BE TOWED), IT ALSO CAUSES IT TO STALL OUT WHEN TAKING OFF OR COMING TO A STOP. STALLED OUT ON ME WHILE PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC THANKFULLY I WASN'T ALL THE WAY OUT IN THE ROAD OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN T-BONED. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A TWO DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALERS WHICH IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO BOTH WITHIN A MONTH THE FIRST ONE TOLD ME IT WAS JUST THE BATTERY $400 AND 4 DAYS LATER I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY 3 KIDS AGAIN. I HAD TO TOWED TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER WHICH THEY REPLACED THE ECM, REPAIRED WIRING THAT HAD BURNT, REPLACED WIRING HARNESS AND FPCM THAT HAD ALSO BURNT AND PERFORMED A MULTIPOINT INSPECTION. I WAS CHARGED $1540.06 ON AUGUST 5, 2020 AND HEAR I AM OCTOBER 26, 2020 AND I AM ONCE AGAIN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY 3 KIDS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES AS BEFORE

SINCE BUYING THIS CAR IN 2017 IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT ISSUES. I HAVE A 2013 CHEVY TRAVERSE. WHILE DRIVING OFTEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR WILL LOSE ENGINE POWER AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR STARTS SHAKING. I THEN PULL OVER AND WAIT A FEW MINS AND IT STARTS BACK UP. BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TO BE TOLD IT MIGHT BE THE FUSE BOX BUT IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO ITS GONNA COST $600. ALL OVER THE CAR SITES ONLINE PEOPLE REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH FUSE BOXES FROM 2009-2014 TRAVERSE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED????? I HAVE 3 SMALL KIDS AND I AM TERRIFIED TO PUT THEM IN THE CAR AND IT'S NOT WORTH IT FINANCIALLY TO TRADE IT NOR AN OPTION AT THIS POINT. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM. TODAY IT WOULDN'T START BACK UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED. WAS DOING 70MPH ON MY WAY TO WORK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC!!!!

I WAS AT A STOP GETTING ON FREEWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC WENT TO PUSH GAS PEDAL VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED SHAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND WARNINGS SAYING "SERVICE STABILITRAK" "ENGINE POWER DECREASED" " TRACTION CONTROL OFF" IT ONLY LET ME GO UP TO 20 MILES AS HOUR AS IT WAS STILL SHAKING I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF. THE WARNINGS WEREN'T COMING UP NO MORE AND VEHICLE DRIVED NORMAL BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON.

OUR TRAVERSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM MAINLY ON THE HIGHWAY BUT IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON OUR GRAVEL ROAD GOING 30 MPH. THE TRAVERSE WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN DISPLAY "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED, IT WILL SAY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF." DURING ONE OF THE TIMES, IT HAPPENED THE STEERING COLUMN ALSO LOCKED UP. THE ENGINE SHAKES ENOUGH THAT IT MAKES THE MUFFLER SHAKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY FOUND A MEMO FROM GM ON HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE JUST SPENT $690 TO GET A NEW FUSE BLOCK AND TERMINAL INSTALLED. SUPPOSEDLY THERE HAD BEEN WATER DAMAGE/CORROSION. OUR TRAVERSE HAS NEVER BEEN SUBMERGED IN WATER. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CHEVROLET NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. HAVING OUR VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN REDUCE POWER HAS LEAD TO SEVERAL ALMOST ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STEERING ALSO LOCKED. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY SIMILAR TO A PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN RECALL 14515 WHICH DID INCLUDE 2009-2014 TRAVERSES. ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL. I THINK THIS ISSUE IS SIMILAR TO THE RECALL BUT DIFFERENT.

AFTER DRIVING USING THE A/C DURING RAIN (LIGHT TO MEDIUM DOWNFALL) WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE KEY WOULD NOT MOVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE GINSENG OFF. TURNING THE KEY WAS WAS REPEATED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. TO TURN OFF ENGINE THE POSITIVE CABLE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. ONCE THIS WAS DONE ALL FUSES WHERE CHECKED TO ENSURE NONE WHERE DAMAGED OR SHORTING. THIS IS WHEN IT WAS REALIZED THAT THE A/C VENTS WHERE LOCATED JUST ABOVE THE MAIN FUSE BOX AND THE CONDENSATION FLOODED THE BOX WITH WATER CAUSING THE IGNITION SAFETY CIRCUITS TO SHORT AND NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF.THIS WAS ALSO MADE CLEAR ONLINE WHEN DOING A SEARCH TO TRY TO SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN WITH OUT DAMAGING IT. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES AND THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION BUT STATED THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THIS IS A CONCERN DUE TO THE TURNING OFF OF THE KEY BUT THE ENGINE IS STILL ON AND THE DRIVE SELECTOR CAN STILL BE MOVED INTO GEAR. THIS COULD ALSO CAUSE SHORTS TO ANY OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE MAIN FUSE PANEL OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.