2010 Chevrolet Traverse.
-Power mirrors were non-functional when I bought it at 99,000. Dealer spent 2 days on it, could not even identify the fuse that was blown. Turns out the switch contacts fell apart internally and short circuited the power supply, hence the blown fuse.
-Ate the front ball joint
-Odometer fluorescent display started intermittently failing, finally failed so it was only readable at night or if you covered up the daylight sensor.
-Driver's door speaker failed twice. First was because the wiring harness corroded, and I noticed the headlight reminder didn't work anymore, since the chimes only come through the left front speaker. Fixed the wiring harness, but a week later the speaker itself failed.
-Intermittent check engine light and "Service Stabilitrak" messages until I figured out the IAT harness wasn't making good contact. Reseated the connector, problem went away.
-Random "Service Stabilitrak" messages when it got below 10 degrees F.
-Rear brake pad separated from the backing plate and started grinding the rear rotor, needed an emergency brake pad replacement in the middle of winter.
-Rear shock tore the rubber out of the upper mount.
-Intermittent power window switches that often left you with a window stuck down
-Keyless entry fob died completely
-Air conditioning leaked refrigerant
-Set a check engine light for an evap leak. After ruling out the gas cap and the purge valve up at the engine, it was looking like it was going to require dropping the gas tank to get to the vent valve on top of the gas tank. Was mulling that over until..
-A week after the EVAP leak, check engine light came on for camshaft position errors. The problem I was dreading after finding out the GM 3.6 V6 was notorious for wearing out timing chains. No way was I going to spend $3000 to pull the engine and have the timing chains replaced, it had 170,000 by then and it was going to have to pass e-check soon to renew the registration.
In the 4 years I had it, it was rather disappointing that it had so many electrical problems. Sad that my MG Midget, with the infamous Lucas electrical system, was trouble free compared to the Traverse. There's a certain irony in having to drive a temperamental British sports car to get parts to fix the daily driver.
-Power mirrors were non-functional when I bought it at 99,000. Dealer spent 2 days on it, could not even identify the fuse that was blown. Turns out the switch contacts fell apart internally and short circuited the power supply, hence the blown fuse.
-Ate the front ball joint
-Odometer fluorescent display started intermittently failing, finally failed so it was only readable at night or if you covered up the daylight sensor.
-Driver's door speaker failed twice. First was because the wiring harness corroded, and I noticed the headlight reminder didn't work anymore, since the chimes only come through the left front speaker. Fixed the wiring harness, but a week later the speaker itself failed.
-Intermittent check engine light and "Service Stabilitrak" messages until I figured out the IAT harness wasn't making good contact. Reseated the connector, problem went away.
-Random "Service Stabilitrak" messages when it got below 10 degrees F.
-Rear brake pad separated from the backing plate and started grinding the rear rotor, needed an emergency brake pad replacement in the middle of winter.
-Rear shock tore the rubber out of the upper mount.
-Intermittent power window switches that often left you with a window stuck down
-Keyless entry fob died completely
-Air conditioning leaked refrigerant
-Set a check engine light for an evap leak. After ruling out the gas cap and the purge valve up at the engine, it was looking like it was going to require dropping the gas tank to get to the vent valve on top of the gas tank. Was mulling that over until..
-A week after the EVAP leak, check engine light came on for camshaft position errors. The problem I was dreading after finding out the GM 3.6 V6 was notorious for wearing out timing chains. No way was I going to spend $3000 to pull the engine and have the timing chains replaced, it had 170,000 by then and it was going to have to pass e-check soon to renew the registration.
In the 4 years I had it, it was rather disappointing that it had so many electrical problems. Sad that my MG Midget, with the infamous Lucas electrical system, was trouble free compared to the Traverse. There's a certain irony in having to drive a temperamental British sports car to get parts to fix the daily driver.