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2009 Chevrolet Traverse steering problems

232 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse, which is 40% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
232 40% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
76,000 miles 214 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2009 Chevrolet Traverse Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 76,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 35 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 60 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 59 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 16 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 12 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 76,000 miles
Based on 214 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles9
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles35
60k to 80k miles60
80k to 100k miles59
100k to 120k miles16
120k to 140k miles12
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 214 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 76,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes.

What owners wrote

I was in the process of making a left hand turn when my steering wheel locked when I finally got the steering wheel to loosen and move back into place I heard a loud popping sound. Then my car on the front passenger side dropped to the ground due to the front tire axle braking which caused me to hit the back of a park vehicle. The brake of the axle appeared to clean as though the axle was never apart of my car. The incident scared me a lot and it could have been a lot worse.

Reported at 41,700 miles, September 2012 Crash

Was driving fine and all of a sudden with no warning car would not go faster than 15 MPH. Check engine light came on then traction control went off. Across the dash it said "service traction control, service stabilitrack and reduced engine power" the car started shifting between 2 different gears making it extremely scary to try driving to a safe spot with 3 young kids.

Reported at 163,000 miles, February 2021

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