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2011 Chevrolet Traverse drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 77 complaints for the 2011 Chevrolet Traverse, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
77 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 66 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2011 Chevrolet Traverse Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 18 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 14 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 66 complaints that include mileage. 32% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles18
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles14
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 66 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet traverse. While driving 25 MPH and approaching a red light, the brake pedal traveled to the floor and failed to stop the vehicle. As a result, the contact's vehicle rear ended another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but the technician could not find a failure.

Reported at 90,622 miles, August 2015 Crash

The engine time chain is bad. If the time chain finishes braking it will kill off all the engine making the repair over $5,000 it seems like is a very common problem on these cars with the 3.6 vvt v6 engine, as I have seen people go thru this also online many people were talking about how unrelaible these cars are on that way. I have different quotes from different mechanic shops the lowest been $2,500.

Reported at 109,000 miles, November 2019

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