2011 Chevrolet Traverse engine problems

213 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2011 Chevrolet Traverse, which is 23% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 213 23% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 84,000 miles 182 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 182 complaints that include mileage. 27% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	17
20k to 40k miles	12
40k to 60k miles	21
60k to 80k miles	33
80k to 100k miles	35
100k to 120k miles	39
120k to 140k miles	13
140k to 160k miles	8
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 182 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Hesitation upon acceleration .incident reported to cox chevy 08/23/11,maher chevy 11/02/12,04/16/14 and an accident 06/07/14 with bodily injury hitting a concrete wall.

Reported at 4,007 miles, August 2011 CrashInjury

My wife returned from the dealership after receiving an oil change and tire rotation. She parked the car in the driveway at the house and exited the vehicle. After about 10 minutes my family got in the vehicle. I smelled a burning odor while walking to the vehicle. My wife cranked the vehicle and immediately there was white smoke coming from under the hood. I opened the hood and there was a fire burning in the engine compartment. We got the family out of the car and I grabbed a water hose and put the flames out.

Reported at 22,170 miles, June 2013 Fire

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