# 2014 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `1317480` · 2016-09-14 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** TRAVERSE
- **Year:** 2014
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 25,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING THE CHEVY TRAVERSE ON A 1 WAY STREET AT ABOUT 35 MPH..WHEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LERCHED TO THE LEFT..DRIVER HAD 0 CONTROL OVER THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE...THE CAR DROVE US HEAD ON INTO AN OAK TREE..THE ONLY REASON WE WERE NOT KILLED IS THAT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED OR I WOULD NOT BE TYPING THIS NOW...WHILE RESEARCHING THIS I FOUND MANY OTHER TRAVERSES THAT WERE ALSO BUILT IN VIRGINIA AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM..I ALSO KNOW GM WAS CLASS ACTIONED SUED FOR THIS ISSUE IN 2012...NEED TO BE SUED AGAIN...
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*