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2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

crash · 720002 · 2009-05-14

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
TRAVERSE
Year
2009
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure
2,200
Speed
1 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON ABOUT 4 OCCASIONS IN THE 5 WEEKS I HAVE HAD MY CAR, THE GEARS HAVE BEEN APPEARING TO SKIP. I HAVE BEEN STOPPED AT LIGHTS AND WHEN I GO AGAIN AND PRESS THE GAS IT JUMPS A GEAR AND LUNGES THE CAR FORWARD. THIS WEEK IT HAPPENED FOR THE 4TH OR 5TH TIME AND THIS TIME I HIT SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY ENDED UP STOPPING IN FRONT OF ME BUT MY CAR LUNGED FORWARD LIKE IT WAS SKIPPING GEARS. IT HAS ALSO ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS DOWNGRADED QUICKLY LIKE IT WAS DROPPING TWO SHIFT SPEEDS AT ONCE. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10268738
Machine
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