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really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,746 miles

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2019 Chevrolet Traverse electrical problems

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2019 Chevrolet Traverse Owner Comments (Page 1 of 4)

problem #74

Dec 182024

Traverse

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When I push the button to turn off vehicle it dings and says shift to park. I cannot stop it from doing it. One day my vehicle did it for 45 minutes. I could not do anything lock my door anything this is a hazard what if I was out of town and someone tried to steal my car because it would not stop doing this. I see on social media this is happening to a lot of 2019 chevy traverse owners.

- Leavenworth, KS, USA

problem #73

Nov 022024

Traverse

  • miles
Once shifting the car in park the car won-??t shut off. It keeps stating -??Shift to Park-?? the car has already been shifted to park. I have to shift my car over and over again to get it to cut off. Also when driving it keeps stating something about the track system.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #72

Dec 092024

Traverse

  • miles
I took my truck to the dealer back in 2022 for the specific reasons that the truck is being recalled now but my vehicle doesn-??t qualify for the recalls. My vehicle has been having the same issues as the 2019 Chevy traverse recalls and I just saw that my truck is also leaking transmission oil which is linked to the 2019 recall but my truck doesn-??t qualify. It started smelling like it was burning during the freeway drive today and when I got home, I noticed the oil leak I drive around 15 to 20 miles a day driving six children in my truck for safety and my truck is no longer safe to drive. I want to know why when I took my car in 2022 for the specific issues. They told me that it was pretty much all in my head that my truck was running fine and now I come to find out there are these recalls in effect, but my truck doesn-??t qualify when the check engine light is on in my car for the specific reasons. I did contact the dealer where I took my truck in 2022 and they do have the paperwork to prove that I took my car and they told me someone would call me back to see what was going on. This was four days ago and nothing has happened and they also didn-??t email me the paperwork like they told me they would.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #71

Oct 152024

Traverse

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Shift to park message will not go away.

- Hopewell Junction, NY, USA

problem #70

Dec 012020

Traverse

  • miles
The shift to park constantly appears when you go to park the vehicle only to be resolved with shaking the stick and clicking the button to get it to park fully. Additionally this car has had to have the alternator replaced after only 4 years of having it which I find to be ridiculous and have heard many other customers have had the same issue of it failing early on I think there must be something deeper to that.

- Lexington Park, MD, USA

problem #69

Oct 152024

Traverse

  • miles
When shifting into park I get a message on my dash to shift into park and the car will not shutoff. I have to jiggle the shifter knob a few times for it to shutoff again and again. It's a real problem and should have a recall on it.

- Schenectady, NY, USA

problem #68

Sep 162024

Traverse

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When putting car in park, it continues to show a shift to park error message and will not power down all the way. I have to restart the car and shift in and out of park several times before the car will shut off. Often times when stopping at lights/stop signs the car will shift super hard and jerk into gear when trying to start moving again. This occasionally happens when it should be shifting going up hills as well.

- Hurricane, WV, USA

problem #67

Aug 122024

Traverse

  • miles
Check engine light keeps coming on for a small evap leak. When putting car in Park and turning car off, warning message comes up saying Shift to Park so I have to wiggle the shifter until the message goes away. Tailgate some times does not close when pushing the tailgate button. Remote start does not always work.

- Murrieta, CA, USA

problem #66

Jul 292024

Traverse

  • miles
Vehicle automated message stating to shift to park. While the vehicle is in park the message does not go away, Trouble exiting the vehicle due to the shift to park problem.

- Portsmouth, VA, USA

problem #65

Jul 282024

Traverse

  • miles
After putting the vehicle in park a error message appears indicating vehicle is not in park and the gear shift must be wiggled back and forth to remove the message.

- Brandon , MS, USA

problem #64

May 012024

Traverse

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When car is shifted into park and then push to start/stop is pressed to turn off car -?? shift to park-?? appears and shift must be wiggled for message to go away. Problem has just started in the last month (May 2024).

- Rayne, LA, USA

problem #63

Mar 292024

Traverse

  • miles
When in park, "Shift to Park" continues to alert causing trouble turning off the engine. I've read this is common among the 2019 Traverse and many have been recalled, but my specific VIN has not. Can you help so I can get this fixed?

- Yuma, AZ, USA

problem #62

May 052024

Traverse

  • miles
My car stalled on a four lane highway due to the alternator dying. I was able to pull over but was almost rear ended. I only had 40,000 miles on car at the time. I replaced the alternator with a factory direct from Chevy on 3/16/2022. On May 5, 2024, my car again stalled out due to alternator. At that time I was on another busy highway but had enough time to pull over. I had to have someone pick up my children and follow me home. I was terrified it would stall again and I would cause an accident.

- Irwin, PA, USA

problem #61

Feb 212024

Traverse

  • miles
Dashboard alerts -??Shift to Park-?? after the car is turned off. Car is in park. Contacted dealer and it $480 to repair and apparently not covered by the GM Bumper to Bumper extended warranty protection plan. A recall was issued for the same issue on the 2018 traverse but not issued for the 2019. This is ridiculous and GM needs to issue a recall for this issue for the 2019 model.

- Georgetown , DE, USA

problem #60

Feb 012024

Traverse

  • miles
I keep getting a shift to park, even though I am in park.I-??m not able to turn off my car. I have read this a big issue with 2019 Traverse, why is there no recall showing as it can mess up the transmission?

- Tavares, FL, USA

problem #59

Jan 012024

Traverse

  • miles
My car is displaying the -??shift to park-?? message in the dashboard.

- Allen, TX, USA

problem #58

Feb 082024

Traverse 6-cyl

  • miles
There is a recall on other 2019 traverse, but not mine, for the message shift to park. This is what my car is doing now. It will not shut the car off and it has a potential to roll while in park because the car reads that it is not in park. I'm not sure why my car is not included. It is doing the exact same thing as what has been recalled on other 2019 Chevy traverse. I was told by dealership not to drive it because it could roll while in park. It has something to do with the brake switch. The contact is hoping to get her vehicle covered under the recall.

- Lodi, OH, USA

problem #57

Jan 242024

Traverse

  • miles
The vehicle is equipped with auto stop technology that the driver can-??t disable. While driving, the system is designed to initiate auto stop when vehicle comes to a stop. When my foot lifts off the brake to proceed, the engine kicks back in and vehicle moves forward. Two weeks ago at a stop, the engine did not kick back in. I had to put the car in park at the light and after several attempts to push the ignition button, the engine finally kicked back on. The vehicle had the same issue later that day so I scheduled with the dealer for 4 days out. No warning lights came on. My onstar app did not produce any error notice. Meanwhile, I saw a video to override auto stop, put vehicle in low gear 6. That-??s what I did to get through to appointment. By day 3 (dealer is day 4), I returned to vehicle after an hour meeting and it didn-??t start at all. The check engine light turned on, NOT the battery light. Had vehicle towed to dealer who said the only alert was a bad battery. (Battery is 16 mo with 36 mo warranty & alternator 5 mo old). I replaced the battery. Picked up vehicle from dealer and 5 miles away at a stop, vehicle shut off. I put vehicle in park, pushed ignition button and engine turned back on. I thought it was a fluke. 6 days later the vehicle turned off at stops on four separate occasions. Each time the battery was fully charged. On one last instance at an intersection stop, the vehicle shut off, would not restart when I pushed the ignition button, brake pedal became stiff, and dash lights and radio were completely off, as if the battery died. I let the vehicle sit at the intersection for 30 seconds before trying the ignition button, and it finally fired up. To get home, I put it in neutral at each stop to keep it from going into auto stop. This issue is not generating an -??error-?? on the computer so dealer techs have no idea what to do. When I bypass auto stop by shifting to neutral at stops or driving in L6, there is no issue whatsoever with the vehicle.

- Rohnert Park, CA, USA

problem #56

Mar 172021

Traverse

  • miles
When shifting into park, the vehicle does not recognize the shifter has been moved to the "park" setting. An alert will sound stating the vehicle must be shifted into park position. We then have to shift out of park and back into park...sometimes multiple times, before the vehicle recognizes that the shifter is in the Park position.

- Nutley, NJ, USA

problem #55

Sep 272023

Traverse

  • miles
Has -??Shift to Park-?? issue and will keep electronics on, killing the battery. Other vehicles were recalled but this is an excluded one. Was rear ended enough to get a salvage title but I was told a salvage title doesn-??t affect safety recalls. Bought with less than 2k miles and have 22k miles on the vehicle now so there hasn-??t been excessive use. Has done it several times now.

- Alamo, NV, USA

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