- Scotty
- My 86 year old cousin was given a 2010 Chevy traverse from his grand daughter. Naturally he wants to cherish it. One week after she got it back from the repair shop replacing the timing chain (270,000 miles 3.6L) it spun a rod bearing. My cousin use to own a full auto service center and we both raced and built stock cars so we know a little bit and we've repaired several various cars before. My question is: What are the engineers at Chevrolet drinking while designing these engines? Torque bolts to 18 pounds then turn 110 degrees? I have a migraine. But seriously do they make a rear main seal that doesn't come with the aluminum plate? That it has just the seal? Hes running low on funds and its a patbetic money pit.
- Thank you
- Charles
If it's falling apart, then sell the car for parts only. GM quality (IMO) changed drastically after the 2009 bankruptcy.
Unfortunately those engines are garbage. I don't know if the engineers were on drugs or they were just told by management to make them as cheaply as possible to just squeak through the warranty period. If it were a Toyota or Honda that suffered a freak failure I'd say a good used engine would be the ticket, but any used engine you get for that thing is likely to wind up as bad as what you have. Don't know what to tell you, I can understand the feelings he has but the Traverse is one of the worst of a bad lot from GM and it is just going to drain his bank account while continuing to break down. Sometimes you just have to let go.
What are the engineers at Chevrolet drinking while designing these engines?
Corporate koolaid.
Cars are now designed to last at most 6 years.
Come to think of it, if this vehicle has lasted to almost 300k miles, was anything replaced prior to what just happened now?