2025 Chevrolet Traverse driver assistance & safety tech problems

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What owners say

1. Filed Sep 11, 202612,000 miNY1 injuredDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

   The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the Forward Collision Avoidance system activated, and the vehicle abruptly stopped. The Forward Collision Avoidance message was displayed. The contact stated that there were no vehicles nearby during the failure. The contact sustained back pain, right and left shoulders and neck pain due to the abrupt stop. The failure was persistent. The contact deactivated the Forward Collision Avoidance…

   NHTSA complaint #11763660 · source
2. Filed Aug 30, 2026TXDriver Assistance & Safety TechTransmission & Drivetrain

   Sudden slamming on the brake automatically when in reverse and there is nothing around the car to cause this. Has happened many times The car will alert that something is too close when turning right by there is nothing there. It is intermittent. When you start the car it the motor reves up very high and will stay there until you push the gas and then it quiets down. This is usually the first start of the day. High and rough idle Super hard intermittent transmission shift or…

   NHTSA complaint #11760818 · source
3. Filed Jul 22, 2026PADriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical SystemAcceleration & Cruise Control

   Wife had car sitting over night from doing a EMS shift. Went out to car in morning to start to return home and when car started ABS light, ECS light, Brake Light, and Collision light came on. This has resulted in no ABS or safety features. Called dealer and can't look at car for over a month. There was no mention about not driving. If the wife needs ABS or front radar, she will not have it resulting in a more serious accident.

   NHTSA complaint #11752038 · source
4. Filed Jul 2, 2026TXDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

   Approx 5/19/26 Forward Collision Detection check light randomly came on when driving home and showed notifications showing "Service ESC" "Service Traction Control" then started showing notifications for the collision sensors unavailable and continuously flickering them across the dash. The Fwd collision symbol would come on and off randomly. Finally was able to take it to the dealership on 6/8/26. Dealership found 6 codes and updated the image processing module. The Fwd…

   NHTSA complaint #11747958 · source
5. Filed Jun 20, 2026WABrakesDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical System

   Our car one day showed several illuminated dash lights regarding brake system, along with several pop up warnings. We took it to a Chevrolet dealer for service. They’ve had it for 54 days. They’ve confirmed widespread brake system and electrical system failure, but even after escalating to corporate tech assistance, there is no progress nor resolution available. We were told they have at least a dozen others with this same issue. It is wildly inappropriate that there has not…

   NHTSA complaint #11745334 · source
6. Filed Jun 13, 2026KYBrakesDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical System

   Won’t go into drive or reverse at time. Auto brake initiates automatically and car will come to complete stop with no other vehicles in front of my vehicle. Dash will freeze. Service engineer, service emergency calling, service engine, calls on star

   NHTSA complaint #11743927 · source
7. Filed Jun 2, 2026CTDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical System

   I go to turn on the car on a Friday night and it won’t turn on. I got multiple failures and it said fatal errors take to dealer immediately. I brought the car to the dealer and they said the control panel needs to be replaced and they’re estimating at least a month. I’m one of four cars on a lot that need work for the same exact issue.

   NHTSA complaint #11741646 · source
8. Filed May 26, 2026ILBrakesDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

   Started my car and several dashboard lights and service messages cane across the screen; forward collision unavailable, service ESC, service brake assist. Traction control light was also lit up.

   NHTSA complaint #11740271 · source
9. Filed May 14, 20264,000 miKSDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

   The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Traverse. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the braking system had erroneously activated causing the vehicle to abruptly stop in the middle of the road. During the failures no other vehicles or objects were nearby. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who was unable to determine the cause of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The contact indicated that the failure continue to occur more frequently. The…

   NHTSA complaint #11737779 · source
10. Filed May 10, 2026OHDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical SystemSteering

    While driving the steering wheel will intermittently lock up or make it where you cannot turn the steering wheel at all. The collision sensors will go off and cause vehicle to lock the brakes up when you’re not even close to anything. Also, random messages will appear in dash as shift to neutral while driving ect. See pictures.

    NHTSA complaint #11736899 · source
11. Filed May 8, 2026MOBrakesDriver Assistance & Safety TechElectrical System

    My car randomly started alerting me of “ECS service” & “Brake assist service”. The dealership essentially did nothing even though there is an active recall on the 2024 models.

    NHTSA complaint #11736611 · source
12. Filed Apr 27, 2026CABrakesDriver Assistance & Safety Tech

    We drove the Traverse 55 miles to a baseball game. When we got in the car to return home several warning lights appeared on the instrument display and there was an audible warning sound. The message “Service ESC” and “Brake assist failure” appeared on the instrument display panel. We couldn’t find a dealership that was open on Saturday so we cautiously drove 55 miles home. The brake pedal was hard to push and had to be pushed all the way to the floor to stop the vehicle. We…

    NHTSA complaint #11734012 · source

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation public data. Complaints are submitted by owners and are not verified by NHTSA or by us; a complaint does not prove a defect exists. View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov Methodology