Follow3d Oil Life Monitoring system. Check Engine light came on-checked info tabs for oil life. 7%- so changed oil. Fist time light came on at 12,700 miles with reg oil in it. Changed oil but to extended life and reduced oil change frequencies using synthetic blends. 2nd oil change- car indicatd nee…

Who’s at fault? Very good question. I’m sure you’ll get plenty of opinions. I’ll withhold mine, since I’m not sure you can assign liability in this case. How old is the Traverse, and what does Chevrolet say? If you were following the oil life monitor there may be a warranty claim. Please defin…

What Model-Year Is This Traverse ? It sounds to me like maybe whomever was changing the oil was failing to reset the Oil-Life monitor and it just kept accumulating miles. These monitors have to be manually reset. These monitors don’t know what kind of oil you use. The oil life remaining is a fuct…

Chev Traverse 2009 new. Lube company told me to buy the more expensive synthetic blend becuae their customer base was getting 9,000 miles between oil changes and some 12,000. I followed Oil Life Monitoring system and when Check Engine light came on- flipped on info buttons and read 7% remaining on …

I have always been skeptical of “oil life monitors”, and this post would seem to confirm my skepticism. Can modern motor oils go longer between changes than the oils of yesteryear? Sure But, can ANY oil go 12,000 miles or more between changes without subjecting the engine to damaging sludge? Not…

Nothing was strange. The blue shop said his customers are getting 9-12,000 miles on the synth blend and my OLM was confimring that when the light came on andOLM said 7% and I changed it each time.

Traverse 2009- 40,000. GM announced timing chain probs at 19K miles

complete car failure is injection system replaced on warranty. CEL came back on. OnStar said again inject, cam shaft, crankshaft sensors and then I rolled to stop on side of road with smoke coming out from hood with engine power reduction light on at that time and the echeck engine light blinking w…

Traverse 2009. Lube co reset the OLM and it read 100% and when I pushed it each time leaving the lub co, I also tabbed into the info system and it read 100% oil life remaining. And I watched it go down as I drove very carefully waiting for it to read about 35% and then to expect the CEL to come on a…

The damage was done to your car in the first 12,700 miles. You should have changed the oil before the check engine light came on. I am not a lawyer, so I can’t tell you who is liable. However, I believe you should have known better and you could have prevented this. Whether you use regular oil, …

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2009 Traverse- 42,000. OLM and Timing chain are part of Chev forum discussions and GM announced Timing Chain failures at 19K miles.

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