I am the owner of a 2009 Chevy Traverse. I bought it used, and I believe the previous owner may not have taken very good care of it. I suspect he didn't take it for oil changes as often as he should have. Since owning the vehicle, we have had a number of repairs done. The first when we went on vacation to California, and the check engine light came on. This repair was huge! We needed a new timing chain and many other smaller repairs. They had to drop the engine, and the bill was over $3,000. Not long after the engine light was right back on. We ended up getting multiple engine pistons replaced which was not cheap. The latest was getting a new catalytic converter. Our gas mileage is relatively poor at around 15-16mpg. There are some positives about this car. Our leather seats are very comfortable. We love having the DVD player to entertain our kids; we also enjoy the Bluetooth for answering our cell phones. It has an automatic lift gate that makes loading/unloading groceries etc. easy. We love that it has all-wheel drive and has been able to get us up relatively steep hills in the winter as we drive up to the ski resort near our house. We also love that the seats can fold down for storing cargo. We were able to fit four snowboards in the back when folding down the seat with no problem!

This has been a great car. It's been incredibly reliable. We have taken many long road trips and have added on a lot of miles. We have yet to have had any problems. It also has good gas mileage for an SUV. The AWD has taken us from mountains to desserts without a problem.