Chevrolet Traverse

GM's large three-row crossover, and it is the same vehicle underneath as the GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave — Lambda platform to 2017, C1XX after — so a fault found on one applies to all three and their information is worth reading together. The 3.6 V6 is effectively the only engine, and its timing chain stretch is the fault the platform is known for: the chains wear, cam timing drifts, and the correlation codes arrive long before any noise does. Oil change interval is the variable that decides whether it happens. The other recurring item is the transmission, a six-speed to 2017 and a nine-speed after, where wave-plate and torque-converter faults are more common than the engine's reputation suggests.