2023 Chevy Traverse Rear Park Assist Unavailable To Order
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The 2023 Chevy Traverse represents the sixth model year of the current, second-gen crossover, following a mid-cycle refresh for the 2022 model year. Now, GM Authority has learned that the 2023 Chevy Traverse will no longer be available with Rear Park Assist in any way.
Since production of the 2023 Chevy Traverse kicked off on June 11th thru October 16th, Rear Park Assist (RPO Code UD7) had been unavailable due to supplier constraints stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a dealer retrofit for the feature was eventually made available during this time period.
Now, GM Authority has now learned that starting with October 17th production, the Rear Park Assist system for the 2023 Chevy Traverse is still unavailable to order, and there will be no dealer retrofit available. Affected vehicles will be marked as such on their window stickers (Monroney labels), and owners of affected vehicles will receive a purchase credit. The amount of this credit is unclear at this time.
When available, Rear Park Assist would be optional on the base LS trim level as part of the Safety Package (PQB), while standard on all other trim levels (LT Cloth, LT Leather, RS, Premier, and High Country).
Unfortunately for prospective Chevy Traverse buyers, and many Chevy buyers in general, this latest development comes as no surprise, since a number of Chevy vehicles have been unavailable with Rear Park Assist as far back as last December. GM Authority reported that certain trims of the Blazer, Colorado, Silverado 1500 Limited, Silverado HD, and Traverse were unavailable with this feature. Meanwhile, the Silverado 1500 Limited and Silverado HD were unavailable with Front Park Assist as well.
As a reminder, the 2023 Chevy Traverse is offered exclusively with the naturally aspirated 3.6L V6 LFY gasoline engine, which is rated at 310 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque. The V6 engine is coupled to the GM 9-speed automatic transmission, with front-wheel drive as standard and all-wheel drive optional.
Under the skin, the 2023 Chevy Traverse continues to ride on the long-wheelbase variant of the GM C1 platform, which is also shared with the 2018 and newer second-generation Buick Enclave. Production takes place at the GM Lansing Delta Township Assembly facility in Michigan.
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Are you kidding me? Are you saying no back up camera for this model or have I been drinking too much. Unreal!
Yes, you’ve been drinking too much. Rear park assist means the ultrasonic backup sensors/beeping system.
Now that backup cameras are required, the ultrasonic sensors are no longer required by law, and they are a lot less useful. (Particularly on cars without auto parking or rear auto braking)
Eventually, the ultrasonic sensors are going away, they’ll be replaced by camera software.
Is it just the audible beeping sound that doesn’t function ?
Will the seat still vibrate on the premier model ?
Does the curved lines on the dash by the speedometer which go from yellow to orange to red as you get closer to the object still display ?
I can tell you from my wife’s 2022 Blazer that is still waiting on the chips for rear park assist, it does not beep and does not show you how close you are with changing colors on the dash by the speedometer. The camera still works and there are still trajectory lines on the camera, but the rear sensors do not work, they are just in the bumper taking up space. I am assuming that the seat would not vibrate either because the sensors contribute to the vibrating seat, so if there isn’t a rear park assist system, the seat is just going to be a seat. No park assist means you will just have to look at things through the camera and the mirrors and judge your distance by sight, just like in the good ol’ days.
Thank you Tim for that information. We have a 2021 Blazer Premier with the park assist. My wife would not be happy if that was deleted. We were thinking about a 2023 Blazer but that consideration is now dead unless they bring park assist back, Come on GM ……