Chevrolet Traverse Engines by Year

The three-row Traverse arrived for 2009 on GM's Lambda platform. A 3.6 V6 powered nearly every one until the 2.5 turbo four took over for 2024.

Pick a year to see every engine offered that model year, with its code, rated horsepower and the trims it came in. Each engine links to its full specs.

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lambda gen1 (2009–2017): 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017

lambda gen2 / C1XX (2018–2023): 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023

lambda gen2 (Traverse Limited, 2024 (2024): 2024

lambda gen3 (2024–2026): 2024 · 2025 · 2026

lambda gen1 (2009–2017)

2009 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2010 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2011 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2012 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2013 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2014 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2015 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2016 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

2017 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LLT)	281 hp net	LS, LT (single exhaust); LTZ / Premier (dual exhaust, 288 hp)

lambda gen2 / C1XX (2018–2023)

2018 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo (LTG)	257 hp net	RS (FWD only)
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	L, LS, LT, RS (V6 from 2020), Premier, High Country

2019 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo (LTG)	257 hp net	RS (FWD only)
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	L, LS, LT, RS (V6 from 2020), Premier, High Country

2020 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	L, LS, LT, RS (V6 from 2020), Premier, High Country

2021 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	L, LS, LT, RS (V6 from 2020), Premier, High Country

2022 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	L, LS, LT, RS (V6 from 2020), Premier, High Country

2023 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	L, LS, LT, RS (V6 from 2020), Premier, High Country

lambda gen2 (Traverse Limited, 2024 (2024)

2024 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 inline-four turbo (LK0)	328 hp net	LS, LT, Z71, RS, High Country
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	Traverse Limited (carryover body)

lambda gen3 (2024–2026)

2024 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 inline-four turbo (LK0)	328 hp net	LS, LT, Z71, RS, High Country
3.6L / 217 V6 (LFY)	310 hp net	Traverse Limited (carryover body)

2025 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 inline-four turbo (LK0)	328 hp net	LS, LT, Z71, RS, High Country

2026 Traverse engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 inline-four turbo (LK0)	328 hp net	LS, LT, Z71, RS, High Country

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