Chevrolet Equinox Complaints

9,502 consumer complaints on file.

#11341091July 23, 2020
STEERING
MY CAR MADE AN AGGRESSIVE RIGHT TURN ON ITS OWN. BACK STORY: I STARTED UP MY CAR AND STARTED SLOWLY DRIVING STRAIGHT OUT OF A STREET PARKING SPOT. I NOTICED THE STEERING WAS SLIGHTLY RESISTING ME. I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS PULLING SOME TO THE RIGHT (I ACTIVELY HAD TO COUNTER IT). ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE BLOCK MY CAR MADE AN AGGRESSIVE RIGHT TURN ON ITS OWN (THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED 90 DEGREES BEFORE I COULD FIGHT IT BACK AND COME TO A STOP FROM ~20MPH). WHILE STOPPED I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AND BACK TO CENTER. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND CHECKED ALL TIRES. THERE WAS NO FLATS OR ISSUES WITH THE TIRES, TIRE PRESSURE GAGES WERE READING NORMAL. I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND THE CAR WAS STILL FIGHTING ME. THINKING IT COULD BE THE BANKED ROAD (BUT NEVER HAS BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE), I TURNED RIGHT ONTO A FLAT STREET. THE CAR STILL WAS TRYING TO PULL ME TO RIGHT ON A FLAT STREET FOR ABOUT 2 BLOCKS AND THEN IT EASED UP AND DROVE NORMALLY AGAIN. TWO DAYS LATER THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" WARNING APPEARED FOR 30-60 SECONDS UPON STARTING MY CAR THEN DISAPPEARS ON ITS OWN. STEERING PROBLEMS HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE AND HAS NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE PAST 4 DAYS WITH MINIMAL DRIVING. THE WARNING TO SERVICE POWER STEERING IS NOT CONSISTENT UPON STARTING MY CAR AND HAS NEVER APPEARED PRIOR TO THE CAR STEERING ON ITS OWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341147July 23, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
9 MONTHS AGA, COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. DASH SAID SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST. TURNER CHEVROLET IN CROSBY, TX REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP MAKING THE BRAKES WORK. NOW WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IN BOTH CASES, WE INSTANTLY LOST ALL BRAKING, BUT WERE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN BY LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND HAD ENOUGH DISTANCE TO SLOW DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341161July 23, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING IN POURING DOWN RAIN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. HIGH SAFETY CONCERN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341023July 22, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND - WAS STOPPED IN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT OUT A PARKING LOT. THE RAINFALL INCREASED SUDDENLY AND I TURNED MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROM INTERMEDIATE TO HIGH SPEED. THE WORKED ONCE, THEN STOPPED IN THE UP POSITION. ATTEMPTED TO RE-ENGAGE THE WIPER CONTROL ON THE CAR, BUT THE WIPERS WOULD NOT RESPOND. EXITED THE VEHICLE AND MANUALLY MOVED TO ARMS TO THE DOWN POSITION. WAITED 20 MINUTES FOR THE STORM TO CLEAR. TURNED ON HAZZARD LIGHTS AND DROVE SLOWLY HOME APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES AWAY IN LIGHT RAIN. WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUE AND WILL BE ASKING GM TO COVER THE COST IF THE REPAIRS AS I AM RATHER CONFIDENT THUS ISSUE IS SIMILAR (IF NOT EXACTLY LIKE OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE CONCERNING FAULTY WIPER LINKAGE IN THE WIPER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. SHAME ON GM FOR PUTTING OUT A RECALL ON 2013 EQUINOX VEHICLES BUT NOT ON THE 2012 EQUINIX WHICH USES THE SAME PART FOR THE WIPER ASSEMBLY/MOTOR/TRANSMISSION/LINKAGE ARM. A $4 PLASTIC PART TH AAS T MAY COST ME OVER $300 TO FIX. ALREADY HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED EARLIER ON DUE TO EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION (THAT ISSUE WAS COVERED BY MY WARRANTY AT THE TIME). IF GM WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS REPAIR (WHICH THEY KNOW IS AN ISSUE BUT IS APPARENTLY WAITING FOR A CASUALTY TO ISSUE A RECALL), I WILL BE BUYING A NON-GM VEHICLE IN THE FUTURE. VEHICLE: EQUINOX SUV MODEL YEAR: 2012
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340994July 22, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
PURCHASED CAR 11/2014. CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF TWICE BETWEEN 11/2014 AND 02/2015. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD COMPUTER WAS BAD AND WAS REPLACED. FROM 02/2015 - 07/2020 CAR HAS SHUT OFF OVER 50 TIMES. HAD CAR REPAIRED TO REPLACE NUMEROUS SENSORS - CAMSHAFT TO OXYGEN. CAR WOULD JUST OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON BUSY CITY STREETS AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. RECENTLY CAR SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WAS ALMOST HIT. CAR SHUT OFF 2 WEEKS AGO DURING A MAJOR RAIN STORM AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING ON THE INTERSTATE. CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP AND BEING TOLD THE COMPUTER MUST BE REPLACED AND WINDSHIELD LINKAGE NEED TO BE REPAIRED. TOTAL COST OF OVER $1,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340562July 21, 2020
ENGINE
I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO CERTIFIED MECHANICS AS WELL AS THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CAN'T FIND AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE CENSORS ARE NOT GIVING THEM A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS GOING ON! THE CAR JERKS VERY BADLY WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THEN IT CUTS OFF! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY AND IN TRAFFIC! I NEED HELP WITH WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340595July 21, 2020
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING ON OUR CITIES BYPASS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. AFTER GETTING TO A PLACE THAT I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER, I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND LISTENED. THE CAR SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE. I THOUGHT MAY BE IT WAS BAD GAS BUT I WAS ON A HALF TANK AND HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH THE SAME GAS FOR ALMOST A WEEK WITH NO ISSUES. I TRIED TO DRIVE HOME AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND WENT TO PRESS THE GAS, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I COULD HEAR ACCELERATION, BUT THE CAR DID NOT BUDGE. I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED. I AM READING THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH MANY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX OWNERS. I HAVE A LITTLE UNDER 124,000 MILES. ITS TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE FOR IT NOT TO BE RECALLED BY GM. THIS IS NOT A INEXPENSIVE FIX AND IS NOT FAIR TO CONSUMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340636July 21, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND WAS TOLD NOT COVERED. VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND I WAS REAR ENDED DUE TO ISSUE WITH POWER TRAIN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340696July 21, 2020
ENGINE
THE MAKE AND MODEL I OWN IS NOW UNDER A SPECIAL RECALL FOR OIL CONSUMPTION. I'VE TRIED TAKING IT TO THE DEALER (MICHAEL CHEVROLET OF FRESNO) AND THEY SAID THAT THE ISSUE WAS, 'NORMAL HONEY'. I THEN CALLED GMC WHERE I WAS GIVEN A SPECIALIST NAMED 'GENEVIEVE' WHO HASN'T RETURNED MY MULTIPLE CALLS FOR HELP ON GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO A THIRD PARTY WHO HAS DOCUMENTED THEIR IS AN OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE AND HAVE TAKEN THOSE RESULTS TO THE DEALER AND BAR. STILL GMC IS NOT FIXING THE ISSUE. MY CAR RUNS EXTREMELY LOW ON OIL EVERY 800-1000 MILES. PLEASE HELP!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340349July 20, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
IT STARTED RAINING AS WE LEFT A PARKED LOCATION SO THE WIPERS WERE TURNED ON. WITHIN A MOMENT THE WIPERS STOPPED IN THE UP POSITION. THE WIPER MOTOR COULD STILL BE HEARD RUNNING AND THE WIPERS WERE FREE TO MOVE BY HAND TO ANY POSTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340358July 20, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE DRIVING IN A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM YESTERDAY, 7/19/2020, OUR WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. WE WERE UNABLE TO SEE THE ROADWAY AND HAD TO FIND A SIDE STREET TO PULL ON TO UNTIL THE RAIN SUBSIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340445July 20, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WITH NOT QUITE 63,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING IN AND I GET ALERTS FROM ON-STAR. MY MECHANIC LOOKED IT UP AND AN OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS YR. ITS A VALVE THAT SENDS OIL TO THE DUAL CAMS...IT HAD NO POWER AND WAS USING WAY MORE HAS AND OIL THAN USUAL...THIS IS THE 4TH TIME IN A MONTH IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT...IT ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE THE LURCHING TRANNY PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340507July 20, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN A RAINSTORM THE BUSHING WENT OUT AGAIN THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT'S HAPPENED TO ME IN A YEAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340519July 20, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
OWN A 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC MARCH 2019 FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE SAME INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 THE FIRST TIME AND 166000 THE SEND TIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340233July 19, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAVY RAIN STORM. I PULLED OVER TO MOVE THEM BACK DOWN AND TRIED TO TURN THEM ON AND THE WIPERS WOULD NOT MOVE. WE HAD TO PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN LET UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340035July 18, 2020
ENGINE
MY VEHICLE IS DYING WHEN STOPPING AND RUNNING ROUGH WHEN COLD STARTED. IT JERKS AND TURNS OFF AT A STOP, BUT TURNS ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER. IT USED TO OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN, NOW IT'S EVERY TIME I STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340178July 18, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
FRONT WIPER BLADE BUSHING EASILY COME APART. IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. DOING RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339883July 17, 2020
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS USING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOHN JONES AUTO GROUP CORYDON 1735 GARDNER LN NW, CORYDON, IN 47112, (812) 722-4146) WHERE AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE USED 2 QUARTS OF OIL PER 1,000 MILES DRIVEN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED A CASE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. *LN*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11338978July 13, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH IN HEAVY RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CEASED OPERATING. THE CONTACT SAFELY EXITED THE ROADWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER AND CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339039July 13, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
WHEN I LEAVE MY KEYS IN THE IGNITION WHILE THE IGNITION IS OFF AND IN PARK. MY CAR SOMETIMES MAKES A NOISE LIKE IT IS TRYING TO START THE ENGINE/CAR OR CAR WITH THE CAR BEING OFF AND NO ONE SWITCHING THE KEY OVER. MAKING THE LIGHTS FLICKER ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. THE MECHANIC SAID IT COULD BE ELECTRICAL FALIURE BUT HE WOULDNT BE SURE WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT...HOWEVER MY REMOTE START DOESNT WORK ANYMORE AND NIETHER DOES MY BLUETOOTH CAPABILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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