Chevrolet Equinox Complaints

9,502 consumer complaints on file.

#11300616January 21, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
I STARTED HAVING ISSUES AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS OF BUYING MY VEHICLE. MY RPM WOULD SPUTTER AND I WOULD ALWAYS CHECK MY OIL AND IT WOULD BE A QUART LOW. THIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS AND I CONTINUED TO DRAIN MONEY INTO MY VEHICLE WITH BUYING OIL. I REPLACED SEALS THINKING IT WAS A OIL LEAK AND IT WASN'T IT. MY ENGINE FINALLY WAS JUST SHOT SO NOW I'M OUT OF A CAR AND OWE MONEY ON IT STILL AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. I AM VERY UPSET WITH THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE BC I DID RESEARCH ON IT AND A LOT OF COMPLIANTS ON THIS CAR BURNING OIL. CRAZY THAT NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE. I GUESS CHEVY IS CRAP NOW AND JUST WANT TO LOOSE CUSTOMERS. I WON'T BE BUYING A CHEVY AGAIN AND WILL NOT RECOMMEND
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300678January 21, 2020
ENGINE
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO FROM ORIGINAL OWNER. IT HAS BURNED OIL SINCE I OWNED IT. I HAVE 83,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED ON ME. THE COST TO REPAIR IS $6700. I HAVE HAD OIL CHANGES EVERY 2,000 MILES SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLES. I WILL NEVER BUY CHEVY AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300733January 21, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
PCV VALVE FROZE CAUSING REAR MAIN SEAL LEAK. CAR BEGAN TO LEAK EXCESSIVE OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300770January 21, 2020
ENGINE
THE PCV VALVE BUILD UP CONDENSATION WHILE RUNNING, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY FROZE. UPON STARTING THE VESICLE AGAIN, IT BUILT PRESSURE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT THEN BLEW OUT MY REAR MAIN SEAL. IT IS EXACTLY THE SCENARIO DESCRIBED IN GM'S SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT #14882 OR DOCUMENT ID 4098165. SOMEHOW MY VIN IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS KNOWN DEFECT! THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THE WARNING I HAD WAS A POWER STEERING LIGHT FLASH, THEN LATER A OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FLASH (ALL WENT OUT). THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON SURFACE STREETS. THIS BECAME WORSE WHEN BREAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300807January 21, 2020
ENGINE
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS DROVE CAR WITH NO OIL IN ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300904January 21, 2020
ENGINE
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND LOOSE TIMING CHAIN. HAD TIMING CHAIN REPLACED AT 93,500 MILES. ENGINE BURNS OIL; IS NOT LEAKING ANYWHERE. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR'S ENGINE - 2.4L ECOTECH. CHEVY NEEDS TO RECALL THESE! THANKFULLY, CAUGHT ISSUES BEFORE ANYTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED. ALSO HAD CRACK ON BOOT FOR ONE SPARK PLUG CAUSING OIL TO LEAK INTO THERE. HAD ALL SPARK PLUGS REPLACED WHILE REPLACING TIMING CHAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300499January 20, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, MESSAGE THEN APPEARED THAT ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED AND SPEED IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO AROUND 15 MPH AND THEN TO A ROUGH IDLE AT APPROX 5-10MPH. WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE TRAVELING BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP REMAINING 2 MILES HOME AND CONTACTED DEALER. APPOINTMENT WAS MADE AND DEALER REPORTED CODE P2135 AND REPLACED THROTTLE BODY..DEALER SAID THROTTLE DIDN'T KNOW UP FROM DOWN. DEALER STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE EQUINOX. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER OWNERS REPORTING BEING PUT IN A DANGEROUS POSITION WITH THE SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED LIKE WE WERE. I CONTACTED CHEVY GM AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS. IF RAPID ACCELERATION HAS BEEN TREATED BY OTHER COMPANIES AS RECALL WORTHY, I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY CHEVY DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS RECALL WORTHY. I HAVE ATTACHED THE REPAIR REPORT WITH THIS COMPLAINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300568January 20, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX THAT IS SHUTTING OFF WITH INTERMITTENT ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON . TRUCK IS DRIVING ROUGH FEELS AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL WHILE I'M DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300586January 20, 2020
ENGINE
MY CAR WENT THROUGH ALL 5 QUARTS OF OIL AFTER ONE MONTH. I PUT 2 QUARTS IN TO TIDE OVER H TIL I DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE OIL CHANGE PLACE TO HAVE A TOP OFF. THE ENGINE BURNED UP 2 QUARTS IN A 15 MINUTE (20 MILE) DRIVE. WHEN THEY CHECKED MY DIP STICK WAS EMPTY. I AM HAVING NO EXTERNAL LEAKS AND MY CAR KEEPS DYING WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300602January 20, 2020
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH WITH CRUSE CONTROL. ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO NOTICE I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND VIBRATING REAL BAD. WHEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE INSIDE WAS FULL OF SMOKE AND SMELT LIKE BURNT OIL. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE CAR THERE WAS ALOT OF OIL DRIPPING OUT AND BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A GAS STATION THAT WAS ABOUT A MILE AWAY BUT GOING ABOUT 15 MPH AND SOUNDED LIKE A RIDING LAWNMOWER AND JERKED THE WHOLE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300380January 19, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
ON 1/16/20, I USED MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO CLEAR SNOW OFF OF MY WINDSHIELD WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. IT WIPED CORRECTLY A FEW TIMES, BUT ON THE FOURTH WIPE, I HEARD A 'THWACK' TYPE OF NOISE, AND THE WIPERS STOPPED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION BY THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I TRIED TO TURN THE WIPERS ON AGAIN, BUT THEY WOULD NOT MOVE. I MANUALLY PUSHED THE WIPERS DOWN INTO THE RESTING POSITION, AND THEN TRIED TO TURN THE WIPERS ON AGAIN. THEY STILL WOULDN'T MOVE. I HAVE TRIED TURNING THE WIPERS ON EACH DAY SINCE THE 16TH, AND EACH TIME, THE WIPERS WILL NOT MOVE. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300193January 17, 2020
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAKING STRANGE NOISE AND BURNING OIL FOR THE PAST YEAR. WE HAD IT TO THE DEALER IN MAY 2019 AND THEY INFORMED US THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE MUFFLER THAT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AND THE DEALER TOLD US THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND THE PCV NEED TO BE CLEANED FOR A TOTAL OF 2100. BUT NOW THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, AND THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH WILL LEAD TO FURTHER PROBLEMS. I AM EXTEMELY DISSATISFIED WITH CHEVROLET AND THEIR SERVICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11300014January 17, 2020
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
DONE A OIL CHANGE AND ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER NO OIL. HAD TO CHANGE THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND NOW THROWING THE CODE 420. RUNS SLUGGISH AND EXHAUST IS NOW BLOWING THROUGH THE VENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11299784January 16, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON THE STATE HIGHWAY, THE CARE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN IN SPEED CLOSE TO 30 MPH WHICH WAS A HAZARD ON THE HIGHWAY AT THAT TIME OF DAY. I PRESSED ON THE GAS TO INCREASE SPEED, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I FEARED BEING HIT FROM BEHIND SO I SAFELY COASTED TO THE OFF RAMP, THEN IT JERKED, AS IF RE-STARTING THE ENGINE. I FEARED FOR MY LIFE AND THAT OF MY CHILD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11299208January 14, 2020
ENGINE
I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC FOR SOME MINOR WORK & HE FOUND A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. MY TIMING CHAIN IS MAKING ALOT OF NOISE & HE TOLD ME IT WILL RUIN MY ENGINE. MY ENGINE ONLY HAS JUST OVER 95, 000 MILES ON IT. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11299363January 14, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AFTER STARTING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298957January 13, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING AT NIGHT IN RAIN STORM, POURING DOWN RAIN, WIPERS STOPPED WORKING MID SWING. I WAS ON A DARK HIGHWAY 15 MILES FROM ANY WHERE, TURNED AROUND AND HEADED HOME, TRAFFIC WAS NON STOP ,I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11299102January 13, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN. WIPERS SLUNG TO THE LEFT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD AND STOPPED WORKING. HAD TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY TILL IT QUIT RAINING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298327January 10, 2020
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE REAR ENGINE SEAL BLEW OUT AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES (UNKNOWINGLY MY ENGINE DRAINED COMPLETELY OF OIL) AND BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER 2 LANES THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE SNAPPING CONNECTING ROD AND DAMAGING AN ENTIRE CYLINDER. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS ISSUE AND I FEAR THAT IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH MY TWO CHILDREN UNDER 4 THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE SLIGHT NOISE AT FIRST THAT PROGRESSIVELY GOT LOUDER, BUT COULD SEE MY WIFE IGNORING IT LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN ISSUE. THIS IS EXTREMELY SCARY TO ME AND AT 111K THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. GM OFFERED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR AT LESS THAN A 1/3 OF THE COST AND COULD NOT GET ANY EXPLANATION WHY IT IS DIFFERENT FROM BULLETIN 14882 THAT DESCRIBES THE EXACT ISSUE THAT MY CAR HAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298331January 10, 2020
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY I STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING (DIESEL SOUND). I PULLED OFF AT NEAREST EXIT TO CHECK ENGINE OIL, DUE TO USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS. SURE ENOUGH IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL. I'M CONSISTENT ON OIL CHANGES, AND IT'S STILL NEEDING OIL IN BETWEEN CHANGING. SO I ADDED 4 QUARTS OF OIL BUT THE NOISE DID NOT GO AWAY. I WAS 3.5 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I STARTED TO CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND SEEMS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS EXACT ISSUE. I OWE ON IT STILL, NOW I'M GOING TO NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. TO MY SURPRISE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY ENGINE WITH MY VIN NUMBER SO NOW I'M SUPPOSE TO BUY IT OUT OF POCKET! NOT ONLY THAT I NOW NEED TO FIND A VEHICLE I CAN DRIVE TO WORK. LIVING IN RURAL MN I DRIVE A LOT, I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A RELIABLE VEHICLE WITH DECENT GAS MILEAGE. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I FEEL I'D BE BETTER OFF BUYING A FORD OR DODGE TRUCK. I NEED 44 BUT ALL THESE SMALLER SUV ENGINES SEEM TO HAVE ISSUES. I'D SAY IF YOU WANT YOUR MONEY'S WORTH STEER CLEAR OF THE 4 CYLINDER MONEY PIT THAT GM IS SELLING TO US MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS WHILE COMPLETELY IGNORING OUR REQUESTS FOR HELP WITH THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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