Chevrolet Equinox Complaints

9,502 consumer complaints on file.

#10789454November 10, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1. 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASED THIRD TAILLIGHT SHORTED OUT DIDN'T KNOW HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. TOOK TO DEALER 7 TIMES AFTER WIRING HARNESS, THIRD TAILLIGHT REPLACED BECAUSE SPOILER CRACKED, HATCH UNABLE TO OPEN. DEALER MOVED HATCH HINGES AND SPOILER KEPT CRACKING. STILL HAVING THIRD TAILLIGHT NO BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM IS WITH WIRING FAULTY. TAILLIGHTS ALL LEAK CAUSING WIRING SHORT IN FUSES. OTHER ISSUE IS FIRST BREAK SERVICE ABS SENSOR STAYED ON BREAK PEDAL PULSATED FOR 2 YRS 2 DEALERS 1 MECHANIC REPLACED ABS SENSOR 3X DIDN'T FIX ENDED UP PAYING FOR NEW FRONT WHEEL HUB ALSO CAUSED 3 ACCIDENTS COULD NOT STOP BECAUSE OF IT. MILEAGE IS 68700 REC 1 RECALL FOR HEATER. WHERE ARE REST?
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789470November 10, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789551November 10, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE PURCHASED A CHEVY EQUINOX 2008 AND THE MESSAGE CENTER FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS DISPLAYED SERVICE AIR BAG. THERE SEEMS TO BE A ELECTRICAL ISSUE I CAN HEAR STATIC OR SOMETHING COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR EVERY TIME I OPEN AND CLOSE IT. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I ONLY HAVE A 30 DAY WARRANTY. I CHECKED THIS CAR ON AUTO CHECK AND THE MILEAGE WAS EVEN WRONG, WHEN INSPECTED LAST THE MILES WERE 118,000 WHEN I GOT IT IT HAD 115,769 DID THEY ROLL IT BACK. WHAT SITES ARE ACCURATE? I CHECKED AUTOCHECK VIN PRO THE PAST COUPLE YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING SAME ISSUES AIR BAG SENSOR ETC CHEVY SUCKS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789138November 9, 2015
ENGINE
MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE DRIVING OUR CHEVROLET EQUINOX ON THE HIGHWAY COMING OFF OF AN ON RAMP WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE SOME NOISE. TRYING TO TURN LEFT, THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, MIND YOU, IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC, AND WOULD NOT MOVE. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ITSELF, WHAT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT?? THANKFUL THIS WAS NOT THE OUTCOME, BUT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES ITSELF. I OVI CHECKED THE ISSUE THROUGH A LOCAL REPAIR AUTO PARTS STORE, TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I HAD A SECOND OPINION PLACED WITH A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BLOWN OUT. OUR TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED. I WAS TOLD THAT IN THIS MODEL, A PLATE THAT GM USED FOR THIS VEHICLES TRANSMISSION BREAKS AND DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION. BEING STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION IS A SAFETY ISSUE,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788774November 6, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS WATER ENTERING THE MAP LIGHT. THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THE SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE PERTAINING TO THE CONTROL ARM, AND THE AXLE WAS LEAKING FLUID WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNED, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISION HESITATED, THE THROTTLE WAS LIGHT, AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REVERSE UPON THE CHANGE IN WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE VARIOUS FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 201,765.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788857November 6, 2015
POWER TRAIN
UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STATIONARY POSITION, MY VEHICLE JERKS BACK & FORTH WHILE SHIFTING THROUGH 1ST AND 2ND GEARS (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) LIKE IT GETS CAUGHT & THEN JUMPS UP TO SPEED. FIRST I HAD A TRUSTED MECHANIC TAKE A RIDE & HE ADVISED ME WHAT I SUSPECTED - MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 33,000 MILES ON IT HAS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUE. IT IS CURRENTLY IN SERVICE (THEY ARE LIKELY TO INSTALL A NEW TRANSMISSION) I HAVE READ MANY ACCOUNTS OF SIMILAR TROUBLES & I BELIEVE THERE IS A WIDE SPREAD DEFECT IN THE POWER TRAINS OF MANY LATE MODEL CHEVROLET SUV TRUCKS & THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY BE A RECALL HTTP://CHEVROLETFORUM.COM/FORUM/EQUINOX-23/2012-EQUINOX-TRANSMISSION-PROBLEMS-59190/ HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/12776/CHEVROLET/EQUINOX/CHEVY-EQUINOX-TRANSMISSION-PROBLEMS/P2
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788640November 5, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL HUB AND WHEEL SENSOR WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788649November 5, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, MY STABILITRAK LIGHT HAS COME ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING OR JUST SITTING IN THE CAR. PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY TODAY I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON FOR THE STABILITRAK. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AND THEN SUDDENLY IT BECAME INCREASING HARD TO MANEUVER MY STEERING WHEEL ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE IT FELT AS IF IT HAD LOCKED UP ON ME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK HOME BUT AS I WAS DRIVING I NOTICE MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF AT ALL. AFTER MAKING IT BACK TO INTO MY DRIVEWAY I CUT OFF THE IGNITION WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON TO SEE IF THIS WOULD HELP EITHER OF THE PROBLEMS BUT TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE NOW TAKEN THE CAR TO MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE SEN THIS ISSUE WITH A NUMBER OF EQUINOX AND IT IS INDEED AN ISSUE MY STABILITRAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788315November 4, 2015
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE KEEPS SHOWING SERVICE AIR BAG AND MAKES A DIGGING NOTIFICATION NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787897November 3, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX AROUND 50 MPH AND NOTICED A SMELL COMING FROM THE BRAKES. HE GOT HOME AND TOLD ME THEY WERE DRAGGING. I CHECKED THEM AFTER THEY COOLED DOWN. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS WORN PADS. I PULLED THE WHEELS AND CALIPERS AND PADS WERE GOOD. HOWEVER I COULD NOT COMPRESS THE DUAL PISTONS BACK INTO THE HOUSING ON EITHER SIDE UNTIL I LOOSENED THE BLEEDER SCREW. BEING CAREFUL TO NOT GET AIR IN THE SYSTEM, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PISTONS BACK INTO THE HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE NOT STUCK. I REASSEMBLED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND TIRES. I TRIED TO PUT THE BRAKES TO FORCE THE FRONT PISTONS BACK OUT, BUT I HAD NO PRESSURE. I STARTED THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THE BRAKES WERE WORKING, NO THEY AREN'T. NOW I HAVE NO BREAKES, FRONT OR REAR! FLUID WILL NOT FLOW BACK TO MASTER CYLINDER NOR WILL FLUID FLOW TO CALIPERS. MY QUESTION IS, MASTER CYLINDER OR ABS MODULE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787910November 3, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2009 CHEVY EQUINOX IS SLOWING DOWN WHEN I REACH 4 RPMS AND WILL NOT SPEED BACK UP UNTIL I GO BACK DOWN TO 3 RPMS NO MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW I AN GOING ONCE IT REACHES 4 RPMS IT SLOWS DOWN. WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF SOMETHING IS STILL RUNNING UNDER THE HOLD BECAUSE I CAN HEAR IT. IT WAS 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT FINALLY SHUT OFF COMPLETELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787966November 3, 2015
ENGINE
VEHICLE RAN ROUGH, NOISE FROM ENGINE NOTED . SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. 77K MILES ENGINE WOULD NOT START. "TIMING "JUMPED 4 NOTCHES, NO COMPRESSION IN CYLINDERS" PER DEALER . DEALER WANTED $3500 TO "DIAGNOSE" DAMAGE NOT INCLUDING REPAIR, INSTALLED USED MOTOR AT COST OF $4000. NO HELP FROM DEALER OR GM AS VEHICLE WAS 5 MONTHS OUT OF "5 YEAR WARRANTY".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788050November 3, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WITHIN THE LAST MONTH MY CAR HAS STARTED EMITTING A VERY STRONG GAS ODOR AND HAS BEEN HAVING STARTING TROUBLE EVERY TIME I TRY AND START THE CAR. IN THE PAST I HAVE HAD IT HESITATE TO START, BUT THAT OCCURRED LESS FREQUENTLY AND NEVER NOTICED THE SMELL. EVER SINCE I NOTICED THE ODOR, AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IT IS HAPPENING EVERY TIME I TRY AND START THE CAR. THE ENGINE TURNS...BUT IT TAKES A MINUTE BEFORE IT CATCHES AND STARTS. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT CATCH AND START AND I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY A 2ND TIME FOR IT TO ACTUALLY START.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787825November 2, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
SOMETIME LAST SUMMER STARTED NOTICING ISSUES WITH BRAKES. REPLACED ALL PARTS INVOLVED WITH THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM TO NO AVAIL. TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS, WHO ALSO REPLACED THE SAME PARTS THINKING THAT MAYBE WE HAD BOUGHT FAULTY PARTS. AGAIN, THE PROBLEM REMAINED. THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM SEEMS TO GRIND WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE. NOT TO MENTION, IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE PEDAL ITSELF PUSHES BACK AGAINST YOUR FOOT. WHEN IT DOES THIS; THERE ARE NO ACTUAL BRAKES. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD UNTIL YOU PUMP THE BRAKES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES TO GET THEM TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY SCARY! I HAVE ALMOST RAN INTO MANY VEHICLES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY AS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS ISSUE BASED ON THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ! I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!! THE DATE OF OCCURRENCE IS A GUESS, BUT I DO KNOW IT BEGAN LAST SUMMER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787844November 2, 2015
ENGINE
CAR WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING WHEN IT WAS FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING AFTER SITTING ALL NIGHT. WE WOULD START IT UP AND TRY TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND IT WOULD DIE,RESTARTED AND IT WOULD DIE, THIS WOULD HAPPEN 3/4 TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD KEEP RUNNING. AFTER IT KEPT RUNNING IT WOULD THEN ONLY RUN AT A VERY SLOW SPEED FOR ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AND THEN IT WOULD JUST TAKE OFF AND WOULD RUN AND START LIKE IT SHOULD UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING AND THEN WE WENT THRU THE SAME THING AGAIN. THIS CAR WAS IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID WE HAD TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN THE GAS WHICH WAS BS. THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT AND HAD TO CALL THE TAC. IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE O2 SENSOR AND BOTH TIMING CHAIN ACTUATORS AND ALL GASKETS. THIS CAR HAD A TIMING CHAIN AND TENSNER RECALL ON IT IN AUGUST 2014. I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE RECALL ON THE TIMING ISSUES. I DON'T HAVE ANY THING TO UPLOAD BUT YOU CAN GET THE RECORDS FROM THE DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787248October 30, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD INDICATE LOW FUEL ECONOMY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. UPDATED 05/03/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TWICE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL WHEN DRIVING UNDER 25 MILES PER HOUR OR AT A STOP. UPDATED 11/21/2017*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10787331October 30, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE USING THE KEY REMOTE, IT FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786711October 28, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR ELECTRIC WINDOW AND DOOR LOCKS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY OR NOT AT ALL. I HAVE SOMEKNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SO I STARTED TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM. AFTER 5 MINUTES I FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM TO BE COMPLETELY BROKEN WIRES THAT ARE PART OF THE WIRING HARNESS RIGHT BEFORE IT GOES THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND PROTECTED BY A RUBBER BOOT/SLEEVE . ALMOST ALL WIRES THAT ARE PART OF THE WIRING HARNESS AT THIS LOCATION WERE EITHER BROKEN AS I MENTIONED OR THE INSULATION WAS SO BRIDLE AND CRACKED THAT THE COPPER WIRE STRANDS WERE EXPOSED. THIS IS IN A TIGHT SPOT AND WOULD BE HARD TO SPLICE. I TOOK A PICTURE TO SUPPORT WHAT I AM WRITING AND I'VE ATTACHED IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE HAZARD IF THE EXPOSED WIRES EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH CHASSIS GROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785914October 26, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10786032October 26, 2015
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE'S POWER SETTINGS NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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