Chevrolet Equinox Complaints

9,502 consumer complaints on file.

#10786100October 26, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FRACTURED INSIDE THE IGNITION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE KEY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE KEY WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785762October 24, 2015
ENGINE
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED AND ONE MONTH LATER CK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING THE TYPE OF ROADWAY IS EITHER HWY. OR IN TOWN AT ANY SPEEDS. HAD CHECKED, TROUBLE CODE P0013 CAM ACT. SENSOR. FOUND RECALL #11195A ON LINE. CHEVERLOT REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EVEN THOUGH RECALL IS FOR SAME YEAR, SAME VEHICLE AND, SAME ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785793October 24, 2015
WHEELS
SEAL AROUND ALLOYS ARE LEAKING TIRE PRESSURE HAD TIRE REPAIRED ONCE, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN WARING LIGHT FOR TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CONSISTANTLY STAYS ILLUMINATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785742October 23, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SQUIRRELS NEST INSIDE DASH AND SQUIRRELS INSIDE CAR. GOT FIVE OUT. THEY KEPT COMING OUT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. INSULATION CHEWED INSIDE DASH FROM BEHIND STEERING COLUMN ACROSS TO THE GLOVE BOX. TOOK TO DEALER THEY SAID THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE CAR. THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR A FEW DAYS AND SAID THAT THEY FOUND A NEST AND PUT MESH OVER A HOLE WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID DRAINS? IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA? THEY SAID THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE GETTING INSIDE THE CAR. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS ALL HAPPENED OVER A COURSE OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE WOULD GET ONE OUT AND MORE WOULD SHOW UP. TWO WERE SITTING ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR NEXT TO ME AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, A SQUIRREL WAS SEEN ON MY DASHBOARD INSIDE THE CAR WHEN I WAS IN A STORE. ONE WAS IN A BAG ON THE PASSENGER SEAT NEXT TO ME. GOT TWO IN TRAPS THAT I SET ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE CAR, ETC. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN!! I AM TRAMATIZED BY THIS AND DO NOT WANT ANYONE ELSE GOING THROUGH IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785267October 22, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE KEY FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION INDEPENDENTLY AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10784952October 21, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED RESPONDING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND THE VEHICLE JERKED AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER REVERSE OR SHIFT FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783619October 20, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WILL NOT UNLOCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783212October 19, 2015
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE SYSTEM WILL NOT ARM DUE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR, THE SYSTEM WILL SOMETIMES WORK IF A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT OR MAY SUDDENLY STOP WORKING WHEN THE PASSENGER MOVES IN THE SEAT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR AND IT WAS RECALLED, WHY NOT THE 2008 MODEL? VERY POOR RELIABILITY OF A SAFETY SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783254October 19, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2015 CHEVY EQUINOXS DOWN A 4 LANE HIGHWAY IN TOWN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ANTI COLLISION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND BELLS WENT OFF AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP FOR NO REASON WE BOUGHT THE CAR 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT HAS 7,000 MILES ON IT THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE CHEVY DEALERS HERE IN TOWN BEI8NG LOOKED AT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783350October 19, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO START AND VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS WATER LEAKING FROM AN UNKNOWN LOCATION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE, BRAKES, WINDSHIELD, AND ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED FOR FREE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE, BRAKES, AND WINDSHIELD WERE REPLACED, BUT THERE WAS STILL WATER LEAKS FROM THE RAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782565October 15, 2015
ENGINE
THE CAR STARTED TO SOUND LIKE AN OLD JALOPY, AFTER HAVING THE CAR CHECKED OUT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING WAS OFF AND IT WAS BURNING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL WITHOUT THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT COMING ON. THE INJECTORS ARE CLOGGED AND THE ENGINE IS ALL CLOGGED UP, SO IT'S MESSING WITH THE TIMING BELT. IT'S BEEN 2 MONTH SINCE I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE ENGINE NEEDS REBUILT OR REPLACED, A COMPLETE PIECE OF JUNK 3 YEARS OLD NEVER ANY WARNING FROM THE CAR ABOUT LOW OIL OR THE MANUFACTURE IT'S A TRAVESTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782234October 14, 2015
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED MY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX IN MARCH 2014 AT 40,000 MILES. IN THAT TIME I HAVE ONLY ADDED 16,000. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. THERE WAS A TICKING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER PARKING AND SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE, A ROUGH/LOUD RUNNING OF THE ENGINE, INCONSISTENT TIMES OF A 'WHIRRING' TYPE SOUND, AND A BUCKING OF THE VEHICLE DURING ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING SO ROUGH THAT I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND A FEW TIMES. WHEN WE INQUIRED ABOUT THESE THINGS FROM THE DEALER WE PURCHASED FROM WE WERE TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS 'NORMAL' AND THAT'S WHAT A CHEVY SOUNDS LIKE. IN AUGUST THE COMPRESSOR FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER WENT AND WE THOUGHT PERHAPS THAT WAS CAUSING MOST OF THE ISSUES AND SPENT QUITE A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX THAT. IT DID SEEM TO RUN A LITTLE BETTER FOR A FEW WEEKS. TODAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 30 MPH ROAD AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO THE CLOSEST GARAGE AS I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE OTHER END OF THE NEXT TOWN FROM WHERE I WAS. I BARELY MADE IT TO THE GARAGE. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO A SCAN AND DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. NOW I AM FINDING OUT THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY BY LESS THAN ONE MONTH. THIS APPEARS TO BE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE FROM WHAT I HAVE NOW FOUND AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH ONLY 56,000 MILES ON IT. I DO NOT DRIVE LONG DISTANCES OR EVEN ON A DAILY BASIS, AS THE FACT THAT I HAVE ONLY ADDED 16,000 MILES IN THE LAST 19 MONTHS CAN ATTEST. I AM EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH THE ENTIRE SITUATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAD TOLD THE DEALERSHIP MONTHS AGO THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT THEY DIDN'T BOTHER TO LOOK INTO AND CONVENIENTLY CAN NO LONGER FIND RECORD OF. NEITHER THE DEALER OR CHEVY WERE HELPFUL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781615October 13, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE STARTED A FIRE. DESTROYED OUR ATTACHED GARAGE, THE CAR AND OUR DAUGHTERS CAR. HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE IN OUR HOUSE. FIRE MARSHAL AND INSURANCE INSPECTED STATED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE OF THE EQUINOX. WE DROVE THE CAR DURING DAY AND THEN AT 8:00PM CAME HOME FROM DINNER. AROUND 12:15AM HEARD NOISES IN GARAGE OPENED THE DOOR AND FRONT OF ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. CALLED 911 AND TOLD FAMILY TO GET OUT OF HOUSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781636October 13, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE KEY WOULD CONTINUE TO CLICK TO THE ON POSITION EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781813October 13, 2015
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781854October 13, 2015
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781414October 12, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
DOORS ON LOWER HEM SEAM HAVE THE PAINT TO POPPING OFF LEAVING BARE METAL TO RUST. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER CARE CLAIM #81571836632. THEY CAME BACK WITH ME AFTER TALKING TO DEALER FOR ME TO PAY THE DEALER $300 FOR REFINISH DOORS. IN CANADA GM IS REPAIRING UNDER WARRANTY WITH SERVICE BULLETIN #15136B UNTIL MAY 2017. WHY REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY IN CANADA BUT NOT THE USA. VEHICLE IS IN MICHIGAN. REPORTED TO DEALER DURING JULY 2015, WENT BACK OCTOBER 2015 TO HAVE DEALER FIX. CUSTOMER & DEALER NOT WILLING TO PRESS GM WARRANTY TO COVER REPAIRS. DEALER STATED HE SEE THEM ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781291October 11, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2997 CHEVY EQUINOX - THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AROUND 60MPH, WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES ACTIVATE BY THEMSELVES AND THE ABS, STABILITY TRACK LIGHTS COME ON. THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE INTERSTATE SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I ACCELERATE. IT SEEMS AT IF ALL THE BRAKES ARE ACTIVE AND NOT ALLOWING THE CAR TO MOVE. AFTER ALMOST GETTING CLIPPED BY A SEMI I HAD TO THINK FAST. I READ THE MANUAL AND FOUND THE ABS FUSES. IN ORDER TO MOVE THE CAR I HAVE TO REMOVE THE ABS MOTOR FUSE AND THE ABS SYSTEM FUSE. THIS BYPASSES THE SYSTEM AND THE CAR IS ABLE TO MOVE. I HAVE TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED DEALER PARTS ABS MODULE AND ABS MODULATOR "MOTOR". I PAID $1800 FOR THE REPAIR. CAR HAS SAME ISSUE AS I DROVE A WAY FROM SHOP. WHEN IT STALLED AFTER REPAIR I REMOVED THE FUSES AGAIN AND DROVE IT BACK TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR AGAIN. SHOP SAYS THESE PARTS REPLACED ARE DEALER PARTS AND THEY WILL REPLACE AGAIN WITH NEW PARTS. CALLED THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP ON THIS AND THEY MENTION THAT THERE IS NO ISSUE/RECALL WITH THIS AT THE TIME. THE CAR HAS $80K MILES AND HAS BEEN AT THE SHOP FOR TWO WEEKS STILL UNDER DIAGNOSTICS TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. FRUSTRATED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781236October 10, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TWICE NOW, MY 2008 CHEVY EQUINOX HAS CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER I STOP PUSHING THE GAS. BOTH TIMES, I HAVE BEEN MERGING WITH HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, SO I AM PUSHING THE GAS PRETTY HARD TO GET UP TO THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC. THIS LAST TIME, I SPENT ABOUT FIVE SECONDS TRYING TO BRAKE, FEELING THE ACCELERATOR STILL PUSHING THE CAR FORWARD. I DIDN'T WANT TO DESTROY MY BRAKES, ESPECIALLY SINCE BY THEN I WAS GOING DOWNHILL, SO I TRIED A QUICK TAP OF THE ACCELERATOR AND THAT LET IT UP TO WHERE I HAD CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE WAY HOLDING THE PEDAL DOWN, (NOT THE FLOOR MAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT) SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THERE IS SOME SORT OF SPEED CONTROLLING SOFTWARE FOR THE CAR THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780964October 9, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
OIL CONSUMPTION 4000 MILES BONE DRY. WHEN STOP AT A LIGHT, BACKING UP THE CAR STALLS OUT. I HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE. NOW DOING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. I ONLY HAVE 45000 MILES ON MY 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AROUND 39,000 MILES ALSO AM READING THIS PROBLEM IS AFFECTING A LOT OF EQUINOXS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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