Chevrolet Equinox Complaints

9,502 consumer complaints on file.

#10441430December 28, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR. HEATER JUST STOPPED BLOWING HOT AIR. AFTER DIAGNOSIS THE DEALER FOUND THE TEMP (AIR BLEND )DOOR BROKE AND IN THE DEFAULT COLD POSITION. HAD TO REPLACE THE TEMP DOOR AND THE ACTUATOR. PARTS $163 LABOR $930.60 PLUS MISC. TOTAL COST $1184.12. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10441465December 28, 2011
POWER TRAIN
MY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX 4 CYLINDER SHIFTS HORRIBLY BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. IF YOU ACCELERATE TO APPROX. 20 MPH AND REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE GAS THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND THEN IT SHIFTS TO 3RD GEAR WITH A JOLT THAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK YOU WERE HIT FROM BEHIND. WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTS FROM 3RD TO 2ND IT IS LIKE AN ANCHOR WAS THROWN OUT THE BACK. RETURNED IT TO A CHEVY DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT BUT SAID THAT IT WAS NORMAL AND THAT ALL EQUINOX DO IT. THEY HAD THEIR DISTRICT MANAGER CHECK ON IT AND HE SAID THAT CHEVY DESIGNED IT TO DO THAT AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. IT IS GOING BACK AGAIN TOMORROW TO A DIFFERENT DEALER BUT I EXPECT TO HERE THE SAME STORY. WHEN IMPORTS ARE DESIGNING CONSTANT VELOCITY TRANSMISSIONS THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN FEEL SHIFT, WHY WOULD GM DESIGN THEIRS TO JOLT YOU OUT OF YOUR SEAT. GUESS THEY NO LONGER WHAT MY BUSINESS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10441383December 27, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE THEN REMOVED SOME OF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING FUSES HERSELF AND THE FAILURE HAD NOT RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10441104December 23, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
WE WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THERE WAS A VERY LOAD BOOM AND WE UNEXPECTEDLY REALIZED THAT THE SUNROOF GLASS HAD SHATTERED, SOME OF WHICH DROPPED DOWN INSIDE THE SUV. THE SUNROOF SHADE WAS 7/8 WAY CLOSED WHICH PREVENTED MOST OF THE GLASS FROM RIDING DOWN ON US. WE WERE ON THE OPEN ROAD , NO OVERPASS, NO ROAD DEBRIS FLYING UP, NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING STRIKING THE CLOSED SUNROOF. CLIMATE CONDITION , TEMP WAS AROUND 50 DEGREES.PARTLY SUNNY. WE DO FEEL THAT IF THE SHADE ON THE SUNROOF HAD NOT BEEN ALMOST CLOSED, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH IF THIS SUNROOF GLASS HAD DROPPED DOWN ON US. TRAFFIC AT THIS TIME WAS FAIRLY HEAVY! DEALER CLAIMS THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS TYPE. INSPECTION OF THE SUNROOF GLASS REVEALED THAT THE CENTER OF THE GLASS HAD SHATTERED AND CRACKED GLASS WAS STILL IN THE SUNROOF FRAME. THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED AT TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440868December 21, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
IT JUST GOT COLD IN MY REGION AND I NOTICED MY HEATER WAS NOT WORKING. IT JUST BLOWS COLD AIR OUT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND SAW THAT THERE WERE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT A HEAT BLEND DOOR BREAKING IN THIS MODEL. THE PART COSTS APPROXIMATELY 30 DOLLARS TO BUY BUT THE ASSOCIATED LABOR IS OVER $1200 DOLLARS. CHEVROLET HASN'T RECALLED THIS EVEN THOUGH IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS TO NOT HAVE A DEFROSTER IN ICY WEATHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440553December 20, 2011
STEERING
I'VE HAD THREE INCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING THAT I COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF MY STEERING. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF A MECHANIC STARTED IT UP TO CHECK IT OUT AND IT DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT AFTER I TURN THE IGNITION OFF IT RESETS ITSELF. IT HAS HAPPENED THIS WAY SEVERAL TIMES NOW THAT I WAS IN A SAFE AREA BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT FAR FROM HOME.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440609December 20, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING DOWN I-95S, THE 2010 EQUINOX LOST POWER AND THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND EVENTUALLY WAS FLAT-BEDDED TO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER. ONCE THE CAR WAS LOOKED AT BY THE DEALER THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND THE WHOLE MOTOR WOULD NEED REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440474December 19, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,743.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440022December 15, 2011
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN A DEER JUMPED A FENCE AND LANDED ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE WITH EXTREME FORCE. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTNING FAILED. THE AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 73,000. UPDATED 01/10/12*LJ
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440094December 15, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
2006 EQUINOX; AIR TEMP BLEND DOOR NOT OPERATING, NO HEAT NO DEFROST ON SUV. THIS POSES A ISSUE DURING WINTER MONTHS. CAUSING ISSUES VISIBILITY FOR DRIVER. HAVE SEEN SEVERAL FORUMS THAT DISCUSS MANY MANY EQUINOX SUV WITH SAME PROBLEM WITH VIN STARTING WITH 2CNDL. REALLY NEEDS A RECALL ON THIS ASAP... OVER $1000 TO REPAIR $35 TO $100 PART. (NOTE. I AM ENTERING COMPLAINT FOR A FRIEND WHO WORKS 2/3 JOBS AND DOES NOT HAVE TIME TO DO THIS HERSELF. I AM THE CONTACT PERSON). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10440097December 15, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ALL PROBLEMS AROSE WHEN THE BRAKE FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WOULD SHAKE WHEN BRAKING. WE HAD THE SHOES AND THE PADS CHANGED AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE SOLVED FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THEN THE PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THE BRAKES WOULD SQUEAK WHEN BRAKING AND THEN THEY BEGAN TO TIGHTEN AND THE BRAKE WOULD LOCK ITSELF AND BEGAN TO SMOKE BECAUSE OF THE FRICTION THE PAD AND THE BRAKE DISC WERE CREATING SINCE THE BRAKE WOULD REMAIN LOCKED. THIS WAS ONLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE FRICTION MADE THE WHOLE WHEEL RIM GET HOT AND BEGAN PRODUCING A BURNING SMELL FROM THE BRAKE PAD. THE CALIBER, SHOES, PAD AND DISC HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR BOTH FRONT BRAKES. THE BRAKES CONTINUE TO SQUEAK WHEN BREAKING. NOW, THE MOTOR HEATS UP TO THE RED ZONE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON EVEN IF THEIR IS ANTI-FREEZE IN THE ENGINE. WHEN ACCELERATING THE MOTOR COOLS DOWN, BUT IF THE SPEED IS LESS THAN 35MPH THE MOTOR HEATS UP MORE. BASED ON OTHER COMMENTS FROM DRIVERS WITH THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR THEY NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM HAS COME UP TO BE THE HEAD GASKETS. THIS PROBLEM HAS CREATED MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE AND IS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THEIR IS STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT THE BREAKS WILL LOCK UP AGAIN AND POSSIBLY SPARK FIRE IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. WE HAVE NOT USED OUR VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES WE FEAR THAT NOT FIXING THE COSTLY PROBLEM MAY DAMAGE OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. WE KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE AND THAT OTHER DRIVERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY EQUINOX 2005. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10439933December 14, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
BLEND DOOR ISSUE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10439308December 11, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
THE HEATER BLEND DOOR AND /OR ACTUATOR HAVE FAILED. THERE IS NO HEAT OR DEFROSTER. IT IS NOW WINTER AND BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS, THE DEALER CANNOT GET REPAIRED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR MORE. PART COST = $55. ESTIMATED LABOR COST $1500. THIS REPAIR IS OVER 10% VALUE OF THE CAR AND I AM TOLD REQUIRES REMOVING THE ENTIRE DASH. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THE CAR IS NOW UNUSABLE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10439256December 10, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
STRONG SMELL OF GAS ON RIGHT REAR AND LEAKING GAS CANT FIND OUT WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR FOR THIS REASON. THERE ARE OVER 200 COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BLOWN UP AND DIES!!!!!!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10439056December 8, 2011
STEERING
I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE. FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF I'D BEEN GETTING AN INTERMITTENT STABILITRAK ALARM. IT WOULD RESET ITSELF UPON RESTART.. AT THE DEALER (TOM CLARK CHEVROLET, MCKEESPORT, PA.) THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE POWER STEERING MOTOR HAD FAILED. MY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE FOR REPLACEMENT IS $480.00. APPARENTLY MY WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE EXPENSE. MY GUT FEELING TELLS ME THE WHOLE STABILITRAK/ POWER STEERING MOTOR ISSUE HAS BEEN KNOWN FROM DAY ONE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT ON DEFECTIVE PARTS/DESIGN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10439082December 8, 2011
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AT 4000 MILES THE RADIATOR FAILED AND THE CAR OVERHEATED. REPLACED RADIATOR. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS AND STILL IS A CLUNKING AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN UP-SHIFTING. THE CLUNK HAS BEEN SO DRAMATIC THAT I THOUGHT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT I WAS HIT FROM THE REAR. IT ACTUALLY MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH DRIVING THE CAR AND MAKES PEOPLE IN THE BACK SICKER. ADDITIONALLY SOME WHERE ABOVE 30 MILES AN HOUR THE CAR HAS SEVERAL TIMES HESITATED AS IF RUNNING OUT OF GAS. THE GAS PEDDLE DOES NOT RESPOND PROPERLY, HESITATING BEFORE CATCHING ON. NOW AT 11,000 AND THREE RETURN VISITS TO THE DEALER THEY SAY THAT THIS IS HOW ALL EQUINOX CARS HAVE THIS DRIVE PERFORMANCE AND IT IS "NORMAL" . THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR AND HAD I BEEN TOLD THAT SOME EQUINOX DRIVE LIKE THIS, I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR KNOWING THIS. I KNOW FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM IN 2009 AND STILL IS AND WAS SOLD A CAR THAT THEY KNEW COULD BE FAULTY WITHOUT A CURRENT SOFTWARE FIX. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN, ESPECIALLY KNOWING NOW THAT THEY CAN STALL AT 30 MILES AND HOUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10438828December 7, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VECHILE WILL SHAKE BACK AND FORTH EVERYTIME IM ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO PRESS GAS. CAR ODOMETER GOES TO 0 AND I HAVE NO POWER TO THE VECHILE, THE VECHILE JUST DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE ALREADY OVER ISSUE THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10438845December 7, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
SINCE NOVEMBER 12, 2011 THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE FUMES COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE FUMES ARE NOTICEABLY STRONGER SHORTLY AFTER CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN. THE FUMES ARE SO STRONG I NO LONGER PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO MY HOME BUT RATHER ON THE STREET FOR FEAR OF IGNITION OF GASOLINE FUMES. I HAVE COUNTED OVER 200 OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, ON THE SAME MODEL YEAR ON VARIOUS OTHER AUTOMOTIVE HELP SITES. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT PUTTING HUMAN LIFE'S IN JEOPARDY. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION NEEDS TO ADDRESS AND RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED. MAY I SUGGEST AN IMMEDIATE MANUFACTURER RECALL OF ALL VEHICLES IN CONCERN? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10438876December 7, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
STRONG SMELL OF GAS AND IS LEAKING. ELECTRICAL LIGHTS ARE COMING ON DASH BOARD TRACTION CONTROL, ABS AND ENGINE LIGHTS... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10438926December 7, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
MY AIR BLEND DOOR BROKE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME. WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE WINDOWS FOG UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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