Chevrolet Equinox Complaints

9,502 consumer complaints on file.

#10323815April 5, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
BOUGHT A 2010 CHEVY EQUINOX ON OCT. 31ST..HAVE HAD IT 5 MONTHS AND HAS 5,500 MILES ON THE MOTOR IS MAKING A SEVERE OR REALLY LOUD TICKING NOISE. TOOK IT TO 2 CHEVY DEALERS AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL BUT WHEN YOU START ONE UP ON THE LOT IT MAKES NO WHERE NEAR THE NOISE MINE DOES. THEY TELL ME IT IS NORMAL FOR THIS KIND OF FUEL INJECTORS AND REFUSE TO FIX IT. WAS NOT LOUD AT ALL WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NOW IT JUST KEEPS GETTING LOUDER. IT REALLY IS A SHAME WHEN WE PULL UP NEXT TO AN OLDER CAR AND IT IS QUIETER THAN OUR BRAND NEW ONE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323871April 5, 2010
POWER TRAIN, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
MY EQUINOX WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY ONE RUSTY PIECE OF METAL. HE TOLD ME THAT IF I WERE TO HIT A BUMP IT WOULD DISLODGE AND WOULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND HARM TO CAR. NOT GOOD NEWS FOR A MOTHER. HE IS REPLACING THIS PART. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323430April 2, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I STARTED THE ENGINE, PUT IT IN DRIVE, AND MY DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT INDICATOR BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DAYTIME RUNNNING LIGHTS ARE NOT ON.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323458April 2, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT AWD - NEW ENGINE NEEDED AT 93,000 MILES. THIS CAR HAD ALL SUGGESTED SERVICE AND OIL CHANGES. UPDATED IVOQ. 07/13/10.*JB
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10323559April 2, 2010
STEERING, EQUIPMENT
I HAVE THE 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WHICH BEEN A LEMON SINCE NEW. AMONG THE MANY BREAKDOWNS OVER THE THREE YEARS THE DRIVER SIDE POWER LOCK DOES NOT WORK AND THE MOST GLARING IS THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR. MY WIFE WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE AND THE BATTERY FAILED. THE BATTERY NEEDED A SUDDEN RECHARGE. WHY PAY ON A VEHICLE WITH CONSTANT BREAKDOWNS. THE REPAIRS ALONE ON THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR ARE OVER 700 DOLLARS TO ALSO GET THE STABILITRAK LIGHT OFF. THE RECALL OF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MOTOR ON THE CHEVROLET COBALT NEEDS TO EXTEND TO THE CHEVROLET EQUINOX AS WELL. NOW WITH NO MONEY TO FIX THE MOTOR, THE DRIVING HAS AND IS AN ADVENTURE WITH NO POWER STEERING. EVEN IF I COULD FIX THE VEHICLE MYSELF, THE PART IS VIRTUALLY UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322865March 30, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A LOW MILE 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I'VE DONE MY REASEARCH NOT TO FIND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 05-09 MODELS. CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THAT IS A EXREAMLY COSTLY REPAIR AND BY THE TIME IT HAPPENS MOST OF US ARE OUT OF OUT WARENTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322508March 27, 2010
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
THE CENTER CARRIER BEARING HAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE AXEL ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE REPAIR SHOP (TIRE CENTER) TOLD ME THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AND HAVE SEEN IT ON THIS MODEL MANY TIMES. A CHEVY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THERE IS A TON OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322401March 26, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I DISCOVERED A SMELL OF FUEL FROM MY VEHICLE. HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED ON 3/25/10 AND FOUND OUT THAT THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING. THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX LT. IT IS JUST BEYOND WARRANTY AND NO EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED. THE FUEL LEAK IS BENEATH THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT. THERE IS NO WEAR AND TEAR TO THIS AREA OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THIS AREA OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN A COLLISION. THE LEAK IS DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PART. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY INJURY OR FIRE YET. BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322391March 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HEATER IN MY WIFES EQUNAX JUST QUIT WORKING WHILE WAS DRIVING IT WINDSHIELD ICED OVER AND FOGED UP SHE HAD TO PULL OVER RITE AWAY TOBEFORE SHE WRECKED IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321311March 22, 2010
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STARTED HER VEHICLE AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE THEN TRIED TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT WAS LOCKED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE A FEW MONTHS LATER AND EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE WHEN SHE STARTED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE STEERING FAILED TO RESET AND FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD A CLICKING SOUND AND AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 MILES THE POWER STEERING BEGAN TO FUNCTION. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48000. UPDATED 05/10/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING HAS BEEN FIXED. THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A LOOSE GROUND WIRE. UPDATED 05/12/10. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321257March 21, 2010
VISIBILITY
2006 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 53K MILES. HEATER DOOR IS BROKEN. 8-9 HOURS OF LABOR PLUS PARTS. I LIVE IN WYOMING WITH -20 DEGREE MORNINGS DURING THE WINTER. MINE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 200 MILES WITH NO PLACE TO STOP TO GET WARM. IF WE HAD NOT HAD REALLY WARM CLOTHS AND BLANKETS TO BUNDLE IN WE WOULD HAVE FROZE. FROM A SAFETY STAND POINT- ALL THE COVERS MADE MOVEMENT DIFFICULT. IF THERE HAD BEEN AN EMERGENCY I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE QUICK ENOUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321131March 20, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VISIBILITY
BLEND DOOR ON 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX HAS BROKEN AND DOES NOT ALLOW HEATED AIR TO BE CIRCULATED THROUGH THE VENTS -- ONLY COLD AIR. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS CONDITION BUT REFUSES TO FIX THE ISSUE, REGARDLESS OF IT'S COUNTLESS DOCUMENTATIONS OF THE PROBLEM. WITHOUT HEAT BEING CIRCULATED THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IT CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS FOG AND HAZE WILL COVER THE INTERIOR OF THE WINDSHIELD AND ELIMINATE THE DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROAD. TO REPAIR THE DOOR THE ENTIRE DASH OF THE VEHICLE MUST BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE DOOR, TOTALING OVER $1,200 IN LABOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10321215March 20, 2010
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT INTO A MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD THE HEATER DOOR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THIS CAR HAS 31,000 MILES. THEN WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR HOME AND GOT CAUGHT IN A SNOW STORM. OUR VISIBILITY WAS EXTREMELY IMPAIRED AND WE ALMOST HIT 2 CARS. WE HAD TO PULL OVER EVERY 10 BLOCKS TO MANUALLY DEFROST THE WINDOWS AND CLEAR OFF THE FOG. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. NO HEATER/DEFROSTER IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD IN SNOWY CONDITIONS. REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT $1500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320655March 18, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE
BOUGHT MY 2006 EQUINOX LT AWD AND TWO MONTHS LATER I WAS OUT OF TOWN TOOK MY CAR TO THE CAR WASH AND CAME OUT OF IT AND MY CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. TRIED TO RESTART IT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED I TRIED TO DRIVE BUT COULD NOT GO ANY MORE THAN 20 MPH PARKED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO A NY DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS RUNNING LEAN CODES CAME UP GOT IT TO START AT THE END OF THE DAY AND I WAS ON MY WAY. BROUGHT IT BACK TO MY ORIGINAL DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. CHANGED A GAS PEDAL, FUEL PUMP. ABOUT 7 MONTHS LATER PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY CAR JUST STALLED BROUGHT IT IN COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER OUT OF TOWN IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION IN THE RAIN WITH A FULL CAR MY CAR DIED NO POWER PULLED OVER LUCKILY AND TURNED THE KEY AND IT STARTED UP AGAIN. AT ANOTHER POINT IN TIME I NOTICED THAT UNDER THE DASH BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WATER WAS COMING IN WHEN THERE WAS A HEAVY RAINFALL. I TOO REPORTED THIS AN NO ANSWER. I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH STARTING MY CAR I WOULD EITHER HAVE A HARD START OR IT WOULD STICK SO THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AT MY COST. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING TALKING TO THE MECHANICS THEY MAKE YOU THINK YOU ARE LOSING YOUR MIND BUT NOW READING THESE PROBLEMS I THINK I MIGHT HAVE DAMAGE TO MY COMPUTER. OH YEAH HERE IS ONE MORE PROBLEM I HAVE THE LIGHT ON MY HEAT KNOB IS OUT AND THEY TELL ME IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM I HAVE TO PURCHASE A WHOLE NEW COMPARTMENT THERE IS NO FUSE OR LIGHT THE WHOLE AREA NEEDS TO GET PULLED OUT AND REPLACED LABOR PLUS PART 600.00 NO THANKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320317March 16, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ROUGH IDLE DURING COLD START OF MY 2010 CHEVY EQUINOX 2.4L 4 CYLINDER ENGINE ENGINE IDLES ROUGH AND MISSES UNTIL IT WARMS UP WHEN IT GETS BELOW 40 DEGREES TOOK CAR TO DEALER AT 2,000 MILES IN NOVEMBER, THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND TO SPECIFICATIONS. SAID THEY WOULD KEEP A EYE OUT FOR SERVICE BULLETINS ON COLD STARTING, NEVER HEARD FROM THEM. CAR CONTINUE TO RUN ROUGH ON COLD START. FOUND ON MY OWN A GM SERVICE BULLETIN IN DEC. #P00010 ON COLD START REQUIRE CALIBRATION OF ENGINE. CALLED DEALER TOLD THEM WHERE TO FIND SERVICE BULLETIN THEY FOUND IT AND THEN TOOK THE CAR IN . SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTS EVEN AFTER TWO SERVICE VISITS. THE DEALER SAYS "THEY WILL KEEP THEIR EYE OUT FOR ANOTHER SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE COLD WEATHER STARTING" AS EVERYTHING IS UP TO SPECIFICATIONS ON THE CAR. THE CAR STILL RUNS ROUGH AND MISSES UNTIL IT WARMS UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319530March 14, 2010
STEERING
I OWN A 2010 EQUINOX AND WHEN DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT PATH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THE STEERING WHEEL BINDS UP/STICKS AND I HAVE TO TUG ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO FREE IT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE IT BUT AM FEARFUL OF A SUDDEN FAILURE AT HIGH SPEED WHILE CHANGING LANES, ETC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319531March 14, 2010
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I BOUGHT A 2010 CHEVY EQUINOX IN NOV 2009. WHENEVER A PASSENGER RIDES WITH ME USING A LAPTOP THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES "OFF" AND THE DASHBOARD COMPUTER DISPLAY SAYS "SERVICE PASSENGER AIRBAG." IT'S CONSISTENT AND VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE USING THE LAPTOP. WE DO A LOT OF LONG-DISTANT DRIVING AND LAPTOP USE IS A BUSINESS NECESSITY. THE CHEVY SAFETY FOLK SAID, "DON'T USE A LAPTOP" - A VERY UNSATISFACTORY RESPONSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319177March 12, 2010
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
HEATER BLEND DOOR IN 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX HAS BROKEN. SYSTEM ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR AND THUS A SAFETY HAZARD AS DEFROST WILL NOT KEEP WINDSHIELD CLEAR OF FOG AND POSSIBLE ICE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317059March 5, 2010
STEERING, EQUIPMENT
I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX, AND I LOST MY STEERING. I HAD TO FIX THE PROBLEM, I COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE CHEVY COBALT IS HAVING NOW. I CONTACTED GM FOR SOME ASSISTANCE, AND THEY DID NOTHING. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE CHEVY COBALT MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. LUCKILY FOR ME, I DID NOT HAVE A ACCIDENT, OR ANY OTHER ISSUES LISTED BELOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10317216March 5, 2010
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WERE I STRUCK TWO HORSES THAT RUN OUT INTO THE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF ME IN MY 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LSI. THE FIRST HORSE STRUCK MY PASSENGERSIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND THIS CAUSED ME TO SWERVE INTO ANOTHER HORSE ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY CAR WAS VERY SERIOUS AND MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED DURING THE CRASH. I KNOW THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE SET OF BY SPECIFIC SPEEDS AND DAMAGE BUT MY WHOLE FRONT OF MY 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LS WAS NEARLY REMOVED. I WAS WEARING MY SAFETY BELT AND IT OFFERED LITTLE HELP SINCE I WAS HIT TWICE FROM OPPOSITE SIDES. I WAS TOLD BY RESPONDING EMERGENCY CREW THAT THE AIRBAG MUST HAVE BEEN FAULTY SINCE IT DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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