Chevrolet Equinox Complaints (2011)

782 consumer complaints on file.

#11364865October 17, 2020
ENGINE
IT BURNING SO MUCH ENGINE OIL AND RUNNING OUT FROM OIL FOR UNDER 900 MILES AND CAR IS UNDER 120000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11361452September 28, 2020
ENGINE
MY ENGINE WAS MAKING NOISE SO I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP. THEY SAID A BOLT BROKE BY THE TIMING CHAIN. THEN THEY SAID IT MESSED UP THE BLOCK AND THE ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED. I WOULD START UP MY CAR AND I HEAD A RATTLING NOISE LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. I WOULD HEAR THE VIBRATION NOISE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11360023September 19, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY EQUINOX LTZ 2011 KEEP SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT A WARNING WHEN I'M BACKING UP ON A RED LIGHT OR A STOP NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW BUT IT KEEP DOING IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353976September 9, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER BLADE WAS BENT OVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD INTO A GRASSY AREA AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THERE WAS NO CRASH REPORTED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VIN. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT SHE WOULD BE CALLED BACK IN TWO OR THREE DAYS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED AN UNKNOWN NHTSA INVESTIGATION ABOUT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 136,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11353893September 8, 2020
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUE, HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, CAR SHAKES, BALKING WHILE ON IDLE OR STOP ON RED LIGHT, HEAVY CHAIN ROLLING NOISE. SPENT MORE THAN $3K SO FAR BUT STILL COMES WITH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS EVERY NOW AND THEN. ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AND BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CODES SHOW UP WHILE CHECKING. CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. WIPER BLADES DON'T CLEAR PROPERLY. PROBLEM LIST CAN GO ON AND ON. CAR SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF AND IT HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES. ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED BY ITSELF AND COULDN'T GO MORE THAN 20 MILES/HOUR ON A HIGHWAY WITH FAMILY INSIDE THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350857August 24, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED HOWEVER, THE MILEAGE WAS EXCEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 164,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11348921August 12, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING HIGH DOWNPOUR. WIPERS REACHED THE END OF THE SEQUENCE AND STOPPED. HAD TO PULL OVER IN POURING RAIN AND HIGH TRAFFIC, CAUSING MAJOR CONCERN AND A MAJOR SAFETY EVENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11343645August 6, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WIPER LINKAGE FAILED IN HEAVY RAIN WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341161July 23, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING IN POURING DOWN RAIN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. HIGH SAFETY CONCERN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340595July 21, 2020
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING ON OUR CITIES BYPASS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. AFTER GETTING TO A PLACE THAT I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER, I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND LISTENED. THE CAR SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE. I THOUGHT MAY BE IT WAS BAD GAS BUT I WAS ON A HALF TANK AND HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH THE SAME GAS FOR ALMOST A WEEK WITH NO ISSUES. I TRIED TO DRIVE HOME AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND WENT TO PRESS THE GAS, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I COULD HEAR ACCELERATION, BUT THE CAR DID NOT BUDGE. I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED. I AM READING THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH MANY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX OWNERS. I HAVE A LITTLE UNDER 124,000 MILES. ITS TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE FOR IT NOT TO BE RECALLED BY GM. THIS IS NOT A INEXPENSIVE FIX AND IS NOT FAIR TO CONSUMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340035July 18, 2020
ENGINE
MY VEHICLE IS DYING WHEN STOPPING AND RUNNING ROUGH WHEN COLD STARTED. IT JERKS AND TURNS OFF AT A STOP, BUT TURNS ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER. IT USED TO OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN, NOW IT'S EVERY TIME I STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11338913July 12, 2020
ENGINE
I HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY PUT QUARTS OF OIL IN TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T RUN DRY. IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT ISSUE WITH MECHANICS I'VE TAKEN IT TO AT THE DEALERSHIP SAYING THEY'VE SEEN EVERY EQUINOX THEY WORKED ON HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINES BURNING THROUGH OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11337967July 7, 2020
ENGINE
MY EQUINOX SUFFERS FROM THE OIL CONSUMPTION DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO CONSUME OIL AT AN USUALLY HIGH RATE. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL FEATURES OF THE VEHICLES' ENGINES CONTRIBUTE TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION DEFECT, THE PRIMARY CAUSE IS FAULTY PISTON RINGS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THEIR WAS EVEN A LAWSUIT THAT WAS RECENTLY SETTLED. I HOWEVER DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FREE REPAIR BECAUSE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE LATER MAY 16, 2019. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE GM IS AWARE OF THE FAULTY ENGINEERING THAT WENT INTO THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11329789June 19, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, SEAT BELTS
I DROVE HOME AND PARKED MY CAR. WHEN TO STARTED MY CAR THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND PUT IT IN DRIVE. MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ONLY BACKWARDS. I HAD KNOW IDEA THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS GOING. I WENT TO THE CHEVY DEALER MANY TIMES EARLIER FOR OIL CONSUMPTION AND MY THE SOUND OF MY TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID THAT THE JUST SOUND OF THE CAR. IF THEY HAD BEEN HONEST AND TOLD ME THE TRUTH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MY TRANSMISSION FIXED MANY YEARS EARLIER. THANKFULLY MY OIL CONSUMPTION WAS FIXED ONLY BECAUSE I CALLED CORPORATE AND PUSHED THE ISSUE. I BELIEVED THE DEALER WHEN HE TOLD ME ALL THE EQUINOX SOUND LIKE THAT. NOW I HAVE TO PAY OVER $3000.00 FOR THAT LIE. MY CAR IS BEING FIXED BY HOBBY'S TRANSMISSION IN HICKSVILLE, NY AS WE SPEAK. MY CAR IS A LEMON. CORPORATE TOLD ME THAT MY CARE WAS IN THE BATCH OF CARS THAT HAVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I WILL BE CALLING THEM ABOUT MY TRANSMISSION ON MONDAY, 6/22/20. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11328141June 10, 2020
STEERING
POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING . IT DID IT TO MY WIFE ON 6/8/20 IN THE RAIN .IT DID IT TO ME 6/9/20. IT WAS DRY. IT HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES TO ME . IT DOES NOT STALL NO LIGHTS OR ANYTHING IT JUST STOP WORKING .ALWAYS WHEN TURN RIGHT . MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. IM NOT SURE MY WIFE WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT, *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11325117May 19, 2020
AIR BAGS
CHEVY EQUINOX WAS TRAVELING IN THE SLOW LANE ON HIGHWAY. SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ERRONEOUSLY, NO CONTACT TO THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11324351May 13, 2020
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SUSPENSION
IT KEEPS CUTTING OFF AND THE OIL KEEPS GOING EMPTY SOME SAY RECALL 11195A MITE BE THE PROBLEM BUT I DON'T KNOW JUS GOT THE CAR AND WHEN I START IT UP THE PEDDLE GETS STUCK AND STARTS RITE BACK UP IN MOTION AND SOON AS YOU BACK UP AND SOON AS YOU TURN OUT IT CUTS OFF ON THE HIGH WAY AND ON CITY STREET AND TURNING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
2
#11324185May 11, 2020
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 109,000 MILES AND SUDDENLY, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. I FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IN REVERSE ONLY, SO I MOVED IT TO A SAFE LOCATION. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED INTO THE DEALER (OUT OF WARRANTY) AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SINCE IT WAS A CLOSED SYSTEM THAT THERE WERE A FEW OPTIONS. IN THE END, I WENT TO REPLACE WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION AND HAVE THE WARRANTIES...THE COST WAS ABOUT $2000 FOR MINIMAL WARRANTIES OR OVER $5000 FOR FULL WARRANTY. I FELT THAT WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW WITH 5 MILES ON IT THAT IT WOULD LAST LONGER THAN IT DID. I REALLY HAVE HAD NO UNHANDLED PROBLEMS WITH THE DEALER OR GM IN GENERAL, BUT FEEL THAT TO HAVE NO WARNING, LIGHTS, FLUID CONCERNS OR ANYTHING OCCUR TO GIVE ME WARNING THAT THIS IS HOGWASH...I HAVE KEPT UP MY MAINTENANCE, OIL AND FLUID PER GUIDELINES AND AS STATED...DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY WARNING! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323931May 8, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN ON A HIGHWAY MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SIMPLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN THE UP POSITION CAUSING AN INABILITY TO SEE WHERE I WAS GOING. THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO TURN THEM BACK ON. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE I HAD TO DO MY BEST TO SAFELY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. MY HAZARD LIGHTS ALSO FAILED TO WORK MAKING THE SITUATION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. BOTH WIPERS AND HAZARDS WHERE PREVIOUSLY WORKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11323040May 2, 2020
ENGINE, SUSPENSION
OIL CONSUMPTION HIGH, METAL PARTICLES IN OIL, CV AXEL JOINT BAD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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