Chevrolet Equinox Complaints (2006)

695 consumer complaints on file.

#10336471June 15, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND FELT AN EXTREME PULSATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AFTER 20,000 MILES AND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE ONCE AGAIN RESURFACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED A THIRD TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP; THE DEALER WANTED TO RESURFACE THE FRONT ROTORS AGAIN. THE CONTACT REFUSED AS THE RESURFACED ROTORS ONLY FUNCTIONED PROPERLY FOR ABOUT 20,000 MILES BEFORE THEY FAILED AGAIN. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 66,000. UPDATED 7/26/10 *CN UPDATED 07/29/10*JB
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#10334699June 5, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2006 CHEVY EQUINOX WOULD NOT START YESTERDAY MORNING. PUT A BRAND NEW BATTERY IN IT, IT STARTED THEN WHEN I GOT TO THE STORE AND CAME OUT TRIED TO START IT, IT WOULD NOT START! FINALLY GOT IT TO START AFTER I LIFTED THE HOOD AND BANGED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. DROVE IT TO DEALERSHIP AND PARKED IT, WAS TOLD TO DRIVE TRUCK AROUND TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND GUESS WHAT? IT WOULD NOT START. THEY CHARGED $230 TO "FIX" IT. WAS SUPPOSEDLY POOR TERMINAL FIT AT STARTER SOLENOID CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEAT AT STARTER RELAY. GOT MY TRUCK HOME, DECIDED TO GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND TRUCK WOULD NOT START AGAIN! :( *TR
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#10331794May 22, 2010
VISIBILITY
2006 CHEVY EQUINOX - THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE HEATER ACTUATOR OCCURRING ON MANY VEHICLES. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE PROBLEM UNTIL SEARCHING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB AND TALKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THE FAILURE OF THE HEATER ACTUATOR CAUSED ONLY COLD AIR TO BLOW. THIS PREVENTS WARM AIR FROM BEING DIRECTED TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO PREVENT BUILDUP OF FROST. DEPENDING ON WEATHER FRONTS PASSING THROUGH AND TIME OF DAY, THIS IS BECOMING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME. ONE WOULD ASK: WHY NOT GET IT FIXED? I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALER AND THE RELATIVELY CHEAP REPLACEMENT PART REQUIRES $1200.00+ TO HAVE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD REMOVED. IT IS NOT PRACTICAL IN MOST CASES TO PAY THIS AMOUNT FOR A SIMPLE PART REPAIR, AND IN MOST CASED TO COMPLEX FOR A DO-IT-YOURSELF MECHANIC. HUNDREDS OF CAR PART FAILURES ARE OCCURRING, AS APPARENT FROM COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB. A FATAL ACCIDENT IS BOUND TO HAPPEN IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. THERE ARE SOME REPORTS THAT GM AS RECOGNIZED THE POORLY DESIGNED PART AND THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS SO THEY ARE QUIETLY TRYING TO DESIGN A NEW PART. THIS HAS GOT REQUIRE A RECALL. *TR
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#10331414May 20, 2010
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
WHILE DRIVING MY DAD'S 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, IT SUDDENLY STARTED VIBRATING RATHER BADLY AT ABOUT 45-50 MPH. I CHECKED THE VEHICLE OUT, AND FOUND THAT THE CARRIER BEARING HAD RUSTED APART, AND BASICALLY WAS DOING NOTHING. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 23,750 MILES ON IT, BUT IS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO AGE. TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST $500. I HAVE READ DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM FROM CONSUMERS THAT FEEL THE SAME AS I DO. GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM CONCERNING THIS AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY PUT A DEFECTIVE POORLY MADE PART ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. A FAILURE OF THIS BEARING AT 70 MPH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE {SEPARATION}, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT GM CAN BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE IN THIS INSTANCE, BECAUSE THEY ARE RIPPING THE PUBLIC OFF WITH THEIR INFERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. *TR
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#10331422May 20, 2010
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THE INTERNAL HEAT WOULD ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,200.
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#10331026May 18, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
2006 EQUINOX WITH LESS THAN 55000 MILES NEEDS A NEW HEAD GASKET. YESTERDAY WAS THE 4TH TRIP TO THE DEALER TO FIND THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR OVERHEATING. THIS MORNING I WAS TOLD IT'S A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I DID A SMALL AMOUNT OF INTERNET RESEARCH ONLY TO FIND THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. I LOVE MY CAR BUT AM SO PISSED OVER THE RUN-AROUND I'VE BEEN GETTING FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED ON ALL VEHICLES AFFECTED. IF I DIDN'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING BOSS, AN ISSUE SUCH AS THIS COULD HAVE COST ME MY JOB AS I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WORK AND THE DEALERSHIP AND NOW I'M WITHOUT MY VEHICLE UNTIL IT'S REPAIRED. THANK GOD I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN IT WAS OFFERED. *TR
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#10329028May 5, 2010
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I TOOK MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX IN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO LOOK MY VEHICLE OVER UP AN DOWN TO FIX ANYTHING THAT WAS POTENTIALLY WRONG WITH IT BEFORE MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80,000 MILES TO WHICH THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG! 3,000 MILES LATER MY OIL CHANGING GUYS WHOM I TRUST AND ALWAYS USE POINTED OUT THAT MY CARRIER BEARING IS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED AND ADVISED THE VEHICLE IS 100% UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS IS POTENTIALLY A FATAL PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF THE DRIVE TRAIN FALLS OUT MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T LET HIS DOG RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND FRUSTRATED THAT GM WOULD ALLOW THESE UNSAFE PROBLEMS TO OCCUR ON THEIR VEHICLES(SHAME ON YOU GM). *TR
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#10328012April 29, 2010
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
I HAVE A CHEVY EQUINOX 2006 IN WHICH THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR HAS BROKEN. APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY 2006 MODELS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. A CAR IN MAINE IN WINTER WITHOUT HEAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
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#10328103April 29, 2010
VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE
2006 CHEVY EQUINOX MANY OF THEM INCLUDING MINE HAVE NO HEAT THE DOOR BREAKS AND THE WHOLE DASH MUST COME OFF TO FIX. I CHECKED ONLINE AND MANY MANY OF THIS YEAR HAS OR HAD THIS PROBLEM. VERY COSTLY TO FIX. SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO THIS NEW OF A CAR. WHY NO RECALL OF THIS WITH SO MANY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM? WHERE TO GO? NO HEAT NO DEFROST. *TR
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#10328111April 29, 2010
VISIBILITY
2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. NO HEAT AS THE HVAC TEMPERATURE DOOR IS BROKEN. PART IS 79.00 CAD BUT DEALER NEEDS 8 - 10 HOURS TO REPLACE PART. MUST REMOVE DASH BOARD. CAR HAS 102,000 KMS. PART LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BREAK AND IF IT DOES, SHOULD BE EASIER TO REPLACE. *TR
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#10326967April 22, 2010
VISIBILITY
THERE IS A FAILURE IN THE HEATING BLEND DOOR WHICH CAUSES THE DEFROSTING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY & OBSTRUCTED VIEW WHEN CONDENSATION COLLECTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD ALSO THE ILLUMINATED LIGHT ON THE CONTROL KNOB HAVE BURNT OUT CAUSING FURTHER INATTENTIVENESS WHILE DRIVING, IF LOOKING TO CHANGE THE SETTING. *TR
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0
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#10326795April 21, 2010
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER IN THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN BLEND DOOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO RETURN HER CALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 37,000.
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#10324997April 12, 2010
TIRES
THERE WAS NOTHING LEADING UP TO THIS PROBLEM. I WENT OUTSIDE AND MY TIRE WAS FLAT. HAD IT TOWED TO GET IT FIXED AND 4.5 HOURS LATER THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I WATCHED IT AND NOTICED IT SEEMINGLY WAS LOSING AIR. THEN IT WENT FLAT AGAIN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER. STILL THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHY 5 HOURS LATER. NOTICED WHEN RAINING THAT WHEN THE TIRE WAS LEFT WHEN RAINING I COULD HEAR THE AIR COMING OUT OF THE TIRE. I BACKED THE CAR TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND SAW NOTHING AND IT STOPPED. IT LOSSES AIR WITHOUT REASON ALL THE TIME. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE EXCEPT REPLACING THE TIRE. WHICH I ASKED POHANKA TO THE LAST TIME AND THEY DECIDED TO CLEAN THE RIMS INSTEAD. I NOW HAVE TO CARRY A TIRE AIR PUMP WITH ME AT ALL TIMES. *TR
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#10324786April 9, 2010
VISIBILITY
I WAS DRIVING ON A COLD MORNING AND DISCOVERED THAT I COULD NOT OBTAIN ANY HEAT OR DEFROSTER ACTION IN MY VEHICLE. FROM SEARCHING ONLINE I DISCOVERED THIS IS A VIOLATION OF YOUR RULE WHICH MOTOR VEHICLES MUST HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. I FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2010 CHEVY EQUINOX AT THE PRESENT TIME. THE MODULE WHICH CONTROLS THE SAME PART WHICH FAILED IN MY VEHICLE HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE END RESULT FROM THE MODULE FAILURE IS THE SAME THING WHICH I EXPERIENCED, THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DOOR HAD BROKEN OFF WHERE IT IS DRIVEN BY THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. THE ENTIRE DASH HAD TO BE REMOVED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DOOR. I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $895 LABOR AND $55 FOR THE PART. AFTER CALLING GM AND THEY INVESTIGATED THEY OFFERED ME A DISCOUNT WHICH REDUCED THE PRICE TO$458.40 WHICH I PAID TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. ONCE THE PART BREAKS, THERE IS NO CHANCE OF DEFROSTER ACTION. THE CONSEQUENCES OF NO DEFROSTING ACTION IN WISCONSIN IN THE WINTER MEANS YOU CANNOT SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND NO WAY TO RECTIFY IT TEMPORARILY. IT CAN HAPPEN ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT SINCE ONCE THE CONTROL DOOR FAILS YOU HAVE NO DEFROST ACTION. I ASKED THE DEALER FOR THE PARTS WHICH WERE REPLACED AND HE TOLD ME THAT GM MIGHT ASK FOR THEM. AFTER 30 DAYS IF THEY DON'T WANT THEM I CAN HAVE THEM. *TR
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#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
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#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
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#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
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#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
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No
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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.
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#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
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Injuries:
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0

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