2012 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT Complaints

KEY STICKS IN IGNITION AND WILL NOT COME OUT WHEN IN PARK. AT TIMES CAR WILL NOT EVEN SHUT OFF. . KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION UNLESS YOU RESTART THE CAR. HAVE MOVED THE SHIFTER AND STEERING WHEEL AND PUSHED THE KEY IN AS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP. STILL NO

KEY STICKS IN IGNITION AND WILL NOT COME OUT WHEN IN PARK. AT TIMES CAR WILL NOT EVEN SHUT OFF. IGNITION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. LESS THAN 3,000 MILES AND IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION UNLESS YOU RESTART THE CAR. HAVE MOVED THE SHIFTER AND STEERING WHEEL AND PUSHED THE KEY IN AS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP. STILL NOT WORKING. ALSO, STABLITRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON PERIODICALLY WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP AND BUCK. DEALERSHIP ADVISED TO TURN OFF TRACTION CONTROL, BUT WHILE THE LIGHTS ARE ON AND THE CAR IS JERKING, YOU CANNOT DEACTIVATE. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS AN ENGINE MISFIRE PROBLEM BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT TAKING CAR APART TO FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUED TO ACTIVATE AND THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OFF WHEN THE BLINKER WAS ACTIVATED, WHICH DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SLOWED DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHILE IN MOTION OR AT STOPPED-WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNAL, CRUISE CONTROL, AND BRAKES THE ELECTRICAL PANEL (INCLUDING RADIO, DASH LIGHTS, AND SIGNALS TURN OFF FOR 3-5 SECONDS. AFTER TAKING THE CAPTIVA TO A CHEVROLET GARAGE, THEY SUSPECT THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLES ARE TO BLAME DUE TO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE TYPE. I HAVE NOT YET PROCEEDED WITH REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE APPROXIMATELY APRIL 2015.

ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AROUND 5:30 PM MY CHARGING SYSTEM SIGNAL CAME ON AND MY AC STOPPED WORKING. I FIGURED THE CHARGING SYSTEM SIGNAL WAS AN INDICATION THAT MY AC HAD BROKEN AND I RESOLVED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIR. TEN (10) MINUTES AFTER THE CHARGING SYSTEM SIGNAL CAME ON MULTIPLE SIGNAL LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD STARTED FLASHING AND IMMEDIATELY MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED DECELERATING. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING SEVENTY (70) MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I WAS ALSO IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WAS ABLE TO STEER MY CAR TO A RAMP WITHOUT BEING COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER CAR. AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY I NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLIDING WITH A CAR THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I SWERVED JUST BARELY AVOIDING ROLLING INTO A DITCH. MY CAR CAME TO A HALT ALONG THE SIDE OF AN OFF-RAMP WHERE MY IT SAT FOR NEARLY TWO (2) HOURS, JUST BARELY OUT OF THE REACH OF EXITING TRUCKS AND CARS, AS I WAITED FOR AAA. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A HENDRICK CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT MY ALTERNATOR WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FEE WAS NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND NINETY NINE CENTS ($914.99). I ASKED THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHY THIS HAPPENED AND IF I COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO PREVENT IT. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT A DEALERSHIP COULD HAVE DETECTED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS GOING BAD AND THAT FURTHER COMMENTED THAT HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD GONE BAD WHEN MY CAR AT ITS LOW MILEAGE.

FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT READING "OFF" WITH PASSENGER (130LBS+). HISTORY OF EVENTS THAT STILL HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM: OCT 3/14: WILLS CHEVROLET(GRIMSBY 37,255KM. VEHICLE BROUGHT IN, NO CODES FOUND. TOLD NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNLESS THEY SEE IT. OCT 16/14: LEGGET CHEV(BURLINGTON) 38,734KM. REPLACED FRONT PASSENGER SENSOR MODULE ***AS OF JUNE18 THIS PART HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED A SECOND TIME AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS*** DEC 8/14: LEGGET CHEV 42,541KM. REPLACED FRONT PASSENGER BELT BUCKLE APR 15/15: LEGGET CHEV. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR SAME ISSUE, TOLD I DO NOT WEIGH ENOUGH (130LBS) AND SHOULD MAYBE SIT IN THE BACK SEAT, OR I AM NOT SITTING IN SEAT CORRECTLY. MAY 11/15: LEGGET CHEV 53,055KM. SAME ISSUE WITH PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT HAPPEND WITH MY HUSBAND IN THE SEAT (200LBS). REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. CAR WAS HIT @ DEALER. JUNE 6/15: ISSUE PERSISTS *I AM PREGNANT AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE* .UPDATED 07-16-15 *BF UPDATED 10/25/2017*CN

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. IT STAYED ON FOR 8 MILES THEN SWITCHED OFF. I WAS DOING APPROX 68 MPH WHEN IT CAME ON, TURNED OFF WHEN I SLOWED DOWN AT 50 FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. HAD JUST PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALER THAT MORNING AFTER HAVING A REAR AXLE BOOT/SHAFT SOMETHING LIKE THAT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.

MY 2012 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT 2LS IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULTY. THE KEY IS NOT REMOVABLE FROM IGNITION TO TURN VEHICAL OFF, IT STOPS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION. SAFTY CONCERN IS THAT THE VEHICLE COULD POSSIBLY BECOME DISABLED NOT ALLOWING RESTART OF ENGINE OR INABILITY FOR THE KEY TO BE REMOVED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE SHIFTED FORM PARK INTO GEAR. IT WOULD ALSO DRAIN THE POWER FROM THE BATTERY NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE RESTARTED. DEALERSHIP IS STATING THAT THERE WAS TO MUCH WEIGHT ON THE KEY RING, ONLY THE FACTORY KEY FOB IS ON THE KEY RING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT. THE CONTACTS STATED THAT WHEN THE CONTACT RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES, THE WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE PARKING BRAKE, ABS, AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BOTH TIMES THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,862.

I HAD THE EXACT SAME ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AS THE PREVIOUS PERSON. TWICE NOW, WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD FLASH, THE RADIO WOULD GO DEAD AND ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS ON THE DASH WOULD COME ON. CAR MADE IT TO THE HOUSE. COULD NOT TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER ABOUT 15 / 20 MINS, THE CAR WOULD START AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER BOTH TIMES, BUT THEY LOOKED AT ME AS IF I WERE CRAZY. THEY KEPT CAR FOR A WEEK AT A TIME AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THEY WERE AS STUMPED AS ME. GOOD TO HEAR THAT MY CAR ISN'T THE ONLY ONE TO DO THIS. IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE THE LAST INCIDENT. HOPEFULLY IT HAS GONE AWAY. *TR