2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MADE A LOUD POPPING NOISE AS IT SHATTERED; THE WINDOW WAS STILL INTACT DESPITE SHATTERING. THE DEALER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,200. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,300.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE DESTINATION LE 235/65/16 TIRES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE SWAYED OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE SIDEWALL EXHIBITED AN EXTREMELY LARGE BUBBLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN DUE TO A SAFETY HAZARD. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,769. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

1.I WAS DRIVING THE CAR HOME FROM THE AIRPORT. AS I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION WITH A STOP TRAFFIC SIGNAL, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, HOWEVER, THE CAR CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN. I KEPT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS FAR AS I COULD BUT THE CAR CONTINUED AT THE SAME SPEED. AS I ENTERED THE INTERSECTION I SWERVED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING ANY VEHICLES, HOWEVER, I SIDESWIPED A VEHICLE ON MY LEFT AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP WHEN I HIT A ROAD BARRIER ON THE RIGHT. 2. WHEN A WRECKER CAME TO HAUL MY CAR AWAY, THE BRAKES WORKED FOR HIM AS HE MANEUVERED IT TO THE BED OF HIS VEHICLE. THE WRECKER TOOK MY CAR TO MY HOME. WHEN HE PUT MY CAR ON THE GROUND. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT INTO MY GARAGE AND THE BRAKES WERE WORKING AT THAT TIME. 3. MY CAR IS PRESENTLY IN MY GARAGE AND I AM AWAITING THE INSURANCE APPRAISER PRIOR TO HAVING THE BRAKES INSPECTED AND MY CAR REPAIRED. *TR