2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

YESTERDAY WAS PRETTY SCARY MY CAR CUT OFF EVERY 5 MINS WHILE DRIVING I HAD NO CONTROL. I'VE GOTTA EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF FIXED..I WAS DRIVING DOWN GRATIOT & CONNER WHEN IT JUST STOPPED ON ME AT THE GREENLIGHT AS I WAS TURNING. NOW I AM REALLY SCARED TO GET BACK IN IT. I FEEL LIKE GM KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THESE ENGINE/MOTOR AND STILL WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THE OIL CONSUMPTION IS CRAZY Y'ALL WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY HURT. MY CAR JERKS THE WHOLE DRIVE REALLY BAD AT STOP LIGHTS AFTER A WHILE IT JUST TURNS OFF I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP FIXING HELP ME

HAVING TO CONTINUES PUT OIL IN THE VEHICLE HAVE HAD IT CHECK OUT. THEY SAID NO SIGNS OF A LEAK. DO NOT SMELL ANY OIL BURNING. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE SAME PROBLEMS.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A DEALERSHIP IN LEXINGTON KY 6K AND UNDER. I HAD TO CHANGE THE BREAKS AND I WAS UNABLE TO JACK THE CAR UP. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE AUTO SHOP THE FRAME AND ROCKER PANELS ARE RUSTED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS MADE IN CANADA AND I SEEN THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE FRAME IS WEAK. WHAT SHOULD I DO AND IS THE RECALL STILL VALID?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE ABNORMALLY WHILE COMING TO A STOP. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD RUN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AFTER THE IGNITION HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INITIALLY THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART RIGHT AWAY HOWEVER, AFTER THE LAST FAILURE, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE NEEDED FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DIAMOND AUTO SALES (255 EASTON RD, GLENSIDE, PA 19038, (215)887-2345) WHO REPLACED THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND THE CAM SHAFT SOLENOID ADJUSTER HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BRYNER CHEVROLET, INC. (1750 THE FAIRWAY, JENKINTOWN, PA 19046, (215)402-7267) WHO REPLACED THE WATER PUMP HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS THEN REFERRED TO NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER SENSOR CAME ON AND SHUT DOWN. IT WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE DUE TO LACK OF OIL DUE TO BENT PISTON RINGS AND THE OIL ESCAPING. ALL OF THAT WAS REPAIRED AND MAYBE 6 MONTHS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND IT WAS DECIDED THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE ENGINE BASED ON THE PREVIOUS OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. THE ENGINE WAS THEN REPLACED AS WELL AS THE ECM BOARD DUE TO OIL BEING ALL OVER IT COMPLETELY RUINING THE SENSORS. WE ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE EVAP SYSTEM DUE LACK OF OXYGEN AND THE CAR CONSTANTLY CHOCKING OUT WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE IDELING. WE FILED OUR CLAIM WHEN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CAME OUT AND OF COURSE WE'RE DENIED, JUST LIKE THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE DUE TO THERE BEING 'LACK OF PROOF' THAT IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF OIL. I WAS CONSTANTLY CHECKING MY OIL, GETTING IT CHANGED, ADDING THE RIGHT OIL WHEN IT WAS LOW AND BECAUSE I DID NOT DO THE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST THROUGH GM WE ARE OUT ALMOST 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A CAR THAT STILL HAD ISSUES DUE TO THE LACK OF OIL. THE FIRST TIME IT BROKE DOWN I HAD A POWER TRAIN WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE AND THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DUE TO A LACK OF OIL CHANGES AND BUILD UP OF DIRTY OIL, IT WAS PROVED THAT THE OIL ESCAPED THROUGH THE BENT PISTON RINGS AND BURNT OFF INSTEAD OF GOING BACK INTO THE ENGINE. THEY DID COVER THE TIMING CHAIN BUT ONCE THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WE NO LONGER HAD THE WARRANTY. I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT INVESTIGATION WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE SETTLEMENT TO GO THROUGH BUT REGARDLESS THESE VEHICLES ARE SO UNSAFE AND MONEY PITS AND ARE STILL BEING SOLD TO INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO. A RECALL ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE MADE.

I'VE BEEN TO PLENTY OF MECHANIC SHOPS AND THEY ALL HAVE SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT THE MOTOR AND THE ENGINE THAT'S IN THESE CARS THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT THE RIGHT ENGINES AND EVERYONE THAT HAVE THESE CARS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE GOTTEN EVERYTHING FIXED AND MY ENGINE IS GOING BAD. I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE IS A RECALL FOR MY ENGINE & OR MOTOR. FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GAVE BEEN ON THEN OUT THE BLUE MY STABILITRAK COMES ON NO ONE COULD FIGURE IT OUT I TOOK IT TO GM THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING BESIDES SPARK PLUGS, OIL CHANGE ,FUEL FLUSH & ENGINE TOP CLEANER NOW THEY SAYING AFTER THE SPARKPLUGS GOT DONE IT CLEARED THAT CODE BUT NOW MY ENGINE IS BAD. I GET OIL CHANGED EVERY MONTH. WHICH MEANS IT'S GETTING TO MUCH OIL.

2012 CHEVORLET EQUINOX WITH 2.4L ENGINE WITH 123,525 MILES HAS MANY SAFETY CONCERNS. AS A RESULT OF THIS SPECIFIC ENGINE, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF SAFETY. THIS VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, NEEDS FREQUENT OIL REFILLING (AT LEAST 1QUART/WEEKLY), AND EMITS THE SMELL OF FUMES AND LINGERS WHEN VEHICLE IS ON. I AM NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE CAR ON STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT OR SIMPLY WHILE IN PARK WITHOUT THE OVERWHELMING SMELL OF FUMES. THIS VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON TWO OCCASIONS: FIRST, IT SHUT OFF HALFWAY UP A RAMP LEADING OFF FROM THE HIGHWAY AND SECOND, DURING A RED LIGHT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. THERE WERE VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND AT BOTH TIMES. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, NOR DO I THINK IT IS SAFE TO HAVE OTHERS IN THE CAR.

MY CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF. IT STUTTERS, STALLS, JERKS, THEN DIES. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WE HAVE REPLACED THE O2 SENSORS 3 TIMES, MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, EXHAUST MANIFOLD, INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES TWICE, ALTERNATOR, BATTERY TWICE, SPARK PLUG PACKS TWICE, THROTTLE BODY, AND CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. MY CAR STILL STUTTERS, STALLS, ROUGH IDLES, JUMPS WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS, AND RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACCELLERATE AS WELL. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. MY CAR SAYS IT IS 40% OIL, IT IS NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE FOR ANOTHER 1000 MILES. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE I CHECKED THE OIL, VIA THE DIPSTICK, AND MY CAR WAS BONE DRY! I NEVER RECEIVED A LOW OIL WARNING. I AM ASSUMING THIS IS WHY MY CAR HAS BEGUN ACTING CRAZY IN THE LAST YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP NEVER INFORMED ME OF ANY OIL ISSUES SO I HAVE HAD TO CONTACT GM DIRECTLY, BECAUSE NOW MY CAR IS AT 126,000 MILES!!!

I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY RURAL ROUTE WHEN I CAME TO A STOP , WENT TO TAKE OFF THE CAR HAD NO POWER. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE 1 MONTH, AND THE CODE SAYS IT IT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE . LUCKILY WE WERE NOT HIT AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS IT KICKS IN AND HAS POWER , NOT VERY SAFE AT ALL .

I BOUGHT A NEW 2012 EQUINOX IN 2012 ([XXX]) LAST WEEK THE ENGINE FAILED. LOW OIL WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON! DO I HAVE ANY OPTIONS? DO DON'T SEE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS? I BOUGHT A NEW 2012 EQUINOX IN 2012 ([XXX]) LAST WEEK THE ENGINE FAILED. LOW OIL WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON! DO I HAVE ANY OPTIONS ? DO DON'T SEE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS? [XXX] [XXX] I BOUGHT A NEW 2012 EQUINOX IN 2012 ([XXX]) LAST WEEK THE ENGINE FAILED. LOW OIL WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON! DO I HAVE ANY OPTIONS ? DO DON'T SEE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS? [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR