2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX ON ILLINOIS, I-90 AT 70 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. ENGINE COULD NOT ACCELERATE, STARTED SHAKING, THAN STALLED. PUTTING MYSELF & FAMILY AT RISK & IN DANGER. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT, HAD IT REBUILT. GM IS AWARE OF THEIR FAULTY ENGINES BUT CONTINUES TO SELL THESE CARS AND PUT FAMILIES AT RISK. THEY LOST A LAWSUIT BUT CONTINUE TO DENY CLAIMS & RESELL THE FAULTY VEHICLES. WAITED ALMOST A YEAR TO BE DENIED. THESE VEHICLES WITH THE FAULTY ENGINES NEED TO BE PULLED IMMEDIATELY & CONSUMERS NEED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF FIXING GM'S MISTAKES.

OIL CONSUMPTION HAD TO DO REPAIRS. TEAR DOWN AND REPLACEMENT OF PISTONS AND RINGS. MOTOR WAS KNOCKING AND SIEZING

ON DEC 9TH I TOOK MY CAR TO A CERTIFIED CHEVY DEALER TO HAVE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL DONE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME, THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND IT WAS DRIVING RUFF. I WAITED A WHILE TO SEE IF IT WOULD GET BETTER AND AFTER A DAY OR SO IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THEN IT STARTED, IT WOULD VIBRATE WHILE IDLE ON A STOP LIGHT, OR EVEN GETTING STUCK ON A STOP LIGHT. FIRST IT WAS JUST ONES WHILE OUT, NOE IT HAPPENS QUITE A FEW TIMES. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY ANALYZED THE PROBLEM IT SEEMED AND DID SOMETHING TO THE CAR, WHAT I DO NOT KNOW, BUT THE ATTENDANT TOLD ME IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS THE AIR INTAKE. IT DID NOT WORK. I HAVE THE FEELING SOMETHING HAPPENED WHILE WORKING ON THE CONVERTER?

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION EVERY SINCE I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. THE FIRST SIGNS OF TROUBLE STARTED WHEN THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IN BUSY TRAFFIC. SUPPOSEDLY THE DEALER FIXED THE ISSUE, NOT SURE IF THAT WAS TRUE BECAUSE IT CONTINUED AS TIME WENT ON. SECONDLY I HAVE HAD SO MANY OIL CHANGES SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE AND THERE IS RECORD OF IT: 3/2019,05/2019,07/2019,(JOHNNY LONDOFF CHEVROLET UP UNTIL 05/2020),05/2020,10/2020,11/2020,02/2021... AND COUNTING. THE VEHICLE HAS A VERY HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AND IS BRINGING ABOUT MORE ISSUES WITHIN THE VEHICLE. LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST THE SENSORS AND OTHER THINGS ARE BEING DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS. AT THIS CURRENT TIME I AM HAVING "REDUCED ENERGY" ISSUES AND I JUST RECEIVED OIL CHANGE AND I'M BEING TOLD I NEEDED TO ADD OIL, BUT HOW WHEN I JUST GOT A OIL CHANGE. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE DEALER WHOM SOLD ME THE VEHICLE, RECALLS DEPT, ETC AND I'M NOT BEING PROVIDED WITH ASSISTANCE. PLEASE ASSIST WITH THIS ONGOING MATTER. I HAVE RECORDS.

THE DRIVER WINDSHIELD WIPER CAME OFF AND MOTOR BROKE BY JUST TURNING THEM ON. THE DRIVER WIPER STOPPED WORKING AND THE PASSENGER ONE IS THE ONLY ONE WORKING.

ON FEBRUARY 9TH 2021 AT 5:00PM WHEN IT WAS 6 DEGREES WITH SNOW COVERED ROAD OUTSIDE, I WAS DRIVING TO A APPOINTMENT ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO ACT UP. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR BELLS WHEN OFF. I PULLED INTO A QUICK TRIP AND PUT SOME HEAT IN THINKING TO WAS A GAS LINE FREEZE UP. I WENT A SHORT 1.5 MILES TO MY APPT AND MY CAR DIED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICE A LOT OF OIL COMING FROM MY CAR. AGAIN STILL NO WARNING LIGHTS OR BELLS WENT OFF. I TOWED IT TO HENDRICK CHEVROLET WHERE ALL THE OIL CHANGES AND ALL PREVIOUS WORK HAVE BEEN DONE. THE PROBLEM IS A REAR MAIN SEAL THAT IS BLOWN DUE TO THE PCV VALUE GETTING CLOGGED WITH WATER AND FREEZING CAUSING HIGH CRACK CASE PRESSURE, BLOWING THE REAR SEAL. GM HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 WHICH COVERS THIS CONDITION IF THE CAR IS UNDER 120000 MILES/10 YEARS FROM IN SERVICE DATE. MY CAR HAS 110501MILES AND THE END SERVICE DATE 6/2012 AND SHOULD BE COVERED. HOWEVER GM SAYS MY VIN # ISN'T PART UP THE 14882 BULLETIN. MY REPAIR COST IS $3200.00 IT SEEMS THE CARS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO ARE PART OF THIS BULLETIN BUT THE CARS MANUFACTURED IN CANADA ARE NOT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE FACING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE. THIS CONDITION ONLY WILL OCCURS DURING BELOW FREEZING CONDITIONS POTENTIALLY MAKING IT A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. IN MY CASE IF I WAS DRIVING ON I-435 INSTEAD OF HOLMES ROAD MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN DANGER. THIS SHOULD BE A VERY EASY FIX FOR GM IT MAKE TO IN SURE THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS DURING FREEZING CONDITIONS AND TO PREVENT THE VERY EXPENSIVE COST FOR THE CONSUMER TO BARE. IN MY CASE I'M PICKING UP MY CAR, STOWING IT AND FINDING A LAWYER.

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY I EXPERIENCED MY VEHICLE LOSING ENGINE POWER. THE INDICATOR SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH OIL PRESSURE. I HAVE SINCE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE HAS BLOWN. I RECENTLY HAD A PARTS RECALL AND TOOK IT IN,WITHIN A DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW AND WAS TREATED WITH CONFRONTATION. NOW I HAVE NO CAR AND STILL PAYING ON THE LOAN.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FOR THE FRONT QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. IT WAS SNOWING AND AFTER CLEANING THE CAR AND WINDSHIELD, I WENT TO USE THE WIPERS TO FINISH CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME. I WENT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO CHECK AND DISCOVERED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER SIDE WAS STATIONARY IN ITS HOME RESTING LOCATION, THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS ABLE TO FREELY MOVE BY HAND, WITH NO RESISTANCE

WHENEVER I STOP AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN MY CAR STARTS TO VIOLENTLY ROCK BACK AND FORTH. NOT SIDE TO SIDE. THERE'S NO MOVEMENT IN THE CAR BUT YOU CAN VISIBLY SEE THE JERKING OF THE CAR. IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. LOTS OF PLACES CANNOT GET THE VEHICLE TO MIMIC THIS SO THEREFORE THEY CANNOT FIX THE ISSUE AND INSIST I'M CRAZY. OR THAT I'VE COME TO A STOP TO QUICKLY. WHICH I HAVE NOT. I HAVE EVEN WENT THE EXTRA MILE OF SLOWING DOWN WAY AHEAD OF TIME WHICH ALSO CAUSES THE ISSUE OF SAFETY. I HAVE MY TWO YEAR OLD WITH ME CONSTANTLY AND SHE JERKS AROUND IN HER CAR SEAT AT ALMOST EVERY STOP LIGHT:( I'M STARTING TO REGRET PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE.

I HAVE NOTICED MY CAR DOES NOT SIGNAL TO ME WHEN I'M GETTING TO CLOSE TO SOMETHING IN MY BACKUP CAMERA. IN OTHER WORDS I BACKED INTO SOMEONE'S GARBAGE BIN WHILE REVERSING. I WAS GOING VERY SLOW. THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR ME AS I DON'T FEEL THE CAMERA IS VERY ACCURATE. I WAS WATCHING THE CAMERA AND LISTENING FOR A BEEP WITH NO MUSIC OR AIR GOING BECAUSE I HAD NOTICED I HADN'T HEARD THE THING BEEP BEFORE. I WAS ONLY IN THE DRIVEWAY BUT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ISSUE IF I WAS PARALLEL PARKING ON A SIDE STREET IN TOWN.