2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A MAIN ROUTE IN MODERATE RAIN TURNED THE WIPERS ON. THE DRIVER WIPER WENT UP STRONG ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER WENT OVER INTO THE DRIVERSIDE AND THE WIPER FROZE SO ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER WORKED TO COVER 85% OF THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING.

WHEN IN-MOTION AT MY POWER STEERING FAILS, THE WHEEL SEEMS TO GRAB AND MY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS MOMENTARILY NOT IN MY CONTROL. IT HAPPENS ON STRAIGHT AWAYS AND MOST OFTEN IN SLOW SPEED TURNS. MY CONCERNS ARE THE INCIDENTS THAT MIGHT HAPPENS IN BUSY TRAFFIC AND ON WET & ICED ROADWAYS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST 1000PLUS MILES AND MY SERVICE POWER STEERING NOTICE HAS FLASHED AT LEAST 2 TIMES. I AM SCHEDULED FOR SERVICE TODAY.

CAR HAD 90,000 MILES WHEN BOUGHT AND WITH IN TWO WEEKS IT BURNED 4 QRTS OF OIL HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR A MONTH NOW JUST DID A OIL CHANGE A WEEK AGO AND IT'S DOWN 1.5 QRTS AND ONLY DROVE 700 MILES ON THIS OIL CHANGE

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON,CHECKED IT OUT IT SAYS EVAP SYSTEM CODE,IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM OR IS IT A RECALL I ERASED CODE AND REPLACE GAS CAP,STILL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON

THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL AND CONSUMING OIL WITH 4 QUARTS OVER 2,000 MILES. THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT IS ALSO NOT ILLUMINATING SHOWING THAT THE ENGINE IS LOW ON OIL. WHEN THIS OCCURS IT ALSO CAUSES THE CAR TO JUMP FORWARD WHILE STOPPED AND THE BRAKE ENGAGED.

2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 54,000 MI ON IT SUDDENLY BEGINS TO STALL ON RESTARTS. STALLS AT STOP LIGHTS AND WHEN CAR IS MOVING SLOWLY. VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR A FEW MONTHS AND I'M DEVASTATED. MECHANIC CHECKED AND NO CODES SHOWING, NO OTHER PROBLEMS EXCEPT THE STALLING. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE IT SHOWS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE CHEVY EQUINOX. YET THERE IS NO RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHY?

I WAS OUT AND ABOUT DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO DESTINATION, TURNED OFF AS I DO BEFORE GOING IN TO ANY PLACE. I CAN OUT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL AND MESSING WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER IT STARTED. ACTED AS IF THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. IT STANDED ME FOR ABOUT 45 MINS. NOW THE CAR ACTS AS IF IT DOESN'T WANT TO START AND WHILE DRIVING IF I TURN TO THE RIGHT THE RADIO GOES OUT AND POWER STEERING CUTS OUT THEN ONCE OUT OF THE TURN IT WORKS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHILE TURNING, NOW IN EITHER DIRECTION THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER NEWBERRY MOTORS INC LOCATED AT 1227 NEWBERRY AVE, NEWBERRY, MI 49868, (906) 293-5104, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000.

IT HAS BEEN BURNING OIL SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. IT ALSO SHAKES REAL BAD WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. I HAVE BOUGHT NEW ROTORS AND PADS AND IT STILL SHAKES NO MATTER THE SPEED I'M GOING.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION STARTING AT BETWEEN 30-40K MILES. SOMETIME IN ABOUT 2016 OR 2017. STARTED RECEIVING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOME EXCESSIVE OIL PROBLEMS BUT THAT THERE WAS STILL A PENDING CLASSACTION SUIT IN PROGRESS AND THAT I DIDN'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER ON 4/4/20 AND WAS TOLD THAT AN EXTENDED "SPECIAL COVERAGE" WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON 9/20/2019. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE BEEN ADDING UP TO 5 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AT 3,500 MILES. WAS TOLD TO DO AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 TO VERIFY THAT 4.5 QTS OF OIL WERE ADDED OVER 2,955 MILES OF OPERATION. GM NOW REFUSES TO COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE "SPECIAL COVERAGE" TIMEFRAME THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT (120K MILES OR 9/20/2019, WHICHEVER IS FIRST) HAS APPARENTLY ENDED AND THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME THE EXTENDED COVERAGE ENDED. I'VE BEEN RECEIVING LITIGATION INFORMATION ABOUT A SUIT AND CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES INTO EARLY 2020, BUT NOTHING ABOUT HOW TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED IF I HAVE NEVER PREVIOUSLY FILED ANY CLAIMS. I HAVE NOT KEPT RECEIPTS OF EVERY TIME I ADDED OIL, I JUST CHECK THE OIL PERIODICALLY WHEN REFILLING GAS AND ADD AS NECESSARY. I JUST WANT GM TO HONOR THE EXTENDED COVERAGE AND DO THE REPAIR ON THE PISTON ASSEMBLY. THE ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLED PISTON ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A NEWER PART TO APPARENTLY FIX THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE WHICH TELLS ME THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLED PARTS AND THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM BASED ON IMPROPER CARE OR LACK OF MAINTENANCE BY THE OWNER.