2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

ENGINE IS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. PER MECHANIC THIS HAS AFFECTED TIMING CHAIN, VALVES, PISTONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL. I DO NOT RECALL RECEIVING A NOTICE OF THIS RECALL. MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS NO/VERY LITTLE OIL WHEN I TOOK TO HIM TO CHECK WHAT WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN RUFF AND SOUND RUFF. HE SAID PARTS WERE CAKED WITH OIL. MECHANIC SUGGESTED TO TAKE TO DEALER FOR RECALL KIT REPAIR.

WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR THIS MORNING AND NOTICE THE CAR SAID TO 'SERVICE POWER STEERING'. AFTER RESEARCHING THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2010 - 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX POWER STEERING AS THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES REPORTED OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

THE TIMING CHAIN JUMPED ON MY EQUINOX CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE VALVES ARE BENT AND IT NEEDS A NEW GASKET BECAUSE OF THIS. IT WILL COST $4500 TO REPAIR. $6700 FOR A NEW ENGINE. I OWE MONEY ON MY VEHICLE. THE TIMING CHAIN HAS JUMPED BEFORE, THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED IT IN 2015 (EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN CERTIFIED) AND WITHIN THE LAST MONTH AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONING, PREVENTING ME FROM STARTING THE VEHICLE. I AM NOT SURE IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD ISSUES. I AM PUTTING TODAY'S DATE AS THIS IS WHEN I RECEIVED THE NEWS OF THE COST OF REPAIR. I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN SHE QUIT WORKING ON ME. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THESE ENGINES. I WANT MY LOAN COVERED OR A REPAIR. I AM HEARING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS MODEL AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.

WE PURCHASED A 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX IN JANUARY 2020. WE TOOK IT FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE IN MAY 2020 (MIND YOU, DURING QUARANTINE FROM MARCH TO MAY WE RARELY DROVE IT) AND FOR A KNOCKING ENGINE NOISE, ONLY TO DISCOVER THE ENGINE WAS BURNING OIL. THIS IS APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT MENTION ANY OF THIS TO US. WE CHECKED FOR RECALLS BUT THIS ISSUE IS NOT LISTED AS A "RECALL". IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER AND WE ARE HAVING IT SERVICED AGAIN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. WE HAD THE TIMING CHAIN REPLACED IN MAY. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE AND IS LOW ON OIL WHEN WE HAD THE OIL CHANGED JUST FOUR WEEKS AGO. IT IS NOT DRAINING OIL, IT IS BURNING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE.

DRIVE SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT LATCHING IN PLACE, I AM NOT SECURE OR SAFE. SEAT BELT WILL NOT SAFELY LOCK IN PLACE. THIS HAPPENS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. PAPERWORK HAS BEEN SENT TWICE ON THE THE REPLACEMENT OF MY ENGINE. SECOND TIME WAS PAPERWORK WAS SENT REGISTERED MAIL WHICH DID SO REC'D IN EARLY AUG BUT I HAVE STILL NOT REC'D A SIGNATURE OF RECIPIENT.WHICH WAS REQUIRED.

IN GARAGE AND DRIVEWAY, NOTHING WHEN TURNING IGNITION SWITCH. AFTER WAITING A MINUTE, CAR STARTED. NOTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE OUT OF ORDER OR NOT IN CORRECT POSITION, SHIFT LEVER, BRAKES OR STEERING WHEEL. I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC. PURCHASED CAR USED IN DECEMBER 2019. THANKS

VEHICLE IS CONSUMING OIL WHICH I KNOW IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR CAR AND WILL CAUSE MY ENGINE TO GO OR CAUSE ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT IF NOT FIXED. AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THE CAR COMPANY SOLD ME THIS CAR KNOWING THIS PROBLEM. GETTING OIL CHANGES ONCE A MONTH.

ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING AND SUBSEQUENT METAL FRAGMENTS. CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NOTICE OF EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION FROM CHEVY NOR WAS IT INCLUDED IN RECENT CLASS ACTION SUIT. OIL CHANGES WERE PERFORMED AS REQUIRED. OWNER WAS NEVER INFORMED OF EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. LOW OIL WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. OWNER WAS STALLED ON BUSY ROAD WHILE HEADING TO REPAIR SHOP TO FIND OUT WHY THE CAR WAS CHUGGING. THIS STALL BECAME A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OWNER AND OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. COST OF REPAIR WAS $7793.44. CHEVROLET CORPORATION REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH COST.

THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, I SEE RECALLS FOR THIS DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO CHEVROLET AND EXPECTED SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AS THERE IS ONLY 68,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT THE RON WESTPHAL CHEVROLET A SALESMAN NAMED ROBERT ITHIER HAD SOLD US THE VEHICLE INTRODUCING US TO THE FORMER OWNER, WE LOOKED THE VEHICLE OVER AND HAD ONE OF OUR MECHANICS CHECK THE VEHICLE AND IT SEEMED FINE. NOW THAT CHEVROLET IS NOT HELPING FIX THIS PROBLEM WE FOUND OUT BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE CODES WERE CLEARED AND AN ENGINE LIGHT WAS RESET JUST BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I FEEL CHEATED, ROBBED AND CONNED FROM THIS DEALERSHIP, I AM STILL WAITING FOR REPAIRS TO BE PERFORMED

PASSENGER SEAT BELT SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON WHEN CAR IS STARTED AND STAYS REGARDLESS IF SOMEONE IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT.