2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS BUILT WITH A PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM. WHENEVER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS OCCUPIED, AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS NOT OCCUPIED, AN ERROR IN THE SEAT SENSOR CALIBRATION CAUSES THE 'CHECK AIR BAG' LIGHT TO COME ON.

I HAVENT HAD THIS CAR 6 MONTHS WHEN THE STABITACK IS MESSSING UP NOT ON JUST MINE I'VE TALKED TO MANY WHO OWN THESES CARS SOME ARE 08 AND 09 AND 07 THATS A BIT MUCH WHY IS THERE SUCH A PROBLEM, MANY CANT COMPLAIN THEY DONT KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR HELP. I STUMBBLED ACROSS THIS SITE....THIS IS A BIG DEAL I'M PUTTING THIS SITE ON FACEBOOK SO PEOPLE CAN COMPLAIN. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMTHING THIS IS EXPENISIVE FOR FOLKS TO REPAIR WHEN THERE ON A FIXED INCOME.IVE AWAYS DROVE A FORD . THIS IS MAKING ME RECONSIDER MY DECISION.. AND I CANT KEEP A STARTER ON THIS CAR IVE HAD 3 PUT ON IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS... WHATS THE DEAL? THIS CAR AND OTHERS ARE A AREAL PAIN I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH MANY ON A LIST THAT HAS THIS CAR AND THE PROBLEMS AND WHAT DROP DOWN BOX??

I PURCHASED A 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN 2014. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. IT WOULD SOMETIMES GET SO I COULD NOT PULL IT OUT OF THE IGNITION AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I HAVE WAITED FOR A YEAR, BECAUSE I BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WOULD GET BETTER. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED, AND IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE. I HAVE EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT SETS OF KEYS TO SEE IF THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE, IT HAS NOT. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE VEHICLE IS PARKED ON A FLAT SERVICE OR ON AN INCLINE, THE KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE EVEN TAKEN ALL OTHER KEYS OFF THE KEY RING THINKING THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IT DID NOT. THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN GET THE KEY OUT IS BY SHAKING THE SHIFTER ON THE FLOOR AND WOBBLE THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. THAT DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK, SO SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE BACK ON AND OFF AGAIN TO GET IT TO COME OUT. I AM AFRAID THAT ONE OF THESE TIMES I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHICH WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO BREAK INTO IT AND STEAL IT FROM ME. I HAVE GONE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER AT MY OWN EXPENSE SINCE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL RECALL ON THE PART. *TR

I'M NOT SURE IF I HAD WRITTEN YOU ALREADY , ITS COMPLICATED, BUT HERE GOES. I BOUGHT A 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX IN AUGUST 9, 2014 . AUGUST 29, 2007 IS WHEN THE FIRST OF MANY PROBLEMS STARTED. THE STABILITY A LIGHT CAME ON,AT THE EXACT TIME THE LIGHTS CAME ON THE CAR WOULD SLOW WAY, WAY DOWN IT DIDN'T EVEN REGISTER ON HOW MANY MILES I WAS GOING THAT'S HOW SLOW THE CAR MOVED, THEN IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT DID START. THIS KEPT HAPPENING ABOUT 4 OR 5 TIMES, THEN ON DECEMBER 12, 20014 IT DID IT AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED, I HAD ALL OF MY 10 YEAR OLD CHRISTMAS GIFTS STILL IN THE CAR. THE GARAGE HAD MY CAR FROM DEC. 12 THRU TO MARCH 20, 2015, THEN IT WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER GARAGE, THE FIRST GARAGE COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. OK, THE SECOND GARAGE HAD IT, THEY CHARGED ME $160.00 I GOT THE CAR BACK ON APRIL 10, 2015 I DROVE IT FOR FOUR DAYS AND IT DID IT AGAIN, NOW THIS CAR HAS DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS BEFORE AND IT DID IT AGAIN ON APRIL 13 2015. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, THERE WAS THIS HUGE DUMP TRUCK HEADED RIGHT FOR ME, I WAS SCARED TO DEATH, I ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH ME THANK GOD THEY WEREN'T THIS TIME. WHEN MY CAR WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY THE STABILITRAC LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER THE FACT THEY DID COME ON. TWO MEN PUSHED ME OUT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR. THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE RADIATOR, BUT COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS NOT THE RADIATOR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AGAIN TO A DIFFERENT GARAGE, THEY LOOKED IT OVER VERY WELL AND CALLED ME TO TELL ME THERE'S A WIRE THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND IT BURNED. *TR

EVERYTHING SINGLE TIME THAT (XXX) LIGHT COMES ON AND SAYS STABILIZERTRAC,MY CAR SLOWS WAY DOWN THEN COMES TO A DEAD STOP.YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE CAR, YOU CANNOT GIVE IT GAS, YOU CANNOT PUT ON THE BRAKES, YOU CANNOT STEER IT. YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO IT. IT STOPS ON ITS OWN, IVE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, IF A SEMI OR A DUMP TRUCK WERE COMING. THAT'S PRETTY SCARY. I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS? WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? IVE ASKED SOME MECHANICS AND THEY HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I NEED SOME HELP ON THIS? ANYBODY? I'M VERY FRUSTRATED, I BOUGHT THAT (XXX) CAR IN OCTOBER OF 2014, ON DECEMBER 12,2014 IT BROKE DOWN, I JUST GOT MY CAR BACK ON APRIL 9, 2015, YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT. THIS (XXX) HAD MY CAR ALL THESE MONTHS, HE NEVER RETURNED ANY PHONE CALLS NOR WAS HE EVER AT THE GARAGE, THEN I FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF THERE TO ANO5HER PLACE,N THEY HAD IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I GET I5 BACK AND I DROVE IT FOR FOUR DAYS AND IT BREAKS DOWN AGAIN. *TRPARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THERE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WRONG WITH THE CHEVY EQUINOX, I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET BECAUSE OF WATER IN MY DASHBOARD. I WAS TOLD TO FILE A COMPLAINT, BECAUSE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO BY THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF YOU PURCHASED A EQUINOX BETWEEN 2006 AND 2009. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

ON OCTOBER 19, 2009, I PURCHASED A CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2007. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE I NOTICED CONDENSATION IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT HEADLIGHT LENS AND I WAS TOLD BY THE SALESMAN AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD "BURN OFF" IF I KEPT THE LIGHTS ON. SINCE THAT TIME BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEADLIGHTS HAVE DEVELOPED THE CONDENSATION ISSUE. THE CONDENSATION DOES NOT BURN OFF JUST KEEPS ACCUMULATING TO THE POINT WHERE THE HEADLIGHT BULB WOULD JUST BURN OUT. IN THE PAST SIX YEARS I HAVE REPLACED THE VARIOUS BULBS IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NINE TIMES AND THE BULB SOCKET ASSEMBLIES HAVE BEEN CORRODED AS A RESULT OF THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF MOISTURE. OFTEN TIMES I WOULD BE DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN THE BULBS WOULD GO OUT MAKING THIS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING COMPUTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR WITHOUT LETTING OFF THE GAS, VALVE BODY SOLENOID PROBLEM. REAR WIPER MOTOR BAD, IGNITION GETS STUCK ON WITH KEY IN, HAVE TO PUT GEAR SHIFTER IN AND OUT OF GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET KEY OUT. ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL OFF LIGHTS COMES ON AFTER JUST A FEW SECONDS OF VEHICLE BEING STARTED. ALTERNATOR WAS WHINING EXTREMELY LOUD, HAD TO REPLACE. HEATER BLEND DOOR BROKEN, CANNOT HAVE HOT AIR FOR WINTER OR COLD A/C IN SUMMER. SOUNDS LIKE WATER RUSHING THROUGH DASH BOARD WHEN CAR IS STARTED. VERY HEAVY ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE INSIDE CAR WHEN HEAT IS ON. *TR