2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

I HAVE HAD ALL RECALLS DONE ON THIS CAR. HAVE HAD BASICALLY EVERYTHING BUT THE ENGINE REPLACED. IT RUNS LIKE IT IS A SEMI. STALLS AT STOP LIGHTS. HAS DIED TWICE WHILE DRIVING IT - AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN EVEN IN NEUTRAL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT COULD STALL OUT WHEN GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. I KEEP THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE - I STILL OWE ON MY CAR LOAN ON THIS CAR. IN ALL THE 40 PLUS YEARS I HAVE DRIVEN CARS, I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH TROUBLE WITH A VEHICLE. I CAN UNDERSTAND HAVING TO DO SOMETHING EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE - LIKE TRANSMISSION, ETC. I HAVE SPENT OVER $3000 ON DIFFERENT "FIXES" THAT HAVN'T FIXED IT. I AM USUALLY A CHEVROLET PERSON, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BUY A CHEVROLET AGAIN.

TAMARA RECALL THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I START MY VEHICLE AND STAYS ON FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND SCARES ME THAT IT MIGHT DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY. I FEEL AS IF MY LIFE IS IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THIS.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD @ 55 MPH IN THE POURING RAIN WITH THE WINDOW WIPERS WORKING, THE DRIVER'S WIPER MOVED PAST THE WINDSHIELD AND BECAME WEDGED AGAINST THE DRIVER'S WINDOW. WHILE DRIVING I OPENED THE DRIVER'S WINDOW AND PUSHED THE WIPER BACK ON TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE WIPERS WERE STATIONARY ON THE WINDSHIELD AND NO LONGER OPERATED. I DROVE 10 MILES IN THE POURING RAIN WITHOUT ANY WIPERS. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME, I COULD MOVE THE WIPERS BY HAND. I COULD HEAR A SCRAPING METAL SOUND.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION: HAVE HAD TO COMPLETELY REFILL 4QTS OF OIL EVERY 17-20 DAYS, NO OIL STAINS IN PARKING AREAS OR OIL BURNING SMELL WHEN DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. HOWEVER, WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY, BUT ONLY WHEN DRIVEN STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CONKLIN CHEVROLET NEWTON (LOCATED AT 1500 SE 3RD ST, NEWTON, KS 67114, (316) 842-4137) AND THE FAILURE WAS DUPLICATED. THE DEALER ORDERED A SOLENOID PACK AND REPLACED THE OLD ONE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO CONKLIN CARS BUICK GMC HUTCHINSON (LOCATED AT 1400 E 11TH AVE, HUTCHINSON, KS 37501, (620) 708-4102) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WAVE PLATE EXPLODED AND SENT METAL PIECES INSIDE THE METAL CASE, WHICH DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 9-5288717276. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,754.

AT ABOUT 88,000 MILES, WHILE STARTING FROM A STOP, AND ALSO WHILE CLIMBING A HILL, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP INTO A NEUTRAL POSITION INSTEAD OF A HIGHER OR LOWER GEAR. I HAD TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LET IT IDLE DOWN BEFORE IT WOULD GO INTO A GEAR.02

THE MOTOR HADE 80,000 MILE ON AND BLOW ALL THE OIL OUT JUST AS THE 2012 EQUINOX DID AND NOW I HAVE NO MOTOR.GONE DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 55MPH. ON HWY. 55 IN MONTROSE MN.

MAY 22ND 2019 IT WAS READING A LOT, AS I WAS DRIVING, MY DRIVER SIDE WIPER WENT UP AND STARTED THERE, AS THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTINUED WORKING. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I HEARD THE SNAPPING OF THE BAR. THANK GOD FOR RAINX. I ENDED UP ADJUSTING THE WIPER BLADE TO MAKE A "EURO" WIPER, THEN JUST REPLACED THE WIPER TRANSMISSION ALL TOGETHER.

I BOUGHT MY 2011 EQUINOX WITH 45K MILES, 1.5 YEARS AGO AND HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS. HAD TO CHANGE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, MUFFLER AND NOW I AM HAVING POWER ISSUES. THE CAR WILL STALL WHEN IDLING AND LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING. I HAD MY 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION I LOST ALL ACCELERATION. THANK GOD THERE WAS NOT A CAR COMING, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT FOR IT IS NORMALLY A BUSY INTERSECTION. I STILL OWE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE VEHICLE AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS OFTEN AND I WAS TOLD TO CHANGE THE CAM SHAFT, WHICH I DID TO NO AVAIL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE HOME SLOWLY IN THE INCLEMENT WEATHER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1000,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.