2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

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  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - SILVER BAY, MN

    I HAVE HAD MY ENGINE REBUILT FROM DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM DUE TO OIL DISAPPEARING AND FOUND IT COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST! SENSE THE REPAIR I HAD TO GO BACK TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND ALSO DO A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. NOW I HAVE OIL COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST STILL AND AND WHEN I CHANGE MY OIL IT SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE! BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE EVER SENSE I HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR AND I GOT MY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS REPLACED AND IT STILL HAS SAME ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY SENSE I BEEN READING UP ON THESE CARS THERE SHOULD BE SOME RECALL WITH THE ENGINE 2.4 LITER WOULD MAKE LOTS OF OWNERS HAPPY!!!

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - CINCINNATTI, OH

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED OPERATING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. MIKE CASTRUCCI CHEVROLET (1099 LILA AVE, MILFORD, OH) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - CHULA VISTA, CA

    THE CAR STARTED GLITCHING AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE GOING ON AND OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE WIPERS AND TURN SIGNALS WERE FLASHING AS WELL. FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN AND I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR HAS SINCE BEEN PARKED AND IF I GO TO START IT AGAIN IT BEGINS WITH THE WIPERS ACTING OWN THEIR OWN AND IF IT DOES START THE MOTOR RUNS VERY ROUGH AND STALLS WITH NO WARNING. ALSO WHILE ALL THIS IS HAPPENING THE THROTTLE PEDAL HAS NO RESPONSE TO THE MOTOR.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - BROWNSBURG, IN

    DRIVING AT 40 MPH WITH WIPERS ON HIGH IN TRAFFIC..THE WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED MID WAY ACROSS WIND SHIELD. ..ALMOST WRECKED. PULLED OVER TO SIDE AND WAITED FOR STORM TO PASS..

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - SMYRNA, TN

    WHILE RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY IN A STORM THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FOR MY WIFE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, MY 9 YEAR OLD SON AND 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE IN THE CAR. THE 2013 EQUINOX HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING BUT IT SEEMS LIKE CHEVY IS WAITING FOR A CASUALTY BEFORE DOING THE RIGHT THING. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CASES OF THIS HAPPENING. HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/EQUINOX/2012/WINDOWS_WINDSHIELD/WIPER_STOPPED_WORKING.SHTML PLEASE DO SOMETHING.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - NEWPORT, OR

    WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS THE LIGHTS DIM AND THE RADIO WILL SHUT OFF AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH WILL BIM AND BLINK. WHEN I HAVE THE CRUZ CONTROL ON THE CAR WILL START PICKING UP SPEED, AND ONE POINT I FELT I WAS GOING A LITTLE TO FAST AND WHEN I LOOKED DOWN I WAS DOING 83 MPH AND I HAD THE CRUZE CONTROL SET TO 60 MPH. ANGEL THE DRIVER SEAT WILL MOVE DOWN ON ITS OWN WHILE I AM DRIVING. I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS RIGHT. I CALLED THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS MORE LIKELY A FUSE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. MY TRACKSTION CONTROL GOES OFF BY IT SELF ALSO.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - CHELMSFORD, MA

    MY WIPERS STARTED DOING INTERMITTENT OPERATING AND IT WAS RAINING AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - CHELMSFORD, MA

    I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY WIPERS FELL APART AND THE WIPER TRANSMISSION STOP WORK AND I HAD NO WIPERS AT ALL. I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED OF 60 MILES AN HOUR DURING A WINTER STORM. I HAD NO VISIBILITY AT ALL. I WAS ALMOST KILLED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER WHO WAS TRAILING ME FROM BEHIND.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - EL PASO, TX

    THE RIGHT HEAD LIGHT SIDE GOES ON AND OFF, THE STEREO TURNES OFF WHILE LISTENING TO IT AND THE SIGNAL LIGHTS DON'T WORK WHEN THE RADIO TURNS OFF ON ITS OWN ALSO THE REAR VIEW CAMERA TURNS OFF AT THE SAME TIME THE RADIO DOES. THE FRONT AND REAR WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. THE ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF AND THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR COMES ON AND OFF. ALSO ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
    - CHICAGO, IL

    AT LEAST EVERY 3 MONTHS TIRED PRESSURE IS OFF THEN A SENSOR THEN THE CAR STARTS TURNING OFF ON ME AND I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE