2017 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. COUNTLESS TIMES I'VE HAD OIL LEAKING, INCREASED OIL CONSUMPTION, AND FREQUENT OIL CHANGES. THIS PAST TIME HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE, AND WHEN GETTING TO WORK THIS MORNING I NOTED SOUNDS COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND CHECKED THE OIL TO FIND NO OIL LEFT. ONE MONTH, AND IT CONSUMED 5 QUARTS OF OIL. WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE HITCH, AS WELL AS WHEN ACCELERATING UP A HILL, ALONG WITH A SLIGHT KNOCK IN THE ENGINE WHEN OIL RUNS OUT.

HAD A ROUGH IDLE WAS DRIVING FINE. DRIVING HOME FROM REGULAR STREETS TO THENHIGHWAY AND ON THEBHIGHWAY THE ON BOARD COMPUTER SAID STABILITRAC NEEDS SERVICE SOON, ENGINE PEFERFORMANCE REDUCED. TRIED TO GET TO AN OFF RAMP THERE WAS A POP UNDER THE HOOD WHITE SMOKE OUT THE BACK AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALER THEY HAVE INFORMED ME IT WAS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.

BATTERY WAS DRAINING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR. REPLACED IT AND HAPPENED AGAIN WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. CONSISTENTLY NEEDED TO CHARGE AND BOOST THE BATTERY. LEFT ME STUCK WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES. LIGHTS ON DASH KEPT GOING ON AND OFF GOING BLACK & BACK ON. DIFFERENT LIGHTS KEPT COMING ON LIKE SERVICE AIRBAG, STABILITY TRACK, ENGINE LIGHT, ETC. GIVING FALSE READINGS, FINALLY WHOLE MIDDLE CONSOLE WENT BLACK, HEATER TURNED ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF, COULD NOT ACCESS TEMP CONTROL, RADIO, BLUETOOTH, ETC. BATTERY AND POWER WAS THE MAIN ISSUE.ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. STARTED IN MAY OF 2018, MY LEASE RECENTLY EXPIRED AND HERE I AM SITTING AT THE DEALER 05/27/2020 FINALLY HAVING THEM TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THESE PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT MY 3 YEAR LEASE. *TR

2018 MY 2017 EQUINOX ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD I'M COMING TRAFFIC BOTH WAYS START A BACKUP STARTED MAKING KNOCKING NOISES NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON JOIN US FOR THE [XXX]FRONT YARD UP TO GM IN GRAND RAPIDS WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THEY SAID THE REAR MAIN SEAL WAS BAD LOOK AT THE [XXX] IN GMC AFTER ALL THIS FIGHTING WITH GM MANY TIMES THEY STATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE PVC SYSTEM THAT THE REAR MAIN SEAL WAS OUT I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY NO ONE WOULD HELP ME SO I HAVE A THIRTY SOMETHING $33000 THAT I COULDN'T DRIVE LOST BOTH OF MY JOBS DUE TO THE 2.4 L HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS PRIOR-YEAR EQUINOXES AND THEN TRAINS. THEN PASSENGER WIPER ARM STOP WORKING IN WITH STRIPPED AS WELL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HOW CAN ONE FIND THE SAFETY OF TRAVEL WHEN CONSIDERING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE TRAVELING 1200 MILES FROM FLORIDA TO NEW YORK. HOW CAN WE TELL THAT ANY MOTELS WILL BE OPEN ON EACH STOP? WE ARE IN OUR 80S AND HAVE DIFFICULTY ON LONG RUNS. THANK YOU.

RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVY STATING MY VEHICLE 'MAY' HAVE ISSUES WHERE A LINK BALL CIRCUIT IN THE WIPER TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL AND THE WIPERS MAY NOT WORK. THE LETTER GOES ON TO SAY THAT I SHOULD NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE IN UNLESS THE WIPERS FAIL. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS VEHICLE IS MY MOM'S. SHE'S 86. SO SHE, OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER CAN BE DRIVING ALONG A DARK HIGHWAY AND THE WIPERS FAIL, A KNOWN ISSUE, AND THIS IS NOT A RECALL OR A SAFETY CONCERN? HOW DID THIS EVER GET PAST ANYONE? THIS SHOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC RECALL. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE

PURCHASED OCTOBER 2019 ONE DAY I WENT TO THE STORE AND ON THE RETURN HOME IT STARTED TO RATTLE LIKE IT WAS OUT OF OIL UPON INSPECTION OIL WAS LEAKING PROFUSLY BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WHEN I SEARCHED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL GETTING BLOWN OUT WHEN THE PVC IS PLUGGED BUT WHEN I LOOKED FOR VEHICLE RECALL THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD FIND

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. DURING A CRASH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER DURING THE CRASH. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BUT THE DRIVER WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS INJURIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH A SECOND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. AFTER THE CRASH THE DRIVER DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HAD DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REINKE FORD (1360 GREELY CHAPEL RD, LYMA OH). THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

WHILE AT STOP LIGHT, VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK. DEALERSHIP COULDN'T REPEAT ISSUE SINCE IT ONLY OCCURRED WHEN ENGINE WAS COLD. ISSUE PERSISTED AND BECAME WORSE. VEHICLE STALLED AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS. STARTED AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. NEXT DAY STARTED WITHOUT ISSUE BUT BEGAN TO JERK WHEN APPLYING BREAKS MORE THAN USUAL. PARKED AND TURNED OFF TO RUN INTO STORE. VEHICLE WOULDN'T START AGAIN. TOWED TO MECHANIC.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY MY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND ON THE DISPLAY IT SAID THAT ENGINE POWER REDUCED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE TRACTION STABILITY LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS GOING 55MPH AND IT WENT DOWN TO 35MPH. I MADE IT HOME SAFELY WHICH WAS GOOD THAT NO ONE HIT ME ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I TOOK MY CAR IN THE NEXT MORNING AND THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH WILL COST $720 TO REPLACE CAUSE IT JUST WENT OUT OF WARRANTY BY 300 MILES. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH 2017 CHEVY EQUINOX'S BUT THERE'S BEEN NO BULLETIN OR RECALLS. IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY.