2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE, THE KEY FAILED TO EJECT FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE IN GEAR TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,794.

LATE EVENING, I WAS DRIVING IN A BUSY SUBURBAN STREET WHER THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35MPH. IT WAS RAINING LIGHTLY, SOON AFTER START RAINING HAVILY. I SWITCHED THE WINSHIELD WIPER TO HIGH SPEED AND THE WINSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING.I COULD NO LONGER SEE WHERE I WAS GOING AND ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. I MANAGE TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP.. PLASTIC BUSHING CAME OFF FROM WINDSHIELD WIPER RAILING. THE CAR HAS 61,000 MILES.

MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX MOTOR HAS BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED BY AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. ITS UNSAFE TO DRIVE... THE ENGINES HAVE BEEN BLOWING UP...THEY OIL SYSTEM NOTIFICATION LIGHTS ARE FAULTY AND HAS NEVER CAME ON... THEREFORE WE HAVE TO CHECK & PUT OIL IN OUR CAR BEFORE DRIVING EVERYDAY!! THIS HAS CAUSED SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN OUR MOTOR SCRAPS OF METAL, TIMING CHAIN, PISTON N RINGS, STALLING CHOKING ETC..ON EVERY ROAD WE ARE..SCAREY WHILE ON HIGHWAY N CAR STALLS OUT!!! WE HAVE PUT 1000 $ INTO THIS CAR ALREADY GM KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND IS GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND EVEN THOU THERE ARE 1000'S WITH SAME PROBLEM AND CLASS ACTIONS SUITS!! PLEASE HELP US BE SAFE ON THE ROAD AND HAVE GM STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THEM THAT'S ALL I WANT IS MY CAR FIXED...NOTHING MORE I AM WITHIN THE MILES AND THE TIME FRAME BEEN PUTTING MY OWN MONEY INTO THIS SINCE APRIL OF 2019 THANK YOU

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING. I HAD THE WIPERS IN THE HIGHEST SPEED SETTING. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO VEHICLES NEXT TO US WHEN THIS HAPPENED - WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY. WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE STORM TO LIGHTEN AS VISIBILITY VERY QUICKLY WENT TO ZERO WITHOUT BOTH FRONT WIPERS WORKING. THE WIPER MOTOR WAS STILL WORKING BUT THE LINKAGE OR TRANSMISSION HAD DISCONNECTED AT ONE OF THE BALL JOINTS.

THE ENGINE HAS BEING REPLACE AND WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS CAME ON TWICE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AS WELL

BOTH WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN A HEAVY RAIN ON FREEWAY. I HAVE READ COMPLAINTS OF OTHER OWNER ON CHEVY EQUINOX TOO

AT THE START OF VEHICLE IS FINE BUT ONCE PUT IN GEAR REVERSE AND GO TO PUT BACK UP IT CUTS OFF IT DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT'S OK THEN WHILE DRIVING IT IS OK ONCE STOP AT RED LIGHT OR JUST STOP IN TRAFFIC IT CUTS OFF ONCE IT'S CUTS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND HARD TO PUT BACK IN PARK ONCE IT STOPS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON BUT ONCE CAR IS BACK ON ENGINE LIGHT SOMETIMES GOES BACK OUT I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHOPS AND THE TOLD ME TO CONTACT MANUFACTURE BECAUSE ALL CODES ARE GOOD

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, GOING 60 MPH IN THE PNW. IT WAS DUMPING RAIN AND I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE WHEN MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOPPED WORKING. I HAD MY 1 YEAR OLD IN THE BACKSEAT AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS ALL THE CARS AHEAD OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. MY WINDSHIELD WAS GLOWING RED FROM THE BREAK LIGHTS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I DIDN'T CRASH MY CAR OR HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS SO CLOSE TO THEM. I ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW AND HAD TO LITERALLY STICK HALF THE UPPER PORTION OF MY BODY OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE A LITTLE BIT. THANK GOODNESS, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE OVER 4 LANES (AFTER FORCING MY WAY THROUGH, I HAD NO CHOICE BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE). EVERYONE WAS HONKING AT ME LIKE I WAS THE BIGGEST JERK, BUT IF I DIDN'T MOVE OVER I WAS GOING TO KILL US OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS DRIVING. I AM SERIOUSLY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. NOT SHOCKING, I LOOKUP THE ISSUE ONLINE AND CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS DONE NOTHING. NOTHING! THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME CHEVY HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT THIS EQUINOX HAVING PROBLEMS. IT ALSO HAS AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND NOW IT DIDN'T JUST GIVE ME A HUGE MECHANICAL BILL, IT ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE AND MY SONS. I'M SO DEFEATED AT THIS POINT. THIS CAR IS NOT RELIABLE FOR SOMEONE WITH CHILDREN OR ANYONE WHO IS LIVING IN THE PNW WHERE IT RAINS CONSTANTLY. SUPER THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT TIME DURING LIGHT RAIN. WITHOUT WARNING, BOTH WIPERS STOPPED IN THE UP POSITION. I TRIED TURNING THE WIPERS OFF AND BACK ON AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I TURNED THE WIPERS OFF AND GOT OFF THE NEXT EXIT AND PULLED INTO A SERVICE STATION TO GET UNDER SOME LIGHT. I TRIED TO MOVE THE WIPERS AND THEY WENT INTO THEIR RESTING POSITION. I THEN TURNED ON THE WIPERS AND COULD HEAR THE MOTOR RUNNING BUT THE WIPERS WERE NOT MOVING. FORTUNATELY, THE RAIN STOPPED AND I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE MY TRIP HOME. JUST A FEW DAYS EARLIER, I DROVE THROUGH A VERY HEAVY RAIN STORM AND THANK THE LORD THAT THE WIPERS DIDN'T QUIT AT THAT TIME. I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHERE I WAS GOING.

MY 2012 EQUINOX JUST DIES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AT STOP LIGHTS I HAVE TO SOMETIMES JUST PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO AVOID IT DYING. SOMETIMES IT STILL DOES. THEN IT TAKES FOREVER FOR IT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL ONLY TO EVENTUALLY DO IT AGAIN.