2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BLEND DOOR MOTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000.

MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD LAST WEEK & I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE TOLD MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME I CAN DRIVE IT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS BUT I MAY LOOSE POWER & THE VEHICLE MAY STALL OR COMPLETELY DIE WHILE I'M DRIVING. I WAS TOLD IF THAT HAPPENS TO RE-START THE VEHICLE AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. THIS IS SCARY TO SAY THE LEAST & I'VE FOUND SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER CONSUMERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME ISSUES. MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED BUT ARE EXPERIENCING RE-OCCURRING FAILURE DUE TO WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE DEFECTIVE PARTS BEING USED BY CHEVY/GM. SEVERAL CONSUMERS DIDN'T HAVE ANY INDICATION THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE FAILING & IT DID HAPPEN WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING PUTTING THEM @ RISK & CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I WAS QUOTED $4560 FOR THIS REPAIR BUT WITH NO GUARANTEE A NEW TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO OUT THE SAME WAY THIS ONE IS. THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE HAVE ALL MADE ME AFRAID TO DRIVE IT B/C I DON'T FEEL SAFE BUT THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST WORRISOME. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS & HELP US? WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW IF THE "NEW TRANSMISSIONS" WILL BE A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. GM SEEMS TO BE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT REMARKS THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ISSUE RECALLS. THANK YOU!

OIL BURNING WHICH LEADS TO A OIL CHANGE ALMOST 1500 MILES WITH TOP OFF SERVICE BETWEEN CHANGES. THEN SHAKING OF ENGINE WHILE IN IDLE AND WHILE ACCELERATING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL RUMBLING NOISE FOR FIVE MINUTES. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 109,000 MILES. NO WARNING, AND CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED.

2010 CHEVY EQUINOX LTZ WINDSHIELD FAILURE! WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 2, 2018, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE FOUR WINDS CASINO, SOUTH BEND, IN, IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN...WHEN I GOT INTO MISHAWAKA, IN, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED AND LODGED TO THE LEFT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE! I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, PUSHED THE WIPERS BACK DOWN IN THERE PROPER PLACE AND I COULD HEAR THE MOTOR RUNNING! I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR AND TURNED ON THE WIPERS SEVERAL TIMES, THEY WOULD NOT BUDGE...I TOOK THE EQUINOX INTO BASNEY HONDA ON THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018 AND THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THEY TOLD ME THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED! I BOUGHT THIS SUV IN MARCH FROM BASNEY HONDA! I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND PROBLEMS ALREADY? THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, PLUS, THE COST OF REPAIR! TOTAL COST= $453.43. ALSO, MY RESEARCH SHOWS MANY RECALLS ON THIS SAME ISSUE BY GM! MANY COMPLAINTS BY CONSUMERS! WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING, AND WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED? NO WONDER NO ONE WANTS TO BUY A CHEVY! WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA USED IN 2010, IT WAS YEARS BEFORE I HAD ANY REPAIRS! NEVER A WINDSHIELD ISSUE LIKE THIS...NEVER! I THOUGHT I HAD MADE A GOOD CHOICE BUYING THIS CHEVY EQUINOX SUV, LIKING IT A LOT, BUT, NOW, I AM LOOKING TO GET ANOTHER TOYOTA, HONDA, NISSAN OR MAZDA AND TRADE THIS ONE IN! I HAVE CALLED A CERTIFIED CHEVY DEALER TO HAVE AN INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC DONE ON THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018. AFTER THAT, I WILL CALL THE CHEVY RECALL NUMBER FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD! I COULD NOT SEE! I COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND RAN OFF THE ROAD, OR WORSE YET, BEEN KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE! I HOPE I CAN GET REIMBURSED THE COST OF THIS REPAIR!

AS I WAS APPROACHING TO A STOP LIGHT MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE AS IT WAS TRYING TO SHUT ITSELF DOWN. AS THE LIGHT TURNED AND AND I TRIED TO PUSH THE GAS PEDDLE, THE CAR WENT A LITTLE THEN STOPPED. I CRANKED THE KEY AGAIN, STARTED, THEN SHUT OFF. NOW THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE MY THE TRUCK WOULD START BACK UP AND DRIVE AGAIN. YOU CAN HEAR THIS WEIRD RATTLING NOISE AND WHILE DRIVING I WAS ALWAYS CAUTIOUS NOT KNOWING IF MY CAR WOULD JUST STOP RANDOMLY, OR IT IF WAS JUST A FLUKE. NO FLUKE. I SEE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND GM NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE! I DRIVE WITH MY 3 AND 4 YEAR OLD DAILY, AS WELL AS TAKING MY CLIENT'S TO AND FROM APPOINTMENTS AND RUNNING ERRANDS. JUST FEEL SO VIOLATED THAT A CAR WAS SOLD TO ME KNOWING THE PRE HISTORIC CONDITIONS.

ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2017 AS MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TRAVELING TO OUR HOMETOWN FROM FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, OUR VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY LOST ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. THIS WAS NOT ONLY VERY SCARY, BUT ALSO VERY DANGEROUS. IMAGINE OTHER VEHICLES WHIZZING BY AT 80MPH AT NIGHT AND YOUR CAR ONLY WANTS TO GO A FOURTH OF THAT. THE SCREEN READ, 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER'. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE RAN INTO THE BACK OF OUR VEHICLE, BEFORE WE COULD PULL OFF ON TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS TOWED THE REMAINDER OF THE DRIVE AND THEN TAKEN TO FLOW CHEVROLET MID JANUARY 2018. WHILE AT THIS DEALERSHIP, WE WERE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS CODES, P0016 CRANKSHAFT POSITION NOT PLAUSIBLE, P0089 FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR PERFORMANCE, P228D FUEL PRESSURE REG 1 PERFORMANCE,EBCM V0100-71 LOST COMMUNICATION. THE MAN HELPING US RECOMMENDED THAT THE PISTONS AND RINGS/ TIMING CHAINS BE REPLACED FOR $5629.67 OR AN ENGINE SWAP FOR $9250.76. COME TO FIND OUT, THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX AND CAR FORUMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. HOW IS THERE NOT A RECALL FOR THIS? THIS IS HIGHLY UNSAFE!

WHEN I ACTIVATED THE SWITCH TO TURNED ON THE WIPER BLADES, I COULD HERE THE MOTOR, BUT THE BLADES WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. THE PROBLEM WAS THE WIPER TRANSMISSION WAS BROKEN. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM ON 4-15-2018. I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEV. DEALER AND IT WAS REPAIRED FOR 371.44 INCLUDING TAX.

OWNER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE ENGINE MADE A KNOCKING NOISE AND CONTINUED TO SHUT OFF AT EVERY STOP LIGHT AND STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL THAT WAS LEFT. THE MECHANIC TOLD THE OWNER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT THE END OF JAN 2018 AND HAD AN OIL CHANGE AT RHAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME FROM THE MECHANIC AND HAS SAT SINCE.