2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SMOKING, DIED WHILE MOVING. ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO NO OIL. ADDED 1 QT OF OIL THE DAY BEFORE. LOW OIL LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED WITHIN 3,000 MILES. CAR NEEDS WHOLE NEW ENGINE.

MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM LISTED IN A RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED ON 9/13/11. THE BULLETIN NUMBER IS 11195B. IN SPEAKING TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY TELL ME MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I'M WRITING TO SEE IF THIS WAS AN OVERSIGHT OR IF ANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE VEHICLES LISTED IN THIS RECALL HAVE INDICATED THEY'RE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, MANUFACTURER WON'T HONOR WARRANTY BECAUSE IT EXPIRED 4 MONTHS AGO, DESPITE MILEAGE BEING HALF TO REQUIREMENT. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE WARRANTY OR IT'S EXPIRATION.

THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE, BULLETIN #14882 IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY VEHICLE AND I AM UNDER THE 10-YEAR, 120K TIME FRAME. YET APPARENTLY MY VIN DOESN'T MATCH UP SO I DON'T GET COVERAGE. HTTPS://GM.OEMDTC.COM/1899/SPECIAL-COVERAGE-ADJUSTMENT-PLUGGED-PCV-ORIFICE-IN-INTAKE-MANIFOLD-2010-2014-BUICK-CHEVROLET-GMC I WAS SOLD THIS VEHICLE IN AUGUST OF 2016. I COMPLAINED ABOUT EXCESSIVE OIL USE VIA EMAIL AND MY COMPLAINT WAS NEVER ADDRESSED. BULLETIN 12585C WAS RELEASED BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH OF 2016, SO JEFF BELZER CHEVROLET OF LAKEVILLE, MN SOLD ME THIS VEHICLE WITH THE PISTON ISSUE INSTEAD OF COVERING THEM. NOW THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT SPECIAL COVERAGES, I AM OUTSIDE OF THE TIME FRAME FOR COVERAGE AND I FEEL SLIGHTED AND CHEATED. THIS IS A FAULTY DESIGN AND INSTEAD OF CHEVROLET HOLDING A SEMI-DECENT STANDARD, I AM LEFT WITH THE BILL. HTTPS://GM.OEMDTC.COM/3953/EXCESSIVE-ENGINE-OIL-CONSUMPTION-2011-CHEVROLET-EQUINOX-GMC-TERRAIN

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON 11/16/2015 AND I START HAVING PROBLEMS IN JUNE/2016 GOT IT FIX,THEN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AND I HAD IT REPLACED, I ALREADY SPEND LIKE 5000.00 DOLLARS NOW IT'S THE ENGINE IT WILL COST CLOSE TO 7.000.00 TO FIX IT NOW, I STILL OWE 1.500.00 JUST DO THE MATH,I WAS TOLD THAT THOSE VEHICLES CAME OUT WITH MANY IMPERFECTIONS I JUST FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL I HAVE NO MONEY TO FIX IT AND EVEN IF I DO WILL IT WORTH IT? THE VERY FIRST IT BROKE I WAS ON TRAVELING TO NEW MEXICO, THE TRANSMISSION BROKE HERE IN TOWN HWY 60 AND THE ENGINE HERE IN TOWN AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROST WAS INOPERABLE. GREY CHEVROLET (4949 SW HOVDE RD, PORT ORCHARD, WA 98367, (360) 329-2916) DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

VEHICLE LEAKING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. BULLETIN NUMBER 14882 DOESN'T COVER MY VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM AS WHAT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE BULLETIN.

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAVE HAD TO TAKE IT IN EVERY OTHER WEEK. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY SAID IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET AND REPLACED IT. AFTER THEY REPAIRED IT THE CAR CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHEN I'M AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR DRIVES ROUGH LIKE A JERKING SENSATION AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES. THIS CAR HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS.

I OWN 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX. ONLY HAS 80,000 MILES. FIRST OCCURRENCE STARTED AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE STALLED ON ME COUPLE OF TIMES AS I WAS DRIVING OR AT STOP SIGN. MALFUNCTION ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT TURNED ON. TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT FOR AN ESTIMATE, SINCE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WILL COST AN ARM AND A LEG, BOTH SAID TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND I WOULD NEED TO GET A NEW MOTOR! ALSO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION YET NO SENSOR TURNS ON. CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS BUT ONLY SEE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.