2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT IN TO GET ASSESSED. WITH LESS THAN 90,000 MILES, THIS VEHICLE REQUIRES A NEW ENGINE. IT CONSUMES A LOT OF OIL AND HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT IT ONE YEAR AGO, ME HAVING TO ADD OIL EVERY 2 WEEKS. ALSO, THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACEMENT-WHICH IS STILL ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE SPOKEN TO SAYS THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL HAS BEEN HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. AND THERE IS NO RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING ON ME. THE FUSE IS FINE AND SO IS THE MOTOR. I HEAR THEM TRY TO MOVE BUT WILL NOT

MY VEHICLE STALLED RECENTLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY COMING TO A STOP.. PRIOR TO THE STALL WHEN I TURNED MY CAR ON IT MADE A TICK SOUND BUT DROVE OK UNTIL IT STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AND DROVE HOME. WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL THERE IT WAS EMPTY. I WAS WELL UNDER THEM TIME BEFORE I NEEDED MY NEXT OIL CHANGE. I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A PISTON AND RING ISSUE THAT WAS THE SAME THING DESCRIBED IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT INVOLVING 2010-2013 EQUINOX. BECAUSE MINE IS A 2015 I RECEIVED SOME COST ASSISTANCE BUT PAID $1200 OUT OF POCKET FOR THE FIX. SEEMS LIKE GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT HAS NOT LET CONSUMERS KNOW ABOUT THIS SAFETY CONCERN. I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I DRIVE WITH MY CHILDREN WHO ARE 3 AND 1. GM NEEDS TO TELL THEIR CONSUMERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

THE VEHICLE HAS A EXHAUST SMELL IN CABIN. THE FUMES ARE CONCERNING BECAUSE IT'S COULD CAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I REVIEW NUMEROUS FORMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.

OUR 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX HAS JUST OVER 78,000 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND SAID IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND MAKING A NOISE. SHE GOT IT HOME AND WE HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP. WE WERE TOLD THAT DUE TO A FAULTY PVC PIPE IN OR NEAR THE INTAKE HAD FROZEN UP CAUSING PRESSURE TO BUILD UP AND IT BLEW OUR REAR MAIN SEAL, SNAPPED THE TIMING CHAIN AND BREAKING OF TEETH. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THAT A SPECIAL BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED BUT NOT ON OUR YEAR. WE ENDED UP PAYING JUST SHY OF 1900.00 TO FIX THIS. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE DESIGN FLAW HADN'T BEEN FIXED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN REPEATEDLY. WE STILL OWE A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THIS KIND OF BILL AGAIN. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING MY EQUINOX DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS, 3 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. CAR WASN'T RUNNING RIGHT. SHAKING AND RATTLING. HE GOT PULLED INTO A PARKING GARAGE WHERE LATER IT HAD TO BE TOWED. THE NEXT DAY, THE BODY SHOP TOLD US THE PCV VALVE WAS CLOGGED OR FROZED AND PROBABLY BLEW THE SEALS. WE HAD TO HAVE OUR CAR TOWED 3 HOURS BACK TO HOME. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON BEFOREHAND. I HAVE COMPLETED ALL MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE HAD NO TROUBLE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS AND THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS. AND IN THIS CASE LEFT MY FAMILY STRANEDED 3 HOURS FROM HOME!

MY VEHICLE HAD A OIL CHANGE AT 86,000 MILES. I HIT 90,722 MILES . THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE AND WHEN I GOT OFF WORK AND TRIED TO START THE CAR IT STARTED BUT THEN SHUT OFF. I HAD NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, NO LOW OIL LIGHT AND HAD A PERFECT DIAGNOSTICS REPORT ON MY ONSTAR, I HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER PER ON STAR, AFTER SPEAKING TO THE DEALER I WAS INFORMED THE MOTOR BLEW UP BECAUSE IT JUMPED TIME AND DUMPED OIL. I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR BUT GM IS REFUSING TO FIX IT BECAUSE THE WARRANTY JUST WENT UP 6 MONTHS AGO . I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL SHOPS CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THIS TIME CHAIN OR JUMPING TIME ISSUE AND IN MOST CASES A NEW MOTOR IS REQUIRED. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND HOW OIL COULD DUMP AFTER HAVING A OIL CHANGE 3,000 MILES GIVE OR TAKE ? AND WHY CHEVY IS PASSING THE PROBLEM ONTO THE CUSTOMER.

LIVING IN TEXAS WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES BUT THIS WINTER WE HAD SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND NEGATIVE WIND-CHILL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. MY FAMILY HAD NO RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY AND TRIED TO DRIVE UP THE ROAD FOR FOOD (ROUGHLY 1/8TH A MILE) AND NOTICED A TRAIL OF OIL WHEN WE GOT OUT. MY HUSBAND HAS WORKED ON VEHICLES HIS WHOLE LIFE AND AFTER SOME INVESTIGATING AND RESEARCH DETERMINED THE PCV VALVE HAD FROZEN WHICH CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO BLOW. AFTER TAKING IT TO A GM DEALER WE DISCOVERED HOW COMMON THE PROBLEM WAS, THERE WAS EVEN ANOTHER EQUINOX WITH THE SAME DIAGNOSIS (WE LIVE IN A VERY RURAL AREA SO FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME SAYS A LOT). IT WAS NOT A CHEAP FIX COMING IN AT $1400. THIS WAS NOT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE BUT A FAILURE ON GM"S PART WITH THEIR FAULTY DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF THE MOTOR. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER STORIES I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, SOMETIMES CAUSING EVEN MORE DAMAGE THAN WE HAD. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OR COMPENSATION GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN A REAL BIND FROM THIS HAPPENING. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A CLAIM THROUGH INSURANCE, SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN HELP, BUT I CANNOT SPEAK ON THAT YET.

IT HAS 116 K MILES ON IT. IT DID NOT START. WE CHANGE NEW BATTERY BUT NO LUCK. THEN, WE TOW IT TO THE SHOP, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND MISSED UP LOT OF THINGS. NOW, HE ADVISED TO CHANGE THE ENGINE AND FOUND IT VERY EXPENSIVE. OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND THE MECHANIC FOUND OIL INSIDE THE ENGINE IS STILL CLEAN.