2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

FREQUENT STALLING WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP INCLUDING AT RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. ALSO TRIPS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES. CHECKED THROTTLE BODY, CAM SENSOR, OTHER SENSOR, SOLENOIDS, CHANGED OIL TWICE, CHECKED FOR RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS, ALL WORK DONE BY MECHANICS AT GOODYEAR, THEY TRIED AND TRIED AND FINALLY GAVE UP AFTER SAYING IT WAS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT. THE DEALER'S POSITION IS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND EVERY POSSIBLE CAUSE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN EXPLORED. THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT STALLING FOR THE EQUINOX IF DOING A WEB SEARCH. HAS RECURRED OVER SEVERAL WEEKS, GOODYEAR SERVICE TYPICALLY FIXES IT FOR LESS THAN 50 MILES.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING MID RAINSTORM WHILE DRIVING. THE MOTOR IS WORKING AND CAN BE HEARD MOVING. ONCE DISASSEMBLED... THE BUSHING THAT CONNECTS THE WIPER ARMS TO THE MOTOR WAS BUSTED. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS A BAD PART ON THE CAR AND NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO INDICATED THIS WAS A PROBLEM ON EQUINOX 2009 - 2015 WITH A 2013 RECALL. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE A REQUIRED SAFETY FUNCTION AND SHALL NOT MALFUNCTION DURING USE. I WAS DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ON A MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET IN MARYLAND.

DRIVING TO WORK ON CITY STREET AFTER GETTING OFF INTERSTATE THE ENGINE LOCKED UP (ALL THE OIL WAS FORCED OUT THROUGH THE REAR MAIN SEAL) IN MY 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WITH ONLY 76,542 MILES. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH - WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS ABOUT THIS PCV AND EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. THEY HAVE EXTENDED "SPECIAL COVERAGE" FOR PART OF THIS PROBLEM. IF LETTERS WERE SENT OUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY. THIS DEFECT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY - MANY COMPLAINTS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. MAYBE THIS 4 CYLINDER ENGINE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED. THE GM DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO NEGLECT ON MY PART BUT I HAD TO PAY $5194.15 TO HAVE MY ENGINE REPLACED.

I CONTACTED CHEVROLET IN NOVEMBER 2018 ABOUT EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. MY CAR IS USUALLY 2.5 QUARTS LOW BY THE TIME 3000 MILES IS DRIVEN FROM THE LAST OIL CHANGE & I AM WORRIED MY ENGINE WILL LOCK UP. I DO ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND GET REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND SERVICE. THIS MODEL SHOULD NOT USE THAT MUCH OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NOW, SINCE DEALING WITH THESE OTHER ISSUES, WHEN I COME TO A STOP, IT IDLES FROM ABOUT 700 DOWN TO 500 AND IT IDLES SO LOW, MY LIGHTS FLICKER & IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF. MY VEHICLE IDLES CORRECTLY WHEN IN PARK. IT ONLY IDLES ROUGHLY WHEN IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WHILE AT A STOP. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AGAIN,VIA PHONE, AND THEY TELL ME "UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND REPAIRS WILL BE OUT-OF-POCKET" I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT CHEVROLET WONT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS ENOUGH TO RECALL AND REPAIR THEM AS THEY SHOULD BE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AT AROUND 114,000 MILES. WHILE THIS WAS ALL GOING ON, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WAS ALSO A RECALL, BUT NOT ON MY VEHICLE. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THAT CHEVROLET WONT RECALL AND REPAIR MY VEHICLE. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF. HOW MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUES BEFORE THEY DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SO THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY AND THEIR VEHICLES ARE IN PROPER WORKING AND DRIVING CONDITION SO THEY DON'T ENDANGER OTHERS FROM FAULTY PARTS?! IF MY VEHICLE DIES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, THAT WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MORE THAN JUST ME! I HAVE EMAILED CHEVROLET 2 OTHER TIMES AND HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. I EXPECTED THEM TO MANUFACTURE BETTER QUALITY MOTORS THAN WHAT THESE HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE. IT'S SAD IT TAKES SO MANY PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN TO ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE.

SERVICE STABILITRAK SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE APPEARS WITH ASSOCIATED ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS. OCCURRING RANDOMLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD WHILE HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING, THE LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE WITH DINGING ALERT. DURATION OF THE MESSAGE VARIES FROM A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO MINUTES BEFORE ALL LIGHTS EXTINGUISH. VARIOUS REFERENCES ONLINE INDICATE THE SOLUTION FOR OTHERS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH SOME DEALERSHIP MAINTENANCE SHOPS TRYING MULTIPLE FIXES WITH NO AVAIL. HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2017.

WHILE DRIVING DURING A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MY WIPER BLADES STOPPED WORKING. I BARELY MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE I ALMOST CRASHED INTO A SCHOOL BUS.

IT SEEM THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION HAS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN THAT CAUSES THE WIPER TO SUDDENLY NOT WORK. INSTEAD OF USING SCREWS AND SUCH TO ALLOW THE WIPER TRANSMISSION TO TURN THE WIPERS THEMSELVES, WHAT WAS USED WAS A BALLPOINT AND SOME SUBSTANCE THAT STICKS THE JOINT OF THE PART. THE WIPERS STOP FUNCTIONING DURING WHEN MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE (2012 CHEVY EQUINOX) DURING THE RAIN AND HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY SHE WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE THE RAIN COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT(S).

GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX IT DIED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING ON A CITY STREET. NO WARNING LIGHTS, OR NOTHING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE LOCATION WHERE I NOTICED A TRAIL OF OIL AND OIL SEVERELY LEAKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THE PCV VALVE IS PLUGGED AND CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO LEAK. MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED IN THE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A HAZARD FOR DRIVERS AS THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL OF AN ISSUE AND MY VEHICLE DIED SUDDENLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THEY DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ACTUATOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 112,000.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUATOR SOLENOIDS WITH THE 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX. WHILE OPERATING THE 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX IN ANY CAPACITY IT STALLS ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THEY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO ALSO STALL WHEN BACKING AND OR EVEN WHEN IN IDLE. WE HAVE REPLACED THESE TWICE IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS.