2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE FORCE TO CONTROL THE STEERING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK, THE REAR MAIN SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE PVC VALVE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,000.

SINCE APRIL 2018 I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE WHEN COMING TO A SLOW STOP. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THE ISSUE HAD TO DO WITH MY BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE BRAKE SHOP THREE TIMES SINCE APRIL 2018 AND THEY HAD REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THE BRAKES ARE NOT THE ISSUE. I HAD MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON IN DECEMBER 2018 SO I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE HUBER CHEVROLET IN OMAHA FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT DUE YET FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS. I WAS NEVER TOLD DURING THIS VISIT THAT MY OIL WAS LOW. ON MARCH 7TH, 2019 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN SO I TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SAME DAY EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE FOR ANOTHER 1000 MILES. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS 3 QTS LOW ON OIL. I WAS ALSO TOLD OF THIS "SPECIAL POLICY". I WAS ASKED TO BRING MY VEHICLE BACK IN AFTER 500 TO 700 MILES TO HAVE THE OIL CONSUMPTION TESTED. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE'S "POLICY" ONLY LASTED TIL MAY 2019 WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT ONE ISSUE THE FAST OIL CONSUMPTION CAUSED WAS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE SHAKING/RATTLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THESE ARE THE EXACT THINGS MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SINCE APRIL 2018. I BELIEVE THAT THIS HUBER CHEVROLET GM DEALER SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED ME DURING EARLIER VISITS ABOUT MY OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. AFTER MY OIL CHANGE TODAY I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE INTERNET OF ALL THE ISSUES CONCERNING OIL CONSUMPTION WITH GM VEHICLES MADE BETWEEN 2010-2017. I AM ADAMANT THAT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY LETTER FROM GM ABOUT THIS OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. I AM UPSET THAT GM DEALERS LIKE THE ONE I GO TO WERE NOT OBLIGATED TO TELL OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES ABOUT THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. I AM NOW IN THE POSITION OF HAVING JUST TIL MAY 2019 OF PROVING MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE THAT GM AND ITS DEALERS HAVE BEEN WELL AWARE OF.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SHE RECEIVED A WARNING STATING 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER' AND 'SERVICE STABILITACK'. WISHING A FEW SECONDS OF THIS HER CAR DIED ON THE HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP. UPON INITIAL REVIEW THE PCV LINE WAS BLOCKED WITH ICE AS IT WAS SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURE. WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL THERE WAS NOTHING. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON ACCORDING TO MY WIFE. I PUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE CAR AND IT STARTED BACK UP, HOWEVER IT BARELY MADE IT 4 MILES BACK TO THE HOUSE BEFORE THE OIL WAS GONE AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY VEHICLE WAS SMOKING FROM THE OIL COMING OUT. THIS IS EXACTLY DESCRIBED IN BULLETIN 14882. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 107K MILES AND APPEARS MEET ALL CRITERIA OF SAID BULK ITEM. HOWEVER, UPON SPEAKING WITH CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS BULLETIN. MY CAR IS NOT COVERED.

FROZEN PVC SYSTEM FORCING REAR MAIN SEALS TO BLOW OUT. THE CAR STARTED FINE BUT SOON STARTED TRYING TO CUT OFF...BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. CAR SOON CUT OFF. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 84,596 MILES ON IT.

WHILE DRIVING TO THE GAS STATION, AND THEN TO WORK, MY VEHICLE GOT VERY SLUGGISH WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BUT THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. I STOPPED TO GET GAS AND LOOK OVER THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING TO BE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I FILLED THE GAS TANK AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE 1 MILE TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. WHEN PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT, I BEGAN HEARING A KNOCKING SOUND THAT I RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATELY. I PARKED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND LOOKED AROUND AGAIN. THAT IS WHEN I SAW THE OIL ON THE GROUND. I EXAMINED THE ENGINE TO LOOK FOR THE SOURCE OF THE OIL LEAK. THE OIL FILTER, DRAIN PLUG, AND DRAIN PAN ALL WERE CLEAN AND DRY. THERE WAS OIL ON THE FRAME AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOORBOARD THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW INTERNET SEARCHES, I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN (#14882) THAT TOLD ME EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED. THE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL BELOW FREEZING THAT DAY AND IT WAS SNOWING. I HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION THAT THE WATER THAT HAD MADE IT'S WAY INTO THE PCV SYSTEM HAD FROZEN, THE PRESSURE BUILT UP UNTIL IT FORCED THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL OUT RESULTING IN ALL OF THE OIL IN MY VEHICLE TO EXIT THE ENGINE DURING MY DRIVE. THE SERVICE BULLETIN INDICATED THAT CHEVROLET AND GM KNEW ABOUT THE CONDITION AND YET DID NOTHING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.

WHILE MY 20 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 88567 MILES TO WORK ALONG BACK COUNTRY ROADS AT 6AM ON A DARK COLD MICHIGAN MORNING HE NOTICED THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL WHILE PULLING INTO HIS EMPLOYERS PARKING LOT. AS IT GOT LIGHTER OUT THRU THE MORNING HE NOTICED THAT THE WHOLE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED IN OIL, WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE DISCOVERED THE WHOLE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS ALSO COVERED IN OIL. HAD HIM GET VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A REAR MAIN SEAL BLOWN DUE TO A CLOGGED PCV VALVE, WHICH MATCHES A SERVICE BULLETIN (14882) IN WHICH DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR BECAUSE OF LIMITED VIN'S INCLUDED PER BULLETIN.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD DURING SNOW AND RAIN. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON AN EXPRESSWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

MY VEHICLE LOSES POWER FOR MAYBE 30 SECONDS THEN IT STARTS UP AGAIN THIS IS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND THIS TIME WHILE PULLING ONTO THE ROAD THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM

WAS DRIVING DURING A WINTER STORM RAINING HARD IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF CLEARING THE RAIN I WAS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND COULDN'T SEE WAS TRYING TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN A TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND BY LUCK SPOTTED HIM AT THE LAST MIDDLE TO SLAM ON BRAKES. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT TO EQUINOX OWNERS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS ISN'T RECALLED AND FIXED WASN;T A FUSE SO HAS TO BE THE MOTOR. THIS IS BEING RECALLED IN CANADA BUT NOT IN THE USA WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE!! IT IS VERY UPSETTING WHEN THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT .

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON A VERY COLD MORNING. ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A POP SOUND AND MY CAR WOULD NOT WORK. I HAVE ONLY 67,000 MILES ON MY CAR. THE ENTIRE ENGINE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS HE HAD 3 OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO HIM THE ENGINE IS NOT MADE PROPERLY BECAUSE IF CONDENSATION BUILDS UP IT HAS NO WAY TO BE RELEASED AND IT BLOWS THE ENGINE. IRONICALLY WHEN I CALLED MY BOSS TO TELL HER SHE SAID SHE HAD THE EXACT THING HAPPEN TO HER 2 WEEKS AGO ON HER EQUINOX.