2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ON 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX. DEALER REPLACED BROKEN WIPER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY, BROKEN OFF LINK NEAR MOTOR, INSTALLED PART NUMBER 84241847, CHANGED DRAIN HOLE. 2013 IS COVERED BY RECALL IN US, 2010 THROUGH 2016 IS COVERED BY RECALL IN CANADA. NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING IF 1.7MILLION FURTHER MODEL YEARS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN RECALL - YES THEY SHOULD (SAME EXACT PART NUMBER AS 2013 MODEL)!!! CHEVY CHARGED ME $253.78 FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL! 106K MILES

MY 2012 EQUINOX, WITH JUST UNDER 87,000 MILES WAS GOING THROUGH A QUART OF OIL ABOUT EVERY 1,000 - 1,500 MILES. DRIVING HOME RECENTLY, IT JUST DIED ON ME. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THEY SAID THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE BENT VALVES AND BROKEN ROCKER ARMS. I GOT A SECOND OPINION AND THEY FOUND THE SAME THING. I HAD A GM DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH A USED ONE THAT HAS 23,000 MILES. NEEDING IT FOR WORK, I HAD THEM DO IT RIGHT AWAY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THESE ARE NOT UNCOMMON PROBLEMS. I CALLED GM WITH MY COMPLAINT BUT THEY JUST KEEP 'ELEVATING' MY COMPLAINT. WHICH IS APPARENTLY THEIR WAY OF JUST PASSING IT ON TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO WILL TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. THE LAST PERSON TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T HELP ME BECAUSE I REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A USED ONE. I'M WAITING FOR ANOTHER CALL, BUT I DON'T EXPECT ANY HELP FROM THEM.

THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL AND THE GAS PEDAL OCCASIONALLY STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS. I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET DOWNTOWN IN A CITY AND THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN.

BOUGHT MY 2012 EQUINOX 9/2012. IN FEBRUARY 2013 MY SUV MADE A LOUD NOISE AND WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR. TODAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE SHOWED "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP. I MADE IT HOME BUT NOT SURE IF IT'S DRIVEABLE NOW. I'M A NURSE AND WAS IN HOME HEALTH UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR, SO MY VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE. 113,000. BUT EVEN AT THAT YOU'D THINK SPENDING $23,000 ON A NEW VEHICLE IT WOULD LAST LONGER THEN 5 YEARS.

INTAKE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE. I HAD THE OIL CONSUMPTION SERVICES COMPLETED LAST OCTOBER 2017 AND THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER 2018 I HAD TO HAVE THE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE REPLACED TO WHICH EVERYONE I KNOW WITH AN EQUINOX THAT IS OLDER THAN 2016 IS HAVING TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED ON THEIR VEHICLE. I FEEL THAT WITH SUCH A DRASTIC AMOUNT OF VEHICLES HAVING THIS FIXED IF IT WASNT APART OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION PARTS TO HAVE REPLACED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE IT REALLY APPEARS TO BE A LARGELY REPLACED ITEM COSTING PEOPLE OVER $200 TO HAVE FIXED. THIS PART CAUSES YOUR VEHICLE WHEN AT LOWER SPEEDS TO STALL OUT OVER AND OVER UNTIL IT JUST WONT GO. IT STARTED WITH A ROUGH IDLE. THEN WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT. FINALLY IT WOULD STALL WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS.

MY EQUINOX BEGAN "BUCKING" ONE EVENING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL REGULARLY (EVERY 5000 MILES) AND WAS UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL HAVING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS. I BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC- HE INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY OIL IN THE TAILPIPE AND THAT THESE VEHICLES WERE KNOWN FOR HAVING OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. I ARRANGED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER- I DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT AS IT WAS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE ENGINE BUCKING AND POSSIBLY STALLING IN TRAFFIC. THE CHEVROLET DEALER HAD IT FOR THE WHOLE WEEK AND EVENTUALLY TOLD ME IT HAD "JUMPED TIMING". JOE THE SERVICE MANAGER AT CENTRAL CHEVROLET IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEE IF THERE WAS FURTHER DAMAGE - IE TO THE VALVES. SO THE NEXT CALL I GET IS FROM THE WARRANTY ADMINISTRATOR AT THE DEALER- SHE TELLS ME I NEED A NEW ENGINE AND THAT CHEVROLET WILL COVER 30% OF THE REPLACEMENT - WOULD I LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE? I ASK HER- WELL YOU TELL ME THEY WILL COVER 30% BUT 30% OF WHAT? SHE SAID THAT MY SHARE WOULD BE $ 5100. THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE- A VEHICLE WITH 48,000 MILES AND THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT SOUNDS LIKE CHEVROLET KNEW OF THE ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE AS EVIDENT BY THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND CLASS ACTION ONLINE. HAD THEY NOTIFIED OWNERS APPROPRIATELY AND HAD THE APPROPRIATE WARNING SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLES THEN THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS PEOPLE USE THESE VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT FAMILY MEMBERS TO SCHOOL, WORK, ETC. IF THESE VEHICLES RUN THIS WAY AND EVEN STALL IN TRAFFIC THEN THERE IS HUGE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR DEATH. I HAVE TRIED TO SPEAK WITH GENERAL MOTORS DIRECTLY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED WITH ACCEPTABLE REMEDY. PLEASE HELP THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES GET THE APPROPRIATE HELP - AND TO HELP KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE.TY

DURING A BITTER COLD EVENING, THE PVC ORIFICE FROZE AND PRESSURE BUILT UP WITHIN THE ENGINE AND FORCED THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO BE PUSHED OUT, RESULTING IN COMPLETE OIL LOSS. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 15 DEGREES F. THIS IS A WELL KNOW ISSUE WITH THE MODEL BUT THE GM DEALERSHIP SAWS THAT MY VIN IS NOT ONE INCLUDED WITH THE RECALL. IT DOES HAVE THE SAME ENGINE AS THE RECALL, A 2.4L ECOTEC.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOTOR ON THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE WIPERS WERE BRAND NEW AND WERE THE REQUESTED BRAND FOR THIS VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK AFTER SHORT TRIPS AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO, THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER (BURTNESS CHEVROLET, 802 GENESIS DR, ORFORDVILLE, WI 53576, (608) 352-3053) STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED EVEN AFTER THEY PROMISED TO OFFER THE CONTACT AN EXTENDED FOUR YEAR WARRANTY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, US RT 2, DURING A RAIN STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO STOP WITHOUT BEING HIT OR HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ONLY SEVEN MONTHS AGO WITH 60,000 MILES IT NOW HAS 68,000 MILES. A MECHANIC THAT LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE FOUND THAT THE WIPER TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN AT THE CONNECTION TO THE MOTOR. .THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF A FAULTY PART. I HAVE ATTACHED THE REPAIR ORDER.