2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

ON THE HIGHWAY IN HIGH SPEED LANE IN A POURING RAIN WHEN THE WILNDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. I FELT THIS WAS LIFE THREATENING AS I COULD NOT SEE. BY THEE GRACE OF GOD I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WITHOUT GETTING KILLED. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN CANADA BUT NOT IN THE US. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES IN MY LIFETIME AND NEVER DID I HAVE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION LIKE THIS ONE. GM SHOULD RECALL THESE CARS AND REPAIR THIS SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

THIS CAR HAS A SEALED TRANSMISSION. AND I ONLY DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND TO AND FROM WORK. WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF IT HESITATES AND JUMPS. IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER EQUINOX OWNERS AND APPARENTLY THIS HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A DEFECT. NOT EVERY CAR SHOULD HAVE TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS

STABILITY TRACTION SERVICE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY COMES ON AND EVENTUALLY GOES OFF. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IT HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS, MOUNTAIN AND HILLS WITH MANY CURVES, HIGHWAYS AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED THROUGH A DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY OF 2018 AND I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE THEN. IT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON MY ONSTAR DIAGNOSTIC THAT I RECEIVE MONTHLY. I COMPLAINED TO THE CEO OF GM. AND DID GET A RESPONSE. THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I SPOKE WITH CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CHECK THE PROBLEM FREE. BUT THEY WOULD NOT. I SAW OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS THAT HAVE PAID A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTATGATION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK CONCERNING THE THE STABILITY TRACTION SERVICE LIGHT ON THE CHEVY EQUINOX. THANK YOU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER OPERATED DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED BACK AND FORTH INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER OPERATED DRIVER'S SEAT PRESSED THE DRIVER AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL AND MOVED BACKWARDS, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO ACCESS THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. ROD HATFIELD CHEVROLET (232 NEW CIRCLE ROAD, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40505, (859) 274-4289) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT WOULD TURN ON AND OFF. ONSTAR RAN A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.

10-11-18 4:15 PM LEAVENING THE 43 ON RAMP FOR HYW54/57 IN GREEN BAY WI. IN A RAIN STORM MY WIPER WENT COMPLETE OUT AND I COULD NOT SEE TO DRIVE WIPER MOTOR WENT COMPLETELY OUT

TAMATA RECALL MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING ON BACKROADS TO WORK WITH LOW LIGHTING AND IN A STORM WHEN MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT OUT AS I TURNED THE SPEED UP BECAUSE IT BEGAN TO RAIN A LOT MORE. THE WIPER JUST SWUNG ALL THE WAY UP AND OFF THE WINDSHIELD AND WOULD NO LONGER WORK. I PULLED OVER INTO CLOSEST NEIGHBORHOOD I COULD FIND AND LIMPED MY VEHICLE HOME AS SLOW AS I COULD TRYING TO SEE OUT OF MY CAR. THANK GOD THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AT ;AM ON MY WAY TO WORK OR ELSE I COULD HAVE EASILY NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE RAIN WITH MY WIPERS NOT WORKING. AFTER SEEING A LOT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON THE PROBLEM OCCUR INFO IN MODELS FROM 2010-2016 I FELT THE NEED TO FILE A REPORT. THE WIPER LINKAGES ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH CHEAP PLASTIC BUSHINGS THAT WILL FAIL INSTEAD OF USING LONGER LASTING HARDWARE LIKE A SHORT BOLT AND SELF LOCKING NUT TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO LONG-TERM FIXES. THERE ARE AT THE MOMENT 127000 MILES ON THE CAR AND I HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD ALONG WITH THE KNOWN ISSUE OF THE ENGINE EATING OIL THE ROD HOLDING THE PISTONS IN PLACE IS HAVING PROBLEMS. I HAVE SPENT ALMOST AS MUCH ON THIS ENGINE AS IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE. THE ENGINE SHAKES THE CAR, IS LOUD WHILE IDLE AND HAS THE TENDENCY TO JAR ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD THIS VEHICLE OVER 2 YEARS AND I PURCHASED FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP THUS FURTHERING WHY I AM NOT IMPRESSED AND PLAN TO NEVER BUY ONE AGAIN.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM CAUSING VISIBILITY TO BE REDUCED. RESEARCH AVAILABLE SHOWS THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS AND OTHER MODELS OF THE EQUINOX.

PURCHASED EQUINOX AT THE END OF JUNE WITH 85,557 MILES. FREQUENTLY CHECKED THE "OIL LIFE" PERCENTAGE. AT 25%, THE CAR STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE. AT FIRST IT WAS MAINLY WHEN I TURNED TO THE LEFT. IT ALSO MADE THE NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED AND THEN GRADUALLY IT WAS NOISY NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION I TURNED. THE CAR WOULD LURCH WHEN IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, EVEN WITH MY FOOT BARELY ON THE BRAKE. IT WAS EXTREMELY TERRIFYING. HAVE THIS CAR FOR LESS 3 MONTHS AND THIS IS HAPPENING??? TOOK TO MONRO FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVEN THOUGH THE OIL LIFE WAS ONLY AT 25%. MECHANIC WAS HESITANT TO DO THE OIL CHANGE UNLESS IT WAS 10% OR LESS. I INSISTED HE CHANGE IT ANYWAY, WITH SYNTHETIC PLEASE, DUE TO THE NOISE IT WAS MAKING AND HOW IT WAS ACTING. I WALKED AWAY TO DO KILL TIME WHEN I RECV'D A CALL FROM HIM INFORMING ME THAT HE WOULD NOT DO AN OIL CHANGE. HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE NOISE IT WAS MAKING WAS FROM SOMETHING KNOCKING (PISTONS, ROD) AND IF HE WERE TO DO AN OIL CHANGE, HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENGINE SHOULD IT "BLOW". HE WENT ON TO INFORM ME THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO REPLACED, IT COULD "BLOW" IN 3 HOURS OR IN 3 MONTHS. IN TEARS, I ASKED HOW MUCH THAT WOULD (GUESSTIMATE) COST AND HE TOLD ME EASILY $5,000, HALF OF WHAT I PAID FOR THE [XXX] CAR. HIS LAST COMMENT TO ME WAS, "I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DRIVE RIGHT UP TO AUTOZONE AND PURCHASE 4 QUARTS OF OIL BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO OIL"!! REALLLY? MY OIL LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, MY PERCENTAGE WAS 25%.... AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE WORK DONE TO IT THAT I SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT INCLUDING 2010-2017 EQUINOXES. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).