2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE MAINTAINED THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE AS ADVISED. VEHICLE HAS USED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND OUT WHERE IT IS GOING. LISTED PROBLEM DATE AS TODAY BUT THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING..... HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD REPLACED ON 3 OCCASIONS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHY ON THAT EITHER? SEEMS WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IN THE WORKS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN BECAME INOPERABLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V582000 (VISIBILITY). THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 8-4660303111; HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,988.

CAR WOULD NOT START. CHARGED BATTERY UP CAR STARTED. INSIDE CONTROLS WOULD NOT WORK. SOMMERS DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $800.00 TO PUT A BRAND NEW BLOWER MOTOR IN. BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND NOW SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON.

VEHICLE TIMING CHAIN BROKE 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAD 57,000 MILES ON THE CAR. CHEVROLET REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM OR PAY FOR ANY REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE (INCLUDING THE POWER STEERING) COMPLETELY STALLED OUT WHILE I WAS TURNING OFF A BUSY STATE HIGHWAY ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I WAS STRANDED IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC UNTIL I WAS SAFELY ABLE TO GET A COUPLE OF GOOD SAMARITANS TO ASSIST WITH PHYSICALLY PUSHING IT OFF THE ROAD.

WHEN DRIVING TO WORK TODAY, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF PARKING MY CAR. THE CAR CUT OFF BEFORE I COULD COMPLETELY PARK. IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP THEN CUT BACK OFF. I TOOK MY CHANCES AND DROVE IT TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. EVERY TIME I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF I.E RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, HEAVY TRAFFIC. WHICH BECAME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I DROPPED MY CAR OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL VECHICALS THAT WERE THE SAME MODEL / MAKE AS MINES WAITING TO BE SERVICED. ALSO SERVERAL OF MY RELATIVES WHO HAS THE SAME CAR AS MINE HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIPS ALL ACROSS TOWN ARE OUT OF LOANER CARS AND CAN'T GET TO MINE UNTIL NEXT WEEK. 3 PEOPLE I KNOW TOOK THEIR VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AND EACH WERE TOLD THEY NEEDED A TUNE UP. AFTER RECEIVING THE TUNE UP THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINED. ALL OF OUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ARE ON.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE I'M MARCH 2018. A FEW WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE CODE P0014 FOR THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE PART AND CHANGED THE OIL AND IT WAS ALL FINE, NO MORE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AUGUST 2018 I GET AN OIL CHANGE ON IT AGAIN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON FOR SAME REASON. WHY WAS THIS PART NOT RECALLED LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS? I WILL NEVER AGAIN PURCHASE A CHEVY.

IN 2013, I ACTUALLY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT SOME SMOKE COMING FROM FRONT OF CAR DURING RAIN/SNOW, AND SOME SHAKING WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. I WAS INFORMED THESE WERE NORMAL FUNCTIONS DUE TO THE CLIMATIC WEATHER AND BRAKING SYSTEM. I TOOK THEM AT THEIR WORD. IN THE SUMMER OF 2017 WHILST DRIVING TO WORK, THE CAR CUT OFF, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD THE OIL HAD BURNED VERY LOW. SHOULD A 2013 BURN COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL IN THREE MONTHS? I HAD TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, REPLACEMENT OF INTAKE AND EXHAUST CAMSHAFT POSITION SOLENOIDS. IT WASN'T UNTIL I HAD THE ALMOST EXACT ISSUE HAPPEN IN JAN, 2018 THAT I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BURNING OIL AT A HIGH SPEED. THERE IS A RECALL ON MY MAKE MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE (SEE BELOW FOR REPORT) THAT MIRROR THE EXACT ISSUES THAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SINCE 2017. HOWEVER, UPON CONTACTING GMC, I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, THEREFORE GMC WILL NOT REPLACE THE ENGINE, THOUGH I AM EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE RECALL REPORT. I AM CONSTANTLY IN FEAR THAT MY CAR WILL SHUTOFF WHILST I AM DRIVING. I HAVE HAD TWO OIL CHANGES WITHIN A MONTH, BECAUSE THE OIL BURNS THAT QUICK. I AM NOW ON MY SECOND OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, BUT I KNOW ONCE THE TESTING IS COMPLETE, I WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS, DUE TO THE ENGINE BURNING OIL AT AN ASTRONOMICAL RATE. SHAKING/SHUTDOWN, I RENT CARS FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL DUE TO FEAR. INITIALLY, DEALER REP SAID I DIDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE OIL FOR 5,000 MILES. ITHIN A MONTHS TIME (JUN-JUL 2018), I HAD TWO OIL CHANGES. A DYE TEST WAS DONE IN JULY, BECAUSE THOUGH NO OIL WAS EVIDENT, SERVICE DEPART ASSUMED MUST BE A LEAK FOR OIL TO BE SO LOW. TEST SHOWED "NO" LEAK. CAR TICKS, MECHANIC SAYS DUE TO ENGINE NEEDING REPLACED. GMC/CHEVY REFUSE. THE REPAIR REPORT SAYS "CAR RUNS FINE" MY CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WASN'T RUNNING.

I PURCHED A 2013 CHEVY EQUINOX BRAND NEW. TWO YEARS AFTER HAVING IT THE CENTER CONSOLE FOR MY RADIO AND HEAT/AIR CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A MODULE SWITCH. THEN IN APRIL 2017 IT DID IT AGAIN! TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE AIR HVAC. THEN AUGUST 2018 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I AM TOLD IT IS THE RADIO HVAC AND THAT NOW IT IS NOT COVERED ON WARRANTY AND THAT I HAVE TO PAY $650 TO HAVE IT FIXED. I BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM FROM THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AND JUST KEEP GETTING TOLD SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERYTIME. THE SAME THING HAPPENS BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD A DIFFERENT PROBLEM BY THE CHEVY DEALER WITH THE EXPENSE GOING UP EACH TIME.

BOUGHT 2013 EQUINOX 6/14/18 WITH 50K MILES. ON 8/14/18 WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN (SCARY SITUATION WITH A BIG RIG BEARING DOWN ON YOU STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT) . I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND DROVE 12 MILES HOME AS IT SHUT DOWN 8 MORE TIMES. ON 8/15/18 DROVE THE CAR 1 BLOCK AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND IT READ P0011 INTAKE CAMSHAFT POSITION TIMING CODE. ON 8/16/18 WHEN MECHANIC CHANGED PART REALIZED THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIP STICK.NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON FOR NOT HAVING ANY OIL. CAR HAS 52K MILES ON IT AND THE OIL WAS CHANGED THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. WHERE DID ALL THE OIL GO IN LESS THEN 3K MILES. I AN NOW READING THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND WILL HAVE TO CARRY A CASE OF OIL TO CHECK EVERY WEEK NOW. IF GM KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS..

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE - I HAVE TO ADD A QUART OF OIL EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES, ON TOP OF BEING DILIGENT ABOUT CHANGING MY OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES (FULLY SYNTHETIC TOO). WHEN I DO NOT ADD A QUART OF OIL EVERY 10 DAYS OR SO, MY CAR STALLS WHILE IDLING, KNOCKS, AND/OR RIDES "ROUGH". I'VE ALSO NOTICED THE ENGINE IDLES LOWER THAN NORMAL. IF I PRESS ON THE GAS LIGHTLY, THE CAR WILL STALL. IF I PRESS ON THE GAS WITH MORE PRESSURE, THE CAR WILL SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR EARLIER THAN NORMAL AND ROUGHLY (IF THAT MAKES SENSE). I'VE HAD THE CAR INTO THE MECHANIC 4 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE.