2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH A VALVE IN THE ENGINE THAT CAN BECOME PLUGGED IN COLD WEATHER. ONLY CERTAIN VIN'S WERE COVERED. MY VEHICLE HAD THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM AS THE ONES THAT WERE RECALLED HAD. HOWEVER, BECAUSE MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL GM WOULD NOT COVER MY REPAIR COSTS.

TAKATA RECALL. YESTERDAY (2/28/18) I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN POURING DOWN RAIN& THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOPPED. YOU CAN HEAR THE MOTOR RUNNING BUT THEY WILL NOT MOVE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND THEY HAD BEEN WORKING FINE ALL DAY & THEN JUST STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN SUDDEN MAKING IT TO WHERE I COULD NOT SEE WHILE DRIVING. ## VIN PASSED ## 2012 CHEVEROLET EQUINOX ##

I PURCHASED THE CAR IN APRIL OF 2012 AND STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE WITHIN THE FIRST 10,000 MILES. THE CAR WOULD STALL AND SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION EITHER AFTER A SHORT IDLE WHILE AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT, OR EVEN WHILE PARKING BOTH IN DRIVE AND REVERSE. THE CAR WILL SHAKE AGGRESSIVELY WHILE IN MOTION AND LURCH FORWARD BOTH WHILE STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. THE TIRE PRESSURE COULD NEVER STAY BALANCED AND WOULD CONSTANTLY INFORM ME OF LEAKING EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE TIRE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION DURING STORMS LEAVING ME COMPLETELY BLIND. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2013 EQUINOX WINDSHIELD WIPERS BUT WOULD NOT EXTEND THE RECALL TO MY 2012 EQUINOX WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE CAR CONSUMES OIL AT A FASTER THAN NORMAL RATE AND HAS REQUIRED FREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND FILTER AND HAS NEVER DISPLAYED AN ENGINE OR OIL LIGHT TO INFORM ME OF THE ISSUES. THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY QUITE FREQUENTLY. THE CAR STRUGGLED TO START ONE DAY AND AFTER MY THIRD ATTEMPT FINALLY TURNED OVER BUT ONLY AT HALF POWER AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE BACK HOME, THE ENGINE COLLAPSED AND QUIT ON ME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND UPON INSPECTION BY A CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD COMPLETELY FAILED AND THERE WAS METAL PIECES IN THE OIL. THE CAR IS NOT WORKING CURRENTLY AS IT HASN'T BEEN FOR MOST OF IT'S LIFE AS I CONTINUE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON AN OVERPRICED PIECE OF METAL THAT CAN'T SAFELY TRANSPORT MY FAMILY.

MY CHEVROLET DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR TSB 14882 AND DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR MY VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE REASON GIVEN IS THAT THE TSB IS VIN SPECIFIC AND MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE THE EXACT ENGINE DESIGNATED IN THE TSB. HOWEVER, IT IS A CHEVROLET INLINE 4 CYLINDER ENGINE THAT EXHIBITS THE IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS AS IN THE TSB. THIS TSB SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER ALL CHEVROLET 4 CYLINDER ENGINES IN THE DESIGNATED MODEL YEARS.

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE TOLLWAY ON A SNOWY EVENING WITH THE TEMPERATURE AROUND 5 DEGREES. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER AND SHAKING AND STALLED IN A LANE OF TRAFFIC AND WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THIS WAS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION AS THE VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND OUR VEHICLE WAS DISABLED AND BLOCKING A TRAFFIC LANE. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHICH WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN BUT QUICKLY TURNED IT OFF AS THE ENGINE SOUNDED TERRIBLE. THEY CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL TO FIND NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK SO THEY ADDED OIL AND CHECKED THE LEVEL AGAIN AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND SOUNDED TERRIBLE AND THEY FOUND OIL QUICKLY LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAD FAILED CAUSING ALL THE OIL TO LEAK OUT FROM THE ENGINE. I NOW HAD A VEHICLE WITH 84,000 MILES ON IT THAT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I QUICKLY DISCOVERED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE THAT OCCURS IN COLD WEATHER. THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES AS WELL AS A PCV VALVE ISSUE WHICH CLOGS AND CAUSED THE PRESSURE TO BUILD UP RESULTING IN BLOWING OUT THE REAR MAIN SEAL AND IS COVERED UNDER TSB #14882 ARE KNOWN ISSUES WHICH LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF MY ENGINE. I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL DEALER THAT MY VIN # DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE TSB #14882 AND REPAIRS WOULD NOT BE COVERED AS MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED 9 MONTHS AGO. THE SHOP WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A USED ENGINE WITH 25,000 MILES ON IT AND USED THAT TO REPLACE MY FAULTY ENGINE. IN TOTAL I SPENT $3,470 FOR THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND TOWING CHARGES.

INSIDE DOOR PANEL SHOWING RUST ON ALL 4 DOORS, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. COMING FROM BOTTOM WHERE SKINS CLIP ONTO DOOR FRAME. SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A 6 YEAR OLD CAR.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON. VEHICLE OFTEN STALLS UPON STOPPING AND AT TIMES HAS AN EXTREMELY HARD DECEL, WHICH CONTINUES AFTER THE KEY IS TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION. VEHICLE IDLES HARD. UPON PARKING, VEHICLE HAS SUDDENLY REPORTED REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND " CHECK STABILI TRAK" NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO GO OVER 40 MPH.

I PURCHASED A 2012 GM EQUINOX ON SEPT. 6, 2017 SEPT 9 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WAS LOW ON OIL ' WE ADDED OIL SEPT 13 I HAD A TIRE CLAIM DUE TO TIRES BEING 'DRY ROTTED' PER DEALERSHIP. OCT 19 CAR STARTED DRIVING FUNNY, STALLING ' STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD WITH MY 18 MONTH OLD SON AND MY 8 YEAR OLD DISABLED DAUGHTER. HAD TO CALL SOMEONE TO COME. WHEN CHECKED VEHICLE HAD ALMOST NO OIL IN IT AGAIN. OCT 29 ' BRINGING DISABLED DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL WHEN CAR STALLED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. CHECKED AND THERE WAS ALMOST NO OIL IN IT. WE HAVE HAD TO ADD OIL TO VEHICLE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK SINCE JUST TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T BREAK DOWN TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. WE DID THIS EVERY MONDAY JUST AS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR. FEB 6 ' EVEN AFTER KEEPING OIL IN VEHICLE WEEKLY MY CAR WOULDN'T START THIS MORNING. CHECKED OIL ETC. IT FINALLY STARTED UP LATER THAT DAY AND I WENT TO GET MY STEP DAUGHTERS. WHEN WE GOT READY TO LEAVE AND TRIED TO CRANK CAR IT MADE A LOUD WHINY KIND OF SOUND AND IT SMELLED LIKE WIRES OR SOMETHING BURNING. STEERING LOCKED UP AND IT WOULDN'T TURN OVER AGAIN AND I COULDN'T REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T CRANK BACK. CALLED SOMEONE TO COME. THEY CHECKED BATTERY, FUSES, ETC. I ENDED UP HAVING TO LEAVE MY CAR WHERE IT WAS OVERNIGHT BELIEVING IT WAS AN IGNITION PROBLEM. FEB 7 ' MECHANIC WAS CALLED TO CHECK CAR. REAR MAIN SEALED WAS BUSTED, TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN AND SEVERELY DAMAGED ENTIRE MOTOR. ENTIRE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY SHOT AND HAD NUMEROUS BROKEN PIECES! I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO WARRANTY ON THIS AND DEALERSHIP COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH DETAILS VERY SIMILAR TO MY OWN AND END RESULTS THE SAME AS MY OWN.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE MY POWER STEERING GAVE OUT ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH INTO A BRICK WALL WITH MY CHILDREN THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP CLOGGING/NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I HAVE RESEARCHED IT AND EVEN CONTACTED CHEVY ABOUT THE INFERIOR FUEL PUMPS IN ALL THE EQUINOX MODELS