2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

WAS ALL DAY WITH MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKING THEN I WENT TO THE MOVIES AT NIGHT TIME AND WHEN I WAS LEAVING IT STARTED POURING AND MY WI DAGWOOD WIPERS WORKED FOR 20 SECONDS THEN CUT OFF. I HAD TO DRIVE 20 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS WHILE IT WAS PORING DOWN RAIN.

MY VEHICLE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. I TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING POORLY, THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS 3 QUARTS LOW ON OIL, AND THEN HAD ME TRACK MY OIL CONSUMPTION (BY CHECKING THE OIL ONCE A WEEK FOR 2,000 MILES). CHEVROLET HAD A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE (ONLY IF YOUR CAR WAS EXPERIENCING THIS) AND LUCKILY IT WAS COVERED TO BE FIXED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, I HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR. ALL DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, MY MANIFOLD CRACKED AND I NEED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I DEFINITELY THINK (AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR AGREED) THAT THE REASON THAT MY EMISSIONS SYSTEM IS RUNNING INEFFICIENTLY, IS BECAUSE MY ENGINE WAS BURNING SO MUCH OIL. ALL OF THE OIL SOOT AND FUMES RUN THROUGH THE ENGINE AND EMISSION SYSTEM, THEREFORE CLOGGING UP MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SEEMS TO ME, THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WERE ON A CASE TO CASE BASIS (JUST LIKE THE OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL IS), BUT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED IF YOUR CAR IS EXPERIENCING THOSE ISSUES. ALL STEMMING BACK TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION.

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND DOG IN THE CAR LATE AT NIGHT IN COLD ICIEY CONDITIONS IN WYOMING. CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER DRAMATICALLY, STEERING WAS TIGHT, LIGHTS DIMMED, ALSO ENGINE STALLED AFTER A BIT A OF A SLIDE AND SAFELY PULLING OVER. WE COULD HAVE WRECKED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN THE ICEY COLD TEMPERATURES. ENGINE LIGHT WAS ONE. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON. DASH READS 'SERVICE STABILITRAK' AND 'ENGINE POWER REDUCED !'. I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO QUIT STALLING. I WASN'T SAFELY ABLE TO DRIVE IT. SO I THEN DID A ECU RESET. (DISCONNECT ECU AND BATTERY). SAT FOR 20 MINUTES. RESTARTED AND STILL SAME PROBLEM AFTER IT IDLED ROUGH FOR 5 MINUTES ROUGHLY. SO NEXT I DISCONNECTED THE ECU FUSE NUMBER 42 IN THE ENGINE FUSE BOX. I THEN TURNED KEY IN FIRST POSITION AND HAD SAME READINGS. NEXT I RESET THE CODE WITH MY OBD SCAN TOOL. REPEATED THE FUSE METHOD AGAIN... STILL SAME READING BUT WITHOUT STARTING THE MOTOR ONCE DURING THIS.... MY GUESS IS THE ECU IS VOLITIL TO THIS VEHICLE MOTOR CLASS. SERVICE BULLETIN STATES IT NEEDS A REFLASH. UPDATES FOR ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION AS WELL. VERY INTERESTING AS WE CONSUME TOO MUCH OIL. I BELIEVE ALL MOTOR ISSUES IN OUR VEHICLE WE HAVE NOW (WORN PISTON RINGS ETC) ARE DUE TO A FAULTY ECU. THE FACT THAT THE WARNING SHOWS WHEN RESET AND NOT CONNECTED BECAUSE THE FUSE IS REMOVED PROVES TO ME THE ECU IS HAVING SOFTWARE ISSUE IN RENDERING PROPER DIAGNOSTICS AS WELL AS SAFE ENGINE PERFORMANCE. THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST OF 2017. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS IN DRY CLIMATES WHERE WE LIVE IN TEXAS. SAME ISSUES. SAME SYMPTOMS. NEW SENSORS, BATTERY, SPARK PLUGS AND OIL CHANGE REGULARLY. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND WILL TAKE LIVES IF NOT RECALLED. IMAGINE DRIVING ON ICE WITH YOUR KIDS INSIDE AND THEN YOUR STEERING GOES OUT AND THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND BRAKES.... IS THAT WHAT IT WILL TAKE?

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE ON 2/1/18 MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON SO I PULLED OVER AS QUICK AS I COULD AND SHUT OFF THE CAR. I LIVE IN ND AND IT WAS BELOW ZERO AND IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COLD. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY THERE WAS A PILE OF OIL UNDER MY CAR I GOT IT TOWED TO THE SHOP TO FIND OUT MY REAR MAIN SEAL BLEW OUT. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE ICE CRYSTALS AROUND THE MAIN SEAL AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT FROM HAPPENING. I PAID $1,700 TO GET IT FIXED AND THE SHOP SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL GOOD. WELL I PICKED IT UP FROM THE SHOP AND DROVE HOME (I LIVE 40 MILES OUT OF TOWN) AND IT SEEMED FINE. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, MIND YOU IT WAS STILL WELL BELOW ZERO DEGREES OUTSIDE, THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND I SHUT OF THE CAR AS FAST AS I COULD; I GOT STRANDED ALONG THE INTERSTATE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME WITH MY 6 MONTH OLD SON' SITTING IN THE FREEZING COLD WAITING FOR A RIDE' I AM STILL FURIOUS!! I GOT THE EQUINOX TOWED TO THE SHOP AGAIN TO FIND OUT THAT MY ENGINE IS NOW WRECKED. THERE IS ONLY 84,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS; HOPEFULLY CHEVROLET WILL KEEP ME AS A CUSTOMER AND PAY FOR THE ENGINE THAT GOT WRECKED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAULTY REAR MAIN SEAL THAT CAN'T PERFORM IN COLD WEATHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A RAPID OIL CONSUMPTION FAILURE. ALSO, THE ENGINE SHOOK AND VIBRATED WHILE IDLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (MEDBEV CHEVROLET, 11001 W. I-70 FRONTAGE ROAD N, WHEAT RIDGE, CO) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD STRETCHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE REPAIRING THE TIMING BELT, THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ALSO DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

PLUGGED PCV ORIFICE IN INTAKE MANIFOLD DURING COLD WEATHER, CAUSING A BLOWN REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL FOR NEW PISTONS AND RINGS RECEIVED ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. DAY AFTER PICKING UP MY VEHICLE, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE CAMSHAFT INTAKE SOLENOID WAS THROWING A CODE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHERE THEY WORKING, I PAID OUT OF POCKET. NEXT DAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING CAME ON THE DISPLAY SCREEN AND I COULDN'T DRIVE OVER 20 MPH THE WHOLE WAY HOME (TWENTY MILES) WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME MIND YOU. REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT INTAKE SOLENOID ONLY TO NOT FIX THE ISSUE SO WE ALSO REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TO FIND THAT DIDN'T HELP AT ALL. ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP (40 MILES) AS IT WAS UNDRIVEABLE. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS THE VEHICLE WAS DUMPING FUEL INTO THE CYLINDERS. HAD THE DEALERSHIP FIX THE ISSUE AND I PAID THEM FOR PARTS AND LANOR, ALL WHILE DEALERSHIP DENYING FAULT. PICKED IT UP AFTER BEING "FIXED", YET AGAIN, NEXT DAY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONES ON AGAIN! DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT AGAIN AND TOLD ME THAT THE CAMSHAFT EXHAUST SOLENOID, REPLACED THAT AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON AGAIN DAYS LATER BUT MY VEHICLE ALSO STALLED OUT ON ME WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND AGAIN WHILE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. I THEN REACHED OUT TO GM PERSONALLY AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY RUDE AND DENIED FAULT. ONE MONTH LATER, HAD TO REPLACE MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AS IT WAS CRACKED AND RELEASING EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE CAB WITH ME AND MY CHILDREN GETTING HEADACHES WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED UPSTREAM O2 SENSOR.. NOT EVEN ONE WEEK AFTER THIS WAS FIXED, JAN 2018 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN WITH A P0420 CODE FOR THE CAT CONVERTER....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PCV VALVE HEATER WAS BURNING OIL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. DURING THE THIRD FAILURE, THE COVER DETACHED AND BLEW OUT THE MAIN SEAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEFOUW CHEVROLET (320 SAGAMORE PKWY S, LAFAYETTE, IN 47905, (765) 449-2800). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

EQUINOX VERY SUDDENLY STARTED RUNNING ROUGHLY AND MAKING A "KNOCKING" NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND ACTED AS IF ENGINE WANTED TO STALL WHILE IDLING. LOW ENGINE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, WE STOPPED FOR OIL AND ADDED OIL. STARTED EQUINOX UP, LOW ENGINE OIL LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON. DROVE THE EQUINOX FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) MINUTES WHEN IT MADE A HORRENDOUS SHUDDERING NOISE, ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON STATING "STOP ENGINE NOW". WE PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. END RESULT: THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $8,000.00, FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED. EQUINOX ONLY HAD 64,000 MILES ON IT AND OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY INCLUDING IN LATE AUGUST 2017. SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO LEARN THAT GM HAS MANY ENGINE AND ENGINE OIL RELATED ISSUES WITH EQUINOXES DATING BACK TO 2011 AT LEAST. OUR EQUINOX HAD NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO ANY RECALLS.

ON A COLD SUB 0 DEGREE DAY 1/5/2018 I WAS TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VIHICAL A 2012 EQUINOX SUDDENLY STARTED SMOKING OUT THE EXHAUST PROFUSELY. AFTER A TOW INTO THE DEALER IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PCV VALVE STUCK CLOSED AND BUILT UP PRESSURE AND BLOW OUT THE REAR MAIN SEAL. A PROBLEM THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT . ( SERVICE BULLETIN # 14882) THIS HAS COST ME ALMOST $3,100 AND COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF WHEN THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE IN ON TRAEDIN THEY FIXED THE KNOWN PROBLEM BEFORE THEY PUT THE VEHICLE OUT ON THE USED CAR LOT AND SELLING IT TO A UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMER LIKE ME WHO HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF TO EVEN LOOK FOR THIS INFORMATION. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WITH 11200 MILES ON IT AND THE SERVICE BULLETIN COVERED IT TO 12000 THOUSAND MILE. IN CLOSING IT WAS VERY SCARY NOT KNOWING IF I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR AND VERY SHAMEFUL OF MATTHEW HARGREAVES DEALERSHIP FOR WITHHOLDING THIS INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF SALE. IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM THE SHOULD HAVE AS IT IS THERE BRAND AND THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE HONEST RIGHT!!