2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

UNABLE TO TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION WHEN TURNING ENGINE OFF WHEN STATIONARY. HAVE TO REPEATEDLY RESTART ENGINE AND PUT IN AND OUT OF GEAR TO GET THE KEY TO BE RELEASED. KEEPS HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY. NEED TO CARRY EXTRA KEY IF UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION IN ORDER TO LOCK THE DOORS.

ENGINE IS CONSUMING AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF OIL, POSSIBLY DUE TO WARPED CYCLINDERS. I TOLD THE DEALER IT WAS LEAKING OIL OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP ENOUGH OIL IN IT, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO LEAK AND THAT I NEED TO CHANGE THE OIL MORE OFTEN. TERRIBLE RATTLE HAS EXISTED SINCE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2010. TIMING CHAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED ONCE AND THE RATTLE WENT AWAY FOR A SHORT TIME. OTHER MECHANICS ARE SAYING CYLINDERS BECOME OVAL AND THEN IT CONSUMES OIL AND IF YOU DON'T NOTICE IT THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKS THE PLASTIC GUIDES DUE TO IMPROPER LUBRICATION.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. BROUGHT THE CAR TO A CHEVY DEALER AND RETURNED WITH FULL OIL, AT ~55000 MILES. ONE MONTH LATER, AFTER PUTTING ON ~700 MILES, THE OIL LEVEL MARKER COULD MERELY DETECT ANY OIL LEFT. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT TOOK THEM 1QT OIL TO TOP-OFF (I FEEL IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN THAT), WHILE THEY ADMIT EVEN 1QT/700 MILES OIL CONSUMPTION IS NOT NORMAL. THEY'VE STARTED THE MONITORING, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

VEHICLE IS 5 YEARS OLD AND THERE IS RUST ON THE INSIDE LOWER DOOR HEM ON THREE OF THE 4 DOORS. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOUSED IN A GARAGE IN THE EVENINGS AND WASHED WITH RELATIVE FREQUENCY. GM HAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO FIX THIS ISSUE BUT FOR VEHICLES HOUSED IN CANADA ONLY NOT IN THE US. IT IS OBVIOUS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT GM IS CORRECTING IN CANADA BUT NOT THE US.

ON AUGUST 21,2015 I WAS COMING HOME WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD I ENTERED A CURVE AND MY STEERING WHEEL DID NOT TURN WITH THE CURVE MY CAR CONTINUED GOING STRAIGHT I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND I TRIED TO BRAKE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE CAR SO I WENT INTO THE DITCH WRECKING MY CAR IT WAS TOTALED AND I WAS HURT THE CAR WAS TOTALED THE CHEVROLET DEALER TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN AND THEY WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE THEY HAD A SPECIAL WARRANTY FUND TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIR OF THE STEERING PROBLEM THERE HAD BEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM--NEEDLESS TO SAY MY TOTALLY WRECKED CAR COULD NOT BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALER --I WAS TOLD TO CALL ROADSIDE SERVICE TO TOW IT IN AND FIX THE PROBLEM--A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON THE POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM--I COULD OF BEEN KILLED AND AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS VERY THANKFUL THAT GOD WAS WITH ME AND SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOU --GOD BLESS!!! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WAS OUT RUNNING ERRANDS WITH OUR TWO CHILDREN AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH - ALMOST DIED TWICE WHILE AT STOPLIGHTS. HAD PREVIOUSLY VOICED MULTIPLE CONCERNS TO DEALERSHIP ON OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL. NO LOW OIL NOTIFICATION ON VEHICLE WOULD EVER DISPLAY, AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS MODEL WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A NOTIFICATION (WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS VERY ODD). FINALLY GOT VEHICLE HOME AND AS I PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE DIED; WENT TO RESTART AND MADE AWFUL SOUND WOULDN'T TURN OVER. WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL WITH OVER 1,500+ MILES LEFT UNTIL RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE. TALKED TO GM CS AND TURNS OUT OUR VEHICLE SHOULD BE GIVING A COMPUTER NOTIFICATION ON THE DASHBOARD FOR LOW OIL. THANKFUL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN DURING MY ERRANDS SINCE IT COULD HAVE DIED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION OR ON THE INTERSTATE AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN DANGER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED, STALLED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, MY CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND BEGAN SHAKING AND PULSING AS I SLOWED TO A STOP. I PULLED MY CAR INTO AN EMPTY LOT WHERE I DISCOVERED I COULDN'T BACK UP MY CAR. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THE WAVE PLATE(35R PLATE) WAS DAMAGED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF $4,200. SERVICE DIRECTOR AT THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN THESE TYPES OF TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WHEN THE FAILURE MIGHT OCCUR. FORTUNATELY, I WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED WITH NO CARS AROUND ME AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ONLY LEFT WITH A TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE REPAIR.

MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER FAILED AND LEAKED BRAKE FLUID INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER CAUSING LOSS OF 100% BRAKING CAPACITY. FIST OCCURANCE COVERED UNDER VEHICLEWARRANTY. RE-OCCURENCE OF THE SAME PROBLEM WAS ON AUGUST 5, 2015. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. DECLINED TO FIX THE SECOND IDENTICAL PROBLEM NO CHARGE AND STATED THEY WERE CLOSING THE CLAIM. FOR REFERENCE THE GM CLAIM NUMBER IS 71-1509267023.