2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING WIND AND RAIN STORM. THE MECHANISM THAT MOVES THE WIPER ARMS POPPED OFF THE BALL JOINT/SOCKET ON THE WIPER TRANSMISSION. IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOW I HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN DRIVING THE CAR IN THE RAIN. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL RIGHT ONTO THE SHOULDER, BUT IF I WAS ON A ROAD WITHOUT A SHOULDER OR IN A MIDDLE LANE IN TRAFFIC, IT COULD EASILY HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLISION.

AROUND THE TIME FRAME OF MAY, 2016 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT MY 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WITH A 2.4L ECOTEC STARTED HAVING A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE WHILE IDLING. THE MILEAGE AT THIS POINT IN TIME WAS AROUND 99K MILES. AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE KNOCKING BEGAN, I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO AN AUTO ZONE TO CHECK MY OIL LEVELS, AND REALIZED THAT THE DIP STICK SHOWED THE OIL WAS MUCH LOWER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I WENT INSIDE AND PURCHASED DEXOS 5W30 OIL PER THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND ADDED 1 QT TO IT. ADDITIONALLY, I NOTICED AFTER I TOOK THE OIL CAP OFF THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE. PER THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE GM OIL LIFE MONITOR SYSTEM USES AN ALGORITHM THAT ANALYZES YOUR DRIVING ACTIVITY, TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE, AND SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS TO DETERMINE WHEN THE OIL NEEDS CHANGED. ACCORDING TO THIS SYSTEM I WAS AT ROUGHLY 70% OIL LIFE. THE SYSTEM STATES THAT THE OIL ONLY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED WITHIN 600 MILES OF THE LOW OIL LIFE ALERT COMING ON, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL YOU GET AROUND 15%. AT THIS POINT I BEGAN MONITORING MY OIL CONSUMPTION MUCH MORE CLOSELY AND CARRIED OIL ON ME AT ALL TIMES. AS TIME HAS GONE BY, I'VE NOTICED THE CAR IS BURNING OIL QUICKER, AND AS OF MY MOST RECENT OIL CHANGE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE BEGAN DOING OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS PER GM TSB # 13-06-01-003H THAT EXPLAINS THIS ISSUE. THE TSB NOTES THAT IT COVERS MY MAKE AND MODEL, BUT MY VIN DOES NOT COME UP AS BEING COVERED UP TO 120K MILES FOR THIS REPAIR. I HAVE HAD A DEALER TELL ME THAT THE FIX LISTED IN THE TSB IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THAT IT WILL COST $3.4K. MANY OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME ENGINE ARE COVERED BUT MINE ISN'T. MY CAR HAS SINCE STARTED STALLING WHEN IT IS IDLING AT LOW RPM'S, SPECIFICALLY ON 3/22/17 IT STALLED TWICE WHILE IN A DRIVE-THROUGH.CURRENT MILEAGE TODAY IS 118.6K AND THE 2 OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS SHOW BURNING UP TO 1 QT PER 1K MILES.

AROUND THE TIME FRAME OF MAY, 2016 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT MY 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WITH A 2.4L ECOTEC STARTED HAVING A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE WHILE IDLING. THE MILEAGE AT THIS POINT IN TIME WAS AROUND 99K MILES. AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE KNOCKING BEGAN, I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO AN AUTO ZONE TO CHECK MY OIL LEVELS, AND REALIZED THAT THE DIP STICK SHOWED THE OIL WAS MUCH LOWER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I WENT INSIDE AND PURCHASED DEXOS 5W30 OIL PER THE OWNER'S MANUAL AND ADDED 1 QT TO IT. ADDITIONALLY, I NOTICED AFTER I TOOK THE OIL CAP OFF THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE. PER THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE GM OIL LIFE MONITOR SYSTEM USES AN ALGORITHM THAT ANALYZES YOUR DRIVING ACTIVITY, TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE, AND SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS TO DETERMINE WHEN THE OIL NEEDS CHANGED. ACCORDING TO THIS SYSTEM I WAS AT ROUGHLY 70% OIL LIFE. THE SYSTEM STATES THAT THE OIL ONLY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED WITHIN 600 MILES OF THE LOW OIL LIFE ALERT COMING ON, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL YOU GET AROUND 15%. AT THIS POINT I BEGAN MONITORING MY OIL CONSUMPTION MUCH MORE CLOSELY AND CARRIED OIL ON ME AT ALL TIMES. AS TIME HAS GONE BY, I'VE NOTICED THE CAR IS BURNING OIL QUICKER, AND AS OF MY MOST RECENT OIL CHANGE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE BEGAN DOING OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS PER GM TSB # 13-06-01-003H THAT EXPLAINS THIS ISSUE. THE TSB NOTES THAT IT COVERS MY MAKE AND MODEL, BUT MY VIN DOES NOT COME UP AS BEING COVERED UP TO 120K MILES FOR THIS REPAIR. I HAVE HAD A DEALER TELL ME THAT THE FIX LISTED IN THE TSB IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THAT IT WILL COST $3.4K. MANY OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME ENGINE ARE COVERED BUT MINE ISN'T. MY CAR HAS SINCE STARTED STALLING WHEN IT IS IDLING AT LOW RPM'S, SPECIFICALLY ON 3/22/17 IT STALLED TWICE WHILE IN A DRIVE-THROUGH.CURRENT MILEAGE TODAY IS 118.6K AND THE 2 OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS SHOW BURNING UP TO 1 QT PER 1K MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK OIL ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACTED ASSUMED THAT THE OIL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC MY CAR IDLES RUFF AND WANTS TO STALL. WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS TO KEEP IT FROM STALLING - IT JUMPS. THIS HAPPENS WHIT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 5-25 MPH. MY CAR OFTEN STALLS WHILE REVERSING. I HAD THE CAM SHAFT REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TO PAY A $130.00 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE JUST FOR THEM TO TELL ME THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WORK WITH THE CAR. PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE - THERE APPEARS TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. MY CONCERN IS THAT I WILL STALL ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. THIS STARTED IN 10/2015 AND STILL CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR TO WORK WITHOUT A PROBLEM WHICH IS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE. AFTER WORK I WENT TO THE STORE AGAIN WITH NO PROBLEM. WHEN I BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE MY CAR STALLED. I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT, BUT ONCE I PUT IT IN REVERSE AGAIN IT SHOOK, AND STALLED. I RESTARTED IT AGAIN AND GAVE IT A LITTLE MORE GAS, THEN PUT IT IN GEAR TO BACK UP. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. IT WASN'T ON BEFORE ALL THE STALLING. I TOOK THE CAR HOME AND PARKED IT THINKING IT MAY BE BAD GAS. A WEEK WENT BY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. . I CAME TO A LIGHT AND STOPPED, WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL TO CHANGE. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING A LITTLE AND STALLED.THIS IS A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE STUCK IN ONCOMING TRAFFI AS I WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE. I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT AGAIN. AGAIN IT STALLED. I RESTARTED IT GIVING IT MORE ACCELERATION THEN PUTTING IT IN DRIVE..I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT IT OFF. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I STARTED IT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON. THE CAR STALLED 4 MORE TIMES BEFORE I LEFT THE PARKING LOT. I DROVE IT HOME AND PARKED IT. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT SOUND EXACTLY LIKE MINE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR KNOWING IT CAN STALL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT PUTTING ME, MY FAMILY,AND OTHER TRAVELERS AT RISK. SO FAR I HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAD IT CHECKED AND THE CODE CAME BACK AS P0010. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SIMILAR PROBLEM AS THE 2011 EQUINOX HAD AND IT WAS RECALLED. I STRONGLY FEEL GM SHOULD ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED.

THIS IS MY SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS HAVING TO HAVE REPAIRS MADE TO THIS VEHICLE FOR THE CAMSHAFT ACULATOR AND SOLENOID VALVE. ONCE AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON THE ROAD THE CAR SHUT OFF! TRIED GETTING IT TO GO BY PUTTING IT IN PARK AND AS I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND ATTEMPTED TO PRESS THE GAS IT SHUT OFF AGAIN! I WAS NEARLY HIT BY A CAR IN THE MIST OF ALL THIS. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS MALFUNCTION WITHIN THIS VEHICLE!!! I'VE SEEN SO MANY COMMENTS BY PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO THEM IN THIS 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX!! PLEASE RECALL THESE PIECES!

MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. PUT IT IN PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE BUT ANY TIME I PRESSED THE GAS IT TURNED OFF.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR HAD BEEN IDLING ROUGH AND WOULD ALMOST STALL OUT AT RED LIGHTS. ALSO MADE A TICKING NOISE WHEN PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR AT ABOUT 20-25 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE FOUND THE OIL LEVEL LOW. PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE AND CLEARED THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE. HE ALSO GAVE ME INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION BULLETIN. NOW I WILL HAVE TO CHECK MY OIL LEVEL AND MAKE SURE TO GET AN OIL CHANGE EVERY 3000 MILES.

MY 2012 EQUINOX BEGAN BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL. I HAD TO ADD OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AS UNDER THE GM CUSTOMER SATISFACTION #12312A WHICH INITIALLY ONLY COVERED THE 2010 TO 2011 EQUINOX. THIS SAME ISSUE IS ALSO COVERED UNDER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #13-06-01-003H. BASED ON THIS ISSUE, MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET STARTED SO SPUTTER WHILE DRIVING AND FINALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A DEALERSHIP APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE LOW OIL LIKELY CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP AND RECOMMEND I SHOULD SEE THE DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE AS THIS WAS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAS 85K MILES AND THE WARRANTY RAN OUT 5 MONTHS AGO. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $1,600.00. SIMILAR ISSUE TO THE 2010 AND 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX WHICH IS BEING REPLACED. WAS ALSO TOLD THE OIL CONSUMPTION WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED AFTER THE TIMING CHAIN FIX AND WOULD ALSO BE AT MY EXPENSE. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FOR THIS VEHICLE AND GM IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE 2010 AND 2011 VEHICLES AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BUT THE ISSUE IS ALSO AFFECTING THE 2012 AND 2013 AS GM HAS ISSUED SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THEM BUT ARE NOT FIXING A KNOWN ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS DANGEROUS TO CUSTOMERS DRIVING AS THE CAR CAN COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE FOR VEHICLE OWNERS AND AN EXPENSIVE ONE FOR CUSTOMERS FROM WHICH GM IS AVOIDING TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.