2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

CONSUMES TOO MUCH OIL. CAMSHAFT ISSUES. THE CAR HAS ISSUES PROPERLY SWITCHING GEARS IN AUTOMATIC AND THERE IS A DELAY OR SHAKING/JUTTER AT TIMES. EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS IDLE IS HAS A STRANGE SOUND TO IT. CAR ALSO HAS ISSUE WITH ACCELERATING. I WILL PUSH THE GAS DOWN AND IT DOESN'T SWITCH GEARS FAST ENOUGH. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN EVERYDAY CITY AND RURAL DRIVING.

I PURCHASED THIS PRE-OWNED EQUINOX SEPTEMBER 30. IN DECEMBER I FOUND OUT FROM MY MECHANIC THAT THERE IS AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. IT'S NOT LEAKING OIL, IT'S USING OIL. HE PRINTED OUT DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS 2012 EQUINOX VEHICLES HAVE THIS OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY PISTON AND PISTON RING INSTALLATION. I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL GMC/CHEVY DEALER AND HE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT GMC WILL DO FOR ME AND THAT IT WOULD BE $3,000 TO FIX. I ASKED FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST BUT HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH TO SCHEDULE IT. THE VEHICLE HAD A POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THAT EXPIRED THIS LAST OCTOBER. BECAUSE OF THAT IT WON'T BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO ME. BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THIS VEHICLE ENGINE WAS PUT TOGETHER INCORRECTLY, THERE IS NO WAY THAT I SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. OVER TIME THIS WILL CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, LEAVING ME WITH MULTIPLE EXPENSIVE UPKEEP AND THE INABILITY TO SELL. IT JUST TURNED TO 82,000 MILES. MY FIRST AMERICAN BOUGHT CAR AFTER OWNING FOREIGN CARS FOR DECADES. WANTED TO BE PATRIOTIC. I WON'T HAVE THAT MISJUDGMENT AGAIN. I FELT STUCK AT FIRST BUT THEN REALIZED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE CONCLUSION. GMC NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND WHAT THEY HAVE BUILT.

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN APRIL 2016, I GOT A ERROR READING LAST NIGHT SAYING SERVICE YOUR POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP MOMENTARILY. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND PUT THE CAR IN GEAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED

BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AT 40K MILES IN 2013. SINCE OWNING IT OCCASIONALLY HAD A ROUGH IDLE WHEN INCLINED ON THE OFF-RAMP OF A HIGHWAY. IT WAS A CROSS BETWEEN AND SLIGHT SHUTTER AND A JERK FORWARD LIKE THE HILL ASSIST FEATURE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD TRUE. AS THE VEHICLE GOT CLOSER TO 100K MILES THE IDLE WAS BECOMING MORE PRONOUNCED AND STARTED SPUTTERING IN DRIVE-THRUS AND STOP SIGNS UNTIL ONE DAY IT SHUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE HAD ISSUES BACKING UP WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF. TOOK INTO A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS VERY LOW ON OIL (EVEN THOUGH I WAS STILL IN MY WINDOW) AND SOME SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. VEHICLE WAS OK FOR A FEW WEEKS AND NOW IT IS STARTING THE SAME ACTIVITY AGAIN. UNTIL I CAN TAKE IT AGAIN TO GET CHECKED OUT I HAVE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE AT STOP SIGNS AND OFF-RAMPS.

MASSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER I HAVE USED A QUART IN 356 MILES OIL LIGHT NEVER COMES ON EVEN WITH IT BEING 2 1/2 QUARTS LOW RUNNING OUT OF OIL CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SEIZE LOOSING ALL POWER AND POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY,BUCKING THEN DIED IT DID RESTART AND RAN FINE FOR A FEW DAYS & DID IT AGAIN I'M AFRAID OF GETTING REAR ENDED OR WORSE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN NO ADVANCE WARNING NO TROUBLE CODES

THE VEHICLE IS CONSUMING HIGH RATES OF OIL EVERY 500-1000 MILES. IT IS NOT NOTIFYING ME THE OIL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR WILL MAKE A ROUGH NOISE OR LURCHING SOUND WHILE DRIVING.

WAS DRIVING CAR HOME TO ST LOUIS FROM CHICAGO, STARTED CAR FINE, DROVE ABOUT 1.5 MILES ON LOCAL ROAD PRIOR TO MERGING ONTO HWY, AND CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER, LOW OIL LIGHT CAME ON, PARKED CAR, OIL LEAKED OUT OF CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP LINE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

CAR HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND NEW TIRES PUT ON AT BELLE TIRE IN GRAND BLANC MI. THREE DAYS LATER MY DAUGHTER (RACHELLE SLY) WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED. BEING CLOSE TO A MIDAS MUFFLER SHE MANAGED TO GET IT TO RESTART AND GO THERE (LESS THAN 500 FEET). THEY PUT THE CAR UP IN THE AIR AND SAID THERE WAS OIL ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. WE DECIDED TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO BELLE TIRE SINCE THEY CHANGED THE OIL ORIGINALLY. THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO AL SERRA GRAND BLANC MI. BY THAT TIME THE CAR WOULDN'T EVEN START.. AL SERRA ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS A BAD REAR SEAL. EVERYTHING ESCALATED TO NEEDING A FULL NEW ENGINE. THERE WAS A BULLETIN (NO.14882) ON THE 2012 EQUINOX LTZ BUT WHEN WE PUT HER VIN IN IT DID NOT COME UP. SHE HAD APPROX 140,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT BUT HAD A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT WHEN SHE WAS WITHIN THE REQUIRED MILEAGE OF 120,000 OR 10 YEARS PER THE BULLETIN NO:14882. AT THAT TIME IT WAS DOCUMENTED OF THE VERY COMPLAINTS. IT IS COLD IN MI AT THIS TIME WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE BULLETIN.AT THE TIME OF HER FIRST COMPLAINT AL SERRA CHANGED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH SEEMED TO HELP. SHE PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AL SERRA IN JUNE 2015 AND THE NOTHING WAS SENT TO HER OR DISCLOSED TO HER. BULLETIN CAME OUT IN MARCH OF 2015 (THREE MONTHS EARLIER/PRIOR) SHE DRIVES A LONG WAY TO AND FRO WORK BUT DOES NOT HOT ROD THIS VEHICLE . SHE GETS ALL MAINTENANCE/OIL CHANGES ETC.IT IS DANGEROUS THAT THIS CONDITION WAS NOT BROUGHT TO HER ATTENTION, IF YOU GOOGLE THE CONDITION IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD FIX AND OR NOTIFY PEOPLE OF, NOW IN ADDITION TO SPENDING OVER $20,000.00 0N THIS CAR IT COST $5,444.00 TO GET A NEW ENGINE!