2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

I OWN A 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX THAT PCV SYSTEM FAILED AND CAUSE MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE. THE DAY ISSUE HAPPENED IS ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS IN RECORD IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. THE PCV SYSTEM FROZE CAUSING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE CAUSE THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO BLOW. ONCE THIS HAPPEN THE CAR START TO LOOSE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL WHICH LEAD TO THE ENGINE DAMAGE. THERE IS NOT A OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IN THE CAR SO THERE WAS NO WAY OF TELLING IF THERE WAS NO OIL PRESSURE, ONLY A OIL LIGHT IN WHICH IT DID NOT COME ON. HOW I FOUND OUT I HAD THE ISSUE IS WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED HAMMERING. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE QUICKLY AND HAD IT ROLLED BACK TO GM. WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT MY ENGINE IS NO GOOD AND I NEED A NEW ONE, WHICH COST 7700 TO FIX. MY CAR HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS DESCRIBE ON THE GM 14882 BULLETIN BUT STILL NO HELP WITH THE COST. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER HE TRIED TO GET GOOD WILL WARRANTY SINCE IM OVER MY 100,000 MILE WARRANTY.BUT STILL NO HELP, I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ENGINE MY SELF BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THE LOAN THROUGH GMAC. THE WORST THING ABOUT THE ISSUE IS THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND ONLY CERTAIN CARS ARE COVERED ON THE BULLETIN AND THAT THE BULLETIN ONLY TIES TO THE VIN ON THE CAR. WELL READING UP THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AND SO FAR THERE ARE MORE COMPLAINS THEN RECALL FIXES. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WHILE DRIVING ALONG IN A RAINSTORM MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. IT WAS PRETTY STRESSFULL FOR A TIME TILL I WAS ABLE TO STOP. PLEASE ADD ME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS. THE FIX WAS OVER 500 DOLLARS

CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR THE CAR HAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY OR AT A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP AND UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE. WILL RETURN IT TO THE SHOP AGAIN FOR A MORE THOROUGH INSPECTION. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING TO WORK.

SERVICE AIRBAG DASH LIGHT/ALARM COMES ON EVERY 10 SECONDS WHETHER SOMEONE IS IN THE SEAT OR NOT. WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE PRESENCE DETECTOR AND MODULE.

THE CAR WAS PARKED (THANK GOD) AND WHEN THE WIPERS WERE TURNED ON, THEY NO LONGER WORKED. JUST BOUGHT THE CAR 9 DAYS AGO! 54K ON IT. I TOOK IT APART AND FOUND THE WIPER TRANSMISSION HAD FALLEN APART!

THE FRONT WINDOW DEFROSTER DOES NOT BLOW ANY AIR, WHICH CAUSES THE INSIDE TO FOG OVER. ALSO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD FREEZES CAUSING EXTREME VISIBILITY LOSS. THE DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL REGARDLESS IF I AM DRIVING OR PARKED. I REVIEWED MAY OTHERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE FOR MANY DIFFERENT YEAR EQUINOX. THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS CAUSING DEATH.

I DRIVE MY CAR EVERYDAY. IT HAS SEAT HEATERS IN THE FRONT SEATS. I HAVE CLOTH SEATS. I WAS NOTICING THAT WHENEVER I TURNED MY SEAT WARMER ON, IT WAS GETTING REALLY HOT IN ONE SPECIFIC PLACE AND MADE MY LEG BURN. ONE DAY, I LOOKED AT MY LEG AFTER I GOT OUT AND THERE WAS A SMALL BURN ON MY LEG. I LOOKED AT THE SEAT AND THERE WAS A SMALL BURN MARK/ HOLE THROUGH MY SEAT. I DO NOT TURN THE HEATERS ON ANYMORE, OBVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES IT COMES ON ON ITS OWN AND GETS SUPER HOT AND I CAN'T TURN IT OFF. SO, I HAD TO START DRIVING WITH A BLANKET UNDER ME SO I DIDN'T GET BURNED. I WAS SCARED THE BLANKET WAS GOING TO CATCH FIRE, SO I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO GET LOOKED AT. THEY SAID IT HAD SHORT CURCUITED AND THAT I SHOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THE SEATS HAD BEEN RECALLED. I CALLED CHEVERLET AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL AND BASICALLY SAID 'THAT SUCKS'. I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE AND I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX IT. CHEVY DIDN'T EVEN OFFER TO FILE A REPORT ABOUT MY INCIDENT.

SNOWSTORM ON 1/12/2019, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND THE WIPERS JUST STOPPED WORKING, SHE HAD TO TRY TO PULL OVER AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING.

IT WAS RAINING AND MY WIPERS WERE SET ON THE AUTOMATIC SETTING WHERE THEY WOULD WORK ABOUT EVERY 20-30 SECONDS. THEY STOPPED WORKING IN MID WIPE!! THE MISTER IS STILL FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE I CAN HEAR IT BUT THE WIPERS ARE NOT. I HAVE BEEN READING THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE MODEL OF VEHICLE AND THE PART HAS BEEN RECALLED IN CANADA. WHY NOT HERE???? I LOST ALL VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT!!! I WAS SCARED TO DEATH AND DROVE THE CAR HOME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MADE A NOISE THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE MOTOR WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BIT NEVER DID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 9-4970143711. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.