2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

INITIALLY THE ISSUE STARTED WITH ROUGH IDLING OF THE CAR, ENGINE TICKING, AND ENGINE STALLING. AFTER INDICATING THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ECM NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED BECAUSE THE OIL LIFE INDICATOR WAS NOT PROPERLY CALIBRATED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO THINK THAT THERE WAS MORE LIFE ON THE OIL THAN THERE ACTUALLY WAS. THE ENGINE BALANCE CHAIN EVENTUALLY BROKE WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE (55 MPH), DUE TO IMPROPER OIL LUBRICATION. THE FUEL PUMP, WATER PUMP, AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE DAMAGE CAUSED WHEN THE CHAIN BROKE. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN AFTER ENGINE TICKING/ ROUGH IDLING RE-OCCURED AND THEY INDICATED TO ME THAT THE ENGINE TICKING DURING STARTUP WAS NORMAL. THE ENGINE TICKING PROGRESSED TO BECOMING A CONSTANT NOISE. I NOTICED THAT WHEN I TOOK THE OIL IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES IN, THAT THE OIL DIPSTICK WOULD COME UP COMPLETELY DRY. THIS INDICATED THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL CONSUMPTION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO INDICATED THAT PISTONS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THIS INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OBSERVING SOME EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF HEAT MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. DURING THESE ISSUES, NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT EVER CAME ON. THE CAR HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHICH INDICATED THAT THE CAM SHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOIDS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MOST LIKELY FAILED DUE OIL SEEPING INTO THE EXHAUST WHICH COATED THE CERAMIC SUBSTRATE & THE EXCESSIVE HEAT EXPERIENCED BY THE ENGINE (AS INDICATED BY THE CRACKED MANIFOLD) DAMAGED THE CERAMIC SUBSTRATE. OIL CONSUMPTION LEADS TO EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE WHICH CAN BE A FIRE HAZARD. ENGINE STALLING DUE TO OIL CONSUMPTION LEADS TO CRASH SAFETY ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING EXTREMELY ROUGH AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAM SHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

COLUMBIA, SC--I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR AN IGNITION ISSUE AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS HAVING A WHINING-TYPE ENGINE NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED WHILE THE A/C WAS ON, AND THAT THE A/C WAS STARTING TO LOSE ITS COOLING CAPACITY. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT MY COMPRESSOR WAS GOING OUT, BUT THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY LAST INTO THE SUMMER, BUT BY THE END OF APRIL I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED, TO THE TUNE OF $1260. EVEN THOUGH MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF YEARS, IT HAD LESS THAN 28,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE COMPRESSOR FAILURE. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND THEIR 3-YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD. I POSTED THIS ISSUE ON A SITE CALLED REPAIRPAL, AND I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS EMAILS FROM OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN , THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE APPEARED. YOU ARE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND SUDDENLY YOU CAN ONLY GO 30 MILES AN HOUR NO MATTER HOW MUCH ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. AFTER PULLING OVER AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE SAFE AREA, TURNING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING SEEMED TO RESET THE CAR SO IT WAS ABLE TO PROCEED. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN UNTIL I ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY WASN'T OPERATING CORRECTLY. CLEANING IT DID STOP THE "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE. THIS CAR ALSO BURNS OIL, NO LEAKS, BUT YOU NEED A QUART OR TWO OF DEXOS OIL A MONTH. GM SEEMS TO THINK THIS IS NORMAL. ALSO THE CAR STALLS AS YOU REDUCE SPEED, LIKE COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT WORKS FINE FOR AWHILE, BUT ON CERTAIN DAYS, IT STALLS EVERY TIME YOU SLOW DOWN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POINTS TO A GAS PEDAL SWITCH.

IN FEBRUARY 2015 THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED/REPAIRED DUE TO REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING. ALTHOUGH NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, CHEVROLET PICKED UP THE REPAIR COST. SINCE THE REPAIR, THERE HAS BEEN HESITATION IN ACCELERATION. MORE RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN LOUD ENGINE NOISE (SOUNDS LILE A DIESEL ENGINE), ROUGH IDLING AT A STOP & HESITATION WHEN TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE. IT SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FALL OUT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON 2X. I WILL BE SCHEDULING SERVICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED DESTROYED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

I AM A TAXI CAB DRIVER I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CUSTOMER SUDDENLY CAR STOPPED THEN I START AGAIN AND FEW MILES LATER I HAD ENGINE POWER REDUCED SIGH ON THAN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND STABILITY TRUCK LIGHT CAME ON CAR SLOWED TO TEN MPH I TRIED TO SPEED UP BUT GAS PEDAL WAS NOT RESPONDING IF THIS HAPPENS TO ME ON HIGHWAY WITH 60-66 MPH SPEED SOME ONE WOULD RUN OVER ME

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WHEN STOPPING AFTER A LONG DRIVE. SO FAR TWO INSTANCES WHERE THE CAR FAILLED TO MOVE AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT AND AT A STOP SIGN AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN 50 MILES. DEALER CAN FIND NO PROBLEM WITH CAR.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 EQUINOX THE CAR SEEMS TO INTERMITTENTLY MISFIRE, CAUSING THE WHOLE CAR TO SHAKE. SOME DAYS THE CAR SEEMS TO RUN FINE, SOME DAYS IT RUNS BADLY. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, SOMETIMES THE CHECK STABILITRAC LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES THE CAR RUNS FINE AND NO LIGHT COMES ON. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY. IN THE LAST WEEK THE CAR HAS STARTED TO RUN FOR 3-5 SECONDS AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE IGNITION. IT ALSO HAS BEGUN TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND ALMOST STALL , BUT NOT EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. *TR

HEATER WAS NOT CHANGING MODES, THERE WAS NO ACTUATOR MOVEMENT, THEREFORE NO DEFROSTER DURING WINTER. THIS LEFT ME WITH POOR VISIBILITY. *TR