2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

CURRENTLY MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IT SEEMS THAT THE BATTERY IS FINE AS ALL OF THE ELECTRONICS IN THE VEHICLE ARE WORKING, INCLUDING RADIO/DOOR LOCKS. WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED ALL OF THE ELECTRONICS JUST "CLICK" AND THE MOTOR DOES NOTHING. THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS THIS PAST YEAR AS WELL. LUCKILY AT THAT TIME I WAS AT MY PARENTS HOUSE AND THOUGH JUMP STARTING IT WOULD NOT WORK, WE WERE ABLE TO CHARGE THE BATTERY FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS AND THEN IT STARTED. I HAVE ALSO HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY RADIO (ACTUALLY ALL SOUND IN THE CAR - INCLUDING TURN SIGNALS) THAT RANDOMLY JUST DONT WORK OR THAT WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED BLAST SOUND FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE THE RADIO RETURNS TO NORMAL - BUT THE SIGNALS STILL PRODUCE A WIERD, SOMEWHAT ECHOING SOUND WHEN THEY DO CLICK. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND SEND ME ON MY WAY.

SPARE TIRE WELL UNDER THE FLOOR IN THE REAR OF MY EQUINOX FILLS WITH WATER. THIS MORNING IT HAD MORE THAN TWO INCHES. I DID NOT REALIZE THIS WAS HAPPENING AND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. MY NEIGHBOR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS DOES HIS COWORKER (BOTH ARE FLEET VEHICLES). HE JUST TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND I LOOKED IN MINE. HE HAS GOTTEN A NEW COMPANY CAR AS HE WAS GETTING SICK FROM MOLD FROM THE LEAK. *TR

THERE WERE NO EVENTS THAT LED UP TO FAILURE...THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL STAY OFF EVEN THOUGH THE PASSENGER SEAT IS OCCUPIED AND ON THE DASH IT WILL READ, " SERVICE AIR BAG." I CALLED GM HOTLINE AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A TSB FOR THAT PROBLEM MY VEHICLE DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE SELECTED VIN NUMBERS AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN AN OCCUPANT WAS IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT, THE AIR BAG TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON SEVERAL SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES, IN WHICH THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT AIR BAG SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED IMPROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TWO WEEKS AGO, STARTED SMELLING GASOLINE WHILE DRIVING. DIDN'T SEE ANY OBVIOUS LEAKAGE. TOOK TO SULLIVAN SATURN/CHEVROLET TO HAVE EMISSION REPAIR BUT THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY PROBLEM WITHOUT REMOVING GAS TANK. THEY CHARGE FOR THIS $500 WITHOUT KNOWING THE EXACT PROBLEM OR IF IT IS COVERED BY EMISSION WARRANTY. THE CAR IS TWO YEARS OLD AND THE LEAK, WHETHER EMISSION OR TANK SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I THINK POSSIBLE DEFECT AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED AS A SAFETY ISSUE AND EMISSION ISSUE. *TR

HAVE HAD MY 07 EQUINOX FOR 1 MONTH AND 1 WEEK AND THE AREA IN THE BACK WHERE THE SPARE TIRE IS HAS FILLED WITH WATER MORE THAN ONCE. LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING IT IN THE RAIN AND A VERY LOUD VIBRATING NOISE CAME AND WENT AS I WAS DRIVING THE ENTIRE TRIP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A LEAK. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT MY BEARINGS TO MY ALTERNATOR ARE WORN. NOT VERY HAPPY WITH MY EXPENSIVE PURCHASE THAT IS TURNING INTO MORE EXPENSE AS I DIDN'T GET A WARRANTY. WHO NEEDS A WARRANTY ON A 2 YEAR OLD CAR? WELL APPARENTLY YOU NEED ONE ON A 2007 EQUINOX. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY PURCHASE. *TR

I HAD TO HAVE MY TRUNK COMPARTMENT REPLACED AND SOME AREAS AROUND THE FRAME OF THE BODY RE-SEALED DUE TO EXCESS WATER ACCUMULATING IN THE SPARE TIME AREA. I WAS FIRST TOLD BY THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP THAT IT WAS A DEFECT BUT WHEN I REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT GM DENIED THAT THE DEALER EVER TOLD THEM THIS. I BELIEVE GM IS DENYING THAT THERE ARE SOME STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND MY FEAR IS THAT ANOTHER YEAR DOWN THE ROAD THERE WILL BE OTHER ISSUES WITH THE FRAME/BODY OF THIS MODEL VEHICLE. ALSO, IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO "BUY AMERICAN" BUT THE AMERICAN CAR MAKERS DO NOT WANT TO STAND UP TO THEIR PROMISE OF GOOD MAKEMANSHIP. I AM DISAPPOINTED AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE DISHONESTY AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL OF THIS CORPORATION. *TR

WATER LEAKING INTO THE SPARE TIRE WELL. SIX INCHES OF WATER FOUND! DISCOVERED WHEN REAR SEAT FLOOR WAS SATURATED FROM THE SLOSHING IN THE SPARE TIRE AREA. FIRST 60,000 MILES VEHICLE WAS KEPT IN GARAGE. RECENTLY BEGAN LEAVING IT OUTSIDE, RAINY WEATHER OCCURRED, HENCE FLOODING OF SPARE TIRE AREA. DEALER DOES NOT ACCEPT AS "FACTORY DEFECT" GM BULLETIN DOCUMENT ID:2198426. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. HER VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL# 07V344000 (AIR BAGS, FRONTAL SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE). AFTER THE REPAIR SHE EXPERIENCED ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS OUTLINED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48200.

PUT THE KEY IN IGNITION AND KEY WONT TURN. LIKE THE IGNITION IS STUCK. GOT TO FIDDLE WITH IGNITION FOR @ 15 MINUTES AND FINALLY ITS "POPS LOOSE" AND LETS ME START IT. *TR