2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

THE DEFROST ON MY EQUINOX DOES NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD BUT CAUSES WORSE CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS TURNED ON MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE. I HAVE TO KEEP MY WINDOWS DOWN AND STICK MY HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOWS TO SEE IN COLD WEATHER. I AM TOLD THAT MY EQUINOX DOES NOT FALL UNDER RECALL # 09298. THIS IS AN EXTREME HAZARD! *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CODE P 0010 WAS FOUND DURING A SCAN BY THE DEALER. CONTACTED GM FOR THE 100,000 POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THEY OFFER ON THIS VEHICLE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SOLENOID IS NOT COVERED AND WILL COST MY 108.75 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS SCAN AND 157.00 FOR THE PART, WHY IS GM OFFERING THE POWERTRAIN 100,000 WARRANTY ON THERE ENGINES WHEN ONLY CERTAIN PARTS ARE COVERED. IS THERE ANY RECALLED ON THE ENGINES FOR THE CHEVY EQUINOX ENGINE MADE IN 2010. *TR

I PUT KEY INTO IGNITION AND TURNED TOWARD THE START POSITION AND KEY WENT ABOUT HALFWAY AND STOPPED AND ALL LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD WENT BLACK,ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OFF. THE CAR WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE KEY BACK. IT WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS UNTIL ERS ARRIVED. I TRIED PRESSING THE BRAKE AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BUT IT WOULD STILL NOT GIVE ME THE KEY. MEANWHILE, THE DASH BOARD STARTING FLASHING ON AND OFF AND I HEARD A CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE. I CALLED EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY CAME AND GAVE ME A BOOST AND CAR STARTED RIGHT UP WITH NO PROBLEMS. MY BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ARE COMPLETELY FINE. *TR

PUT KEY INTO KEY SWITCH AND TURN TOWARD START POSITION AND KEY WENT ABOUT HALFWAY AND STOPPED AND ALL LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD WENT BLACK,ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OFF. FINIALLY AFTER MOVING STEERING WHEEL AND MOVING KEY BACK AND FORTH WAS ABLE TO PULL KEY OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH.THEN WHEN I PUT KEY BACK INTO IGNITION SWITCH AND TRIED TO START CAR ALL I HEARD WAS A CLICK,CLICK SO BATTERY WAS DEAD,CALLED ERS AND THEY CAME AND GAVE ME A BOOST AND CAR STARTED RIGHT UP WITH NO PROBLEMS AND SERVICE REP. CHECKED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR AND THEY WERE OPERATING FINE.CALLED MY DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT CAR AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED BUT THEY NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THAT SO THEY WERE NO HELP.I CALLED G.M. AND TALKED TO THEM BUT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THAT PROBLEM EITHER SO HERE I AM WITH A CAR THAT HAS A PROBLEM WHICH NO ONE HAS HEARD OF.. *JS

DRIVING DOWN THE TURNPIKE IN THE RAIN, WIPERS RUNNING ON HIGH. SUDDENLY WIPERS STOP WORKING. FORTUNATELY WAS ONLY A MILE FROM A REST STOP, WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND WAIT OUT THE RAINSTORM. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, TURNED OUT WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

DURING REGULAR COMMUTE, WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY ON THE WAY HOME, THE DRIVER SEAT LUMBAR COLLAPSED WITH A LOUD POP, LIKE A BALLOON POP. I AM A REGULAR SIZED GUY, 5'11", 160LBS. AND I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL. IT WAS JUST A REGULAR DAY DRIVING HOME AND THE LUMBER JUST POPPED AND NOW THERE'S A CAVITY INSIDE THE BACK OF THE DRIVER SEAT. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET. APPARENTLY IT'S A COMMON ISSUE, SOME DRIVERS HAD THEIR LUMBAR POPPED IN THE EXACT SAME WAY TWICE WITHIN SIX MONTH. APPARENTLY THERE WAS, AT SOME POINT A TSB FOR THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, GM CANNOT FIND IT, AND WON'T REPAIR THE SEAT FOR ME. DESPITE ME GOOGLING AND SEARCHING AND CAME UP WITH THE FOLLOWING INFO ON MY OWN: "FROM GM... PI0246A 2010-2011 EQUINOX, TERRAIN - FRONT SEAT POWER LUMBAR SUPPORT INOPERATIVE REPLACE ONLY THE SCREWS. A REVISED SCREW HAS BEEN RELEASED DON'T REPLACE THE LUMBAR ASSEMBLY". THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND A DESIGN FLAW THAT GM REFUSES TO ADMIT, NOR ADDRESS. THEY JUST PLAN ON LETTING THE VEHICLE OWNERS DRIVE WITH A CAVITY ON THEIR BACK. *JS

2.4 L ENGINE FUEL PUMP PLUNGER SEAL IS DEFECTIVE. ALLOWS GASOLINE TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE, THINNING THE OIL. THIS CAUSES ENGINE BEARING SURFACES TO WEAR THROUGHOUT(BASICALLY RUINING THE ENGINE). ENGINE PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION BEGAN AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDED ROUGH IDLE, ENGINE KNOCK, POOR ACCELERATION AND STALLING. MY WIFE HAD A CLOSE INCIDENT WHEN HER CAR STALLED AND WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE REPORTED THAT HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAWS EQUINOX STALLED OUT ON A DETROIT EXPRESSWAY - WALK HOME! THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY ENGINE WAS REPLACED AFTER 5 SERVICE VISITS IN AUGUST 2012. TODAY, GM HAS SENT LETTERS TO ALL 2010 AND 2011 CUSTOMERS DETAILING THE "MAY HAVE THIS CONDITION - COULD CAUSE ENGINE RUN-ON OR ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE", WHICH IS TRUE, BUT A VERY WEAK AND UNNACEPTABLE EXPLANATION FOR WHAT REALLY CAN HAPPEN. GM IS "EXTENDING" WARRANTY MILEAGE ON BOTH 2010 AND 2011 EQUINOX VEHICLES WITH THIS2.4L ENGINE. THIS WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF ENGINE STALLING, POTENTIAL REAR END COLLISIONS AND CUSTOMER WALK HOMES. GM'S PATHETIC APPROACH SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED BY NHTSA. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY, AS FOR THE REASONS GM PREFERS TO RISK DRIVER'S SAFETY. RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AT GM MUST NOT EXIST ANY LONGER. CALL ME!

THE STEERING STICKS. EXTRA EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE CORRECTIONS OFF CENTER. THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO CORRECT OR TURN THE VEHICLE INCREASES OR STICKS. THIS RESULTS IN UNDER OR OVER CORRECTION OR CAUSES PROBLEMS IN TURNING AND RETURNING THE WHEEL TO CENTER. SOMETIME THE STEERING IS FINE AND THEN THIS STICKING OR THIS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS STUCK IN A RUT THAT REQUIRES EXTRA EFFORT TO GET OUT OF. LIKE GETTING OUT OF A RUT SOMETIMES YOUR GO TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT DUE TO THE EXTRA EFFORT REQUIRED WHILE AT OTHER TIMES ONLY NORMAL EFFORT IS NEEDED. THIS IS DANGEROUS, I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT GM HAS A BULLETIN PIT 4992A BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS BULLETIN INDICATES. MY LOCAL DEALER DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS BULLETIN BUT SAID THEY WOULD CHECK. I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER. THIS STEERING ISSUED WITH THE 2.4 L ENGINE AND THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ENGINE LOST POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER BEGAN OBSERVING THE OIL CONSUMPTION FOR OVER A YEAR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. ON APRIL 12, 2012, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SHAFT ACTUATOR. AFTER THE MOST RECENT FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PISTONS AND THE RINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOST RECENT REPAIR WAS A MANUFACTURERS SUGGESTION, BUT THE REPAIR WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT WHEN THE ENGINES WERE CAST, THERE WAS SAND LEFT IN THE ENGINE AND SINCE THE ENGINE WAS NOT FLUSHED, IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,138. *TR

MY WIFE NOTICED THAT IT WAS BECOMING HARD TO STEER. IT CONTINUED FOR A FEW MORE DAYS , SO I CALLED CHEVROLET DEALER TO SEE IF THEY HAD BEEN AWARE OF SUH A PROBLEM, THEY TOLD ME NO THEY HAD NOT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANY CODES STORED. I CALL GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH PROBLEM. IT HAS BECOME INCREASING WORST TO DRIVE WHERE IT MAY LEAD TO ACCIDENT. I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO REPLACE ONE PART AFTER PART .THERE ARE TO MANY COMPLAINTS OUT THERE FOR GM TO REMAIN BLIND TO SUCH A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR