2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

PURCHASE VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2009. INSTRUMENT PANEL FAULTY WITHIN MONTHS OF PURCHASE. WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER & LIGHTS ON DASH GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THIS ISSUE IN APRIL 2010. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. HAVE BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES. HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GENERAL MOTORS IN DETROIT. DEALERSHIP NOR GENERAL MOTORS ARE RETURNING OUR CALLS OR FIXING THE PROBLEM. ONLY 17546 MILES ARE ON THIS VEHICLE. LIGHTS AND DEFROSTER GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING CAUSING US TO BE VERY INSECURE TO TAKE IT ANYWHERE FOR FEAR IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE OUT. *TR

APPROX 6 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING MY CAR - NEW THE AIR BAG SERVICE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE - REPLACED THE AIR BAG HARNESS. ABOUT 6- 8 MONTHS LATER AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN, PLUS THE TRACTION CONTROL ALARM. CALLED IN FOR SERVICE REPLACED THE AIR BAG HARNESS AGAIN- CALLED ABOUT SERVICE, THAN THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. ABOUT 6- 8 MONTHS LATER THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON A LONG TRIP (600 MILES), CAME HOME NOTHING. IN OCT 2012 THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN REPLACED THE AIR BAG HARNESS AGAIN, ALL OUT OF MY POCKET - NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. LASTED ABOUT 6 WEEKS, ALL ALARMS WARNING GOING OFF, AIR BAG, TRACTION, AND NOW THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS OFF, AND OIL LIGHT WARNING. TOOK CAR BACK TO ORIGINAL DEALER, STATED ENTIRE AIR BAG NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, CAN'T FIND A REASON FOR THE TRACTION? I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR. IT HAS BEEN 4 WEEKS SINCE MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALER, NO ALARMS UNTIL YESTERDAY, NOW THE AIR BAG ALARM IS GOING OFF EVERY 2.5 MINUTES, VERY ANNOYING IF YOU ARE IN THE CAR TRAVELING FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. I ASKED THE DEALER TO MAKE ME AN OFFER ON THIS LEMON OF A CAR. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRONICS ON THIS CAR. *TR

MY CAR BEGAN CHUGGING, LOSING POWER AND EVENTUALLY STALLED AS I CAME TO A STOP. THIS BEGAN WHEN I SLOWED MY VEHICLE ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS (ONCE WHEN I SLOWED TO TURN A CORNER- 2012, ONCE WHEN I SLOWED TO STOP AT A LIGHT-3/2013 AND THE THIRD TIME WAS WHEN SITTING IDLE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE-2/2013.) EACH TIME MY GAS TANK WAS LESS THAN HALF FULL BUT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AT EACH OCCURRENCE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE INCIDENTS. AFTER THE CAR STALLED, I TURNED IT OFF AND WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP WITHOUT INCIDENT EACH TIME. THE CAR RIDES ROUGH AND IS NOW MAKING A RATTLING/RUBBING NOISE. I HAVE HAD TWO CODE CHECKS; ONE RETURNED AS AN ISSUE IN BANK ONE WITH 3 POTENTIAL ISSUES: OXYGEN SENSOR, FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM OR IGNITION MISFIRE. THE SECOND CODE CHECK WAS CODE PO172, FUEL TOO RICH. AFTER THE FIRST CODE CHECK, WE REPLACED THE O2 SENSOR AND THE CAR STALLED THE NEXT DAY SO THE CODES WERE CHECKED AGAIN AFTER MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. OTHER ISSUES: *DRIVER SIDE LUMBAR SUPPORT BROKE. CHAIR ROCKS A LITTLE BUT IS STILL USABLE (ALBEIT PROBABLY NOT SAFE): DECEMBER, 2012 *CAR JERKS/SHIFTS ROUGHLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD. ALSO, WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT SLOWS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND ABRUPTLY. (CURRENT ISSUE AND AN ISSUE SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST, 2009. *CLIMATE CONTROL STUCK ON HIGH (DOCUMENTED RECALL THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT.) *WEATHER STRIPPING ON THE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR STUCK TO THE DOOR AND PULLED OFF WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED (UNKNOWN MONTH, 2010) *DRIVER SIDE BOTTOM PART OF SEAT CUSHION CAME UNATTACHED FROM SEAT BASE WHEN I PULLED IT TO THE SIDE TO GET AN ITEM THAT DROPPED DOWN NEAR THE CONSOLE (UNKNOWN MONTH 2010) *CONSTANT KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE (BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT IT). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENGINE AND THE STABILITY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY A DINGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO 20 MPH AND THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS RESTARTED AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RETURN CALL. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

I HAD BEEN HAVING OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS, LIKE MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 2010 EQUINOXES AND WAS UNDERGOING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. WAS DRIVING ON I-81S ON A 500 MILE TRIP. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AFTER STOPPING FOR GAS, IT IDLED VERY ROUGHLY. FOOLISHLY, I GOT BACK ON THE INTERSTATE, THINKING THAT MAYBE A HIGHER SPEED WOULD HELP. THE CAR WOULD NOT GET UP TO A SAFE SPEED AND COMPLETELY STALLED OUT ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE EXIT, LEAVING ME STRANDED (BY MYSELF) 150 MILES FROM MY DESTINATION. WAS TOWED 70 MILES TO A DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER AND FUEL PUMP. THIS DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO LOW OIL LEVEL AS WELL AS DIRTY OIL. I INCURRED AN UNEXPECTED $1200 BILL AND WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR A WEEK. MY HOME DEALERSHIP REPLACED MY ENGINE 2 WEEKS AGO AND I RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR BILL. I AM PLEASED, PRESENTLY, WITH THE RESPONSE FROM GM, BUT IT REQUIRED PERSISTENCE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE HAD MY PRESENT PROBLEM RECTIFIED, I'M REPORTING THIS PROBLEM AS MANY, MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH VARYING RESPONSES FROM GM. I'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED SOME SHIFTING PROBLEMS AS WELL, BUT THE ENGINE PROBLEM TOOK PRECEDENCE, SO I'M WAITING TO SEE IF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM CONTINUES! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABNORMALLY CONSUMING TWO QUARTS OF OIL PER MONTH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE OIL RINGS WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER ASKED THE CONTACT TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR NEXT OIL CHANGE TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE WAS STILL CONSUMING OIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF OIL LESS THEN 500 MILES AFTER THE OIL RINGS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE OIL WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE TO INDICATE THAT THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE EQUINOX WAS BEING TOWED (ALL WHEELS DOWN) BEHIND A MOTORHOME. CHEVROLET CERTIFIES IT AS TOWABLE IN THIS MANNER. THE TOWING BASEPLATE, PRODUCED BY DEMCO SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS VEHICLE) WAS ATTACHED TO THE CAR'S FRONT RAIL ENDS OF THE FRAME. WHILE UNDERWAY, THE FRONT RAIL ENDS TORE LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. THE BASEPLATE, THUS DETACHED, TORE THE FRONT GRILL AND BUMPER FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CAR GLIDED TO A STOP ON THE ROAD. HAD WE BEEN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR ON A HILL, OTHER VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH MAY HAVE OCCURRED. WE FEEL THAT THE FRONT RAIL ENDS ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY STURDY TO SUPPORT TOWING AND CHEVROLET SHOULD NOT CERTIFY THE EQUINOX AS TOWABLE.

IT STARTED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE STABILITRAK LIGHT COMING ON SOMETIMES. AND YOU HEAR A ROUGH IDLE.AND A HORRIBLE RATTLING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHILE PARKED AND. WHEN I DROVE THE CAR WHEN ACCELERATING IT SOUNDED WORSE AS IF I WAS DRIVING A DIESEL TRUCK. AND THE CAR WOULD STAY ON FOR ABOUT 2 TO 3 SECONDS AFTER I TURNED THE CAR OFF. SO I DROPPED THE CAR OFF AT THE DEALER THEY CHECKED IT WITH A SCANNER AND THEY GOT THE P0172 - TOO RICH ERROR CODE. AND THEY SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE CAR STAYED ON AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR AND THE RATTLING NOISE IT WAS MAKING. AFTER 2 DAYS I PICKED UP THE CAR COALITION??T HEAR THE RATTLING NOISE AS MUCH.YOU COULD STILL HEAR THE RATTLING BUT VERY SLIGHTLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF. AFTER A WEEK DRIVING MY CAR YOU CAN HEAR THE RATTLING NOISE VERY, VERY LITTLE. THEY FIXED THE RATTLING NOISE SOMEWHAT IT WAS COVERED ( BY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY) HOWEVER BOTH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME BACK ON. AND THE CAR STILL WOULD STAY ON FOR ABOUT 2 TO 3 SECONDS AFTER I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AND SOMETIMES WHEN I START MY CAR IT WOULD REV UP HAS IF I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN IT WILL DROP TO NORMAL. ALL ISSUES WERE NOT RESOLVED STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STABILITRAK LIGHT ON AND THE CAR STAYING ON. FOR A FEW SECONDS. AFTER TURN OFF THE CAR. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP NOW THEY ARE SAYING THEY FOUND THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AND THE BODY THROTTLE. NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THIS MAY CAUSE GAS TO LEAK INTO THE OIL. I DID SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 4 CYL EQUINOX. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE UNDER THE 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

HELLO ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MY CENTER CONSOLE AS STOPPED FUNCTIONING MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN ON/OFF DEFROSTER, HEAT, ETC. I HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY TOLD ME IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 09V489000. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY MY VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS RECALL WHEN I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS? THANK YOU *TR

VEHICLE BURNS LARGE QUANTITIES OF OIL, OFTEN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. (WE WILL CHECK OIL, IT'S FINE, AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE'VE BURNED TWO QUARTS.) THIS REQUIRES US TO PULL OVER RAPIDLY AND FIND NEW OIL TO PREVENT ENGINE FAILURE, MAKING IT A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. WE'VE BURNED 1 TO 2 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 1,000 TO 1,500 MILES PRETTY CONSISTENTLY SINCE MARCH, WHEN WE FIRST DISCOVERED WE WERE DOWN 3 QUARTS. *TR