I bought the car with bad seat on drivers side. The salesman said they would fix it if I bought the car, and the warranty replaced the seat side, but it kept breaking. The car would not start, so I had to replace the battery cable. Everything was good for five years. I drove with broken side on seat, and now the car will not start. I remove the battery cable then it works for five or six days.
I cannot get the check engine light to come on and thus am unable to find the problem. The car was made in Mexico. I complained to Chevrolet. They offer me $100.00 to be spent for service at the dealership, This car has been a joke - the transmission has been replaced, alternator replaced, and the battery replaced 3 times.
Car was fine. Stopped and then wouldn't start. Key stuck in ignition. Car acted as if there was no battery in it. Battery tested fine. As soon as I touched the positive battery cable the cars power returned. Drove to the dealer. They replaced a $700 control module. Drove fine the next 1000 miles, then started again. I replaced the positive battery cable and not had a problem since./
Car keeps loosing power, difficulty starting, and the battery isn't the issue. My lights work, radio etc but the car won't turn over. Each time I start it throughout the day it increasingly gets harder to start. Until today. Won't start at all after driving it to work. Had to have it towed to the Chevy service center. Nervous after logging onto this site and seeing the 2012 Captiva sticking out like a sore thumb on the charts! I told the repair guy I was aware that this model and year had problems, I'm hoping I won't get the run around like so many people have reported on here. I'll keep ya posted...
2012 Chevy Captiva Sport, will not start at times, key stuck in ignition. Service engine light comes on for a period of time and then goes off. All this started at about 75,000 miles. Bought in December 2015, 72,000 miles when purchased. Dealer ran computer check , found no issues. By sheer luck found that when the Captiva won't start ( no lights inside acts like a dead battery) if I move the power seat button it "jolts" the electrical system and power is restored. Clock resets to 12:00 as if you unhooked the power to the car. Check engine light stays on for a day or two and then goes off. This happens in spurts, will be fine for a few weeks and then act up for a 10-12 day period and be fine again. But moving the power seat button has always gotten it to restore power. Got to be something electrical. Heard and read thru other forums that battery cables have been found to be the issue in some cases.
engine shut off and not responding. key stuck in ignition
I am beginning to think about replacing this 2012 Chevy Captiva. This is the 5th time that I am getting engine problems. I purchased it in 2013 so I am told it is reasonable for a battery to die after 4 years. I replaced the battery, but I will be watching it closely.
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I bought the car with bad seat on drivers side. The salesman said they would fix it if I bought the car, and the warranty replaced the seat side, but it kept breaking. The car would not start, so I had to replace the battery cable. Everything was good for five years. I drove with broken side on seat, and now the car will not start. I remove the battery cable then it works for five or six days.
I cannot get the check engine light to come on and thus am unable to find the problem. The car was made in Mexico. I complained to Chevrolet. They offer me $100.00 to be spent for service at the dealership, This car has been a joke - the transmission has been replaced, alternator replaced, and the battery replaced 3 times.
- bartonsjcjb, Savannah, US