This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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Driving and lost all the oil out of the vehicle. Has a recall that doesnt include my VIN. This is an issue as there are thousands this is happening too. GM refuses to fix it. They are saying that the only reason it isnt covered is because it didnt come from the right plant.
On Tuesday February 4, 2020 1:09pm my 2012 Equinox vehicle caught fire 10 minutes after reaching my destination in a private driveway. The car was shut off, and locked with the key before entering the residence. Smoke was seen coming from under the hood followed immediately with flames. My concerns: 1) I had my pastor with me and this could have occurred while traveling; 2) my next destination was parking in my garage and I would have had a house fire. God was watching over us.
We purchased a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox 08/24/2017. It has an excessive oil usage, the Chevy garage said it was 1/4 of a quart from being covered. The rings are bad, rear main has oil residue. The Chevy garage monitored it every 1000 miles and added oil while doing so. We did this for 4000 miles. Then was told no coverage. Bought an extended warranty and it's a preexisting problem. We still owe a lot of money for a vehicle that may blow a rear main going down the highway. Engine blows, loss of oil all over, an accident waiting to happen.
My wipers started doing intermittent operating and it was raining at night on highway. I was traveling at 55 miles per hour. This was the second incident.
I was driving on the highway and my wipers fell apart and the wiper transmission stop work and I had no wipers at all. I was traveling at high speed of 60 miles an hour during a winter storm. I had no visibility at all. I was almost killed by a tractor trailer who was trailing me from behind.
- Chelmsford, MA, USA
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At the start of vehicle is fine but once put in gear reverse and go to put back up it cuts off it does this several times before it's ok then while driving it is ok once stop at red light or just stop in traffic it cuts off once it's cuts off the steering wheel locks up and hard to put back in park once it stops the engine light comes on but once car is back on engine light sometimes goes back out I have taken it to several different shops and the told me to contact manufacture because all codes are good
My 2012 Equinox just dies for no apparent reason. At stop lights I have to sometimes just put it in neutral to avoid it dying. Sometimes it still does. Then it takes forever for it to get back to normal only to eventually do it again.
Today 08/9/2019 my wife showed me where she saw smoke coming from under the glove box it did melt the plastic cover, no one will help me with lift gate goes up 1/4 way down, up the all the way down have gotten it 3 times in the head I have told catalano motors about it when I bought it never got fixed.rear window on pass side never worked and light don't go on when you open rear door, manual transmission never worked, no offence but I would rather have my 75 delta 88 I'm just not pleased with the vehicles.miss having my 97 F150 thank you for your time, also the lift gate would go up and down by itself with keys in my hand I really wish I could afford to get new or diff kind of vehicle.
I purchased this vehicle back in 2015. It was a used car at this time. I dont know if the recalls were ever done on this vehicle and I need the recalls to be replaced.
Takara recall, timing chain is loose causing a lot of noises and shaking in my car. Recently the car had started shutting off when barely moving or sitting still (while parked, while at a stop sign) and the engine wants to keep going.
Chevrolet has since fixed the issue on my vehicle however I truly feel the issue I had should have a recall because it is a safety concern & would certainly hate this to happen to anyone else. This incident happened in Dec. 2015 & it occurred a couple of times. I contacted our nearest Chevrolet delearship a few times and they never found any issues. I then submitted a better business bureau complaint because I was very concerned for the safety of myself & my family. I emailed GM directly on 12/23/15. GM then got involved and sent a GM professional technician to investigate our vehicle. The GM technician then concluded that there was an issue with our vehicle and replaced some parts. Since then we no longer had that issue. Once we were on a red light our vehicle immediately shut off. We had to turn our key to remove it, put it back in. Now I don't remember if we put the gear on park during this time. But once we put the key back in, our vehicle then started back up. I contacted colonial Chevrolet, they could not find anything wrong with it. Left & hoping it was not going to happen again. Second time we put the vehicle on rear, the vehicle immediately shut off. We then did the same thing by turning the key to remove it and then putting it back in. It then started afterwards. From those 2 incidents that is when I had to submit a better business bureau complaint because this safety concern. I drive this vehicle with our young children in this vehicle so safety is my concern. I hope this has not happened to any one else but I would certainly like other's to be aware of this issue. I am more than happy to forward the emails I emailed GM prior about this recall & the complaint. Unfortunately I can not locate the paperwork from the dealership of what was the issue and what parts they replaced but I am very sure GM & the dealership has a copy of this.
Had fuses checked because rear passenger door light don't work window don't go down manuel shift don't work and rear liftgate goes up then quarter ways down then back up then comes down on you now it goes up by it's self also it won't lock.it will go up when it's stationary
Frozen pvc system forcing rear main seals to blow out. The car started fine but soon started trying to cut off...battery light came on. Car soon cut off. This car only has 84,596 miles on it.
The timing chain had to be replaced at 140,000 miles. ($2,000) [occurred Jan. 2018] their is an issue causing with leaky pistons causing oil to evaporate. My car was low on oil (though the "low oil" indicator had not gone off) and the pressure inside the engine caused the rear main seal to break. (replacement of refurbished engine + labor est. $4,000) [occurred Jan 2018 at 170,000 miles) not to mention that the back, left door is closed, though a sensor says it is ajar. The sensors in the tires are always way off, tempting me to over-inflate tires. [infinity.]
Oil light don't come on when there is know oil in the engine the P V C froze and blown out the back seal. The oil system do not work right. They say in 2013 they fix the oil system but we never took in to the dealership so how they fix it. We bought the car in 2012 and have had problem since. My wife brought the equinoxe from kelley courtesy motors in Decatur in 46733. They sold my wife a lemon.
I have a 2012 Chevy Equinox with under 76,000 miles on it tell me it need a new timing chain. The cramshaft position has issues. I turned the car on one day to go to work and the check engine light can on I'm being told that's the issue. I'm not understanding how a car 6 years old needs engine work to this extent!?
The wiper blade motor stopped working suddenly while we were driving on the highway in heavy rain. It created a very dangerous situation. This is the second time this has happened, first time we had it repaired was in 2015 and now again in 2018.
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- Brookville, IN, USA