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Front crankshaft seal has a leak that sprays onto serpentine belt causing belt failure and major oil leak. The seal has been replaced and the problem is occurring again. I have gone through 5 belts in less than a year and too much oil to track. Also unknown airbag and stabilitrac warning lights are on and cause cannot be identified.
Purchased my pre-driven SUV 88 days ago. After pumping gas, I attempted to start my car & it wouldn't start. I turned off the radio, tried again because it was cold out it started but simultaneously the 'check engine light' canmr on. While idling at a traffic light less than a min later, it cut-off again! another car was right behind me. I turned on my flashers & started up again. When attempting to pulling out of the parking lot at my next stop, it cut-off again! I restarted my car, kept my flashers on and prayed while driving down the street trying to arrive home to beat the expected 'icestorm' I called the service dept but they were closed but would call back. The next morning I had my car towed back to the dealer - 13 miles away. The service dept. Has had had my car for more than 2 days & couldn't identify the problem. They eventually said the error code was P0010. The part needed was: Cam shaft position acuator. The extended warranty that the dealer suggested & I paid for, refused to cover parts, labor or rental reimbursement even after arguing with the service mgr. Judging by the comments/complaints this is a serious problem with the Equinox, I'm not the only one. I am a widow, on disability & need a reliable vehicle but this defect has placed me in a very serious situation. I could have been rear-ended or much worse seriously injured. This is dangerous! this needs to be recalled and remedied once-and-for-all. I had no prior knowledge or I wouldn't have purchased this car! ( I was asked to verify the type of gas - regular unleaded not diesel & I have my receipt of purchase.)
First two days of having vehicle with 36K miles and I'm at a red light and the the car just shuts off. All the light were on and the gas needle never moved. I had to cut car off and then turn it back on. At this point it would continue to shut of if I had to come to a complete stop. I googled my issue and was able to get home safely by putting car in neutral every time I had to stop. A chip was replaced. Now I'm almost at 75K miles and the stabilitrak and check engine light comes on simultaneously and sometimes with a loss of power. This has happened to me 5 times in one week. Took to Chevy dealer and they have no clue. Waited four hours for them to tell me that they cannot duplicate the problem and all lights are off and to drive until something happens. This occurs if I'm turning or backing out of a parking space. Sometimes even after waiting 15 seconds to restart car, it has trouble turning over. I let sit for another 15 seconds and it's fine with no problems but the check engine remains on but will be off in the morning. Losing power on a congested 6 lane highway would not be good business for Chevrolet.
- Atlanta, GA, USA
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Spudders multiple times when trying to go then dies as soon as I give it gas. Dies multiple times a day but turns right back on. Died trying to cross a highway. Very dangerous.
Car shut off 3 times while idling at a stop light. It appears this is a known issue based on a quick internet search so it seems absurd there wouldn't be an open recall to fix
This is the 4th incident. While driving a warning "service power steering" and "service stability track". engine reduced power to below 25mph while on an interstate. After pulling over and turning off the vehicle it would not restart. Had it towed home. It restarted a few hours later with no codes even though I did nothing to fix it.
Driving down highway and reduced engine power light comes on, electric stability control comes on check engine light. Car slows from 70mph to 20mph. Starts smelling very hot.
The the service traction control service stabilitrak lights with the engine light came on and I lost engine power and was "reduced power." This was while driving slowly getting up to speed. Happened again a few days later when going about 40 mph and I could not go any faster, I had to pull over and stop driving. Parked the car for 3 hours then it was fine. Still not clear as to what caused this. Engine light is still on.
My vehilcle just shut off while I was stopped at a red light and it does it on a constant basis like when im backing up or low acceleration. I got a diagnostics done and I got error code P0011 and P0010 which is intake camshaft positioning timing is over advanced. Ive only owned this car since March 2017 and it is Oct. 2017 and ive had the issue for about 2 weeks. I dont understand why this issie occured but I would like to know if this is a recurring issue for this vehicle.
I turned my vehicle off to get gas and when I started my vehicle back up, the heating, air conditioning, defrost, radio controls and the center instrument panel lights had all become inoperative. Everything stayed inoperative for 2 days. On the third day, I was getting ready to leave and started my vehicle up but then realized I forgot something and turned my car off. I returned to my vehicle to restart it but the vehicle would not start. The center instrument panel lights and radio controls suddenly returned working but everything else that had been inoperative (the defrost, A/C and heating), stayed inoperative and my vehicle now showed the message "service power steering" under the gas gauge. I attempted to start the vehicle a day later but nothing had changed and it would not start. The vehicle was stationary when anything had become inoperative on the vehicle.
While driving check engine light, traction control, and stabilatrak all came on. I pulled over and shut it off. A few minutes later restarted with check engine light staying on. Before I made it to work 1 mile down the road the car shut off. No power at all!!! this was on a city street going about 40 mph. My car went down to 15mph within seconds. Very dangerous! this was the 5th time! the dealer replaced body control panel and this problem continues! the dealer still has it and has no real answers!
On 275 in tampa going 75 mph suddenly the dash reads loss of power as you feel the car drastically slow to a crawl, me shouting to my stunned husband "pull over pull over" thank god we were in the left lane as that's where the breakdown lane was. We pulled over the car coasted and died. We barely missed getting rear ended by a semi. After two days the repair was done and stated as "ECM shorted" found ECM shorted internally off pin 73 1 shorted out under hood fuse block..this is a 2014 Chevy Equinox with17K miles.
I was driving my 2014 Chevrolet Equinox, purchased approximately 2 1/2 months ago brand new (now with approximately 2500 miles). As I was driving down a very busy road at 50-55 mph, several warning lights came on - ABS, stabilitrak warning, service engine - and the car began to lose power. Luckily, I was able to get the car off the road. Eventually, the lights went off and the car began to drive "normal". however, had this occurred on the interstate or if I hadn't been able to pull off the road, I feel the situation could have been much worse.
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- Fort Worth, TX, USA