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.
At least every 3 months tired pressure is off then a sensor then the car starts turning off on me and i have to take it back to the dealer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Starts occasionally
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.
I was driving in a heavy rainstorm and the windshield wipers stopped moving. i was almost in an accident because of this issue. i have owned 10 other vehicles older than this vehicle that is 6 years old and never had an issue like this. gm should be held accountable for this.
Takata recall went to go somewhere got in started the car, went to put it in reverse it stalled. put the car in park and started it again, it stalled while still in park. waited a minute or so started car again it was ok until i put it in reverse. stalled again. it will start but stalls.
Was all day with my windshield wipers working then i went to the movies at night time and when i was leaving it started pouring and my wi dagwood wipers worked for 20 seconds then cut off. i had to drive 20 miles on the highway with no windshield wipers while it was poring down rain.
Check engine light goes off and on. vehicle often stalls upon stopping and at times has an extremely hard decel, which continues after the key is taken out of the ignition. vehicle idles hard. upon parking, vehicle has suddenly reported reduced engine power" and " check stabili trak" not allowing the vehicle to go over 40 mph.
Major oil consumption causing parts to break in vehicle and engine to go. was told by dealership that when it goes you can be stranded in the middle of the road and unable to move vehicle as it will not run at all. special service vehicles only good for vehicles under 120,000 miles, but many people received letters after that mileage. was told today by a chevy dealership it was unsafe to continue to drive my vehicle unless it was fixed. fix is over 1200 unless it totally ruins your vehicle or gets you killed when the vehicle stops in the middle of the road. vehicle was taken in long before problems actually occurred, but was told because it was a little over mileage it could not be fixed.
Car engine stumbled 5 times this year while driving in the city while in motion 35-45 mph. wouldn't accelerate. feels like it stays stuck and wont move. last incident 1 nov 2017.
My app sensor going out and when i drive i hear a nose and my car feel like something wrong with my tires. thanks [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
Excessive oil consumption has hundreds of complaints. 2012 equinox 130k miles car shuts off at stop signs or pulling out. i'm now replacing the catalytic converter and camshaft actuator. someone is going to die before this problem is taken seriouly. nothing but issues since i purchased 3 years ago!
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
The my link radio goes out at around 40,000 to 50,000 miles. with the loss of the radio you lose backup camera and all the info on the vehicle including warnings such as turn indicator noises, hazard noises, and all the other smart features of the vehicle.
July 10, 2015: i took my 2012 chevy equinox lt (2.4 l 4 cyl) to a chevy dealership in ky. the vehicle was at 100,505 miles and i wanted it checked before driving on vacation due to the high mileage, a rough idle and because it had recently shut off while backing out of a parking lot. a gm goodwrench multi-point vehicle inspection was performed. i was told the car showed no sign of any issues but i would need to purchase new tires before winter. by dec 2015 the rough idle had gotten much worse, the vehicle was loud (almost sounding like a diesel), would jerk and felt like it may shut off any time i had to stop or drive slower speeds. additionally, the car would "slip" as it was shifting gears so i took it back to the dealership on dec 8, 2015. the car was at 115,720 miles. the transmission, #2 cylinder, spark plug and coil were replaced and a throttle body cleaning service was performed. since then, the car has idled high revving to 4,000+rpm at times before it will shift into higher gears (particularly when driving 70+mph on the interstate). downshifting to lower gears doesn't always go smooth either. the rough idle has returned and progressively gotten worse. the car almost shut off while backing out of a parking lot on feb 13, 2016. yesterday (feb 15, 2016), the car shut off while i was driving! there were no lights illuminated prior to it shutting off. i coasted to the side of the road, re-started the car and finished the final (~3) miles to work. i had the car towed from work back to the dealership. the dealership said there was no oil on the dipstick (the oil life sensor showed ~25% life left on oil) and i was told the car was 2 qts low on oil. the car remains at the dealership as of today, feb 16, 2016. there are a lot of similar complaints about this on www.arfc.org. this vehicle needs to be recalled before someone gets hurt or dies!
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.
Vehicle loudly idles when starting. when stopped vehicle idles in a jumping motion.