When the car is stop and you start to drive it will jerk forward as the transmission shift. *tr
Upon acceleration, when the transmission upshifts into 2nd gear it will go into neutral. the engine will rev up but the vehicle just coasts. if you take your foot completely off the gas it will eventually slam into gear and will resume driving but has erratic and hard gear changes and may also go back into neutral again. this will last for the entire drive cycle unless you pull over and turn the ignition off and restart the vehicle which resets the system. it does not turn on the cel light or store any failure codes or information. it is a intermittent issue with no set pattern. very dangerous when you are pulling out into traffic or attempting to merge or pass another vehicle. i traded in a 2011 equinox with the exact same problem for this 2012 equinox when the dealer could not correct it. i have checked various equinox forums and i am not the only person that is having this issue. just a matter of time before someone gets run over because the vehicle will not accelerate. *tr
After applying the brakes to make a right turn, i then applied the gas to go around a corner. upon applying the gas, the engine revved up much faster than it would normally. i quickly applied the brakes, and stopped forward movement. however,the engine continued to "rev". i put the gear in "neutral" and then "park", the motor continuing to "rev". i drove about 50 ft to the top of the hill, put the gear in neutral, then park, and then shut the motor off. i let the car sit about 30 seconds and started the engine. the engine "revved" as before so i did the neutral, park, engine off sequence again and waited about 30 seconds to start the engine. same problem. after shutting off the engine this time, however, i waited about 4 or 5 minutes to start the engine. this time the engine speed was normal so i drove home. the dealer was notified, and the dealer had the car towed to its dealership where it is at this time. the dealer is van chevrolet-cadillac in kansas city, mo. *tr
2012 chevrolet equinox. consumer writes in regards to vehicle transmission issues. *smd a month after purchasing the vehicle, the consumer stated the vehicle was sluggish, as the transmission was not shifting correctly. the next occurrence happened on january 2, 2013. the consumer stated before she could come to a complete stop, the vehicle stopped on its own, as if she hit a stone wall. the vehicle was taken back to the dealer, but they were unable to find a problem. also, the vehicle would stall, when slowing down. there was a noise coming from the front end. the dealer called the consumer to let her know, they ordered some bolts, so they could be bolted to the frame. on another occasion, while the cruise control was set, the consumer applied the brake, but the vehicle did not stop. the consumer returned to the dealer, because of a grinding/grating noise coming from the vehicle. on several occasions, the vehicle went into a high rate of rate speed and applying the brakes, did not stop the vehicle. updated 03/27/14
While driving i slowed down to stop for light , light changed so i accelerated when i step on gas vehicle hesitated and lurched forward with an impact similar to being rear ended at a high rate of speed. on another occasion when accelerating vehicle almost stalled before transmission engaged. on another occasion the vehicle was at a dead stop and when i stepped on gas peddle vehicle did not move immediately . this has been an intermittent problem going on for over 2 years and 30000 miles. every time i took it in for maintenance i would complain about problem to no help from dealer they could not duplicate. i contacted gm about problem they sent me to selling dealer who kept it for one and a half days and could not duplicate .the service manager told me his wife had the same problem and they are trading there vehicle in on the same vehicle with a 6 cylinder. the service writer who wrote up my vehicle has the same problem in a different model but he just lives with it. we feel this vehicle has become very unsafe and we do not know how to get this resolved. i have contacted gm again and they had not responded. we have found several other people experiencing the same problem on several websites including chevy forum . *tr
My vehicle keeps red lining at 6000 rpms and bangs into gear..been at the dealer many times and they say nothing's wrong but keep replacing parts...my car is still under warranty and now they wanna charge me for a transmission i have every record since we bought the car that this problem has been happening since day 1...the vehicle is in motions and it happens at different speeds i also have videos of it acting up
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chevrolet equinox. the contact was driving 70 mph when the vehicle decelerated abnormally with the illumination of the check engine warning light. the vehicle was towed to the dealer and the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and the current mileages were 2,048.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chevrolet equinox. the contact stated that the vehicle experienced three separate sudden acceleration failures. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer, where the transmission control module and the power train control module were updated. the dealer stated that they could not guarantee the repairs would remedy the failure. the contact also stated that for the past 100 miles, the failure had not occurred. the failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 3,800.......updated 08-03-12 *bf