NHTSA Complaint #10245201 — 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

I BOUGHT A 2005 EQUINOX 4 MONTHS AGO, PAID $4000.00 DOWN ON THIS CAR AND THEN 2 MONTH LATER I HAD TO PUT OUT $ 956.00 ON THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE AIR COMPRESSOR HAD WENT OUT. NOW 2 MONTHS LATER THE CAR HAD STARTED GETTING A LITTLE OVER HEATED. I PUT ENGINE COOLANT IN IT AND IT SEEMED TO BE DOING BETTER. 2 WEEKS AFTER PUTTING THE ENGINE COOLANT IN IT RUNS HOT AGAIN WORSE THAN BEFORE AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT IT HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I TOOK IT TO A PLACE THAT I TRUST WITH MY VEHICLE REPAIRS FIRST BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT DUE TO BEING AFRAID IT WOULD MESS IT UP EVEN MORE. THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THAT'S WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO COME AND TOW THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SHOP AND CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE. OR EITHER SEE ABOUT GIVING ME ANOTHER CAR. I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP PUTTING MONEY OUT TO GET THIS CAR FIXED AND NOTHING IS UNDER WARRANTY ANY MORE. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. A COUPLE OF TIMES IT'S ACTED LIKE IT DIDN'T WANT TO START, AND I CAN GET OUT OF IT AND LOCK IT AND BEFORE I WALK AWAY IT WILL UNLOCK BY IT SELF. ALSO I HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF IT AND THE BELL WILL KEEP DINGING LIKE THE KEY IS STILL IN IT. I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN I'M MAKING A SHARP TURN THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NOISE WITH THE FRONT TIRE OR SOMETHING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE FIXING THIS CAR EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT'S CRAZY... *TR