NHTSA Complaint #10488726 — 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

THE CHEVY EQUINOX HAS A HISTORY OF WATER LEAKING INTO THE SPARE TIRE WHEELWELL. MY 2007 EQUINOX IS NO EXCEPTION. IT WAS REPAIRED IN 2009 UNDER WARRANTY. THE REPAIR LASTED FOR A WHILE THEN THE WHEELWELL STARTED FILLING UP WITH WATER AGAIN. LAST SUMMER I WAS USING A WET AND DRY VAC TO TAKE THE WATER OUT, ONLY TO HAVE IT FILL UP LATER ON. GM PUT OUT A MAINTENANCE BULLETIN IN 2009 FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEIR INSTRUCTIONS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS, WHY I DON NOT KNOW. THE WATER CREATES A TERRIBLE SMELL, FOGS UP THE WINDOWS ON THE INSIDE, CREATES ICE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDOWS DURING THE WINTER, CAN CREATE MOLD THROUGHOUT THE CARPETING AND SEATS AND IS JUST A COMPLETE PAIN IN THE ASS TO KEEP DEALING WITH THIS. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE? MANY, MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ARE OUT THERE ON THIS PROBLEM WITH NO COVERAGE FROM GM. THIS IS NOT AN OWNER CAUSE. IT IS A MANUFACTURING CAUSE. OWNERS OF THE EQUINOX NEED A RECALL INORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THIS WITHOUT PAYMENTS FROM THE CUSTOMER. CHECK IT OUT AND SEE HOW BIG THIS PROBLEM IS. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS GM VEHICLES AND YEARS. *TR