NHTSA Complaint #10563249 — 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

STARTED ACCELERATING & WHEN I GOT TO 55 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER RAPIDLY & SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT ALONG WITH REDUCE ENGINE POWER CAME UP ON THE DASH. I WENT FROM 55 MPH TO 20 MPH WITHIN SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TRIED TO MERGE BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO GO FASTER THEN 16 MPH. I QUICKLY PULLED BACK OVER & PARKED THE CAR. SHUT THE CAR OFF & WAITED ABOUT 1 MIN & TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. THE STABILITRAK & THE REDUCE ENGINE POWER CLEARED OFF MY DASH BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I THEN WAS ABLE TO MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC & PICK UP THE 65 MPH SPEED. I CONTINUED TO WORK & HAD NO OTHER ISSUES UNTIL I PULLED INTO MY WORK PARKING LOT. THAT'S WHEN THE STABILITRAK & REDUCE ENGINE POWER CAME BACK ON & I LOST POWER AGAIN. I PARKED THE CAR & CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. IT DIDN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE THE WHOLE WAY TO DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW THEY REPLACED A SENSOR & UPDATED THE COMPUTER WITH SOFTWARE. I DROVE THE VEHICLE & IT SEEMED FINE. WEEK LATER HAD THE SAME ISSUE. GOT ABOUT 5 MINS INTO MY TRIP & WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 60 & ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SERVICE STABILITRAK & THE REDUCE ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME BACK ON & THE VEHICLE DROPPED MY SPEED OF 60 TO AROUND 17 MPH QUICKLY. THANKFUL THAT NO ONE WAS CLOSE BEHIND ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I GOT OFF AN EXIT & PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THEY SENT A FLAT BED OUT TO GET VEHICLE. THEY CALLED & SAID IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE & THAT IT NEEDS REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE PT WARRANTY. I'M SEEING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE & WONDERING WHY THIS ISN'T A RECALL? IT'S VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. IF YOUR DOING 65-70 MPH ON A HIGHWAY & THERE ARE CARS CLOSE TO YOU & THE VEHICLE DECIDES TO DO THIS, YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. *TR