NHTSA Complaint #10715894 — 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

MY VEHICLE HAS SIMILAR ISSUES THAT OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT: (1) LOSS OF POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL DOWN TO GAIN SPEED. ENGINE HAS HESITATED AND BACK-FIRED. (2) EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION STILL REMAINS AN ISSUES EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BROUGHT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. (3) CLANGING NOISE IN THE ENGINE WHICH I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TURNED OUT TO BE A TIMING BELT ISSUE. VEHICLE LOST MOST POWER AND I BARELY GOT THE VEHICLE BACK TO MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I WENT TO START VEHICLE NEXT DAY TO BRING TO A REPAIR SHOP, ONLY THE STARTER WAS SPINNING [ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AS I FOUND OUT THE TIMING BELT DISINTEGRATED]. BY NOT KNOWING THERE WAS A SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM [EXTENDS FOR 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES I BELIEVE], MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION AND SAID ALTHOUGH MY REGULAR WARRANTY ENDED, I SHOULD BRING TO DEALER. IT WAS REPLACED FOR FREE BY DEALER DUE TO SPECIAL COVERAGE IN NOVEMBER 2014 [OVER 4 YEARS OF COMPLAINING ABOUT EXCESSIVE ENGINE NOISE]. BROKEN TIMING BELT CREATED DAMAGE INSIDE THE ENGINE BUT DEALER COVERED ALL DAMAGE. AFTER THE TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED, IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAD A WHOLE NEW ENGINE AS IT WAS SO QUIET. THERE IS STILL A SMALL RATTLING NOISE DURING START-UP, BUT GOES AWAY AFTER ENGINE RUNS. (4) GAS MILEAGE NEVER HAS COME CLOSE TO CHEVROLET'S REPORTED ESTIMATES FOR THIS VEHICLE [I GET ABOUT 20 MPG ON FLAT HIGHWAYS].