NHTSA Complaint #11071652 — 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL FOR NEW PISTONS AND RINGS RECEIVED ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. DAY AFTER PICKING UP MY VEHICLE, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE CAMSHAFT INTAKE SOLENOID WAS THROWING A CODE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHERE THEY WORKING, I PAID OUT OF POCKET. NEXT DAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING CAME ON THE DISPLAY SCREEN AND I COULDN'T DRIVE OVER 20 MPH THE WHOLE WAY HOME (TWENTY MILES) WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME MIND YOU. REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT INTAKE SOLENOID ONLY TO NOT FIX THE ISSUE SO WE ALSO REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TO FIND THAT DIDN'T HELP AT ALL. ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP (40 MILES) AS IT WAS UNDRIVEABLE. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS THE VEHICLE WAS DUMPING FUEL INTO THE CYLINDERS. HAD THE DEALERSHIP FIX THE ISSUE AND I PAID THEM FOR PARTS AND LANOR, ALL WHILE DEALERSHIP DENYING FAULT. PICKED IT UP AFTER BEING "FIXED", YET AGAIN, NEXT DAY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONES ON AGAIN! DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT AGAIN AND TOLD ME THAT THE CAMSHAFT EXHAUST SOLENOID, REPLACED THAT AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON AGAIN DAYS LATER BUT MY VEHICLE ALSO STALLED OUT ON ME WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND AGAIN WHILE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. I THEN REACHED OUT TO GM PERSONALLY AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY RUDE AND DENIED FAULT. ONE MONTH LATER, HAD TO REPLACE MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AS IT WAS CRACKED AND RELEASING EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE CAB WITH ME AND MY CHILDREN GETTING HEADACHES WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED UPSTREAM O2 SENSOR.. NOT EVEN ONE WEEK AFTER THIS WAS FIXED, JAN 2018 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN WITH A P0420 CODE FOR THE CAT CONVERTER....