NHTSA Complaint #11091545 — 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

MORE THAN ONCE WHILE DRIVING I HAVE GOTTEN POWER STEERING WARNINGS WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE LOCKED UP IN THE PROCESS AND TOOK ALL OF MY MIGHT TO TURN AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE CONSTANT OIL CHANGES AND WAS ISSUED A RECALL LETTER THAT THE OIL CENSOR WAS OFF LAST MAY AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID NO SUCH RECALL EXISTED. RECENTLY MY MECHANIC SAYS THE TIMING IS OFF, AN ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING HAS COME UP MORE THAN ONCE AND I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR ALL TOGETHER FOR FEAR IS STOPS WITH MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF IN IT. THE FIRST TIME IT CAME ON TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS AT AN INCREDIBLY BUSY INTERSECTION AND COULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH, IT WAS AS IF I WAS DRIVING IN NEUTRAL. I TOOK MYSELF AND CHILDREN STRAIGHT TO THE MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE AMOUNTS OF REPAIRS IS MORE THAN THE CAR MAY BE WORTH. I SEE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH ISSUES MATCHING MY OWN AND CHEVROLET HAS DONE NOTHING. MY SCREEN RANDOMLY GOES OUT, THE RADIO GOES OUT, THE OIL CENSOR HAS STOPPED COMING ON, ENGINE LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF. MY RADIATOR WAS RECENTLY REPLACED AS IT WAS RUSTED AND OVERHEATING THE CAR. A CAR THIS AGE SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS MANY ISSUES. THEY MUST LIE IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.