NHTSA Complaint #11256418 — 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

A HIGH PITCHED WHINING SOUND WAS NOTED WHILE SHIFTING THROUGH 2ND GEAR. NOTED THE NEXT DAY THE SAME WHINING SOUND WHILE SHIFTING THROUGH 2ND GEAR ALSO BEGAN WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO REVERSE NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. NOTED ON THE 3RD DAY ALL OF THE ABOVE IN ADDITION TO THE VEHICLE SLIPPING GEARS AND WHILE IN DRIVE BEGAN TO READ AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. UPON INSPECTION BY A LOCAL DEALER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. D MILEAGE FOR THE 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX AT THAT POINT WAS 109000 MILES. IT HAS SINCE COSTED APPROXIMATELY $3000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OF WHICH NONE WAS COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY EITHER DEALER OR MANUFACTURER.