2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Engine Problems

THE TIMING CHAIN ON OUR EQUINOX BROKE AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. GM SAYS OUR VIN IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE NHTSA REFERENCE #10053269 AND TSB REFERENCE #SB-12313. OUR SHOP SAID THE DAMAGE IS EXACTLY WHAT IS COVERED UNDER THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT NO PROTECTION DUE TO VIN OUTSIDE OF RANGE. THE VEHICLE STARTED SHOWING PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM ERROR. PARKED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT OFF. WHEN TRIED TO START AGAIN, THE VEHICLE DID NOTHING. HAD TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.

WAS DRIVING AT 25MPH WHEN SERVICE STABILE TRACK LIGHT CAME ON, WITHIN 5 SECONDS ENGINE POWERING DOWN LIGHT CAME ON, COULDN'T RESTART VEHICLE , VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CHEVY DEALER WHERE DIAGNOSIS OF TIMING CHAIN SLIPPING OR BREAKING WAS DISCOVERED. AT FIRST DEALER WANTED $8800 FOR ENGINE ,THEN $6700, THEN SETTLED ON $5400. ORIGINAL ENGINE HAD 92,000 MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. ENGINE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES FROM OIL CHANGE SHOPS. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH OR HIGHER AND ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY THAT FAST WOULDN'T THAT POTENTIALLY BE A CAUSE OF A MAJOR MULTIPLE CAR COLLISION WITH SEVERE INJURIES OR EVEN FATALITIES? I THINK THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO HELP AS MUCH AS THEY COULD BUT GM AS A WHOLE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER MONETARILY IN HELPING ME FOR A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM. AND AS STATED , SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL?

CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, WOULD NOT RESTART. TIMING CHAIN BROKE CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER IN NOV AND HAD TIMING CHAIN CHECKED. DEALER REPORTED THERE TO BE NO ISSUES WITH TIMING CHAIN.

IT WAS 7 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I DROVE HOME FROM WORK 20 MILES. WHEN I TOOK MY EXIT, THE VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE (AND IT'S NOT A DIESEL). I MANAGED TO GET HOME AND THE VEHICLE DIED IN THE DRIVEWAY. HAD IT TOWED TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THE PCV VALVE HAD BECOME CLOGGED AND WAS HOLDING CONDENSATION. THE PCV VALVE THEN FROZE CAUSING THE REAR ENGINE SEAL TO BLOW AND MOST OF MY OIL WAS BLOWING OUT DOWN THE INTERSTATE. NO OIL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND COULD HEAR HOW THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THIS WAS A "KNOWN PROBLEM" WITH GM, BUT NOT A RECALL. THEY EVEN GAVE ME A PROBLEM NUMBER FOR IT. THE VEHICLE WAS 5 1/2 YEARS OLD WITH 92,000 MILES. SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF AGE, GM WOULD NOT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND THE POWER REDUCE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH TIMING CHAINS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BATCH OF OTHER VINS BEING RECALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND ACTUATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,400.

THIS MORNING (04/20/2017), WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR STALLED OUT EVERY TIME I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, OR WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN, THE ENGINE HAD A VERY ROUGH FEEL WITH LOTS OF VIBRATION AND THEN STALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE YEARS AGO. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH NO ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECENTLY OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

ENGINE STALLS WHILE SLOWING OR AFTER COMING TO A STOP. RESTARTS ONCE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL.

AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT, CAR COMPLETELY DIED. NOTHING WOULD WORK. HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO DEALER. WAS SENT TO A CERTIFIED GM SERVICE CENTER AND THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND CAUSED CHAOS IN MY ENGINE. THEY REPLACED THE CHAIN AS WELL AS THE HEAD AND OTHER NUMEROUS PARTS. THEY ALSO FOUND THAT MY MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. OUT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. NOW JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY ENGINE IS CLICKING AND TICKING AND SOUNDS LIKE ITS GOING TO FALL OUT. I CHECK THE OIL WHEN I GET STOPPED AND MY CAR HAS NO OIL IN IT. NO WARNING LIGHTS HAD COME ON AND MY OIL LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM STILL SAID 38%. IT HAD JUST REACHED 3000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER. TIRED OF DROPPING MONEY IN THIS...

COMMENTS: I AM A CHEVY OWNER OF A 2011 EQUINOX AND NOT HAPPY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE TIMING CHAIN IS HELD ON BY A SMALL BOLT WHICH CAME LOOSE AND BELT BROKE AND BUSTED A HEAD AND ALL MY ROCKER ARMS. THIS SCREW UP MY REPAIR MAN SAID IS BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED WRONG AND SAYS ONCE IT IS DONE THERE IS NO CLUE WHEN IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO VARIOUS DRIVERS AND THEY AS WELL AS ME BEING TOLD YOUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT IN THE RECALL. I WANT TO KNOW WHY IT IS NOT AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THE REPAIR BILL IS BETWEEN $2500 AND $3000 AND I ALSO READ THAT IT IS USUALLY OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN IT HAPPENS. I AM SO MAD AT GM...

SAFETY CONCERNS GALORE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR, WHICH IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE, TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND CAR STALLING ISSUING SINCE I HAVE OWNED VEHICLE. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER DUE TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE WITH ENTIRE FAMILY IN CAR, VERY DANGEROUS. NEW ENGINE PROBLEM CAUSED CAR TO STALL IN ROAD AS WELL. THERE ARE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT GM DOESN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO OWN VEHICLE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING THIS CAR. CALLED AND SHARED SAFETY CONCERN WITH GM AND DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD DEVELOPS CHRONIC CRACK POSSIBLY DUE TO THERMAL STRESS GRADIENT NEAR A INJECTION PORT. ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THE MANIFOLD CRACKING MAY BE THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT, ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR TECHNICIANS, ARE PRONE TO QUICK DETERIORATION THAN WHAT THEY CONSIDER NORMAL. THE ENGINE FLOPS AROUND DURING TORQUE REACTIONS, PUTTING STRESS ON THE CONNECTED EXHAUST SYSTEM. BESIDES THE CRACKED MANIFOLD, TWO ENGINE MOUNTS WERE FOUND IN POOR CONDITION. THIS CRACK DOES NOT PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT AUDIBLE EXHAUST LEAK SOUND AND THEREFORE GOES UNNOTICED. THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS ALSO HIDDEN FROM VIEW. THE CRACK IS WIDEST WHEN COLD, THEREFORE LETTING THE MOST TOXIC CARBON MONOXIDE CONCENTRATION ENTER THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OF THE OCCUPANTS. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR. SHE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERE HEADACHES AND HAD MADE A DOCTORS APPOINT. I SUSPECTED THAT OUR WOOD STOVE OR GAS RANGE MAY HAVE BEEN THE CULPRIT, AND INSTALLED A...

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2014 WITH APPROX. 80,000 MILES ON IT BUT WAS TOLD BY THE SALES ASSOCIATE THAT THIS WAS A GREAT CAR AND A GREAT DEAL. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS A TICKING NOISE AND SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL BUT EVERYTIME I TOOK IT IN TO CHEVY THEY TOLD ME THIS IS THE WAY CHEVY CARS SOUND AND THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. FINALLY MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON AND THE CAR WILL NO LONGER TURN ON SO I HAVE TO GET IT TOWED AND THEY TELL ME THE INTAKE CAM ACTUATOR SOLENOIDS WENT OUT SO THEY REPLACED IT. THEN I CONTINUE TO HEAR THE TICKING NOISE AND THE CAR STILL RUNS ROUGH AND LOUD BUT AGAIN THEY TELL ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. ONCE AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND I HAVE TO GET TOWED BACK INTO...

RETURNED TO HUBLER CHEVY FOR STRANGE NOISE AT A COLD START. ROUGH IDLE. ALREADY A BULLETIN FOR BALANCING CHAIN. BALANCE CHAIN REPLACED PER EXTENDED WARRANTY. RECEIVED A CALL THAT THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACED $198. NOT ON A BULLETIN. ALSO, NOW DOING ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST BECAUSE OIL WAS LOW AS WELL AS ENGINE COOLANT WAS LOW. AFTER DOING RESEARCH AT HOME, THOUSANDS OF 2.4L ENGINES FOR EQUINOX ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR BAD TIMING CHAIN WHEN THEY HAVE BALANCING CHAIN REPLACED. MOST OF THESE COMPLAINTS ARE COMING AT THE 30,000 MILE MARK ON THE ODOMETER. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO WHY THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE IS NOT ADDRESSED WHEN REPLACING THE BALANCING CHAIN? IF THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHES OR BREAKS IT WILL BLOW UP THE ENGINE (SAFETY ISSUE). MY VEHICLE JUST TURNED 29,0000 MILES. NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS INVOLVE ALL THE NHTSA BULLETINS AND ULTIMATELY, THESE...

IN 15 DEGREE WEATHER CAR RUNNING ROUGH, THEN WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY CAR GOES TO 50% POWER AND BARELY AVOIDING GETTING REAR ENDED I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY WHERE ENGINE STALLED OUT. WAS ABLE TO START ENGINE AGAIN BUT 50% POWER INDICATION REMAINED CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. TECH INDICATED THE PCV HAD CLOGGED CAUSING REAR SEAL TO FAIL AND THEN LOSS OF OIL CAUSED TIMING CHAIN TO LOOSEN AND THEN ENGINE FAILURE. $2728.38 LATER FOR TIMING CHAIN NEW SEALS AND ROD PLUS BOLTS. SPECIAL COVERAGE EXISTS FOR THIS EXACT FAILURE BUT WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN DOES NOT MATCH SO BULLETIN NO: 14882 DOES NOT APPLY CURRENTLY. I DO READ OTHERS WITH SAME COMPLAINT.. CAR ONLY HAS 67K AND HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH SENSORS AND ALREADY HAD TIMING CHAIN REPLACED AT 34K . SO APPROX 30K MORE AM I...

MYCAR IS RUNNING BAD IT RATTLES I HAD IT PUT ON A TESTER IT SHOW ANYTHING WRONG BUT IT STILL RUNS ROUGH. WHEN IT IS IDLEING IS SOUND BAD

THE 2011 2.4 L ENGINE EQUINOX IS UNDER RECALL, EXCEPT FOR MINE. I OWN A 2011 2.4 L ENGINE EQUINOX THAT HAS EVERY PROBLEM AS THE ONE THAT IS BEING RECALLED. GM IS TELLING ME THAT THERE ARE NO DEFECTIVE PARTS ON MY CAR, EVEN THOUGH MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING WHILE DRIVING, WHILE TURNING, WHILE STOPPING. MY CAR HAS EVERYTHING WRONG WITH IT THAT IS LISTED ON THE RECALL. THE PVC SYSTEM, WATER IN THE AIR BOX. OUR MECHANIC TOOK OUT 1/2 CUP OF WATER OUT OF THE AIR BOX YESTERDAY. IN ADDITION, THE CAR CONSUMES MASS AMOUNTS OF OIL. THIS VEHICLE WILL GIVE YOU NO WARNING AND THEN JUST STALL OUT. LAST YEAR, MY CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND THEN A REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AT NOT EVEN 90,000 MILES. THIS CAR POSES A THREAT TO THE...

I'VE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN IT JUST WOULDN'T START. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TIMING CHAIN SLIPPED OFF AND BENT VALVES AND NOW EXPECT ME TO BUY A BRAND NEW $9000.00 ENGINE. I LOOKED UP RECALLS AND THERE IS ONE FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE FOR MY MODEL OF VEHICLE BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S VIN SPECIFIC AND MY VIN DOESN'T COUNT FOR THE RECALL. THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO TO SEE IF THE RECALL NEEDS TO EXPAND OUT AND INCLUDE MORE VEHICLES. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON, CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DID NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROCKER ARM DETACHED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE STABILITY CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL, AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED WHILE THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TAKATA RECALL MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM CORNERSTONE CHEVROLET IN MONTICELLO, MN IN MARCH OF 2015. IN AUGUST OF 2015, MY HUSBAND RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT SOME OF THE 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.4L ENGINE HAS AN ISSUE WITH EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. WE WERE INFORMED IN THE LETTER THAT WE WERE NOT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN UNLESS WE BELIEVED THIS ISSUE WAS HAPPENING. ABOUT A 3 WEEKS AGO, OUR MECHANIC WHO PERFORMS OUR OIL CHANGES NOTIFIED US THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS USING EXCESSIVE OIL AND THAT WE SHOULD BRING IT INTO A GM CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH 2016, WE BROUGHT OUR VEHICLE TO CORNERSTONE CHEVROLET IN MONTICELLO, THEY INFORMED US THAT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WAS HAPPENING WITH THE VEHICLE AND THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE APPROVAL TO START WORKING ON IT. WE...

MY 2011 EQUINOX SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, BUT WOULD TURN OVER. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PUSH IT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TOW IT HOME. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IN BROCKPORT NY (SPURR GM DEALERSHIP). IT TOOK 3 WEEKS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. THE ROOT CAUSE ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL FACTORY TENSIONER TO THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND THE ENGINE WENT IMMEDIATELY OUT OF TIME - CAUSING IMMEDIATE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE AND HENCE CONTROL ON THE ROAD. THE ENGINE NEEDED COSTLY REPAIRS OF $2600 WHICH IS FINE (MY FAMILIES LIFE IS WORTH WAY MORE) THE FACTORY ORIGINAL TENSIONERS EVIDENTLY FAIL REGULARLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HYDRAULIC AND THE INTAKE HOLES TO THE TENSIONER PLUG EASILY - CHEVY EVIDENTLY REPAIRS WITH AN IMPROVED PART THAT HAS A WIDER INTAKE PORT...

ENGINE HAS ALWAYS MADE A RATTLING NOISE WHICH NOW I BELIEVE LOOSE/WORN TIMING CHAIN. LAST WEEK THE EQUINOX WAS STALLING AT STOP SIGNS. IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP THEN DIE AGAIN. ONCE IT'S TAKES OFF IT RUNS FINE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THERE WERE 2 CODES. 1 READ ENGINE MISFIRE OTHER READ INTAKE CAM VALVE ACTUATOR (SOMETHING). THE DEALER CLEARED THE CODES (CHARGED ME FOR CLEARING CODES) AND THEN SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH CAR AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. COUPLE DAYS LATER IT DIES 3 TIMES IN A ROW AT STOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR ONE DAY. NEXT DAY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF AND VEHICLE RUNS FINE. LATER THAT DAY IT DIES AT STOP. I CALL DEALER TO GET ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AND THEY SAY WITHOUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON OR IT DYING FOR THEM THERE...

STARTING APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO MY CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND EITHER LURCH WHILE GOING INTO GEAR OR WOULD CUT THE ENGINE. THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVERY DAY AND I WOULD LOSE THE ENGINE BETWEEN 1 AND 10 TIMES PER DAY. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON TUESDAY, OCT 4, AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE CAM ACTUATOR SOLENOID THAT WASN'T WORKING. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE YEAR, MAKE L, AND MODEL FOR MY CAR BUT THE VIN ISN'T COVERED.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IT WOULD SHUT OFF DURING LOW SPEEDS. ISSUE HAPPENED 20+ TIME DURING ONE 15 MINUTE DRIVE. I WOULD NEED TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO START IT AGAIN, BUT ONCE I SLOWED DOWN IT WOULD SHUT OFF. THIS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT, ONCE I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO BEGIN MOVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT, POWERING OFF AND REQUIRING ME TO PLACE IN NEUTRAL TO START AGAIN.

CAR STALL MANY TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHEN YOU PULL OUT FROM A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN DUE TO BAD INTAKE CAM SOLENOID. HAD TO RESTART CAR SEVERIAL TIME JUST TO GET CLEAR OF THE INTERSECTION. CAR MAY THEN RUN OK FOR WEEKS AND THEN DO IT AGAIN. GM STATED IT IS NOT PART OF THERE RECALL, EVEN THOU IT HAS THE SAME ISSUES AS THE CARS UNDER THE RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF FUEL AND OIL WERE PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PISTONS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL CONSUMPTION FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

CHEVROLET RELEASED THIS CAR WITH A BAD ENGINE FROM THE BEGINNING. I LITERALLY HAVE TO CHANGE THE OIL ON MY CAR EVER SINGLE WEEK. " EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION " IS WHAT THEY SAY & ONLY HAS A WARRANTY UP TO 120K. WHEN MY CAR STARTED ACTING OUT, I WAS AT 126K. IT DRIVES VERY SLUGGISH AND HORRIBLE, LIKE MY ENGINE WILL GIVE OUT AT ANY MOMENT. SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL, BECAUSE THIS AFFECTS ALL ( OR CLOSE TO) 2010 - 2011 GMC TERRAIN & CHEVROLET EQUINOX & I JUST SO HAPPEN TO HAVE AN 11' EQUINOX. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY CAR OVER A CLASSIC CHEVROLET SCREW UP!!!

VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 35 MPH RESULTING IN IMPAIRED STEERING ABILITY, AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL IN A ROAD CURVE. A CRASH WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED. NO WARNING LIGHT OR OPERATOR NOTIFICATION WAS PRESENT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. ODB SCAN CODES INDICATED A P0010 CODE 'CAMSHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE'. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON AT LEAST 5 OTHER OCCASIONS RETURNING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. SERVICE HISTORY INDICATES THE INTAKE CAMSHAFT SOLENOID WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN 2011 DUE TO IDENTICAL FAILURE MODE AND FAULT CODE, THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT SOLENOID FAILED WITH CODE P0011 AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN 2015, AND THE INTAKE CAMSHAFT SOLENOID FAILED AGAIN IN 2016 AT 34,681 TOTAL VEHICLE MILES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN OPERATED IN NOMINAL CITY DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH CONSISTENT MAINTENANCE OF THE OIL AND OIL FILTER PER THE OEM OIL LIFE MONITOR. THE THIRD...

MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SOMETIMES WHEN I START TO ACCELERATE MY CAR IT WILL JUST DIE (EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC!!!). IT HAS HAPPENED 9+ TIMES ALREADY AND SOME OF THOSE TIMES THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER'S MECHANIC WHERE IT PRODUCED INTAKE CAM ACTUATOR FAILURE CODE P011. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IMMEDIATELY IN THE MESSAGE AREA TWO MESSAGE WERE DISPLAYED - "REDUCE ENGINE POWER" AND SERVICE STABITRACK SOON". IMMEDIATELY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 3000 RPM AND 50 MPH. WITHIN A MILE THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER (LUCKILY THIS WAS AS I WAS HITTING THE EXIT RAMP OFF THE HIGHWAY). AFTER WAITING FOR A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO FIRE IT UP BUT THE ERRORS RETURNED. I LIMPED THE VEHICLE HOME AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL GARAGE. MY MECHANIC INDICATED THERE WERE 9 ERROR CODES WHEN HE LOOKED WITH HIS SCANNER RELATED TO FUEL PRESSURE, CAM SENSORS, AND MOTOR TIMING. FURTHERMORE, SINCE I WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE, HE DRAINED THE OIL PAN AND SAW I WAS NEARLY 3 QUARTS LOW ON OIL. THIS IS PUZZLING AS (1) I JUST CHECKED THE OIL TWO WEEKS...

VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ENGAGING DRIVE GEAR. CODE INDICATES ENGINE VARIABLE TIMING SOLENOID INTAKE TO BE REPLACES.

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH AN 18 WHEELER BEHIND ME, THE VEHICLE STOPPED GOING FORWARD WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS. IT WAS STILL RUNNING BUT HAD NO POWER AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN TO NOTHING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT WAS ALMOST RUN OVER DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. I CUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO RESTART IT, BUT IT WOULD ONLY MAKE A CLICKING SOUND. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP WE TOWED IT TO, THE TIMING CHAIN SLIPPED AND RUINED THE MOTOR. THIS IS A 2011 VEHICLE WITH ONLY 73000 MILES ON IT. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AND SINCE WE MADE OUR FINAL PAYMENT LAST MONTH, NONE OF IT IS UNDER WARRANTY. SURELY THIS IS NOT TYPICAL OF THIS VEHICLE AND THE CHEVROLET COMPANY CAN STAND BEHIND THIS REPAIR.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. 1QT PER 1,250 MILES. NEEDS MAJOR ENGINE REPAIRS AT LESS THAN 86,000 MILES. I'VE HEARD THAT IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THAT ENGINE CAN STALL WHILE DRIVING. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS CONDITION IF STALLING WHILE TRAVELLING AT MAXIMUM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DRIVER COULD LOSE STEERING CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND ENGINE CHAIN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

MY 2011 EQUINOX HAD A LOUD BANGING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AT 104K AND IS NOW AT 109K. CAR BROKE DOWN IN DRIVEWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY COULD FIND A LEAK OR BURNING OF OIL. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT ONE DROP OF OIL LEFT AND THE TIMING CHAIN AND GUIDES WERE RUINED. THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED JIFFY LUBE BY SAYING THEY DID NOT PUT SUFFICIENT OIL IN THE CAR; AND JIFFY LUBE BLAMED CHEVROLET STATING THEY KNOW THEY HAVE ENGINE ISSUES IN THIS MODEL (THE CARS "EAT" OIL) THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS WANT TO OPEN THE MOTOR UP FOR 2K TO SEE IF IT IS A DEFECT IN THE MODEL. I AM NOT WILLING TO PAY THIS. TWO YEARS AGO THEY HAD TO REBUILD THE CYLINDER HEAD BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT.

PURCHASED MY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX IN MARCH 2014 AT 36,000 MILES. AT THIS MOMENT I HAVE 63,000 MILES. PAST COUPLE MONTHS OR SO I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. THERE WAS A TICKING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER PARKING AND SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE, A ROUGH/LOUD RUNNING OF THE ENGINE, INCONSISTENT TIMES OF KNOCKING TYPE SOUND, AND A HESISTANT DURING ACCELERATING AND SO ROUGH. WHEN WE INQUIRED ABOUT THESE THINGS FROM THE DEALER WE PURCHASED FROM WE WERE TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS 'NORMAL' AND THAT'S WHAT A CHEVY SOUNDS LIKE. TODAY I WAS DRIVING UP A 30 MPH ROAD AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH GOING STRAIGHT UP THE ROAD. THERE WAS A HESISTATION THEN IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF.WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND IT STARTED BACK UP. I DROVE FAST HOME AND TURNED ONTO MY STREET AND...

THE HEADRESTS ON THIS CAR PUSH MY HEAD SO FAR FORWARD THAT I HAVE TERRIBLE PAIN WHILE DRIVING. I ALSO CANNOT SEE WHERE I AM GOING DUE TO THE EXTREME ANGLE OF MY HEAD JUTTING FORWARD. NOT TOO SAFE--ANY REASONABLE PERSON CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. IN ADDITION, THE CAR IS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL. ALSO, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AFTER SLOWING DOWN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, IT BOGS. AGAIN, NOT VERY SAFE. THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF CRAP--NEVER AGAIN WILL I GET A CHEVROLET. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!!

THIS IS A FWD MODEL WITH 2.4L ENGINE. THE TRANSMISSION 3-5-R PLATE FAILED AT 67,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUINED. WHEN IT FAILED IT CAUSED ACCELERATION AND SPEED PROBLEMS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY BUT THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INITIALLY. THE CAR LIMPED A FEW MILES HOME STALLING OUT COMPLETELY ONCE A BLOCK FROM HOME, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. I WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS PURCHASED 06/11/2011. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES AND ROUGH IDLE AT THIS TIME. THE VEHICLE HAD ITS CAM SHAFT ACTUATORS REPLACED IN AUGUST 2011 AFTER THE ENGINE MADE VERY LOUD NOISES WITH ABOUT 2000 MILES ON THE CAR. I TRADED THE CAR IN 3 DAYS AFTER THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE I DID NOT TRUST THE CAR.

BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN APRIL 2014. IN APRIL 2015 HAD TO HAVE THE TIMING CHAIN REPLACED. IN JULY 2015 HAD TO HAVE THE RINGS, PISTONS, AND CYLINDER HEAD REPLACED. NOW IN FEBRUARY 2016 I HAVE HAD THE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY, AND THE STARTER AND IT STILL WON'T START.

WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED SURGING AND A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON SAYING REDUCED ENGINE POWER, HAD TO REALLY PUSH ON THE BREAK SO IT WOULD NOT LUNGE INTO THE INTER SECTION, LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I STARTED TO GO, BUT I COULD ONLY GET UP TO 25 MPH, THEN ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ALONG WITH A SERVICE STABILITRAK MESSAGE, MANAGED TO GET TO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW MINUTES, STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT RAN BETTER BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER, HE NEW BEFORE EVEN LOOKING AT IT WHAT IT WAS. ENDED UP BEING THE THROTTLE BODY, IF YOU LOOK ONLINE THERE ARE MANY EQUINOX VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. BUT GM WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER THEIR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THIS IS WHAT SUPPLIES AIR...

MY ODOMETER JUST WENT OVER 30,000 LAST WEEK. TOOK IT IN FOR THE OIL CHANGE (RELIGIOUSLY EVERY 6 MONTHS, ALTHOUGH I ONLY DRIVE AROUND 3,000 DURING THAT TIME) AND THE REAR ENGINE SEAL IS LEAKING OIL. MY WARRANTY EXPIRES IN ONE WEEK. WE'RE TAKING IT IN FOR REPAIR BEFORE IT EXPIRES BUT I'M APPALLED THAT AN ENGINE WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT IS ALREADY LEAKING OIL. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE KEEPING IT IS BECAUSE IT'S PAID OFF. MY NEXT NEW CAR WILL NOT BE A CHEVROLET.

WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT, MY ENGINE STARTING REVVING AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. I LOST POWER AND CONTROL. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND STABILITRAK CONTROL WARNING CAME ON. FORTUNATELY, I WAS GOING SLOW, SO I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND TURN OFF THE CAR. I TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE STABILITRAK WARNING CAME BACK ON. TURNED IT BACK OFF AND LET IT SIT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITH NO ISSUES, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. FROM MY SHORT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THIS SEEMS LIKE A COMMON, SERIOUS ISSUE. I HAVE A NEW, [XXX] YEAR OLD DRIVER WHO USES THIS CAR - NOT ANYMORE - UNTIL A FIX IS FOUND! PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*CC

HAD MY CAR FIXED FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE AND A WEEK LATER I LOST POWER AND THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. DEALERSHIP DENIED ANY THING WRONG WITH THE CAR.... AFTER HAVING IT TOWED BACK TO THEM, THEY FOUND THE THROTTLE BODY CONNECTORS WERE NO GOOD AND NEED A NEW WIRING KIT TO FIX. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, ALMOST HAPPENED TO ME! PLEASE RECALL THE 2011 EQUINOX AS A WHOLE, YOU OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T BUILD THIS CAR CORRECTLY.

THE MOTOR MOUNTS ON MY 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX ARE EITHER LOOSE OR ARE MISSING IN MY CAR. THE MOTOR SHAKES WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND HIT MY BRAKES AGAIN THE SHAKING STOPS, AND MY CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS MISSING.

WHILE DRIVING THE DISPLAY ON THE DASH DISPLAYED THE WORDS "POWERING DOWN" AND THEN THE CAR PROCEEDS TO SLOW TO A COMPLETE STOP. ALL WHILE I'M DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP IN MCKINNEY, EL DORADO, ADVISED ME THAT THE ENGINE SIMPLY FELL APART AND BROKE. I JUST GOT A TUNE UP AND OIL CHANGE WITHIN THE PAST 60 DAYS...HOW CAN AN ENGINE JUST FALL APART WITH NO INDICATION, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO SMOKE, ETC.

FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR NEW MAJOR ENGINE WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN. 1ST WAS A TIMING CHAIN WEAR ISSUE CAUSING ENGINE NOISE AT ABOUT 50K MILES. NEXT WAS A NEAR TOTAL ENGINE REBUILD DUE TO EXCESS OIL CONSUMPTION WHERE RINGS, BEARINGS, PISTONS ETC AT GM WARRANTY COST. ALL EXCEPT FOR CAM ACTUATORS FOR WHICH I WAS CHARGED $391. I PICKED UP THE CAR AND ALL SEEMED FINE. WITHIN 100 MILES OF PICKING UP THE CAR THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A P0420 ENGINE CODE WAS LOGGED. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER WHEN I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED IT TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE WRONG THAT I NEEDED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER, OXYGEN SENSORS AND NEW CAM ACTUATORS. (I JUST PAID $391 TO HAVE THEM REPLACED LESS THAN A WEEK AGO!!!) THE DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE WAS...