2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Engine Problems

VEHICLE WILL STOP WHILE DRIVING, SITTING AT LIGHT, AND DRIVEWAY.. I HAVE TO CONTINUE PUTTING OIL IN EVERY OTHER DAY. POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON, UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE OR ROLL WINDOWS UP. DOESN'T WANT TO START NOW.

DURING 2018 AND EARLIER, MY 2012 EQUINOX WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW 07/25/2012 HAS BEEN BURNING/USING WAY MORE OIL THAN NORMAL. THE OIL CHECK LIGHT AND/OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, WHICH MY HUSBAND THINKS IT COULD BE THE PISTONS AND/OR VALVES. THERE IS NO LEAKAGE ON THE CARPORT OR SEALS. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AT THE BURIEN CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. I HAVE MENTION NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THE OIL SITUATION AND THE SERVICING REP. ALWAYS SAID, JUST MAKE SURE TO MONITOR IT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALWAYS ADDING MORE THAN THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF OIL AND NOT ACTUALLY FIXING THE INTERNAL RATTLING NOISE (ROOT CAUSE). AFTER RESEARCHING THIS TYPE OF SITUATION FOR MY VEHICLE TYPE, I FOUND IT FALLS EXACTLY IN LINE WITH 'EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION' SITUATION. SAME AUDIBLE RATTLE OR KNOCK FROM THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLING, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHITE BEAR LAKE CHEVROLET(1801 COUNTY RD. FE, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT PARTS OF THE ENGINE WERE DAMAGED DUE TO AN OIL CONSUMPTION FAILURE. THE ENGINE ACTUATOR, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THE ENGINE PISTONS AND THE TIMING CHAIN WERE ALL REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED PARTS WERE REPLACED TWICE BUT WASN'T FIXED.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE THE OIL FILTER WAS REPLACED AND FIVE QUARTS OF OIL WERE ADDED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE OIL CONSUMPTION ON THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY A QUART AND A HALF HIGH EACH WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,284.

BACK ON JAN 14, 2019 OIL WAS CHANGED AS PART OF ROUTINE AT A SERVICE STATION. OPERATOR SUGGESTED WE TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALERS AS PART OF AN OIL CONSUMPTION RECALL HE HEARD ABOUT, WITHIN 200 MILES WE TOOK IT INTO A DEALERSHIP FOR THE TEST TO BE PERFORMED AND THEY REFUSED TO DO IT DUE TO A REAR MAIN SEAL LEAK THAT NO ONE MENTIONED EARLIER OR AT THE OIL CHANGE PLACE. THEY WOULDN'T REPAIR IT AS PART OF THE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 (WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED THE ISSUE) HAD TO PAY $1700 JUST TO GET THE SEAL FIXED SO THEY COULD PERFORM THE TEST ON AN ISSUE GM ALREADY WAS AWARE OF! VEHICLE FINALLY FAILED THE CONSUMPTION TEST AND HAD THE RECALL DONE AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF BEING FIXED MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC ISSUES HAVE POPPED UP LIKE THE STABILITRAK DISABLING, ENGINE POWER DECREASE WARNING,...

USING OIL. I HAVE TO ADD OIL SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN CHANGES. IT DOES NOT SMOKE; NOR DOES THE OIL GAUGE STATE ANY CHANGES. THE OIL GAUGE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON EITHER TO INFORM ME OF THIS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST YEAR OF SO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO HAVE TO ADD EXTRA OIL IN THE VEHICLE WEEKLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED ENGINE BLEW, STALLING OF CAR, OIL CONSUMPTION RAPIDLY. DEALER FIXED PROBLEMS. ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON JANUARY 2019 TOOK BACK TO DEALER, DEALER STATED NEEDED TO CHECK OIL THERE WAS NONE IN THE CAR. CAR STARTED SHAKING @ LIGHT STALLING, MAKING LOUD NOISE. GMC IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH IS THE PISTONS THAT NEED REPAIR.*JB

SINCE BUYING THIS VEHICLE, IT HAS EXCESSIVELY BURNED THROUGH OIL. EVERY TIME I GO FOR AN OIL CHANGE WHICH IS ALWAYS BEFORE THE AVG. 5000 MILES I AM TOLD THAT THE OIL IS VERY LOW. I HAVE STARTED ADDING 2-3 QUARTS OF OIL IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES- THIS STILL SHOWS UP AS LOW OIL AT THE OIL CHANGE. I NEVER HAVE AN INDICATOR LIGHT TELLING ME MY OIL IS LOW. THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES I WENT IN TO CHANGE THE OIL AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE CAR WAS RIDING REALLY ROUGH- SHAKING, LOUD, STALLING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. GOOD THING I TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE RIGHT AWAY. I WAS TOLD IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DRY! SO I HAVE BEEN MONITORING IT SINCE AND ADDING OIL. IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. AT MY LAST OIL CHANGE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A...

THE VEHICLE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF, COULD NOT GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS TOTALLY DONE. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. I PAID 1500 TO GET IT BACK ON. R STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING. REPAIRED IT BY CHANGING TIMING CHAIN AND A MONTH LAYER THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT AGAIN WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. NO WARNING JUST TURNED COMPLETELY OFF AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED AGAIN TO CAAR REPAIR SHOP. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PROBABLY.TJE TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE. NOT WORTH THE PRICE OF REPAIR BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY END UP COSTING MORE THAN THE CAR WAS WORTH.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR ON 3/29/2019 AND ON 4/1/2019 FOUND THAT THE ENGINE IS SUUSEPTABLE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION CAUSING ENGINE TO WEAR OUT AND COULD STOP RUNNING ON THE ROAD MAKING IT A SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO THAT THE STEERING CAUSES RESISTANCE TO STEERING WHEN CHANGING LANES CAUSING A HIGHWAY SAFETY HAZARD. AM I INCLUDED IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS?

FREQUENT STALLING WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP INCLUDING AT RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. ALSO TRIPS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES. CHECKED THROTTLE BODY, CAM SENSOR, OTHER SENSOR, SOLENOIDS, CHANGED OIL TWICE, CHECKED FOR RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS, ALL WORK DONE BY MECHANICS AT GOODYEAR, THEY TRIED AND TRIED AND FINALLY GAVE UP AFTER SAYING IT WAS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT. THE DEALER'S POSITION IS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND EVERY POSSIBLE CAUSE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN EXPLORED. THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT STALLING FOR THE EQUINOX IF DOING A WEB SEARCH. HAS RECURRED OVER SEVERAL WEEKS, GOODYEAR SERVICE TYPICALLY FIXES IT FOR LESS THAN 50 MILES.

DRIVING TO WORK ON CITY STREET AFTER GETTING OFF INTERSTATE THE ENGINE LOCKED UP (ALL THE OIL WAS FORCED OUT THROUGH THE REAR MAIN SEAL) IN MY 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WITH ONLY 76,542 MILES. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH - WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS ABOUT THIS PCV AND EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. THEY HAVE EXTENDED "SPECIAL COVERAGE" FOR PART OF THIS PROBLEM. IF LETTERS WERE SENT OUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY. THIS DEFECT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY - MANY COMPLAINTS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. MAYBE THIS 4 CYLINDER ENGINE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED. THE GM DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO NEGLECT ON MY PART BUT I HAD TO PAY $5194.15 TO HAVE MY ENGINE REPLACED.

I CONTACTED CHEVROLET IN NOVEMBER 2018 ABOUT EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. MY CAR IS USUALLY 2.5 QUARTS LOW BY THE TIME 3000 MILES IS DRIVEN FROM THE LAST OIL CHANGE & I AM WORRIED MY ENGINE WILL LOCK UP. I DO ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND GET REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND SERVICE. THIS MODEL SHOULD NOT USE THAT MUCH OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NOW, SINCE DEALING WITH THESE OTHER ISSUES, WHEN I COME TO A STOP, IT IDLES FROM ABOUT 700 DOWN TO 500 AND IT IDLES SO LOW, MY LIGHTS FLICKER & IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF. MY VEHICLE IDLES CORRECTLY WHEN IN PARK. IT ONLY IDLES ROUGHLY WHEN IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WHILE AT A STOP. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AGAIN,VIA PHONE, AND THEY TELL ME "UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND REPAIRS WILL BE OUT-OF-POCKET" I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT CHEVROLET WONT STAND BEHIND THEIR...

GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX IT DIED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING ON A CITY STREET. NO WARNING LIGHTS, OR NOTHING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE LOCATION WHERE I NOTICED A TRAIL OF OIL AND OIL SEVERELY LEAKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THE PCV VALVE IS PLUGGED AND CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO LEAK. MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED IN THE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A HAZARD FOR DRIVERS AS THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL OF AN ISSUE AND MY VEHICLE DIED SUDDENLY.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUATOR SOLENOIDS WITH THE 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX. WHILE OPERATING THE 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX IN ANY CAPACITY IT STALLS ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THEY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO ALSO STALL WHEN BACKING AND OR EVEN WHEN IN IDLE. WE HAVE REPLACED THESE TWICE IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE FORCE TO CONTROL THE STEERING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK, THE REAR MAIN SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE PVC VALVE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,000.

SINCE APRIL 2018 I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE WHEN COMING TO A SLOW STOP. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THE ISSUE HAD TO DO WITH MY BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE BRAKE SHOP THREE TIMES SINCE APRIL 2018 AND THEY HAD REPEATEDLY TOLD ME THE BRAKES ARE NOT THE ISSUE. I HAD MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON IN DECEMBER 2018 SO I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE HUBER CHEVROLET IN OMAHA FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT DUE YET FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS. I WAS NEVER TOLD DURING THIS VISIT THAT MY OIL WAS LOW. ON MARCH 7TH, 2019 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN SO I TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SAME DAY EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE FOR ANOTHER 1000 MILES. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS 3 QTS LOW ON OIL. I WAS...

FROZEN PVC SYSTEM FORCING REAR MAIN SEALS TO BLOW OUT. THE CAR STARTED FINE BUT SOON STARTED TRYING TO CUT OFF...BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. CAR SOON CUT OFF. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 84,596 MILES ON IT.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SHE RECEIVED A WARNING STATING 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER' AND 'SERVICE STABILITACK'. WISHING A FEW SECONDS OF THIS HER CAR DIED ON THE HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP. UPON INITIAL REVIEW THE PCV LINE WAS BLOCKED WITH ICE AS IT WAS SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURE. WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL THERE WAS NOTHING. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON ACCORDING TO MY WIFE. I PUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE CAR AND IT STARTED BACK UP, HOWEVER IT BARELY MADE IT 4 MILES BACK TO THE HOUSE BEFORE THE OIL WAS GONE AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY VEHICLE WAS SMOKING FROM THE OIL COMING OUT. THIS IS EXACTLY DESCRIBED IN BULLETIN 14882. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 107K MILES AND APPEARS MEET ALL CRITERIA OF SAID BULK ITEM. HOWEVER, UPON SPEAKING WITH CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS BULLETIN. MY CAR IS NOT...

WHILE DRIVING TO THE GAS STATION, AND THEN TO WORK, MY VEHICLE GOT VERY SLUGGISH WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY BUT THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. I STOPPED TO GET GAS AND LOOK OVER THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING TO BE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I FILLED THE GAS TANK AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE 1 MILE TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. WHEN PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT, I BEGAN HEARING A KNOCKING SOUND THAT I RECOGNIZED IMMEDIATELY. I PARKED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND LOOKED AROUND AGAIN. THAT IS WHEN I SAW THE OIL ON THE GROUND. I EXAMINED THE ENGINE TO LOOK FOR THE SOURCE OF THE OIL LEAK. THE OIL FILTER, DRAIN PLUG, AND DRAIN PAN ALL WERE CLEAN AND DRY. THERE WAS OIL ON THE FRAME AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOORBOARD THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW INTERNET SEARCHES,...

WHILE MY 20 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 88567 MILES TO WORK ALONG BACK COUNTRY ROADS AT 6AM ON A DARK COLD MICHIGAN MORNING HE NOTICED THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL WHILE PULLING INTO HIS EMPLOYERS PARKING LOT. AS IT GOT LIGHTER OUT THRU THE MORNING HE NOTICED THAT THE WHOLE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED IN OIL, WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE DISCOVERED THE WHOLE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS ALSO COVERED IN OIL. HAD HIM GET VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A REAR MAIN SEAL BLOWN DUE TO A CLOGGED PCV VALVE, WHICH MATCHES A SERVICE BULLETIN (14882) IN WHICH DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR BECAUSE OF LIMITED VIN'S INCLUDED PER BULLETIN.

MY VEHICLE LOSES POWER FOR MAYBE 30 SECONDS THEN IT STARTS UP AGAIN THIS IS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND THIS TIME WHILE PULLING ONTO THE ROAD THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON A VERY COLD MORNING. ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A POP SOUND AND MY CAR WOULD NOT WORK. I HAVE ONLY 67,000 MILES ON MY CAR. THE ENTIRE ENGINE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS HE HAD 3 OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO HIM THE ENGINE IS NOT MADE PROPERLY BECAUSE IF CONDENSATION BUILDS UP IT HAS NO WAY TO BE RELEASED AND IT BLOWS THE ENGINE. IRONICALLY WHEN I CALLED MY BOSS TO TELL HER SHE SAID SHE HAD THE EXACT THING HAPPEN TO HER 2 WEEKS AGO ON HER EQUINOX.

OIL CONSUMPTION

HEARD LOUD TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN STARTED UP STOPED ENGINE CHECKED OIL LEVEL DID NOT HAVE ANY OIL JUST CHANGED OIL TWO WEEKS AGO AND HARDLY DROVE ANYWHERE NO OIL LEAKS ANYWHERE PLUS OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON?????

MY 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX TIMING CHAIN BROKE ONLY AFTER 3 YEAR WHYBI WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH A HOUR KEPT HEARING THIS NOISE. I SEE IT'S OVER 1000 COMPLAINTS ON JUST THIS PART ALONE AND IT'S A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S GKONG TO COURT ME 2800 TO GET IT FIX

WHENEVER I'M DRIVING AND PARK NOT ALL THE TIME SWITCH THE KEY OFF BUT THE TRUCK WANTS TO CRANK BACK UP ON ITS OWN IT JUST BE SITTING STILL AND IT TRIES TO TURN THE MOTOR ON IT'S GETTING A LITTLE FREAKY AND I DON'T LIKE THAT

THE TIMING CHAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 140,000 MILES. ($2,000) [OCCURRED JAN. 2018] THEIR IS AN ISSUE CAUSING WITH LEAKY PISTONS CAUSING OIL TO EVAPORATE. MY CAR WAS LOW ON OIL (THOUGH THE "LOW OIL" INDICATOR HAD NOT GONE OFF) AND THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE ENGINE CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO BREAK. (REPLACEMENT OF REFURBISHED ENGINE + LABOR EST. $4,000) [OCCURRED JAN 2018 AT 170,000 MILES) NOT TO MENTION THAT THE BACK,LEFT DOOR IS CLOSED, THOUGH A SENSOR SAYS IT IS AJAR. THE SENSORS IN THE TIRES ARE ALWAYS WAY OFF, TEMPTING ME TO OVER-INFLATE TIRES. [INFINITY.]

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. WHEN THE ENGINE FINALLY STARTED, IT WOULD SHUT OFF SOON AFTER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL CONTROL, VARIABLE TIMING, AND SOLENOID VALVES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V502000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,527.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM EMAILING YOU REGARDING MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX AND A REAR MAIN SEAL ISSUE. I FOUND THE BELOW SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING SPECIAL COVERAGE IN MARCH OF 2015 REGARDING THE ISSUE RELATED TO MY VEHICLE. I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS ISSUE IN PURCHASING MY VEHICLE FROM TEAM ONE CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, MI AND I HAVE RECEIVED ANY ASSISTANCE FROM GM. I HAVE BASICALLY BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS TOO BAD THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE ASSOCIATED VINS THAT WILL ACTUALLY FALL WITHIN THIS COVERAGE. ON MONDAY, JANUARY 21ST WE HAD EXCEPTIONALLY COLD WEATHER IN LANSING, MI AND MY REAR MAIN SEAL BROKE. THIS WAS DUE TO DEFAULT FROM THE PVC, WHICH IS STATED IN THIS BULLETIN. UPON REACHING OUT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THIS ISSUE IS NOT COVERED. IN READING THE BULLETIN, MY CAR IS ONE OF THE IMPACTED CARS; HOWEVER,...

USES OIL LOTS HAD TO REPLACE TIMING CHAIN AT ONLY 67000 MILES NOW BACK IN SHOP FOR ANOTHER GM KNOWN ISSUE BUT THEY WON'T COVER IT HAD THE PVC FREEZE UP WHICH CREATED EXTRA PRESSURE IN CRANK CASE AND BLEW OUT MY MAIN REAR SEAL LOST ALL OIL IN ENGINE AND WHILE IT HAD NO OIL NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON I KNEW TO SHUT OFF ENGINE WITH SOME KNOCKING NOISE I HAVE TWO SMALL KIDS AND THIS IS A LIVE AND DEATH ISSUE THAT GM WON'T TAKE CARE OF THEY PUBLISHED BULLETIN ON THIS FOR MY MAKE AND YEAR OF CAR BUT I PUT IN MY VIN AND IT'S NOT COVERED EVEN THO IT'S THE SAME PART AND DESIGN THAT'S IN QUESTION I DON'T KNOW HOW GM CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS THE CAR IS A DEATH TRAP AFTER THIS REPAIR I'LL PUT IN OVER $4000 IN REPAIRS I...

HAD TO HAVE BOTH CONVERTERS REPLACED AND THEY REPLACED THE UPSTREAM O2 SENSOR AS WELL. NOVEMBER 13, 2018 THE CAR WOULD BARELY PULL A HILL, AND WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. WE REPLACED THE DOWNSTREAM O2 SENSOR WHICH TOOK CARE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND THEN WE DID AN OIL CHANGE ON NOVEMBER 17, 2018. WE HAVE KEPT UP WITH ALL THE MAINTENANCE AS RECOMMENDED WITH DEXOS OIL. THE CAR IS STILL ACTING VERY SLUGGISH AND LURCHES OR REVS TO A HIGHER RPM WHILE DRIVING AT TIMES. AFTER THE OIL CHANGE TO DECEMBER 15TH, I HAD PUT AN ADDITIONAL GALLON AND A HALF OF OIL IN THE CAR BESIDES WHAT WAS PUT IN DURING THE OIL CHANGE. ON DECEMBER 15TH, WENT TO CHECK THE OIL AND NOTICED A SLIMY YELLOWISH WHITE SUBSTANCE IN THE OIL CAP OF THE CAR. ADVISED ME TO CLEAN THE CAP...

MY 2012 EQUINOX HAS ABOUT 122,000 MILES ON IT. I BOUT IT IN 2012, NEW. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, IT FREQUENTLY BEGAN TO JERK AND ALMOST STALL OUT WHEN IN DRIVE AND AT A STOP. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL MOST TIMES TO KEEP IT FROM JERKING SO HARD. IT ALSO RAN VERY LOUDLY. THEN A FEW DAYS AGO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, BUT THEN WENT OFF AFTER I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID MY CAR WAS LOW ON OIL, SO I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY DID. BUT THE ALSO SAID THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY TIMING CHAIN, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT $2000 DOLLARS AND THEY SAID THAT MY CAR MAY BE BURNING OIL AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE TIMING...

SUDDEN LOSS OF OIL.

CAR IS USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. CAR IS MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR BASIS. OIL IS BEING CHECKED EVERY 2-3 DAYS DUE TO AMOUNT OF OIL BEING USED AT WHICH TIME I HAVE TO ADD ABOUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL TO CAR. I HABE ONLY HAD CAR 17 MONTHS AND HAVE ALREADY REPLACED BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS BOTH CATALYST CONVERTORS AND DONE 3 OIL CHANGES. ONLY USE OIL WITH DEXOS IN IT AS RECOMMENDED. CHECK ENGINE LIKE HAS COME ON A COUPLE TIMES WITH CODE SAYING RUNNING TOO RICH. OIL SMELLS LIKE GASOLINE ON THE STICK. HABE ALSO HAD A WHITE SLIMEY SUBSTANCE ON THE OIL CAP. SPOKE WITH REPAIR TECH AT CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND HE STATED ITS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY ENGINE. BULLENTIN DOES NOT COVER MY CAR SINCE I HAVE 165,000 MILES ON IT.

THIS VEHICLE FREQUENTLY LOSES CHARGE ON BATTERY BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ARE NEW. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 70K MILES ALSO THROWS UP COMPUTER CODES RADIO TURNS ON AND OFF WHEN IT WANTS TO. I PURCHASED IT USED WITH 40K MILES AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE. I HAVE QUOTES FOR OVER 2K IN REPAIRS AND WAS TOLD AT TIME OF PURCHASE ALL RECALLS WERE CARED FOR. WAS PURCHASED CERTIFIED PREOWNED FROM A DEALERSHIP. EVERY TIME I FIX SOMETHING THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM.

EXHAUST CAM SHAFT SOLENOID VALVE REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN 1 YEAR. CAM SHAFT INTAKE ACCUATOR REPLACED 1 TIME. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY. ERROR CODE P0014/P0013 CONFIRMED BY DEALERSHIP AT TIME OF REPAIRS. RECENTLY HAD FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION FAILED. ALSO WHILE TRAVELING VIA FREEWAY DURING A HEAVY RAIN STORM THIS CAR HAS 58000 MILES AT THIS TIME AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED. SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. IS THERE A SERVICE BULLETIN AVAILABLE FOR THIS ISSUE?

BRIEFLY, FOR THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF I HAVE EXPERIENCED ROUGH IDLE ON START AND ROUGH IDLE & STALL WITH THE CAR LOSING POWER AND GOING DEAD AT RED LIGHTS AND IN TRAFFIC WHILE IN DRIVE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE AUTO MECHANIC AND STORED CODES SUGGESTED REPLACING O2 SENSORS, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND A TUNE-UP WOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE; I REPLACED ALL OF THE ABOVE TO THE TUNE OF 1400.00; THE ISSUE OF ROUGH IDLING, STALL & LOSING POWER, GOING DEAD AT THE LIGHT/ SITTING IN TRAFFIC HAS NOT RESOLVED. THE 2012 EQUINOX IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE; IT JUST KEEPS STALLING AND GOING DEAD/LOSING POWER WHILE IN DRIVE. I HAVE SPENT ALMOST 1400.00 TRYING TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THIS ISSUE SINCE DECEMBER 1. MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE THE CEL BUT STILL IDLES ROUGHLY, STALLS AND LOSES POWER/STOPS RANDOMLY AT RED LIGHTS AND IN TRAFFIC. I...

RECALLED MOTOR WAS RECALLED DUE TO ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION GM FAILED TO REPLACE BEARINGS AND HONE CYLINDERS THAT SHOWED SIGNS OF BURNING DEALER AGREED TO REPLACE PISTONS RINGS AND PISTONS NOTHING ELSE .DID NOT DO ANY MUCH TO RESOLVE MOTOR PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE REPALCED MOTOR COMPLETLY

CAR STALLS AND JERKS REALLY HARD UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON WHEN IT HAPPENS, HAD IT CHECKED AND IT SHOWS BAD CAMSHAFT SENSOR, BUT IT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, THIS IS ALL AFTER THEY FIXED MY ENGINE FROM USING TOO MUCH OIL. IT STARTS FINE AND IDLES FINE BUT STALLS AND JERKS UNDER ACCELERATION, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS DO THIS, IT MAINLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU DRIVE A FEW MILES STOP AT THE STORE THEN GO BACK OUT AND START IT UP. WHICH IT STILL STARTS JUST FINE, THEN WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF IT DOES THE STALL/JERK WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND ISSUE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MAJOR OIL CONSUMPTION SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHECKED, SAID EVERYTHING WAS GOOD...BS!! I CHANGED OIL IN OCT, COMPLETELY DRY IN DEC! I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE/EXHAUST POSITION ACTUATORS TWICE NOW. FLUTTERING SOUND IN THE ENGINE WHEN CRANKED. NOW I HAVE (4) DIFFERENT CODES 3 OF WHICH PERTAIN TO FUEL PRESSURE REG/SYSTEM RAIL AND THE OTHER ONCE AGAIN FOR THE POSITION ACTUATOR. AND IT RAN FINE BEFORE BEING PARKED IN GARAGE FOR ONLY A COUPLE HOURS, ONCE STARTED IT SHOOK AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY.

1.EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION FROM DAY 1 - WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL, 2.FLUTTERING SOUND IN THE ENGINE WHEN CRANKED. 3.IDLING ROUGH FOR A LOOOOONNNNG TIME. 4. REPLACED BOTH INTAKE & EXHAUST CAM SENSORS 5. REMOVED AND REPLACED FAN DRIVE BELT. 6.CAR STARTED SHIFTING ROUGHLY. 7. STARTED IDLING SO LOW THAT I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE GAS SO IT WOULDN'T SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND CUT OFF. MOSTLY WHEN I WAS STOPPED BUT STARTED SHAKING AND CUTTING OFF WHEN I JUST SLOW DOWN. SAME THING WHEN I BACK UP. ALSO WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN. LAST TIME I DROVE IT (2 DAYS AGO) IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND CUT OFF ON ME 4 TIMES. WAITING FOR THE DEALER TO CALL ME BACK NOW.. PLEASE MAKE GM/CHEVROLET DO A RECALL!!! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

I HAVE A 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH UNDER 76,000 MILES ON IT TELL ME IT NEED A NEW TIMING CHAIN. THE CRAMSHAFT POSITION HAS ISSUES. I TURNED THE CAR ON ONE DAY TO GO TO WORK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAN ON I'M BEING TOLD THAT'S THE ISSUE. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW A CAR 6 YEARS OLD NEEDS ENGINE WORK TO THIS EXTENT!?

ENGINE STARTING USING 1 1/2 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 400 MILES IF WE DRIVE 1000 MILES ENGINE LIGHT COME ON THIS IS A 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX DEALER SAID THEY WILL REBUILD THE MOTOR UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS ARISE OUT OF THIS REBUILD ....PROBLEMS WE NEVER HAD BEFORE

FROZEN PCV VALVE CAUSED PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED MAIN SEAL OF ENGINE TO BLOW OUT AND ALL THE OIL DRAINS OUT OF THE ENGINE .THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.ON CITY STREETS JUST DRIVING IN THE WINTER. IT WILL COST 2000.00 FOR REPAIRS

THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL AT EXCESSIVE RATES. ONCE THE OIL IS LOW THE OIL LIGHT IS NOT COMING ON. THE ENGINE WILL STALL, BUCK, OR SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR FASTER THAN NORMAL CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING TO HAVE THE CAR STALL OR WHEN GOING FROM A STOP TO PRESSING THE GAS AND HAVE THE CAR LURCH FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE IN MOTION AND CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR BRIEFLY. THE CAR HAS STALLED WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND CAUSED CARS TO NEARLY REAR END ME. THE CAR HAS ALSO STALLED WHEN ACCELERATING.

MY 2012 EQUINOX, WITH JUST UNDER 87,000 MILES WAS GOING THROUGH A QUART OF OIL ABOUT EVERY 1,000 - 1,500 MILES. DRIVING HOME RECENTLY, IT JUST DIED ON ME. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THEY SAID THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE BENT VALVES AND BROKEN ROCKER ARMS. I GOT A SECOND OPINION AND THEY FOUND THE SAME THING. I HAD A GM DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH A USED ONE THAT HAS 23,000 MILES. NEEDING IT FOR WORK, I HAD THEM DO IT RIGHT AWAY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THESE ARE NOT UNCOMMON PROBLEMS. I CALLED GM WITH MY COMPLAINT BUT THEY JUST KEEP 'ELEVATING' MY COMPLAINT. WHICH IS APPARENTLY THEIR WAY OF JUST PASSING IT ON TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO WILL TELL...

THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL AND THE GAS PEDAL OCCASIONALLY STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS. I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET DOWNTOWN IN A CITY AND THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN.

BOUGHT MY 2012 EQUINOX 9/2012. IN FEBRUARY 2013 MY SUV MADE A LOUD NOISE AND WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR. TODAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE SHOWED "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP. I MADE IT HOME BUT NOT SURE IF IT'S DRIVEABLE NOW. I'M A NURSE AND WAS IN HOME HEALTH UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR, SO MY VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE. 113,000. BUT EVEN AT THAT YOU'D THINK SPENDING $23,000 ON A NEW VEHICLE IT WOULD LAST LONGER THEN 5 YEARS.