2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Engine Problems

IN THE WINTER OF 2018 AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE. THESE ECOTEC ENGINES ARE AFFECTED BY OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS, GM KNEW ABOUT THIS AND DIDN'T DECIDE TO DO A RECALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE THIS GROWLING OR GRINDING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, IT WOULD STALL ON ME WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR STOPLIGHT. THE ENGINE SEIZED ON ME WHEN I WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT NIGHT DURING A SNOWSTORM. THANKFULLY THERE WEREN'T REALLY ANY OTHERS DRIVING ON THE ROAD DURING THAT TIME. I HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE DROPPED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN 2019. AS TIME WENT ON AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE NEW ENGINE, AS OF RECENTLY I'M BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF WHICH I WAS HAVING...

ON JANUARY 21, 2019 MY 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX'S ENGINE FROZE. I LIVE IN MICHIGAN. IT WAS COLD. THE PRESSURE BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE AND FORCED THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL OUT. I ENDED UP ALSO HAVING TO REPLACE MY TIMING CHAIN, MANIFOLD AND SEVERAL SENSORS. MY TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME. GM ONLY ISSUES BULLETINS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLE NUMBERS BUT THEY ARE AWARE THAT THE ISSUE IS EFFECTING MANY MORE EQUINOX THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. IN FACT, THEY SWITCHED THE ENGINE IN 2015 DUE TO THE DESIGN FLAW. GM SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF A 2010-2014 CHEVY EQUINOX. RECALL14882 STATES MANY OF THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE 2010-2014 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH THE ECOTEC 2. 4L ENGINE. SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I TRAVEL OVER 25 MILES TO WORK. WHEN MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND EVERYTHING LOCKED UP, I WAS...

THE ENGINE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL. I GOT REGULAR OIL CHANGES AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THE ENGINE BURNED MORE THAN 4 QTS OF OIL EVERY 5000 MILES. I ADDED OIL AS I WENT, 4 OR MORE QTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE ENGINE TO ALWAYS BE RUNNING HOT. AFTER BEING TURNED AWAY BY CHEVY, MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO GET APPROVAL THROUGH CHEVY CORPORATE TO DO AN ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AFTER ITS NEXT OIL CHANGE WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS PAST MONDAY, 10/14/2019. AFTER THE TEST, CHEVY HAD AGREED TO COVER THE REPAIR. HOWEVER, ON SUNDAY 10/13/2019, MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT DUE TO THE ENGINE BURNING OIL, CAUSING IT TO RUN HOT, THIS CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE (PLASTIC PART) TO BREAK, WHICH CAUSED ENOUGH DAMAGE AND DEBRIS TO WHERE THE WHOLE ENGINE NOW NEEDS TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL WHEN DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE SERPENTINE BELT FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DAN CUMMINS CHEVROLET BUICK (1020 M.L.K. JR BLVD, PARIS, KY 40361, 859-987-4345) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CONTACT PAID $4,750.51 FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS CHARGED A DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND HAD THE FRONT AND REAR CRANK SEAL, PCV PORT, EXHAUST VALVE, CONVERTER, AND SEVERAL OTHER PARTS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,012. *PM CONSUMER STATED DEALER HAS RECOMMENDED A SECOND REPAIR BUT CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR IT.*JB

THE 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX WILL STALL WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSEAN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN NUMEROUS TIMES AND SPENT OVER 2K ON REPAIRS. CURRENTLY MY VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO CODES. IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATING NORMALLY. IT IS NOT, I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I AM WORRIED THAT SHE COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I RECENTLY FOUND THAT GM HAD IDENTIFIED THAT THIS VEHICLE CONSUMES A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL AND IT CAUSING ISSUES SIMILAR TO WHAT I AM REPORTING. ONLY ISSUE IS THEY ARE REQUIRING A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST REQUIRING MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. IN THE MEAN TIME I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO STALL PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, PUTTING MY LIFE AND OTHERS LIFE AT RISK. THERE...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DURING A RAINSTORM AND USING THE WIPERS AT HIGH SPEED THE WIPER TRANSMISSION LINKAGE DISENGAGED AND OPERATION IMMEDIATELY CEASED. VISIBILITY WAS COMPLETELY ZERO AND VERY NERVE RACKING WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CALL SHAFT ACTUATORS HAD FAILED AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. THE 2.4L ECOTEC ENGINE CONSUMES AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF OIL. MORE THAN 1 QUART PER THOUSAND MILES. MILAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES. ALSO HAS INTERMITTENT HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING WITH A DISTINCT "JERK". ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR FAILED AT 35K MILES.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND A LOT OF NOISE. STOPED CHECK ENGINE, OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEADERS. NOW NEED NEW ENGINE, MAINTENANCE SHOP THINKS IT WAS CAUSED BY TIMING CHAIN.

OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE: MY CAR KEEPS LOSING OIL SHORTLY AFTER I GET AN OIL CHANGE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW ITS LOW UNTIL I HEAR MY ENGINE RATTLING. THE LAST TIME IT WAS CHECKED BY JIFFY LUBE, I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE OIL ADDED AND I'M NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE (AUG 8, 2019) UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST 2019. NO LIGHT OR INDICATOR COMES ON TO LET ME KNOW MY OIL IS LOW. I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER (JEFF WYLER- OHIO) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY YEAR AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE ME A PRICE ON INSERTING PISTON RINGS OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE. HOW AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE WHEN GM KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THE LAWSUIT COVERS EQUINOX FOR 2012-2017? HOWEVER, IT IS LOW EACH TIME THEY SERVICE MY CALL AND EVEN WHEN I JUST...

VEHICLE RPM SURGES WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. VEHICLE STALLED TODAY AND SHUT OFF BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IMMEDIATELY. VEHICLE HAS UNEXPLAINED OIL USAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO OURISMAN CHEVROLET OF BALTIMORE (6633 SECURITY BLVD, BALTIMORE, MD 21207, (410) 265-7777) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION VALVE WAS COLLECTING MOISTURE, WHICH FROZE AND BLEW OUT THE MAIN SEAL. ALSO, THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FRACTURED AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION RESULTING IN CAR STALLING AND RATTLING OF ENGINE. OIL CHANGE REQUIRED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THE RECOMMENDED 3 MONTHS/3,000 MILES. ENGINE STALLED WHEN SWITCHING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. ENGINE RATTLED WHEN IDLE UNTIL OIL IS ADDED.

THE CAR STUTTERS AND CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, THIS IS UNEXPECTED AND HAPPENS OFTEN.

VEHICLE DIES INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT ALL DRIVING RANGES. FROM IDLING TO DRIVING AT ROAD SPEEDS. MULTIPLE TIMES IN A TRIP OR RANDOMLY.

VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY, SLUGGISH TO ACCELERATE, MAKING HIGHWAY DRIVING FEARFUL. VEHICLE ALSO IS ROUGH AT IDLE, WITH POSSIBLE DYING OF ENGINE AT STOP LIGHTS. 8 REPAIRS SINCE JULY, 2017 - ALL RELATIVE TO SAME ISSUE - CAMSHAFT/EXHAUST. THIS CURRENT REPAIRS HAS BEEN FOR THE BALANCING SHAFT/WATER PUMP CHAIN, TENSIONER AND GASKETS, SEALS, ETC. I HAVE DONE A TIMELINE OF ISSUES/REPAIRS TO TRY TO TAKE ON GM. GOOD LUCK I REALIZE. FROM THE 7 DEALERSHIP TRIPS IN THE LAST YEAR THEY APPEAR TO ALL HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE INITIAL DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST/CAMSHAFT REPAIRS AS EACH AND EVERY TIME SINCE THEN, EITHER THE EXHAUST OF THE CAMSHAFT HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE INITIAL ISSUE WAS SLUGGISH ACCELERATION, ENGINE LIGHT ON. REPAIRED EXHAUST AND INTAKE CAMSHAFT ACTUATORS. THEN THE ALTERNATOR/BELT WENT OUT (NOT COUNTED IN THE 7 - HAD REPAIRED ELSEWHERE). I DIDN'T...

THE ENGINE IN MY 2014 EQUINOX BLEW UP VIOLENTLY AT ONLY 67,937 MILES. IT OCCURRED AT FREEWAY SPEED ON I-94 IN DETROIT AND LEFT ME TOTALLY WITHOUT POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, INCLUDING MANY LARGE, COMMERCIAL TRUCKS. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO KEEP MY COOL AND NAVIGATE OFF THE NEAREST RAMP, COASTING TO RELATIVE SAFETY. TWO CONNECTING RODS WERE BROKEN IN HALF AND THE BLOCK ITSELF COMPLETELY RUINED. I BOUGHT THIS SUV FROM MY BROTHER WHO BOUGHT IT NEW AND IT HAS ALWAYS HAD PROPER MAINTENANCE. I HOPED THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT'S UNDER 100K MILES, BUT WHEN I CONTACTED MY LOCAL GM DEALER THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO THE IN-SERVICE DATE (FALL 2013). THEREFORE, I HAD THE ENGINE PROFESSIONALLY REBUILT AT THE MOST REPUTABLE LOCAL SHOP.AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $5,500. I UNDERSTAND THAT A SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT COULD BE AVAILABLE FROM...

BAD OIL CONSUMPTION AND OIL WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. WHILE DRIVING WITH MY KIDS THE SUV STARTED TO IDLE VERY ROUGH AND WOULD JUST SHUT OFF ONCE I GOT INTO SLOWER TRAFFIC. AFTER THE 4TH TIME IN LESS THEN 2 MILES OF TRAFFIC THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CODE THAT WAS DISPLAYED WAS FOR THE VVT SOLENOID AND SO I HAD IT REPLACED ALONG WITH AN OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT OIL CAN EFFECT THE VVT SOLENOID SO I SHOULD CHANGE THE OIL FREQUENTLY FOR THE NEXT YEAR. EACH TIME I DID AN OIL CHANGE I STARTED NOTICING THAT LESS OIL WAS DRAINING OUT THEN WHAT WAS PUT IN. AFTER THE YEAR I WENT BACK TO FULL SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGES AT 6000 MILES APART BUT THEN HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE DRIVING...

PCV FROZE UP, CAUSING A FAIL IN MY REAR MAIN SEAL. HAPPENED TWICE IN 1 YEAR 1 MONTH TIMEFRAME. CHEVY WARRANTY COVERED FULL REPAIR FIRST TIME, SECOND TIME WAS PARTIAL CHEVY PAY, THE REST OUT OF MY POCKET.

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN AUGUST OF 2018 AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER CAR BEGAN TO FEEL DIFFERENT WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN I WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND CAR WOULD JUMP WHEN ACCELERATING. THEN WHILE GOING IN REVERSE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT THIS POINT.NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT UNTIL ABOUT MARCH 2018. THE WITH ACCELERATING WENT FROM A 'JUML', TO CAR STALLING AND HAVING TO BE RESTARTED. BEGAN AS AN EVERY NOW AND THEN PROBLEM TO HAVING TO BE PUT IN THE SHOP BECAUSE IT WOULD STALL ALMOST EVERY TIME I WOULD STOP. WHEN IT STALLED IN A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR WAS MY FINAL POINT OF FRUSTRATION. IT IS NOW APRIL 2019 AND IS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED. HAVE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE, BUT NO FIX YET. ALL ARE...

CHEVY EQUINOX 2014 BLEW A REAR MAIN SEAL AT 88,610 MILES AFTER BEING TOLD IS EXCESSIVELY CONSUMES OIL. I HEARD A POP AND THE LOW PRESSURE INDICATOR APPEARED. NO INDICATOR WAS PRESENT TO SHOW I HAD LOW OIL AT THE TIME OF THE VEHICLE LEAK STARTING, SO I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS IN -10 DEGREE WEATHER. THIS WAS A "COMMON ISSUE" IN THESE MODELS AND I WAS TOLD I MUST PAY 1,800$ TO REPAIR IT AS THERE ARE NO RECALLS OUT ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY ATE MY OIL AND NEGLECTED TO INFORM THAT IT WAS DOING SO AND IT WAS LOW, RESULTING IN ME BEING STUCK IN MY CAR WITH NO HEAT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS LOW AND THE SOLENOIDS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JERRY'S CHEVROLET (1940 E JOPPA RD, BALTIMORE, MD 21234) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,109.

LOW PRESSURE WARNING, CAR STALLS OUT WHILE MOVING, LEFT STRANDED. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND SAID PVC PLUG WAS CLOGGED CAUSING ENGINE REAR SEAL FAILURE. THIS IS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL BUT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED, ENOUGH THOUGH THE MODEL YEAR WAS. I THINK THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLS. I NOTICE LOW POWER TORQUE WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IF I FORCE IT TO ACCELERATE, IT STALLS, AND TURNS OFF. ALMOST CAUSE 3 OR 4 COLISIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVING BEHIND ME DO NOT KNOW THAT MY CAR IS GOANNAMAKE SUDDEN STOP WHEN SHUTS OFF. THIS IS HAPPENING ON DAILY BASIS AFTER CAR WORMS UP. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY PULLED CODES P0010 AND P0011. I REPLACED BOTH SELINOIDS (INTAKE AND EXHAUST) $42.58 EACH BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. I WAS ALSO TOLD TO REPLACE SPARKPLUGS AND I DID COOSING ORIGINAL BRAND AT NAPA PARTS STORE. THIS ALSO DID NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE. I AM THINKING TO REPLACE THE COILS AS WELL, BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AND NON RETURNABLE. LOCAL DEALER ADVISED ME THAT MY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED ON 12/05/2018. ALMOST EXACT DATE WHEN CAR STARTED ACTING UP. I CONTACTED...

WHILE DRIVING ON 1-30-19, MY EQUINOX STARTED RATTLING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CHECK THE OIL AND IT WAS ALMOST EMPTY. THERE WAS OIL DRIPPING FROM THE MAIN REAR OIL SEAL SO I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTO MECHANIC. AFTER HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HE EXPLAINED THAT I BLEW OUT THE REAR MAIN SEAL DUE TO A PLUGGED PVC VALVE AND THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM, (14882). I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AN HE SAID MY VIN WAS NOT LISTED UNDER THIS BULLETIN. HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO ANSWER WHAT CRITERIA WAS NEEDED TO BE COVERED UNDER THIS SERVICE BULLETIN.

WHILE DRIVING AT ORDINARY HIGHWAY SPEEDS DURING COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS MY 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WITH A 2.4L ECOTEC ENGINE EXPERIENCED A REAR MAIN SEAL FAILURE. THE FAILURE CAUSED A MAJORITY OF THE ENGINE OIL TO BE PUSHED OUT THROUGH THE REAR MAIN SEAL DESTROYING THE ENGINE. THIS FAILURE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE SERVICE BULLETIN NO. 14882 (SEE ATTACHED), A PLUGGED PCV ORIFICE. ICING OF THE PCV ORIFICE IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT CHEVROLET HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS. I CALLED CHEVROLET AND REQUESTED THEM TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRING THE ENGINE WITH THE DESIGN DEFECT BUT THEY REFUSED TO EXTEND THE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS BUT THE DESIGN DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET. I HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY CHEVROLET'S DESIGN DEFECT AND REFUSAL TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE AMOUNT IT COST TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE.

I HAVE AN EQUINOX WITH A BLOWN MOTOR THAT GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS A PROBLEM. THERE IS NO LOW OIL LIGHT ON THESE CARS, NOT TO MENTION EXCESSIVE OIL BURN. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF OIL IT USES AND THAT ITS ALWAYS BLACK - TO NO AVAIL. A SMALL SOCIAL MEDIA INQUIRY TELLS ME THAT 2 OUT OF EVERY 3 OF THESE VEHCILES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER MILKED IT UNTIL THE WARRANTY WAS UP, AND NOW THE AG IS TELLING ME I'M UP A CREEK BECAUSE I DIDN'T TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. GM TELLS ME THE CAR IS TOO OLD TO FIX - ITS A 2014!!!! STILL PAYING ON IT!!! CHEVY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS POORLY DESIGNED MOTOR. I DID SEE AN ATTORNEY AND I WAS THE SECOND PERSON THAT WEEK WITH THIS COMPLAINT. HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE?

YOUR GM BULLETIN 14882 SHOULD BE A COMPLETE RECALL FOR ALL EQUINOX'S. THIS PART IS HAZARDOUS, AND HAS COST WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE ALOT OF MONEY. I HAVE MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE THAT I HAVE ONLY HAD 1 YEAR AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOUR "SPECIAL" BULLETIN AND BULLCRAP THAT IT WASN'T BUILT IN A SPECIAL PLANT I HAVE TO SPEND MORE THEN WHAT THE TRUCK IS WORTH TO PUT A BRAND NEW MOTOR IN MY SUV. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IN -55 DEGREE WEATHER. IN CONDITIONS THAT THE PCV REAR SEAL SYSTEM CANNOT HANDLE AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION. HOW CAN YOU BE OK WITH THIS, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONTINUE PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES? NO AT CHEVY, GM, NOR AT THE DEALERSHIP SEEM WILLING TO HELP IN ANY SENSE AND IT IS REALLY...

IT WAS A VERY COLD MORNING AND I WAS DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF AT SCHOOL ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A STATE RT. MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A WEIRD NOISE AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND INSTRUCTED ME TO TURN THE CAR OFF. I PULLED OVER AND WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR I NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE OIL HAD LEAKED OUT OF MY CAR ONTO THE GROUND. LUCKILY, MY HUSBAND WAS OFF WORK THAT MORNING AND ABLE TO COME AND PICK ME UP BEFORE I FROZE TO DEATH. A TOW TRUCK TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOP THAT WORKS ON OUR CARS. THEY WANTED NOTHING TO DUE WITH IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THE YEAR MAKE A MODEL OF MY VEHICLE. THEY GAVE US A COPY OF A BULLETIN THAT WAS SENT OUT BY GM, REF...

PURCHASED MY PRE-DRIVEN SUV 88 DAYS AGO. AFTER PUMPING GAS, I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR & IT WOULDN'T START. I TURNED OFF THE RADIO, TRIED AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS COLD OUT IT STARTED BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY THE 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' CANMR ON. WHILE IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT LESS THAN A MIN LATER, IT CUT-OFF AGAIN! ANOTHER CAR WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME. I TURNED ON MY FLASHERS & STARTED UP AGAIN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AT MY NEXT STOP, IT CUT-OFF AGAIN! I RESTARTED MY CAR, KEPT MY FLASHERS ON AND PRAYED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TRYING TO ARRIVE HOME TO BEAT THE EXPECTED 'ICESTORM' I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT BUT THEY WERE CLOSED BUT WOULD CALL BACK. THE NEXT MORNING I HAD MY CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER - 13 MILES AWAY. THE SERVICE DEPT. HAS HAD HAD MY CAR FOR MORE...

JANUARY 21, 2019 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE, NO ENGINE OR WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. WHILE DRIVING I CALLED MY DEALER SERVICE DEPT AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND THAT I WOULD BRING THE CAR DIRECTLY THERE TO DROP OFF TO BE CHECKED. ON THE WAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERY LIGHT CAME ON AND TOLD ME TO IMMEDIATELY TURN THE ENGINE OFF. I DID AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS VERY COLD AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF OIL BUILD UP AND FROZEN WATER IN THE AIR FILTER WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW OUT THE REAR. I SERVICE MY CAR REGULARLY AND MAINTAIN THEM WELL. I WAS SHOCKED THIS HAPPENED AS I REALLY LIKED THE CAR. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 95,000 MILES ON IT. I TYPICALLY GET 250-300,000 MILES...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN HER CAR BROKE DOWN ON A VERY VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. JUST BEFORE THE BROADWAY BRIDGE CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER ENTERING DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY MO LITERALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE BRIDGE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF 169 HIGHWAY. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS IN THE NEGATIVES. SHE CALLED ME AND I PICKED HER UP. MIND YOU I WORK NIGHTS SO I WAS IN BED. SHE HAD TO WAIT IN A FREEZER BASICALLY UNTIL I GOT THERE. WHICH WAS ABOUT 35 MINS. HYPOTHERMIA CAN TAKE AFFECT IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. LUCKILY SHE HAD A BLANKET AND AN EXTRA COAT TO COVER UP WITH. I DROPPED HER OFF AND WENT BACK TO THE CAR TO WAIT ON THE TOW TRUCK. THERE IS VERY LITTLE ROOM TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WHERE IT BROKE DOWN AT. ANOTHER 10 YARDS AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN BLOCKING A LANE OF TRAFFIC...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PCV VALVE WAS OBSTRUCTED. THE BLOCKAGE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO ALLOW OIL TO POUR FROM THE SEAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. TIM LALLY CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 24999 MILES RD, BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OH 44128, (440) 232-2000) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 9-5027280547. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

I WAS TOLD MY PCV SYSTEM HAD BUSTED AND CAUSED A OIL LEAK FROM THE REAR OF ENGINE AND CAUSED MY ENGINE TO BLOW.I WAS TOLD THAT COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE THE PCV FREEZE AND BUST AND CAUSE ALL YOUR OIL TO LEAK OUT

PURCHASED A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2.4L ENGINE BACK IN LATE 2013 PRIOR TO A DEPLOYMENT. AFTER YEARS OF NO MAJOR ISSUES THE CAR BEGAN CONSUMING MORE OIL CONSIDERABLY AFTER 115,000 MILES. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ISSUE BEGAN THERE WAS ROUGH IDLING WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. AFTER TAKING THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT A COMMON ISSUE REGARDING THE TIMING CHAIN WAS AFFECTING THE CAR. THE TIMING CHAIN CAME LOOSE SHORTLY AFTER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND HAD RENDERED THE ENGINE UNUSABLE. ON THE DRIVE TO THE MECHANIC THERE WAS ALSO MULTIPLE STALLS OF THE ENGINE WHICH POSED A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. AFTER HEARING FROM MULTIPLE OTHERS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2.4L ECOTEC ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. MOMENTS LATER, FLAMES APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. *TT PHOTOS ATTACHED*JB

TAKATA RECALL. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON SAYS ITS THE FLEX FUEL SENSOR RECALLS ON 2013 MODELS SO I BELIEVE ITS AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND BELIEVE IT STILL NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IT ALSO HAS A ROUGH IDLE WHEN FIRST STARTED DK IF THATS CAUSED BY THE FLEX FUEL BUT THE REMOTE START WONT WORK WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING STRANGE SOUNDS AND THEN THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING. AFTER PULLING OUT THE ENGINE OIL DIP STICK, NO OIL WAS INDICATED. ON THE REAR DECK LID THERE WAS A OILY FILM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING IN A BLIZZARD WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ZEIGLER BUICK OF LINCOLNWOOD (LOCATED AT 6900 MCCORMICK BLVD, LINCOLNWOOD, IL 60712, (847) 674-9000), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED DUE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN AT STOPS CAR WOULD STALL. NOW BEING TOLD CAMSHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR ISSUE. I NOTICED MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY SMALL LURCHING EVRYTIME VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. LURCHING PROGRESSED TO LARGE MOVEMENT. CAR TO MECHANIC COMPUTER INDICATED A SENSOR ISSUE. HAD THIS REPLACED. 1 WEEK LATER EVERYTHING REPEATED MECHANIC CHANGES OTHER SENSOR. CAR FINE FOR 2 MONTHS ALTHOUGH ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO TURN OFF AND ON, COMPUTER CONTINUES TO SAY SENSOR. ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF AGAIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT RETURN TO LURCHING AND THEN CAR STALLS OUT . NEW TERRIBLE ENGINE NOISE. WAITING FOR MECHANIC TO HAVE AVAILABILITY

I HAVE MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND THIS LAST TIME I WASN'T INTO THE OIL CHANGE MORE THEN 1000 MILES AND IT STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND STALLING OUT TOOK IT IN AND THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT SO THEY CHANGED IT FOR ME BUT IT CONTINUES TO STALL THEN MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON HAD IT TESTED AND IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY ISSUES. THE STALLING HAPPENS WHEN I'M AT A STOP OR JUST SLOWING DOWN AND ALSO BACKING UP.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON ICY ROAD CONDITIONS THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT. WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE THE CAR AND IT NEEDED TO BE TOWED. MY YOUNG DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND WAS QUITE UNPREPARED FOR THIS. THIS ENGINE SEIZING IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR EQUINOX WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE OIL PAN OR GASKET WHICH CAUSES IT TO EXPLODE (FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD) AND ALL OF THE OIL SPEWS FROM THE ENGINE. HAD SHE BEEN IN A BUSIER INTERSECTION OR SHARPER CURVE, WE COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED A MUCH DIFFERENT OUTCOME. AS BRAKES AND STEERING WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FUNCTIONING.

MY CAR HAS BEGUN STALLING AT RED LIGHTS AND GENERALLY WHENEVER I NEED TO STOP, I DON'T GET ANY WARNING LIGHTS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS NEVER GONE ON AND IT STARTS BACK UP BUT THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING AND I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR FEAR THAT I'M GOING TO BE STRANDED. I HAVE DONE ALL MY OIL CHANGES ON TIME AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE VERY SAD THAT A 4 YEAR OLD VEHICLE HAS THIS GOING ON.

MY 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX BEGAN TO STALL WHENEVER I STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS MOSTLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY 45-50 MPH ROAD. IT WOULD SOUND LIKE IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING AIR SO TO SPEAK, AND TO STAY IDLE. IT WOULD SPUTTER AND THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. IT WOULD START BACK UP WHEN I PUT IT INTO PARK AND TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN WITH MORE FREQUENCY. UPON READING MANY FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE, I LEARNED THAT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM ON EQUINOX SUVS PRODUCED FROM 2011 TO 2014. THE PART WAS RECALLED FOR THE 2011 MODELS BUT NOT THE 2014. THE VEHICLE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED WHEN MY MY SON REPLACE THE SOLENOID VALVE. I THINK THAT GM SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS PART FOR THE 2014 EQUINOX AS IT IS THE...

A WEEK AFTER AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION ON 6/12/2018 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AUTOMATICALLY AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND WHEN I'M PARKING. I TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE FOR A FREE DIAGNOSTIC READING BUT NOTHING COMES UP EXCEPT A SUGGESTION TO CHANGE THE SOLENOID. THE TECH SUGGESTED I ADD STP GAS TREATMENT. AFTER THE FIRST BOTTOM AND DRIVING 200 PLUS MILES OUT OF STATE, THE LIGHT WENT OFF BRIEFLY. I'VE ADDED 2 MORE BOTTLES OF GAS TREATMENT AND DROVE BACK HOME BUT MY VEHICLES IS STILL SHUTTING OFF AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON. I WAS IN BALTIMORE ON 7/12, AND MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF AT 3 TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME DIDN'T RESEND ME. I WAS IN NJ THIS WEEKEND AND IT SHUT OFF AT MULTIPLE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. I'M TAKING IT...

GREETINGS, WE PURCHASED A USED CHEVY EQ. A FEW MONTHS AGO AT 59000 MILES FOR MY WIFE, CURRENTLY 60000. SINCE I BOUGHT IT THE ENGINE HAS RATTLING/CLICKING NOISE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH A REBUILT TITLE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE NOISE WASN'T THAT BAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF OLD OIL AND HADN'T SUSPECTED SUCH AN ENGINE PROBLEM. I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER MYSELF AND COULDN'T THINK THAT AN ENGINE WOULD HAVE A DEFECT WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF THESE CHEVY VEHICLES SO I PURCHASED IT. TODAY I CONTACTED CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY RECEIVE TOO MANY SAME COMPLAINTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO RECALL RELATED TO 2014 YEAR MODELS AND SINCE IT WENT TO SALVAGE CONDITION THAT IT IS NOW OUT WARRANTY.MY CAR HAD A FRONT BUMPER ACCIDENT, AND NO RADIATOR OR ENGINE ISSUE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. SO IT IS DEFINITELY RELATED...

THIS MORNING AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE A PARKING LOT AND PUT MY VEHICLE FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE ENGINE STALLED. MY VEHICLE MOTOR JUST STOPPED. IT DID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AS I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. WHEN I ARRIVED AT WORK I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART MY VEHICLE AND IT DID THIS AGAIN WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. I WAS UNABLE TO PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE WITHOUT IT STALLING. AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT CHEVY IS AWARE OF AN ISSUE WITH EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IN MAKES 2010-2017.

INTERMITTENT VIBRATION FELT WHEN ENGINE IDLING. THEN ENGINE WOULD STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. HAPPENED MAYBE 6-8 TIMES. GOT AN OIL CHANGE (WASN'T OVERDUE), AND PROBLEM STOPPED.

REAR MAIN SEAL FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER OF VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC COLD WINTER DAY CITY STREET APPROXIMATELY OGDEN AND RAMEN CITY OF CHICAGO GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDICATORS WERE FLASHING AND THE CHECK ENGINE, SEAT BELT, AND TIRE SYSTEM INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. FURTHERMORE, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SCRANTON CHEVROLET OF NORWICH (774 W THAMES ST, NORWICH, CT 06360) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL WIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000.

THE THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHTS WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS "REDUCED POWER." THIS WAS WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY GETTING UP TO SPEED. HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN GOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER, I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP DRIVING. PARKED THE CAR FOR 3 HOURS THEN IT WAS FINE. STILL NOT CLEAR AS TO WHAT CAUSED THIS. ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON.