general problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox

2008 Chevrolet Equinox sport makes a loud popping/clunking noise in the front end when going over bumps. It also pops loud when turning the steering wheel. When I am driving on straight and smooth roads, there is no issue whatsoever. I have taken my vehicle to four different shops and had it looked at by eight different mechanics and no one can figure out the problem. This needs to be fixed by general motors immediately! I strongly feel that this can become a serious safety issue.

I have a new battery (purchased 2-3months ago) & a new alternator (installed yesterday). Today driving to work I notice the steering wheel locked as soon as I started to drive. There is no place to add power steering fluid as I have been told by employees at advance auto part because it is either electric or hydraulic. Please help? . . . . . P. S. It was locked just b4 replacing the alternator (about 1 week ago) and remains locked today.

My 74 year old brother bought his 2008 Equinox new it has less than 120,000 miles on it and it is the biggest heap of crap Chevrolet invented!!!! 5. Power steering went out costing $2500. 00 to fix Jan 2015 6. Transmission starts jerking when hitting 45 mph dealership informed us of the transmission when we took in for a recall on a defective gas modual that they never replaced saying the part was ok. They drove it and said that its the transmission and asked $500. 00 to run a diagnostic. Started Feb 2016 7. The stable link light periodically comes on saying to service the stable trac then goes off started March of 2016 8. The top of the brake light on the back hatch is gone where it fell off at some point has many other things wrong. Turn signal gears to turn off signals for right and left signal do not work. The washer fluid motor does not work. Drivers door power window motor broke from window. Drivers door has to be manually locked and unlocked. This vehicle is a clean and in excellent shape it was bought new and is owned by an elderly man. It has not been abused has less that 120,000 miles on it.

The power steering has gone out making it very difficult to steer and park at low speeds. I've several forums with this problem occurring a lot. I don't understand why this vehicle is not part of the power steering recalls. It's nearly $1,000 to have this part replaced!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the power steering went out on the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage 54,000. Ad.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. While driving 55 mph, the stability and traction lights illuminated without warning. In addition, the power steering malfunctioned. The vehicle was taken to be repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 133,000. Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the stability traction light illuminated without warning. In addition, the power steering malfunctioned as well. The vehicle was taken to be repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 133,000.

I bought my Equinox used in 2015 with 87,000. Since having it, I've replaced the tire valve sensors (broke again). I was told that fixing them are a waste of time and money because they will continue to malfunction. I've replaced turn signal handle. A month later, I have to manually turn off my turning signals no matter how sharp or wide my turns are. Since I first got my vehicle, my stability traction service light, I think the abs light and check engine light pops on. Can't take to mechanic due to the issues not being constant. Once I caught engine light on,it was a egr valve, replaced that. Issue continues. When I try to accelerate quickly, my vehicle seems to hesitate and/or stall.

My car wouldn't start. So I brought a new battery then my car started and then I noticed stabilitrak light was on. I try to drive car but my steering wheel would not turn and couldn't drive the car.

I drove my car to the store went in for about an hour. When I came back out my car wouldn't start. I thought my car battery had went dead so I got a jump but then I noticed my stability track light was on and that my power steering had went out. As soon as I made it home turned the car off and tried to restart it, it went dead again. As I look up to see what could be wrong with my vehicle I've noticed that this is a common malfunction that seems to be happening a lot. I know cars can go out but this also happen a lot where a consumer spends there hard earned money only to be duked in the end. I've only had my car for four months and although it's used I felt that I should have been notified of this and it should have been my decision on whether or not I want to purchase the vehicle. Even though I was lucky and didn't crash. I hope that this does become a recall as it is way to dangerous.

As I'm driving at any speed my sterring colum rubs and makes it hard to turn corners. Have to force more just to drive cause it doesn't feel like it has power steering.

Something squeals in the front of the car any time I turn.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started there was no power steering without warning. The power steering resumed after the contact disconnected the cars battery and reconnected it. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000. Sw.

Steering squells when turning. 2008 chevy Equinox sport.

Since mid-Aug, my Equinox has been randomly/intermittently losing engine power (as well as steering/braking) for short periods of time. Thankfully, while this is happening more frequently, (now at least weekly) it has not happened in traffic. When checking service codes, the indicated problem systems are "secondary ignition circuit" and "stabilitrak. " I do not feel the car is safely driveable, but my local Chevrolet dealer cannot offer me even a diagnostic appointment earlier than Dec 1.

While stopped at a light the stabilitrak failed and the car in a possessed manor accelerated and the brakes failed pushing me forward into traffic. Once I regained some control of the vehicle, the car was hopping, the engine was making a knocking sound, and I could not go more than 25 miles per hour and steering was difficult. Two warning lights came on. 1 was as stabilatrak requires service, the other was reduced engine power. The dash also had the check engine light on. Because it was late and the issue started maybe on 5 miles from home, we tried to creep home at 25 miles per hour. There is no warning that your vehicle is going to do this. This also happened on a road trip from chicago to minneapolis; halfway there warning lights went off and I lost stability along with my 4 wheel drive.

I,m driving and with no warning theres no power steering at all till this day and the dealership can not figure out the problem but I read that it happened to lots of people with the same car please do something before somthing bad happens and let us know what the problem really is so me and my family can be safe and we can get it fixed.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that the steering wheel locked without warning while turning. The contact was able to avoid a crash by turning the steering wheel with force. The contact also stated that the failure was experienced several times while driving at various speeds. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure and current mileage was 130,000.

My wife was driving the vehicle home late when the service engine light came on traction control came on then service stabilitrak light came on and stayed. Made steering very difficult, like old time truck would have been. Luckily kept control or could have resulted into something very serious! bad part no early warnings, vehicle battery has never been jumped or used to jump (read something about blowing mega fuse ) vehicle 5 months past 5 yr. Warranty with only 64265 miles on it . I have read of this occurring to many others, hopefully no injuries. This seems to be a problem that needs to be resolved. I am taking it to the dealer tomorrow.

I was on my way to my daughters drs app with her friend in my 2008 chev Equinox,this app was approximately 1 hr away and highway driving. When the steering locked up and wouldn't let me turn , managed to force a small enough to pull over to side of road. It was very scary ,we could have been killed. Manage to off highway down to community to nearest gm dealer safely. They told me its not safe to drive,and never seen anything like this before,my warranty is out,still paying on this and it could have killed us!.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving the power steering suddenly malfunctioned making the steering wheel very difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the power steering was faulty. The vehicle was repaired but no further information was available. In a separate incident the contact stated that while the vehicle was stationary a second vehicle crashed into the front end of the vehicle. During the incident the seat belts malfunctioned and the air bags did not deploy. The contact suffered neck, hand and knee injuries and the front passenger suffered head, lung and rib injuries during the crash. A police report was taken at the scene. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 50,000. Jft.

Was involved in a mva and driver was traveling 50-60mph when her car hit the front end driver side and air bag failed to deploy. Since then air bag sensor turns on and off when there is a passenger in the seat . Passenger weighing over 130 lbs. This is a big safety hazard and is scary to think that this car has yet to be recalled!! will the air bag go off next time something like that happens again??!! gm is wrong for recalling every other vehicle but this one!! power locks do not unlock or lock ever! I always have to manually lock and unlock each one. Safety issue again! and last but not least, there is an electrical issue causing everything in the car to go out every month or two. Recall this car before someone else gets injured.

Electronic power steering stops working intermittently.