general problems of the 2009 Chevrolet Equinox

I have heat problems, I have put $1,200 into the repairs and to no avail there still is a problem.

When I hit 20-30 mph the SUV has a hesitation and then I have the check engine light on and then service stabilitrek and ther is another I forget what it says and when I turn sometimes the whole dash lights up.

In 2015, I took my car to monument Chevrolet and told the dealership that my car is not unlocking the doors when I am using the remote. I had to use my key to unlock my driver side door manually and the reach over to unlock the other doors. Before the dealership even ran a diagnosis test, they told me that it was my lock mechanism and it was going to cost me $300. 00 per door to find the problem. I decline and told them I will do it the old fashion way by using the key. It looks and seems like the dealership knew there was a existing problem with this model vehicle as quickly as they quoted me a price without even looking at the problem and that there is a major electrical issue with this vehicle. There should be a recall for the malfunction. Now its over a year and I still have to unlock my car the old fashion way even after I changed the battery in the remote.

When I have a passenger (adult or child) sit on the front (passenger seat) the air bag light sometimes illuminates that the airbag is "on" and sometimes it's "off" while the passenger is sitting. I've also noticed that if my passenger is sitting still, the light will stay "on" but as soon as the passenger moves, the light will change to "off". At first it seemed like a "temperamental" issue because sometimes it just stayed on the "on" position while the passenger sat. I took my car to the gm dealer when the issue became more often and they diagnosed an issue recommended to have the passenger presence module replaced. On researching, I found that there are recalls for this particular issue but on earlier chevy model cars.

I was recently in a vehicle accident. My vehicle shut off as I was driving and in route of a traffic light. As a result of my vehicle shutting off, I had no brakes and was therefore unable to prevent my vehicle from proceeding through a red light. I then hit a tow truck and was t boned. My vehicle was totaled as a result and myself and my 2 children were transported to our local emergency room due to injuries. Previous months I've had a issue with the vehicle shutting off while driving. All the gauges went down and the vehicles' engine was appeared to be shut off. I also have had the vehicles engine remain running after turning the vehicle off and removing the keys from my ignition. I would try turning it on and off several times to get the engine to eventually shut off and would have several failed attempts.

Airbag warning light on - took to mechanic yesterday and they found the following "b0074 & b0081 set. Diagnosed and found passenger presence module internally failed". They told me it's a 800+ repair. Called dealer priority cheverolet in chesapeake virginia and they said to check connections below seat as they sometimes come loose. As an engineer I find it hard to believe that such a vital life saving device would have such an easy single point failure to be so easy to come loose as by simple moving the seat. When you observe the switch module below the seat it is just there dangling! this needs to get rolled up as a recall.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, there was an error code associated with the onstar system. Onstar ran a diagnostic and discovered that the battery underneath the driver seat that was linked to the onstar system and the air bag system failed. The failure recurred each time the vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,500.

On Thursday 3/19/2015 as was driving to work I noticed that on the dashboard that the stabilitraking off, service traction controlled and service stabilitraking and engine power is reduced. On my way home there was no message on the dash, but the next day 3/20/2015 on my way to work that same message came on and it stayed on, so I took it to a garage and they tried to diagnose what was wrong and they could not fin out what it was and they told me to take it to the dealer.

Window driver side working intermittently, pressed switch to lower window heard a pop and drivers side headlight was out window did not go down window still will not go down and the driver side power mirror will not function as well drivers side headlight has been replaced 3 times with in 5 weeks when you press the window down button or open the door the head light will blow and the passenger side window is working intermittently as well you have to open the door to put it up if it is in the down position.

We have had a problem with the key getting stuck in the ignition for some time now. Some times it takes several minutes of working with it before it will come out. I have taken it back to superior Chevrolet of siloam springs two times and have spent a total of $720. 72 and it's still not fixed. They told me they had something else to try but it would cost an additional $200 to $300 dollars and it still might not be fix. After charging me this much for what should be a simple fix they should make sure it repaired on their own time.

Dic (driver information center) display brightness inadequate for daylight/sunlight visibility. No listed means to alter/brighten.