general problems of the 2009 Chevrolet Equinox

When you drive it the transmisson won't shift out of second gear. It makes it hard to get anywhere. It only haw 110,000 miles on it and just had the timing chain done on it and the day went to get it was on my way home and won't come out of 2nd gear.

The timing chain went out.

The timing chain and guides went bad at only 110k miles. And if it was recalled like the 2009 chevy traverse was then I wouldn't have had to fix it. It has the same motor. It is the 3. 6l motor. Because it is the sports model. It was throwing p0008 p0018 p0017 and two transmission codes so I believe the transmission is bad now. It is throwing codes p0752 and p0700.

Vehicle displayed will in motion merging on to the highway. That when you take off a delay happens at over 4000 rpms or at anytime you try to go over 4000rpms. Its like the engine cuts off or loses acceleration an stays at 40 mph and will not accelerate until the gauge for rpms goes back down under 4000 rpms. Then the engine will start to accelerate again like a normal vehicle until you try to pickup speed or accelerate over 4000 rpms.

Car hesitated, slowed down, then lost power. The warning lights were stabilitrack off, traction control off, reduced engine power. Car is now with the dealership & was told that the throttle body will have to be ordered as this is a rare occurrence but when I looked on internet, it seems this is a problem that has been reported many times. Incident was scary due to traveling on highway at 60 mph and for no reason car just begins to lose power. So now I am waiting on throttle body to be replaced. This is not a cheap fix for the vehicle. Saw on internet that there is a recall for this specific problem but when I talked with dealership they state that this gm recall is only for v8 engines not for the v6 Equinox. Gm knows there is a problem, they need to step up to the plate & cover the Equinox also.

I was driving at a speed of 40 mph when I slowed to make a right turn. The stabilitrak notification stated that it was "off trak" and to service "traction control" and that "engine speed is reduced". I could drive no faster than 5 mph. I pulled over and turned my car off for a few minutes. When I started it back up the speed was normal again but the engine light remained lit and solid. This is the second time in 2 years that this problem has occurred. I took it to the dealership where I purchased the vehicle brand new concerning the first incident about 18 months after purchase. I was told that I had a bad throttle body. The part was supposedly replaced but I was not given the bad part so I am not sure that the work was actually done since there was a debate about who was going to pay for the service. Now, the same problem is happening again.

Car hesitated, slowed down, lost power. Warning lights included stabilitrack off, traction control off, and reduced engine power. Repair was to clean throttle body. Jan of 2014, (83,000 miles) same problem occured, and throttle body cleaned at dealer after diagnostics. March 1, 2014 (85000 miles) while on interstate 80 same warnings came on but I lost all engine power although the car was in gear and the car rpms would go up with pressing the gas petal, and semi almost hit me from behind. Car was brought to shoulder, stopped turned off and reset with restarting the engine. . I left the interstate and made a left turn, the car sputtered and hesitated, and oncoming traffic almost hit me. Reduced engine power warning then came on along with stabiltrac and traction control off messages. On the way to the dealer it occurred several times. And I had to restart the car after turning it off. The dealer stated that the throttle body had to be replaced. They had a 1 month wait time for the part? when I brought the car in in January, the cars ahead and behind me had the same problem. A lady at the service counter also had the same problem. It is not a coincidence that 4 of us at the same time had that problem.