general problems of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox

My transmission is not picking up accordingly. Rpm are high.

After a short warm up (5-10 minutes of driving), the steering wheel will intermittently lose power and is difficult to steer. It it doesn't matter the type or speed of driving for this to happen.

Power steering becomes stiff and variable. Doesn't go back to center after turning. This problem comes and goes.

I need to report that when driving on these icy roads that my awd Equinox feels like it swerves? it feels like it takes me into the other lane most of the time. Now, I don't know if its the awd causing it but other awd vehicles that I've driven have never did it this bad to the point that it feels almost like my back end starts going sideways.

Driving down the road going 55mph and all of a sudden I loose speed control to almost 20 mph. I try to press the gas to accelerate and it feels like the brakes are being pressed down. Have to press gas pedal almost to the floor to get it off the road safely. Immediately turned on emergency flashers to alert vehicles behind me. Stabilitrk light and tc light comes on. I have read plenty of forums having this same problem with the 2010 cheverelet Equinox and nobody seems to know the solution to this problem. Have had several mechanics and break specialist look at the problem and they are confused to why this is happening. I have a small child in the back seat. Thank god we weren't on a 70 mph highway and that happened. There could have been fatalities. I dont have any mechanic receipts because they dont know what to start to fix the problem with. They said it could be numerous ideas( brakes, throttle, electrical, etc). This should be investigated immediately!!.

While driving my Equinox, there was a whining noise that started. When I turn my wheel, the steering wheel is making a grinding noise. And becomes very loose. I currently do not feel safe driving this car.

Brought my SUV in delership for recalls from 12/5/2016. It's been in for mutiplable recalls plus oil consumption recall now received my car back had it for 2 days now service department telling me my transmission wave plate needs to be replaced. Service department had returned my car saying everything was fine to drive let me leave in it knowing they knew this would happen. Very upset plus am out around $800 dollars thought these recalls were covered nope had to come out of my pocket. Now they want $4374. 69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

On August 21,2015 I was coming home while driving on the road I entered a curve and my steering wheel did not turn with the curve my car continued going straight I had no control of the steering wheel and I tried to brake and the brakes did not stop the car so I went into the ditch wrecking my car it was totaled and I was hurt the car was totaled the Chevrolet dealer told me to bring the car in and they would fix the problem at no charge they had a special warranty fund to cover the cost of repair of the steering problem there had been others with the same problem--needless to say my totally wrecked car could not be brought to the dealer --I was told to call roadside service to tow it in and fix the problem--a recall should be issued on the power steering and the brake system--I could of been killed and at the age of 71 years very thankful that god was with me and saved my life thank you --god bless!!! patricia tucker.

Intermittently, the steering was seriously compromised when driven. Contacted gm and they sent me to a gm certified dealership/technician. The technician informed me that the car was unsafe to drive (due to a "twisted steering shaft") and steering could completely fail at any time. I escalated the issue to a Chevrolet senior advisor in detroit. The senior advisor informed me that there was no outstanding recalls for this type of issue. I informed the advisor that this defect could injure / kill someone if not made public. He indicated that there was nothing he could do further. . . I just don't want someone to get seriously hurt because of this issue. Please inform the public of this issue!!!.

The contact owned a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning. As a result, the contact crashed the vehicle into a guardrail. The contact did not disclose whether a police report was filed. The contact sustained lower back injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

While at red light, I went to pull out and car just turned off. And had to put it in park and turn car off and tried to restart the car and it wouldn't start and had to do it again.

Steering started acting odd. Binding up when turning. Took it into the dealers. First they told me they reset the steering. Two days later brought it back still binding. Determined it was the steering assist motor. The car dealer had the car for almost a week. Told me they had to also replace the steering gear, motor assembly, and steering wheel angle sensor. Told me car was repaired. Drove it home approx. 20 miles. Car steering is still binding up. Took the car back to the dealers two days later. The mechanic drove the car and said there was nothing wrong with it. Now I am at a loss. I don't know what the answer is. This seems like a dangerous situation.

My wife was making a left hand turn and the power steering went out making it difficult to complete the turn due to fact that she couldn't turn the steering wheel. She was just starting to accelerate through the turn so speed wasn't an issue. Thankfully she wasn't traveling at a faster speed. We were told by the dealer that the Equinox needs a steering gear replaced.

I work approximately 36 miles from and while traveling home from work on the expressway I notice my power steering monitor appeared on my dashboard and my air brake warning signals came on and also my traction control signal was on and my steering became very stiff and tight very hard to control. I contact gm customer relations and explain to them that I have research other vehicles that were manufactured by them with this same problem that is now on their recall list. They were no help at all. They were looking for ways to put the responsibility in my hands to resolve the problem then to satisfy me as a customer.

While turning, power steering no longer present. Power steering did not return after checking fuses and replacing battery. Dealer indicated needed to replace steering gear and charged $1500. Power steering assist returned for a few days. Power steering became intermittent. When I returned to dealer, they say it was the shaft joints not functioning properly and replaced those at no charge.

While backing out of my driveway, I turned the steering wheel to the left and the steering wheel became stuck. I had to tug forcefully on the wheel for the steering wheel to come back to center. The same thing happened again 3 days later as I was making a right turn onto a busy road. I turned the steering wheel to the right and the steering wheel became stuck causing me to nearly run off the road. I had to pull with force to get the steering wheel back to center causing me to briefly swerve into the left lane. Luckily I did not run off the road or into anyone.

Power steering locked up/stopped working when trying to back up. Wouldn't work when put back in forward gear. Happened intermittantly and when taken to dealer, they couldn't replicate. Next couple of months did this intermittently. Recently, it did this regularly for a day when driving. . . Very dangerous as it would happen often when executing a turn so car could lurch into an adjacent lane and potentially end up in an accident. Warning light came on and this time took to dealer who told me they diagnosed a problem that would require replacement of at least part of the power steering assembly. This seems to be the exact same issue as what ocurred with cobalts, hhr, etc. In the latest gm recall and I believe that the recall should be extended to this model year and make as well (if not for others too!). Caused me enough concern to get the work done and am now working on my options to try and get gm to reimburse me based on this being an identical issue to these other makes and models.

The steering sticks. Extra effort is required to make corrections off center. The effort required to correct or turn the vehicle increases or sticks. This results in under or over correction or causes problems in turning and returning the wheel to center. Sometime the steering is fine and then this sticking or this could be described as the steering wheel is stuck in a rut that requires extra effort to get out of. Like getting out of a rut sometimes your go too far to the right or left due to the extra effort required while at other times only normal effort is needed. This is dangerous, I see on the internet that gm has a bulletin pit 4992a but I don't know what this bulletin indicates. My local dealer didn't know of this bulletin but said they would check. I never got an answer. This steering issued with the 2. 4 l engine and the electronic power steering is a dangerous condition.

My wife noticed that it was becoming hard to steer. It continued for a few more days , so I called Chevrolet dealer to see if they had been aware of suh a problem, they told me no they had not. There were no warning light or any codes stored. I call gm customer service and was told the same thing that they are not aware of any such problem. It has become increasing worst to drive where it may lead to accident. I have no other choice but to replace one part after part . There are to many complants out there for gm to remain blind to such a serious problem.

The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that once the engine was warm, the steering wheel would become stiff without warning. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 52,000.

Equinox starts powering down occasionally during acceleration through hard right turns and, once, during a soft bump against a curb. Dashboard lights turn off, engine dies, etc. Can be restarted from stop. We had been able to duplicate the problem, but haven't been able to do so at the dealership, so it remains unfixed. We are concerned about the safety of driving a vehicle that may power down during a hard right turn and heavy acceleration. We now intentionally accelerate slowly and cautiously through right turns. We worry that we will get in a situation where, for instance, we'll need to turn out of the way of a semi trailer and our car will power down, putting us in great danger.

Wife stopped for gas pulled out on to street very hard to steer. This has happened on and off for the past couple years almost went away for a while. The past couple of weeks it has been constant whether I am going 2 mph or 70 kph a constant stiffness in turning right or left it's as if it was a fluid type power steering not electrical. Now this is a early 2010 we bought this car in July 2009. There are no signs or any kind of noises to indicate any kind of problem but I am getting kind of nervous in driving this SUV anymore. There must be other chevy cars that have same problem I do hope there will be a recall on this problem soon. Thanks.

Jerking in steering while driving at highway speed. Roberts Chevrolet of platte city, mo repaired the steering. When taken in they stated they had not heard of the problem. I had questioned the situation one other time at an oil change. The steering jerking was getting more intense over time, scheduled for it to be checked on June 30, 2011. On my repair order #192798 it is stated replaced steering gear. When I picked up the car I was informed they could not find anything, but they followed up with gm and got a bulletin #pit4992a. They performed the service listed in the bulletin. As of today that seems to have fixed the problem. The reason for listing the covered service is the problem seemed to be getting worse with only 18,000 miles. There has not been a recall so far as I know. We the jerking getting worse with time I was not sure if it could cause a complete steering loss while driving.

Have been having the sticky steering problem others are complaining about. It's noticeable at highway speeds on a smooth road surface and seems to happen in hotter, humid weather. I brought it to the dealer two times before to be checked and they told me just what I thought they would tell me. There are no trouble codes stored in the computer, they could not duplicate the problem and of course gm is not aware of any other problems like this one. I find that hard to believe since so many others are complaining about the exact same problem I'm having. The problem seems to be with the electric power steering on the Equinox, it really does seem like a hazard because of it locking up which is very noticeable and depending on the circumstance could be hard to handle if needing to steer quickly in a situation.

My 2010 chevy Equinox is equipped with an electric power steering system. After the vehicke has been driven for at least 45 minutes, the steering wheel sticks or binds when trying to make minor lane correction changes. This is most noticable on smooth road surfaces at highway speeds. An extra amount of force must be applied to the steering wheel to get it to move away from it's stuck position but once it does move, the extra amount of force used causes the steering wheel to travel past it's intended position, causing the vehicle to over correct and travel too far to the left or right. At highway speeds, this can be very dangerous and could result in loss of control of the vehicle, especially during wet and slippery road conditions. This problem should be taken very seriously. This vehicle has less than 9,000 miles on it and this condition did not exist until around the 8,000 mark.

Our 2010 Chevrolet Equinox has dangerous sticky steering at speeds of around 70 mph. More effort than normal is required to turn the steering wheel at these speeds, but then it "breaks loose" and causes the vehicle to swerve slightly. This has occurred since I bought the car new in January 2010. The local Chevrolet service department test drove it and said this was normal. I strongly disagree!.

My new 2010 chevy equnox developed a problem with its electric steering after it got warmed up and as driving speed increased. Dealers kept telling us that there was no issue since they could not detect an error code. On trip to florida, steering become so difficult that it took two hands to steer at any speed above 50 mph. Dealer (vience FL. ) finally changed out complete steering gear and problem went away!.

The problem is with the steering. After the vehicle has been driven for more than and 1/2 hour, it becomes sticky on each side of the center. I have had no serious problems as of yet, but the longer it is driven, the worse it gets. When this occurs, the natural response is to correct and sometimes this canbe quite scary or nerve racking. I have taken the vehicle to the dealership twice and they claimed there was nothing wrong.

My 2010 Chevrolet Equinox steering binds up after the vehicle is warmed up. The binding happens when turning slightly to the right or left from a straight ahead position. It is most noticeable above 50 mph. The binding causes the driver to over correct and may cause an accident in wet or snow conditions. After the steering begins to bind, it intermittently binds at all speeds during that drive. When the vehicle cools down the steering returns to normal. I took the vehicle to the dealer on 10-13-2010 and demonstrated the problem to their "front end" technician. He experienced the problem but had no clue as to what the problem is. He said he would call technical assistance on 10-19-2010.

Sticky steering, the steering wheel sticks and you have to give it a slight tug to the left or right to get it to move off the center. It is noticeable on good surfaces. I worry about the safety of the steering especially if the surface is slippery. Started in sept 2010.

When slowly turning the steering wheel to the right all the way to almost the very end and while advancing at a very low speed, there's a small high pitch noise and "thunk" of a sound that can be heard from the front-left of the vehicle, if the radio and ventilation is quite down. It does not sound healthy and is quite disturbing knowing that there's only 3500km on this 2010 Chevrolet Equinox LS would there be other complaints likewise? and please investigate. Thank you.

I had a 'sticky' steering problem back on Jan. 2010 during a trip north to canada. It happened again last week on a long trip to sandusky ohio, and it has gotten worse! based on my experience I think this problem happens only on very flat highway in good condition, such as the ohio turnpike and 405 in canada. As soon as I get into michigan (horrible i75 condition) the problem is not noticeable anymore.

I own a 2010 Equinox and when driving in a straight path for a period of time the steering wheel binds up/sticks and I have to tug on the steering wheel to free it. I am taking it into the dealer next week for further evaluation but it appears other people have had this problem based on internet info and a couple have filed complaints with your agency.

I own a 2010 Equinox and when driving in a straight path for a period of time the steering wheel binds up/sticks and I have to tug on the steering wheel to free it. Dealer cannot duplicate it but am fearful of a sudden failure at high speed while changing lanes, etc.