Body problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox

Ten problems related to body have been reported for the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox based on all problems reported for the 2011 Equinox.

1 Body problem

Failure Date: 08/15/2019

Traveling straight on city street, 30 mph, was t-boned in center of driver's side door. Side airbag did not deploy? damage to both doors, center and lower pillar, and the traction control bar bent. Concussion and bruising from inside pillar to driver. Driver was wearing seat belt at time of collision.

2 Body problem

Failure Date: 06/22/2018

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated while taking items out of the rear of the vehicle the leftgate failed striking the contact in the head. The contact sustained minor injury's. No medical attention was called. No police report was filed. No lights illuminated. The dealer bubba oustalet Chevrolet 819 n main st, jennings, la 70546 (337)-246-5041 was contact. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,966. Ck.

3 Body problem

Failure Date: 01/31/2017

Involved in an accident where I collided with another car. The front end of my car was completed damaged to the point where the car was totaled. The problem with this accident was the air bags did not go off causing injury to myself and my wife. I estimate the speed at collision to be around 30mph. I was traveling west bound at about 630pm in the evening, on a four lane city road with a center turn lane. I was in my lane and failed to stop before hitting the car in front of me. My wife spoke with the repair shop clerk who informed that this was a common issue with many Equinox's under the same conditions. I believe the air bags should have gone off and therefore I.

4 Body problem

Failure Date: 01/20/2017

Vehicle is on stationary state. (1) the "rear door lift gate would drop slowly", but it is now becoming harmfully worse as being used. I believe this is due to poor quality parts on the lift itself. This is not common to happen in other autos. Repair is inevitable. (2) the passenger front seat is locked up. No forward or backward movement, although it is reclining. It doesn't matter if vehicle is moving or not.

5 Body problem

Failure Date: 03/30/2016

The bottom seam of all four doors have begun to rust. The back two doors appear to be worse than the front two. I, by chance, happened to notice the rust while cleaning out the back seat around mileage 38,000 but it looks to have started much earlier by the amount on the back two doors. Gm needs to remedy this situation before the doors rust out. How does canada get the recall but not the us, this makes no sense.

6 Body problem

Failure Date: 01/29/2015

While changing lanes during an ice storm, the vehicle's back end let lose and the driver lost control and slide into the media at which time the vehicle was projected into the guardrail head on. Neither front airbags deployed nor did any of the airbags deploy.

7 Body problem

Failure Date: 09/09/2012

I was driving north bound in lane 3 traffic was stopped at red light. I went to applied the brake to slow down and stop nothing happen as I was getting real close to a stopped car my foot remained on brake pedal again nothing I made a split decision to try to drive between cars in lane 2 and 3 instead of rear ending the stopped vehicle. I sideswiped 3 cars and only then did I come to a stop. My vehicle sustained alot of damage compare to the other cars. When this 2011 chevy Equinox is fixed I will not keep it due to this problem with the braking system. I would fear that it would happen again. It is an unsafe car in my opinion.

8 Body problem

Failure Date: 09/14/2011

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that when opening both rear passenger windows, the entire vehicle would shake excessively. The dealer advised the contact not to open the rear windows and that the vehicle was operating as designed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The current mileage was 13,000 and the approximate failure mileage was 10,000. The VIN was unavailable.

9 Body problem

Failure Date: 09/07/2011

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that the power lift gate closed and impacted on her head, as a result she suffered a concussion and had to be hospitalized. The contact mentioned that she was unaware that the gate was closing since the warning chime only rings to warn of possible obstruction it does not chime when lift gate is in motion. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that it was the way the vehicle was designed and they were unable to alter it. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 1,500. Updated 11/16/2011.

10 Body problem

Failure Date: 05/17/2011

My spouse was opening the drier's door and the trim at the bottom of the door (which is fiber glass material) cut her leg about six to eight inches above the left ankle. The trim sticks when the driver's door is opened. It took 16 stitches to close the wound. The trim needs to re-finished or tapered to prevent others from getting hurt. This is a really bad cut and she was in a lot of pain.


Other Structure related problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox

Body problems
10
Structure problems
1
Door problems
1

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