general problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox - part 2

My engine light came on and sometimes when I start to accelerate my car it will just die (even on the highway in traffic!!!). It has happened 9+ times already and some of those times the engine light was no longer on.

Gm recalled 590002010 2010 chevy Equinox over faulty defrosters, I have a 2011 chevy Equinox with the same issues as described in auto blog dated December 28 2009. It's my feeling that the same parts are installed in my vehicle with the same issue. If this is the case why did not Chevrolet recall the 2011 as well?.

Ever since I have bought this vehicle it is a lemon. I have all the receipts as well as research that gm needs to recall this vehicle due to safety issues and everyone has the same problem as myself. From the oil consumption and still having problems and even smells like burning causing odor which is very strong, stalling issues where my car has even stopped in the middle of the highway after a new engine was put in, the engine ticking still does and stalling even with new engine put in have video of the sounds it makes that they can't seem to figure out what's going on after all this time and the clattering noise when the car is started. I have contacted gm numerous times because I do not feel safe with me nor my children in this car. With all the complaints online and they still won't recall the vehicle and be concerned for the safety of the customer. I have all my receipts as well as all the research I have done and even the dealer keeps giving me the run around with everything wrong with it and says it's something different all the time just to try and get more money and still having to take it in the shop but this time was told OH it's not safe to drive but yet tried to say it was the tires this time which it wasn't because there is brand new tires on it. So I hate driving this car even to work let alone with my children because I don't know when it will stop again and cause me to wreck or get hit or even the fumes causing problems which they don't need to inhale. Gm needs to recall this vehicle because of all the issues I have had and still continue to have and provide me with a safer vehicle. I have already filed with the bbb and will be speaking with state attorney general as well. If need proof of receipts I can fax those.

I bought my 2011 Equinox new in April, 2011. The 5 year warranty just expired April, 2016. I just had to have a new a/c compressor installed ($745) and my car only has 26,300 miles! obviously defective equipment. I contacted Chevrolet and of course they won't do anything because a certified mechanic replaced the compressor and I didn't take it to a certified Chevrolet dealership. I have lost faith in Chevrolet.

Vehicle stalled when engaging drive gear. Code indicates engine variable timing solenoid intake to be replaces.

While driving on a major highway with an 18 wheeler behind me, the vehicle stopped going forward when I pushed on the gas. It was still running but had no power and began to slow down to nothing. I was able to coast to the side of the road, but was almost run over due to the sudden loss of power. I cut off the vehicle and tried to restart it, but it would only make a clicking sound. According to the dealership we towed it to, the timing chain slipped and ruined the motor. This is a 2011 vehicle with only 73000 miles on it. This should not have happened and since we made our final payment last month, none of it is under warranty. Surely this is not typical of this vehicle and the Chevrolet company can stand behind this repair.

The headrests on this car push my head so far forward that I have terrible pain while driving. I also cannot see where I am going due to the extreme angle of my head jutting forward. Not too safe--any reasonable person can figure this out. In addition, the car is burning excessive oil. Also, when trying to accelerate after slowing down in heavy traffic, it bogs. Again, not very safe. This car is a piece of crap--never again will I get a Chevrolet. This happens all the time!!.

The obd light continuously comes on. The dealer cannot find out what is wrong with it. I have spend lots of money on this car.

Chevrolet Equinox 2011 uses excessive amounts of oil. I have to add oil between oil changes. I keep extra oil on hand always. The car makes rattling noise at start up and just doesn't sound good when running. It runs sluggishly. I wasn't aware of the problem. I only had to add oil between changes to my previous car when it was leaking on the ground. I went to have oil changed and there was none on the dipstick. I had no idea. When I add oil the rattling seems to go away for a while. I can't afford to buy another car or replace the motor if the oil consumption causes the need for that.

I received a letter from gm/Chevrolet in August 2015 regarding oil consumption issues in my 2011 Chevrolet Equinox (service bulletin no. : sb-15285). I am currently having this issue monitored for this as I was told I would have to have bring it to the dealership every 1,000 miles for monitoring before they would do anything about this. In the meantime I have gotten a check engine code p0420 which relates to the catalytic converter. My Equinox has just at 84,500 miles on it and the catalytic converter warranty is only 80,000. I took it in to the dealer this morning and was told the converter needed replacing. After speaking with multiple dealerships and mechanics I understand and have been told multiple times that the oil consumption and piston issues have caused this problem yet gm/Chevrolet is telling me they will only help me approximately $200 to help with the new converter. They must know this is what's caused this issue as it appears that a lot the 2010 Equinox had the exact same issue and problems. I would really like for gm/Chevrolet to fix the converter on my Equinox at 100% their cost as it has had multiple other issues including transmission (covered under a bulletin listed on your site here) , camshaft actuator (covered under a bulletin listed on your site here), etc. The converter per quotes are anywhere from $600-$1,200 which is a lot of money for an issue that was caused by the oil consumption issue they know about, but have to monitor first before they will fix it.

The rear passenger door on the drivers side will not unlock.

The car doors will not stay locked. After locking the car over night with the key fob I will go outside and find my car unlocked. Unsure if this affects the child safety lock feature on the rear doors. The car is stationary sitting in my driveway. This issues has been happening for some time now. My car was locked overnight and this morning I found it unlocked and someone had gone through it.

On the afternoon of August 12,2015 I was walking towards the rear open door that my nephew had opened. I did not see the door coming down, no beeping. . . . It hit the top of my head and kept going down pushing me to the ground. I had a concussion and the ambulance took me to the hospital being as I had been unconscious. Spent one day in the hospital with lots of tests to see if my spine was damaged. No damage there after lying in their bed with a neck brace on. Will have follow up with neourologist with more tests. You need to have some kind of warning sound to let people know when the door is coming down. No resistance to the door when my brother in law tested it also. Please check into this. . . . Garry norman.

I bought my 2011 chevy Equinox brand new, in 2011. 4/2015 I had a leak in my a/c line resulting in a $450 charge (my warranty had just expired). Now, 10 months later upon turning on my a/c for the first time this year, yet again my a/c is not working. In taking it to the dealership today, I'm now told that my compressor needs replacing with a price tag of $963. Upon online research, this seems to be a common problem amongst 2010 and 2011 Equinox. I'm not sure as to why Chevrolet hasn't looked further into this issue and/or issued a recall. This shouldn't be happening on vehicles that are 4-5 years old. Having to have my a/c worked on twice on a then 4 year old, now 5 year old vehicle is absurd. Sounds to me like faulty equipment.

While the car is running, the back hatch will suddenly unhook. It does not open fully but unlatches enough to tell the car that it is open. This also happens while I am driving, causing me to pull over to shut it again. The button to open the hatch is now non-functional (can't open the hatch at all) but the hatch is still poping! I am afraid that the whole will open while in traffic and cause a crash.

Columbia, SC--I took the vehicle to the dealership to repair an ignition issue and told them that I was having a whining-type engine noise when I accelerated while the a/c was on, and that the a/c was starting to lose its cooling capacity. The technician informed me that my compressor was going out, but that it would probably last into the summer, but by the end of April I had to have it replaced, to the tune of $1260. Even though my car was out of warranty because of years, it had less than 28,000 miles on it at the time of the compressor failure. I contacted gm and was told that there was nothing they could do since the vehicle was beyond their 3-year warranty period. I posted this issue on a site called repairpal, and I have received numerous emails from owners with the same problem.

I was double parked, with the gear in the parking position, talking to my cousin on a Friday night. We talked for about one minute. I was trying to unload my car to take some groceries in the house. My trunk would not open. I tried to unlock the doors from the inside (drivers side) twice but the trunk still would not open. Then I went around the passengers side with intentions on turning the car on & trying to unlock the doors that way, but as soon as I opened the door, the car began to roll backwards with my 12 month old son in it. The car was in park. I tried to switch gears (while still on the passengers side) but the gear was stuck. (all of this while running with the car) my cousin & I were holding on to the car as best as we could to try to slow it down to avoid the baby being injured or rolled completely away from us. Then I thought to just try to get the baby out while she held on to the car to slow down the speed. As I was trying to unstrap the baby's seatbelt, my car swiped another car, tearing off the mirror & creating swipe marks, continued to roll backwards, then I managed to free my baby. As soon as I got him out, the car hit a pole, which slowed down the speed, then a truck which stopped it. I suffer multiple bruises to my right leg and we both suffer muscle pain throughout our bodies.

I have had issues with my blower motor ever since I purchased this vehicle brand new - every time I take it in it into a certified chevy dealership the issues is not happening by the time I get there they just tell me "well there is nothing we can do if the issue is not happening" it is the middle of summer and not having air for the first few minutes is horrible, by the time I get close to the dealership it starts working again so not only am I wasting gas trying to get to the dealership but I'm hot or cold while trying to do it. . . I have never been so frustrated with a vehicle as I am with this one. . . I literally have to hit a deep pothole for it kick in which makes me think it is an electrical issue but every time I try to get them to do it they just tell be well there will be a fee for diagnosing it even though I have been telling then since 2012 that this issue has been happening sporadically. Even tried to contact gm about it and they said well there isn't much we can do without the issue happening when you get there. . . That is completely unacceptable at minimum the blower motor should have been replaced if they did not find any issues in the wiring but they refuse to narrow down the issue. The issue normally happens when I first start the car but I have noticed it sometimes struggles while driving as well. . . So the issue is just getting worse. On top of that - every time I took it in to the dealership they never noted that I had complained about the issue since back in 2012 and finally I made them enter it into the system prior to my manufacturer warranty expiring so I have paper proof of the issue happening before it expired when it would be fully covered.

I have had many problems with my 2011 chevy Equinox that started occurring about a year after I purchased it. The main concerns are the engine noise and how rough it runs, feeling as though I am being rear-ended in traffic (when moving forward from a complete stop it lurches forward, giving the feeling of being hit), rough start up (sounds like an old car at times) and the car stutters when accelerating (almost feels like it wants to stall out). I do not feel safe in this car now and have read that many others are experiencing the same issues. I have taken it four times giving them the same description each time at which they state that they cannot replicate these issues. They keep my car for hours and do nothing to it. I am a single mom so I can't leave my car without it causing major issues for me as I have to take my son to and from school. I received a letter from gm stating that there is an issue with the fuel pump and engine balance chain and describes what my vehicle is doing now-I believe I have engine damage and I am worried that I will end up breaking down on the side of the road at some point or worse stall out and end up in an accident! in addition to the engine problems there is a problem with the defroster, it just doesn't clear the windows fast enough, on going problems with the stereo (makes a static, distorted sound with the usb port) and the drivers side squeaks because it rubs up against the middle console. It is very frustrating because the problems are intermittent. I am hoping that enough people complain about this safety issues with regard to the engine and cause gm to deal with it appropriately! we should not feel afraid that our new car will break down on us, especially with our children in the vehicles!.

P010 code when check engine lights comes on. Problem since about 3 months old. Some were recalled, mine was not. Rough idle, dies when stopping or turning,.