general problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended while depressing the accelerator pedal. In addition, the contact stated that once the fuel gauge displayed that 1/4 tank of gasoline was available, the vehicle jerked, and there was an abnormal sound coming from the engine with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the pistons had failed, and the engine was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended while depressing the accelerator pedal. In addition, the vehicle jerked, and an abnormal sound was heard coming from the engine. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the pistons had failed, and the engine was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Check engine light came on, had autozone run on computer, came back code p0011, found recall on code in 2011(11195a), car is doing same thing as recall stated, I called gm and they said it was not part of recall, I explained problem and they would not tell if part was under warranty, all they said was take to dealer. Gm told me so ES vins were recalled, but not all, couldn't tell me why this one was not recalled even though it is doing same thing.

I was driving my Equinox out of a parking lot and it stalled, I restarted it, drove it up the road and was going about 30 mph and it stalled again, I turned around back to the parking lot and it happened 2 more times. I have also be getting very poor gas mileage (15-18mph). The car was towed to the dealer and they said they reset the electrical control module because it had errors on it. This has thus far resolved the car from stalling but has not improved the gas mileage.

Concerning 2011 chevy Equinox 4cyl, on startup, there will be a loud knocking noise, sounds as if there is no oil in the engine, sound lasts from 1-5 seconds then goes away. Most of the times it will do it on first start-up of the day but there have been a few times where it has done it multiple times in the same day. Car has been in the shop 4 times for the same issue, they have replaced the cam actuator and solenoid, which I had to bring back again (#5) because the gasket was seated incorrectly and was leaking oil on my driveway. Service account manager has heard the noise the first time I bought it in and the last time it was in, both times the sound lasted about 1 second, but it was enough that both of us heard it, not as long as the times when starting at home, probably because those were on first start-up of the day whereas the times at the dealership it was either already running or was started a few times that day. They also replaced a high pressure pump insulator cover for a ticking noise that had nothing to do with the knocking noise. Also have mentioned to them that while accelerating (from dead stop at traffic light, going up on-ramps to highways and merging into high-speed traffic), the rpm's will drop down to zero and car almost stalls then it kicks back into gear (up to 6500 rpms), this has happened at least 5 times, and they couldn't duplicate that problem either. I have tried all 3 grades of gasoline and issues were present with all 3. At this point it has already been in 4 times for the same issue and I feel as though one day the engine will have more serious issues because of these issues.

Purchased 2011 Equinox with 4-cyl engine specifically for the listed 32/23 mpg. I drive 30 miles per day back and forth to work, figured I would get around 24-25 mpg for in city highway driving. Instead, I have gotten no better than 21 mpg and usually less. I then drove from kansas city to oklahoma city for work, used cruise control most of time. However, it was windy so I figured it wouldn't quite be at 32. However, I was very surprised to only get 22-23 mpg for highway mileage. Very disappointing. The first time I contacted dealer (around 1,800 miles on odometer) service rep explained that the poor gas mileage was due to the change from winter blend gasoline to warm weather gas. As the poor mpg continued, around 3,000 miles I took car to dealer to have oil changed and at that time mentioned poor mpg. The service rep (different rep than previously) told me that the Equinox had a 5,000 mile break-in period when it computes how the car is driven and adjusts for the driver's habits (how would that work if multiple people were driving the vehicle?). Any ways, I complained but was told it would get better. Now at 5,500 miles and still getting no better than 19-21 mpg. It should be noted that I generally run in "eco" mode. I have always been a chevy driver and will continue to be, but I will certainly research the cars better next time because I have noticed a lot of complaints about this same problem on several social type websites.