general problems of the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox - part 2

The contact owns a 2011 GMC Equinox. The contact was driving 60 mph when the steering wheel became extremely hard to turn. The contact had to utilize extreme pressure in order to turn the steering wheel. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 3,100 and the current mileage was 3,200.

Bought the Equinox new in April 11 for my daughter. Had it about 6 +/- months and started having problems with it. It would loose power all of a sudden and engine light would come on and steering would become extemely hard to do. Have taken it to the dealership many many times since then all for the same reasons. The vehicle stalls while driving and looses power. I have been lucky so far with no accidents. I am having to take it to the dealer again for the same reasons. Now there is a problem with the vehicle using a lot of oil. The dealership has replaced the transmission once, replaced alot of fuses and worked on the engine several times. There are still problems. I think, gm needs to do something about fixing this vehicle and all the others that are having the same problems. From what I have read on the internet, there are a lot of owners out there having the same problems. Nhtsa, how many complaints does it take to have a recall done. . . ?.

My 2011 Equinox has just now started showing some "sticking" in the steering mechanism when making slight steering corrections while traveling at highway speeds (60-70mph). It required me to pull the steering wheel the causing over steer. I was lucky there was no car in the next lane. The condition is more noticeable when starting to turn left. It is barely noticeable at lower speeds but can be detected. The Equinox was put into service in March 2011. This being an all electric power steering the problem could in the rack, ecm programing or the drive motor. Took the car to dealer on 10/31/11 they found nothing! view details.

I was driving on a four lane street with two lanes going south with a median in the middle and two lanes going north. I was in the left hand lane going south towards 1-70 and was going around a slight corner towards the left and tried to straighten out my wheel and my wheel was stuck turning left. I tried again to get my wheel to straighten out, and it was stuck. I slammed on my brakes, but it was too late and went over the median separating the 4 way lanes. I hit a large street signs and multiple reflectors on the median. Upon impact multiple check engine lights appeared and wheel was finally able to make a turn to right to get to side of the road. My car is not even 2 months old and was a brand new 2011 Equinox. When I went to report the issue to the dealer I bought it from after the accident the car sales man there said "OH this has never been an issue with any years of the Equinox's". . . . . Hate to break it to him but looks like multiple people have had similar steering and wheel issues with this model. Very frustrating. . . . . Gm was contacted and it can take anywhere from 30-120 days for them to come evaluate the status of my car to see what caused the problem. This is a very frustrating problem as my car is only 2 months old and was a brand new vehicle.

Our 2011 Equinox has just now started showing some "friction" in the steering mechanism when making slight steering corrections while traveling at highway speeds. The condition is more noticeable when starting to turn left. It is barely noticeable at lower speeds but can be detected. The Equinox was put into service in September 2010. "friction" is my word choice; this being an all electric power steering the problem might well be some other condition.