general problems of the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox - part 2

Starts occasionally.

I have a 2012 chevy Equinox with under 76,000 miles on it tell me it need a new timing chain. The cramshaft position has issues. I turned the car on one day to go to work and the check engine light can on I'm being told that's the issue. I'm not understanding how a car 6 years old needs engine work to this extent!?.

The wiper blade motor stopped working suddenly while we were driving on the highway in heavy rain. It created a very dangerous situation. This is the second time this has happened, first time we had it repaired was in 2015 and now again in 2018.

I was driving in a heavy rainstorm and the windshield wipers stopped moving. I was almost in an accident because of this issue. I have owned 10 other vehicles older than this vehicle that is 6 years old and never had an issue like this. Gm should be held accountable for this.

"takata recall" went to go somewhere got in started the car, went to put it in reverse it stalled. Put the car in park and started it again, it stalled while still in park. Waited a minute or so started car again it was ok until I put it in reverse. Stalled again. It will start but stalls.

Was all day with my windshield wipers working then I went to the movies at night time and when I was leaving it started pouring and my WI dagwood wipers worked for 20 seconds then cut off. I had to drive 20 miles on the highway with no windshield wipers while it was poring down rain.

Check engine light goes off and on. Vehicle often stalls upon stopping and at times has an extremely hard decel, which continues after the key is taken out of the ignition. Vehicle idles hard. Upon parking, vehicle has suddenly reported reduced engine power" and " check stabili trak" not allowing the vehicle to go over 40 mph.

Major oil consumption causing parts to break in vehicle and engine to go. Was told by dealership that when it goes you can be stranded in the middle of the road and unable to move vehicle as it will not run at all. Special service vehicles only good for vehicles under 120,000 miles, but many people received letters after that mileage. Was told today by a chevy dealership it was unsafe to continue to drive my vehicle unless it was fixed. Fix is over 1200 unless it totally ruins your vehicle or gets you killed when the vehicle stops in the middle of the road. Vehicle was taken in long before problems actually occurred, but was told because it was a little over mileage it could not be fixed.

Car engine stumbled 5 times this year while driving in the city while in motion 35-45 mph. Wouldn't accelerate. Feels like it stays stuck and wont move. Last incident 1 Nov 2017.

My app sensor going out and when I drive I hear a nose and my car feel like something wrong with my tires. Thanks betty bailey.

I was driving on the highway and my wipers fell apart and the wiper transmission stop work and I had no wipers at all. I was traveling at high speed of 60 miles an hour during a winter storm. I had no visibility at all. I was almost killed by a tractor trailer who was trailing me from behind.

Excessive oil consumption has hundreds of complaints. 2012 Equinox 130k miles car shuts off at stop signs or pulling out. I'm now replacing the catalytic converter and camshaft actuator. Someone is going to die before this problem is taken seriouly. Nothing but issues since I purchased 3 years ago!.

Had fuses checked because rear passenger door light don't work window don't go down manuel shift don't work and rear liftgate goes up then quarter ways down then back up then comes down on you now it goes up by it's self also it won't lock. It will go up when it's stationary.

July 10, 2015: I took my 2012 chevy Equinox lt (2. 4 l 4 cyl) to a chevy dealership in ky. The vehicle was at 100,505 miles and I wanted it checked before driving on vacation due to the high mileage, a rough idle and because it had recently shut off while backing out of a parking lot. A gm goodwrench multi-point vehicle inspection was performed. I was told the car showed no sign of any issues but I would need to purchase new tires before winter. By Dec 2015 the rough idle had gotten much worse, the vehicle was loud (almost sounding like a diesel), would jerk and felt like it may shut off any time I had to stop or drive slower speeds. Additionally, the car would "slip" as it was shifting gears so I took it back to the dealership on Dec 8, 2015. The car was at 115,720 miles. The transmission, #2 cylinder, spark plug and coil were replaced and a throttle body cleaning service was performed. Since then, the car has idled high revving to 4,000+rpm at times before it will shift into higher gears (particularly when driving 70+mph on the interstate). Downshifting to lower gears doesn't always go smooth either. The rough idle has returned and progressively gotten worse. The car almost shut off while backing out of a parking lot on Feb 13, 2016. Yesterday (Feb 15, 2016), the car shut off while I was driving! there were no lights illuminated prior to it shutting off. I coasted to the side of the road, re-started the car and finished the final (~3) miles to work. I had the car towed from work back to the dealership. The dealership said there was no oil on the dipstick (the oil life sensor showed ~25% life left on oil) and I was told the car was 2 qts low on oil. The car remains at the dealership as of today, Feb 16, 2016. . Read more...

Chevrolet has since fixed the issue on my vehicle however I truly feel the issue I had should have a recall because it is a safety concern & would certainly hate this to happen to anyone else. This incident happened in Dec. 2015 & it occurred a couple of times. I contacted our nearest Chevrolet delearship a few times and they never found any issues. I then submitted a better business bureau complaint because I was very concerned for the safety of myself & my family. I emailed gm directly on 12/23/15. Gm then got involved and sent a gm professional technician to investigate our vehicle. The gm technician then concluded that there was an issue with our vehicle and replaced some parts. Since then we no longer had that issue. Once we were on a red light our vehicle immediately shut off. We had to turn our key to remove it, put it back in. Now I don't remember if we put the gear on park during this time. But once we put the key back in, our vehicle then started back up. I contacted colonial Chevrolet, they could not find anything wrong with it. Left & hoping it was not going to happen again. Second time we put the vehicle on rear, the vehicle immediately shut off. We then did the same thing by turning the key to remove it and then putting it back in. It then started afterwards. From those 2 incidents that is when I had to submit a better business bureau complaint because this safety concern. I drive this vehicle with our young children in this vehicle so safety is my concern. I hope this has not happened to any one else but I would certainly like other's to be aware of this issue. I am more than happy to forward the emails I emailed gm prior about this recall & the complaint. Unfortunately I can not locate the paperwork from the dealership of what was the issue and what parts they replaced but I am very sure gm & the dealership has a copy of this.

Hi, my 2012 Equinox stalled on me while I was in reverse. I was backing out a drive way and it started to jerk. After jerking it did eventually go in gear. Once I put it in drive I drove no less then a mile and the car cut off. I turn it back on and put it back in drive and it stalled out again. That was the first incident it happen a second time on 5/2/15. While driving my car was jerking when at a stop light and then it stalled out on me again. Am not sure why this is happening considering I do have regular maintenance done on my car. If this is a known issue please let me. Thanks.

Vehicle loudly idles when starting. When stopped vehicle idles in a jumping motion.

In July of this year, it was a 100 degree day in charleston, and my wife had our 2 years old daughter in her car seat. My wife had the airconditioning on, and the car running, and she checked the mail, for some reason, the locks on the doors engaged, and my daughter was locked in the car. I immediatley called the dealer, and I brought the car in for service. They had my vehicle for over a week. They returned the vehicle to me and informed me that they had redone all the wiring and that it should all be fixed, and it wouldnt happen again. Then as fate would have it, our rear view camera started going in and out randomly, but we didnt think anything of it, then sure enough, once again in September, I had my daughter out to lunch, I placed her in her seat, strapped her in, and laid the keys down next to her, the doors were all unlocked, I closed the back door, went to open the front door, and the locks engaged once again. This time the ac was not running. My wife had a key but was about 45 min away. This time, the baby was in there for over half an hour, and was a hysterical mess. I immediatley called the dealer again, obviously much more upset this time, and asked them to explain what was going on. They had no answer and asked me to bring it in again. I brought the vehicle in, they had it for over 2 weeks and informed me that they had reset everything to factory specs, and given me 2 new key fobs, as they thought the fobs may have been causing the issue. I got the car back and within an hour, of getting the car back, the camera went out on the dashboard. I called the sales manager again, and he came and picked the vehicle up. The only thing we have been told and I quote is "we are chasing a gremlin in the wiring system", they cant figure out what it is, they want to put me in a new 2015. Gm corporate cannot offer any resolution outside of a new key fob.

I believe that my car has on at least 4 occasions done the same thing that they are recalling all other gm cars for. First time it totally shut down while I was driving. On subsequent incidences it was as I put my foot on the brake before backing up. This also happened once when my husband was driving.

Chevy has known for almost 2 years that android and blackberry phones do not work with many new chevys. They have a software glitch that they can not repair. This means that owners are not able to safely use their phones while in their cars. I believe that there should be a recall to fix this problem. I personally purchased this vehicle with the knowledge that I had a bluetooth in it. I make and receive a lot of calls while in my car and I can not do this safely with the Equinox.