Three problems related to gas recirculation valve (egr valve) have been reported for the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox based on all problems reported for the 2012 Equinox.
Whenever I stop at a red light or stop sign my car starts to violently rock back and forth. Not side to side. There's no movement in the car but you can visibly see the jerking of the car. It's very uncomfortable. Lots of places cannot get the vehicle to mimic this so therefore they cannot fix the issue and insist I'm crazy. Or that I've come to a stop to quickly. Which I have not. I have even went the extra mile of slowing down way ahead of time which also causes the issue of safety. I have my two year old with me constantly and she jerks around in her car seat at almost every stop light:( I'm starting to regret purchasing this vehicle.
While driving on interstate on 2/1/18 my oil light came on so I pulled over as quick as I could and shut off the car. I live in nd and it was below zero and it has been extremely cold. Not sure what happened or why there was a pile of oil under my car I got it towed to the shop to find out my rear main seal blew out. The technician told me that there were ice crystals around the main seal and there was nothing that could have prevented it from happening. I paid $1,700 to get it fixed and the shop said that the engine was still good. Well I picked it up from the shop and drove home (I live 40 miles out of town) and it seemed fine. Unfortunately when I was driving to work the next day, mind you it was still well below zero degrees outside, the engine started knocking and I shut of the car as fast as I could; I got stranded along the interstate again but this time with my 6 month old son� sitting in the freezing cold waiting for a ride� I am still furious!! I got the Equinox towed to the shop again to find out that my engine is now wrecked. There is only 84,000 miles on the vehicle and it needs a new engine. This is ridiculous; hopefully Chevrolet will keep me as a customer and pay for the engine that got wrecked because of their faulty rear main seal that can't perform in cold weather.
During a bitter cold evening, the pvc orifice froze and pressure built up within the engine and forced the rear main seal to be pushed out, resulting in complete oil loss. This happened when the temperature was below 15 degrees f. This is a well know issue with the model but the gm dealership saws that my VIN is not one included with the recall. It does have the same engine as the recall, a 2. 4l ecotec.