49 problems related to power train have been reported for the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox based on all problems reported for the 2018 Equinox.
The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to respond. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The emission testing message was displayed. Additionally, the vehicle was shaking. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the fuel pump was leaking fuel into the oil causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact stated that the failure was like NHTSA campaign number: 20v668000 (power train). The failure mileage was 80,000.
My wife and I noticed this past week that our 2018 chevy Equinox will accelerate all on its own without driver input. We feel this increase in speed without input is dangerous. We have an appointment at the dealer in anchorage, alaska that sold us the vehicle.
I had stopped at a stoplight. When the light turned green depressed accelerator. The car moved forward but did not process through the gears staying in first gear only. Pulled over and put the vehicle in park and then it worked fine. A few days later I was stopped at a stop sign making a left turn across a busy highway. Went to accelerate and the vehicle did not respond. It was as if instead of shifting into 1st gear it somehow shifted into 3rd which left me with no acceleration as I pulled out to make a left across traffic. I immediately to the vehicle to the dealer on 2/4/2020 but dealer service garage did not find any problem. Filed a claim #9-5847192733 with the manufacturer but they said that if the dealer could not find anything then there was nothing they could do. I reviewed with them the dealer stated that they could only perform the work the manufactured allowed them to which was to check the battery cables to make sure they were tight.
Just finshed my second year into my 3 year 2018 chevy Equinox lease and for the last month or so the service brake assist has appeared and dissapeared dozens of times when starting the vehicle and while driving as well as the check engine light has come on and off for the last few weeks. Orginally mad an appointment but the dealer ship canclled it and then my car suddenly had reduced power the died in the middle of the road as I was driving on the road. Not a highway. Got it towed to the dealer and the say a vacum pump seized? now are saying there is metal in the engine amd they dont know why. Trying to get me to pay for cost. Have taken car of vehchile and done the required matinence. This should not be happening on a 2 year old car with on 32000 miles. Very concerned there is something defected with the car. As numerous vehicles have been recalled for similar issues to mine by gm.
Was heading to run some errands and when I parked my car I try to release my seat belt buckle and it was not releasing. So I had a knife and I tried wiggling it so the buckle would release and it did not so I was frustrated and broke the seatbelt for driver as well as my rear seat belt. My transmission has been acting weird since 2019 and it happen every morning when it starts running my car shakes for a little then it would run fine. And for brakes my brakes would hesitate and shake as is braking.
Brakes grabs,makes loud scrubbing noise when applied to slow down,stop,or turn. Sound like right front end rods going to break, and feels like brakes slipping, and not wanting to stop at times.
Car hesitated to move when gas applied when taking off from stoplight. It made a quick jerking forward, and backward movement as if to go, or shut down,then took off. Possiblely related to powertrain? .
On two occasions my transmission wouldn't engage when I shifted it from "park" to "drive. " my car started rolling like it was in neutral. I slammed on my brakes and after about 3 - 5 seconds the transmission engaged and I was able to accelerate as normal.
Was driving in parking lot and vehicle shut down unexpectedly. It would not restart. Contacted gm roadside assistance to tow vehicle. After about and hour and a half of waiting for a tow I tried to start my vehicle again and it did start. The check engine light was in. I was able to drive the vehicle to the dealership. The vehicle was at the dealership overnight. When I picked up the vehicle I was told there was a problem with the vehicle computer and they fixed it.
Took car to dealer for routine oil change and service, I reported to them a very frequent problem with car hesitating to accelerate andjerks at speed between 40 and 50 mph also passsenger can feel this riding in the back seat. Took to dealer they said nothing showed on computer but gm has software issue. For the price of cars feel that this is not acceptable performance to have to drive an otherwise nice car I notices several other similar complaint on this website.
The car was idling and in park on a no-grade (flat),private road preparing for school drop off. A few minutes later in preparing to drive away, my foot was on the brake pedal as I moved the car from park into drive. Immediately after I took my foot off of the brake pedal, the car began moving backwards as if I was on a significant hill. I don't know how far the car would have continued to move backwards because I quickly pressed the brake pedal again to stop it so I didn't roll into the car behind me. I confirmed that the car was in drive and proceeded to quickly move my foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal to ensure that I moved forward (as if I was stopped on a hill). I have been using the car for this drop off for months without this problem occurring previously. The car is scheduled to be examined by the dealer tomorrow.
My 2018 Chevrolet Equinox has not been shifting into high gear (6th) for several weeks now. I brought it into a chevy dealer near me, and they informed me that this is a normal condition for this vehicle, when the ambient temperature is below 14 degrees. . The service manager cited a gm TSB #18-na-035. This TSB instructs the dealer to inform the owner that the vehicle is operating normally, and instructs the dealer not to attempt any repairs. This is definitely not normal vehicle operation to me. At highways speeds the engine rpm is running high and noisier than normal. The gas mileage has also dropped by 10% to 15%. I was not informed by gm or the dealer when I bought the vehicle that high gear would be disabled in normal minnesota winter temperatures. I believe gm misled buyers of this vehicle by not informing them of this vehicle defect, which they had to know about, because the vehicle was programed to do this. Also once the temperature did get above 14 degrees, the vehicle still did not shift into 6th gear. Several days later when the temperature was 36 degrees, the transmission finally started to shift normally. If Chevrolet does not have a suitable fix for this I will report this as a "lemon law" defect in my vehicle.
The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v516000 (power train). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact received the recall notice over four months ago. The dealer (rex Chevrolet GMC, 805 s des moines st, odebolt, IA 51458 (712) 668-2296) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was contacted several times and was unable to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure.
The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. While the vehicle was parked, it independently rolled away and rear ended another vehicle. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. C&o motors (516 maccorkle Ave, st albans, wv) was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v516000(power train) and advised the contact to use the emergency brake when parking the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 700.