Table 1 shows one common wheel related problems of the 2022 Chevrolet Equinox.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Wheel problems |
On Friday, 11/04/2022 at about 1230 while traveling south on I-35 in waco, texas the 2022 Chevrolet Equinox rs texas registration rpw-5038 driven by colleen amaro experienced a dangerous incident. She indicated that she heard a loud noise followed by immediate deflation of the driver side front tire. Colleen was in the left of travel and immediately pulled over to the left shoulder of the roadway. Colleen then contacted aaa for assistance. Waco towing responded to the scene. The vehicle was towed to a safe location for assistance. The subsequent damage was the tire rim was cracked across the middle of it around the whole wheel. The damage looked like a clean break except one part where the rim was bent inwards. There was a dent in the rim’s edge from what appears to be impact damage with the roadway surface possibly caused from the rim breaking apart. There was no other visible damage to the edge of the rim of the tire. The exterior part of the tire rim and the tire do not appear to be damaged. The rim was a 19x7. 5 rim/wheel. A replacement rim was ordered from stonebriar Chevrolet in frisco, texas. Colleen indicated that had she been traveling in any other lane this could have been a serious incident. In my opinion it appears that there may be a defect with that particular rim/wheel which caused the damage and near serious motor vehicle crash. I am a retired bergen county police officer in new jersey. During my career I’ve investigated numerous motor vehicle crashes but none experiencing this type of equipment failure. My name is angel amaro. It is my opinion and hope that this incident be investigated further. Hopefully to prevent this from happening again with a negative outcome.
I was put in a rental by enterprise from a rear-end. I was involved while my car was in the shop fixing the trunk. This rental had broken window glass under the passenger seat, and the car started sounding weird when turning and driving. On a morning, that same week dropping off my ex now at her job that same week, on my way back the SUV started making the sounds more profound or louder (metal grinding on metal) and immediately after the whole front of the SUV hit the floor making me lose control on the highway 408 and hit the wall while spinning out of control until it stopped in the middle of the highway. I was escorted to a near gas station by one of the cops that came out of the traffic that was on hold. They moved the car to the side and escorted us. From there, my ex's mom checked carfax for the VIN number, which came out to having 4 previous accidents of the same front area. I reported it to the enterprise agent that called me asking about the car being towed, and I explicitly told them I'm not ok and you guys failed to put me in a safe vehicle. From there they charged my insurance for all the damages and never assumed responsibility!.