2005 Chevrolet Equinox complaints

MY 2005 EQUINOX SHIMMIES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ABOUT 40-50 MPH ROTORS WERE RESURFACED 1 TIME AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED WHEN VEHICLE HAD 30,000 MILES TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS DUST BUILD UP THEY TOOK APART AND CLEANED VEHICLE NOW HAS 40000 MILES AND THE SAME PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS I THINK DEALERSHIP SHOULD FIX AT NO COST TO OWNER OF VEHICLE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE, THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS IN MARCH 2005. THEN IN APRIL 2006, THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED, AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER.

WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005. THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONLY VEHICLES THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE 2 REAR FACING CHILD SEATS WITH SAFE OPERATION. THE EQUINOX NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 16, 000 MILES ON IT. ON 11 NOVEMBER 2006, MY WIFE AND OUR 14 MONTH OLD TWIN DAUGHTERS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO VISIT HER FRIEND. I RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM MY WIFE. SHE IS FRANTICALLY SCREAMING TO ME THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE EQUINOX. SHE EXPLAINS THAT WHEN SHE APPLIES THE BRAKES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 -50 MPH, SHE IS EXPERIENCING A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END AND THE STEERING WHEEL, AND FEELS THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. I ADVISE HER TO DECREASE HER SPEED AND CONTINUE TO HER FRIENDS HOUSE AND THAT I WILL RETURN HOME AND TAKE OUR SUBARU TO MEET HER. WE SWITCH VEHICLES. ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY, I ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH AND NOTICE TRAFFIC BACKING UP DUE TO POLICE ACTIVITY DOWN THE ROAD. I APPLY THE BRAKES SLIGHTLY AND THE EQUINOX BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY TO THE POINT THAT IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE FRONT WHEELS ARE PULLING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, AND I AM HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME KEEPING THE VEHICLE BETWEEN THE MARKED LANES. THE STEERING WHEEL IS ALSO SHAKING AND I HAVE TO GRIP IT TIGHTLY TO HOLD ON. I DON'T RECALL HAVING EXPERIENCED A STEERING WHEEL SHAKE THIS VIOLENTLY. AFTER DECREASING TO ABOUT 50 MPH, THE SHAKING SUBSIDED TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONTROLLABLE WITHIN THE LANES. THIS OCCUR

CD PLAYER BROKE, WATER SOAKING FLOOR BOARDS TWICE CAUSING MOLD & MILDEW. COMPLETE LOSS OF RADIATOR FLUID, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING TWICE. UNUSUAL WEAR OF TIRES. RUBBING IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING, KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNING SLOWLY TO THE RIGHT, A/C NOT COOLING EFFICIENTLY. *NM

REPLACED TIRES ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES. PRIOR TO THIS, I HAD TO GET AN ALIGNMENT HOWEVER, THE TIRES STILL WENT BAD. AFTER I PURCHASED MY NEW SET OF TIRES, I WENT BACK TO HAVE THEM ROTATED AFTER THERE RECOMMENDED MILES OF 5,000 AND THE TIRES ARE WEARING AGAIN. I HAD LESS THAN 18,000 MILES ON IT THIS TIME AROUND. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO KEEP REPLACING TIRES EVERY 5,000 MILES. THE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD REPLACED THE TIRES ON SEVERAL MORE EQUINOX THAT SAME DAY WITH JUST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MILES AS MINE. *NM

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THIS 2005 EQUINOX IN MARCH OF 2005. IT HAD 9K MILES ON IT. A FEW TIMES AFTER THAT IT DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START. WHEN IT DID THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHOOK, IT WAS LIKE STARTING A MANUAL IN GEAR. AT AROUND 12K MILES THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING WHEN THE WERE BRAKES APPLIED. TOOK IT IN TO BE SERVICED IN FEBRUARY 2006 AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK BRAKES. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THEY DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING. CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM CHECK THE BRAKES AGAIN. WHEN WE DID THEY TOLD US THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ALREADY. STILL HAS HALF THE LIFE ON THE BRAKES. TODAY WE TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THE SHOCKS AND STRUTS REPLACED. THIS WAS DUE TO A LOUD NOISE WE KEPT HEARING. HOPEFULLY THAT FIXED THAT PROBLEM. AS FAR AS THE BRAKES AND ROTORS, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING NEW ROTORS PUT ON UNTIL THE BRAKES WERE WORN. IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN SOMEONE SLOWS DOWN IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOING 50 TO 65 MPH AND IT DON'T FEEL LIKE YOUR GOING TO STOP. WE WERE TOLD THIS WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I AM DONE WITH CHEVROLET. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS PLACED IN DRIVE, HOWEVER IT DID NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHILE DRIVING OVER 60 MPH AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRES TWICE, ROTATED, AND BALANCED THE TIRES IN AN EFFORT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO REPLACED THE RIMS, WHEELS, AND HUBS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. IN ADDITION, THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT FELL OFF THE BRACKET WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPDATED10/04/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE HAVE BEEN TWO INCIDENTS WITH THE VEHICLE. FIRST, WHILE IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS PULLED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SECOND, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND HEARD. THE LIGHTS, POWER WINDOWS AND RADIO WERE STILL OPERABLE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE SECOND INCIDENT, THEY DETERMINED THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

TOOK IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND LUBE TECH AT DEALER SUGGESTED TAKE IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO DISCOLORATION OF ANTIFREEZE, TOLD BY SERVICE ADVISOR THIS WAS OKAY AND NOT TO WORRY. SECOND OIL CHANGE SAME ISSUES, FINALLY HAVE APPOINTMENT TO HOPEFULLY CORRECT,POOR GAS MILEAGE, ERRATIC SHIFTING, GAS CAP THAT WILL NOT STAY ON,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, AND ONLY 8300 HUNDRED MILES ON VEHICLE. WILL HAVE HARD TIME BUYING ANOTHER CHEVORLET AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE 13,000 MILES ON MY CAN, AND THE BRAKES ARE 40% GONE ON THE FRONT, AND 20% ON THE BACK. ALSO POOR STEERING AND HANDLING. FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES A CLUNKING SOUND. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND AM TOLD THAT THEY ARE NORMAL, THAT ALL EQUINOXS MAKE THE NOISE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE REAR WINDOWS DOWN, THE AIR THUMPS AND POUNDS THROUGH THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES DISCOMFORT TO THE CONTACT'S EARS. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THIS IS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. *AK UPDATED 5/2/2006 - *NM

CONSUMER REQUESTING A FILE REPAIR FOR 2005 EQUINOX. *TS THE COSUMER STATED OVER THE PAST YEAR, SHE HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB

MAP LIGHT LEAKS, FILLED WITH WATER ROTORS REPLACED AT 12,000 MILES ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN HOT WEATHER POPPING AND RATTLING NOISE FRONT END STEREO SPEAKER INTERMITTENT BUZZING NOISE WHEN RADIO NOT ON TIME DISPLAY DOESN'T ALWAYS LIGHT UP NOT NOTIFIED OF PRODUCT EMISSION RECALL BY MANUFACTURER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT RETURN TO THE NORMAL RAISED POSITION BUT REMAINED DEPRESSED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS "STUCK" TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. UPDATED 4/17/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. FIRST, THE ENGINE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT CRANK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SECOND, WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE BRAKES TO ACTIVATE CORRECTLY. THIRD, THE TRANSMISSION REVVED HIGH AND INTERMITTENTLY DID NOT CHANGE GEARS CORRECTLY WHILE DRIVING. FOURTH, THE ABS LAMP ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE ABS LAMP WAS RESET. LASTLY, THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW WAS ROLLED DOWN AND WOULD NOT RISE BACK UP. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WINDOW REGULATOR AND THE WINDOW WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPEATEDLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND ADDRESSED THE PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE DUPLICATED AND MADE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS. HARD START/HESITATION AND ALMOST STALLING. ALSO, DETERMINED SPEED SENSOR WAS CAUSING REDUCED POWER. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS ONLY HALF AN INCH BETWEEN THE FRONT TIRES AND THE MACPHERSON STRUT SUPPORTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THIS IS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED; THEREFORE, NO REPAIRS WERE AVAILABLE. THE DESIGN OF THE COIL SPRING MOUNT HAS A RAZOR SHARP EDGE ON THE STRUT WHICH COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. UPDATED 03/17/06. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ON MAY 14, 2005 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AND TO CHECK ON A NOISE THEY COULD HEAR COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON SEPTEMBER 19 2005 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS NOISE. A TECHNICIAN TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HEARD THE NOISE , AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE FRONT STRUTS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE REPAIRS THE VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME NOISE PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK ON A THIRD OCCASION O ON OCTOBER 14, 2005. THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH DRUM MODULE, THE FILTERS, AND THE POWER TRAIN DRIVE LINE WAS LUBRICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND IT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE TAKEN MY 2005 EQUINOX IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES DUE TO POOR FUEL ECONOMY (13 MPG CITY/15 MPG HWY). I JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JUNE 05. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET MOTORS CORP WITH MY COMPLAINT. EACH TIME THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THE DEALER PUTS ON THE VEHICLE PER ADVICE FROM GM TECH'S. HOWEVER, MILEAGE STILL WAY OFF FROM THAT ADVERTISED. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX ON AUG. 22, 2005 AND INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE. SOON AFTER IT BEGAN TO SMELL AS IF MY VEHICLE WAS GOING TO OVER HEAT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECK OUT AND NOTHING WAS FOUND. ALTHOUGH THEY DID ADD MORE ANTIFREEZE. THINGS WERE GOING FINE UNTIL IT GOT COLD OUTSIDE. WHEN STARTING MY BRAND NEW 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE EXHAUST. THEY REPLACED THE EXHAUSTED AND NOTHING WAS HEARD, AT LEAST FOR TWO WEEKS. NEEDLESS THE SAY THE NOISE HAS COME BACK AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG. TO TOP IT OFF A FOUL SMELL COMES FROM THE VENTS WENT THE HEAT IS ON. I NOW HAVE TO RIDE WITH THE WINDOW SLIGHTLY OPEN BECAUSE THE SMELL IS NOW CAUSE HEADACHES FOR ME AND MY PASSENGERS. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAVE A SMALL CHILD THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHILE TRAVELING IN THIS CAR. *NM

BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX. BAD ODOR COMING FROM VENTS. DEX COOL IS CORRODING COOLING SYSTEM, AND ENGINE. 17,000 MILES HAVE HAD IT IN 3 TIMES FOR ENTIRE COOLANT SYSTEM FLUSH... STILL IS UN BEARABLE. BE AWARE THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. CONSEQUENCE- AFTER EXTENDED DRIVE (GREATER THAN 30 MINUTES) RESULTS IN LIGHT-HEADEDNESS, HEADACHE, OR WATERY BURNING EYES. IT LEAVES A FILM OF ANTIFREEZE VAPOR ON THE WINDSHIELD, ON THE INSIDE. GM DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS VEHICLE INOPERABLE. GO FIGURE. GM HAS DONE LITTLE TO SATISFY OUR NEEDS, THEY PAY FOR NEW HOSES AND FLUSH- WHICH OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T WORK. 900 DOLLARS A POP, FOR THE SAME RESULT. PARTS REPAIRED: 5 HOSES (ALL OF THEM) 3X, DEX-COOL 3X. SAFETY IS SOMETHING THEY STRIVE FOR AT GM, WHAT HAPPENED? *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, IT DID NOT STALL. IT RESTARTED AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH. THE VEHICLE HAD THE PROBLEM TWO MORE TIMES. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATION WHEN REVERSING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM ,AND NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK THE TRANSMISSION. UPDATED 01/04/06. *JB

POOR MILEAGE. SUV HAS 4000 MILES AND HAS BEEN INTO DEALER FOR 2 TSB'S FROM MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT TRANSMISSION & ODOMETER BOTH TO HELP MILEAGE. SUV STILL GET ONLY 19 HIGHWAY/17 CITY WHICH IS WELL BELOW ADVERTISED RANGE OF 25 CITY/19 CITY. *JB

THERE IS A BAD SMELL COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS MOLD IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. THERE ARE MANY MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WRONG WITH MY CAR. THEY HAVE HAD 3 ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT. I HAVE A DR. STATEMENT THAT THE CAR IS NOT SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF MY ASTHMA AND OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 8 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN APRIL FOR MANY THINGS. BUT 3 TIMES FOR THE SMELL AND 3 TIMES FOR THE BRAKES AND NETHER HAVE BEEN FIXED. *JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN ANYTHING A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE CODE IS LOST IN THE COMPUTER WITH MULTIPLE STARTS AND SHUT OFFS OF THE ENGINE. THE COMPUTER IS RESET AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS--NO ONE CAN TELL ME HOW LONG I HAVE TO GET TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE ERROR LIGHT IS LIT. *NM

VARIOUS DATES RANGING FROM APRIL OF 2004 UNTIL SEPT OF 2005. LACK OF POWER/ NO FORWARD ACCELERATION. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY - BUT ALWAYS WHEN IT IS WET OR RAINING. OFTEN HAPPENS WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. JUST RECENTLY I WAS TRAVELING 50+ MILES AN HOUR ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO A HIGH WAY & THEN THERE WAS COMPLETE LACK OF ACCELERATION. THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS UP BUT THE CAR DOES NOT STALL. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR BACK TO GMAC FOR SERVICE 7 TIMES FOR THE SAME SYMPTOMS. THIS IS A VERY LARGE SAFETY ISSUE & I THINK IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED. *NM

DECEPTIVE MILEAGE INFORMATION. VEHICLE ONLY GETS 13 TO 17 MILES PER GALLON. LESS THAN THAT CHEVY TAHOE THAT I TRADED IN TO SAVE GAS. THIS IS DECEPTIVE SALES TACTICS DURING A TIME WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING FOR VEHICLES WITH ACCEPTABLE GAS MILEAGE. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ILLEGAL, AT THE LEAST IT IS FALSE ADVERTISING. *NM

2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY FAILS TO HOLD VEHICLE IN PLACE WHEN STOPPED OR PARKED.*MR THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE AND MUST BE STOPPED FROM ROLLING FORWARD BY STEPPING ON THE BRAKE OR STEEPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CONSUMER SMELLED BURNING RUBBER IN OR AROUND THE FRONT CONSOLE, THERE WAS EXTREME HEAT FROM THE ENGINE, ON THE FRONT HOOD AND IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HEAT ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DASHBOARD AND THE REAR TAIL GATE AREA. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE HEAT HE WAS FEELING WAS FROM NATURAL SOURCES. THE FRONT SIDE WINDOW AND DOOR SUPPORTS INTERFERED WITH THE CONSUMERS VISION. THE DOORS CONSTANTLY CREAK AND MAKE LOUD NOISES WHEN OPENED. THE BACK HEAD RESTS IMPAIR THE REAR WINDOW VISIBILITY. *JB

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT MAKES A RUMBLING AND LITERALLY MOVES UNDER THE HOOD AS IF IT WON'T START, BUT IT DOES. IT HAS AN AFFECT OF A STRAIGHT DRIVE WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE WHILE IT'S IN GEAR. *NM

WHEN UNBUCKLING THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT MY GRANDSON SOMEHOW GOT IT AROUND HIS WAIST. IT RETRACTED SO QUICKLY THAT WE COULD NOT FREE HIM FROM IT. AS WE WOULD PULL ON IT TO TRY TO GIVE HIM BREATHING ROOM, IT WOULD PULL TIGHTER. HE WAS BECOMING UNABLE TO SPEAK & BREATHE. SOMEONE CAME OUT WITH A KNIFE AND WE WERE ABLE TO CUT THE BELT. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY GAVE ME LINKS TO PROPER SEAT BELT USE & CHILD RESTRAINT. *NM

THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS COING ON. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY CLAIM THAT IT WAS A COMPUTER CODE THAT NEEDED UPDATING. THE LIGHT CAMET ON AGAIN, THEY CLAIM THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LIGHT ON AGAIN (3RD TIME) TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALERSHIP, APPARENTLY THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE IT WAS READING THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING LOW. ONCE REPLACED, IT HAS NOT GONE ON AGAIN. IT TOOK 3 TIMES & 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT: CALLER SAID IN WET WEATHER THE BRAKES MADE A RATTLING NOISE AND THEN FAILED. IN DRY WEATHER WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND HITTING THE BRAKE THE FRONT END SHOOK. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER TODAY. *AK

PURCHASED 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX ON MAY 26 2005 HAVE HAD IT AT THE DEALER 5 TIMES IN THE PAST 47 DAYS 1ST THE SUNROOF STOPPED WORKING, THEN THE TRANSAXLE OVERHEATING LIGHT CAME ON GOT THOSE "REPAIRED" DIDN'T GET OFF THE DEALERS LOT AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN THEY CHANGED SENSOR BROUGHT IT BACK THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THEY FOUND A CHAFFED WIRE IN THE MAIN HARNESS YESTERDAY I HAD IT TOWED IN AFTER ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON FELT LIKE WHEELS DIDN'T WANT TO TURN AND ON HILLS HAD NO POWER TO CLIMB I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PA WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY

THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND HIT A POLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RACING AND WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GMC. THEY HAVE DENIED ANY LIABILITY. *AK *BF *NM *SC *JB

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX THE MUFFLER SYSTEM IS VERY LOUD AND NEEDS REPLACED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY SAY THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. EVEN THE GARAGE MANAGER AGREES THAT IT IS TO LOUD.

DT:CONSUMER HAS BEEN TOLD BY DEALER THAT VEHICLE HAD EXCESSIVE CLEARANCE IN THE STEERING SHAFT. THIS CAUSED A BANGING NOISE WHEN VEHICLE WAS JARRED, AND LOOSE STEERING. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WERE EIGHT PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM THAT WERE ON WAITING LIST TO HAVE PROBLEM REPAIRED AT THIS DEALERSHIP. *AK

DT: UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION, WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATOR VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN. OWNER WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH, AND WAS TRYING TO GET TO 65 MPH IN ORDER PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT 75 MPH OWNER HAD TO STOP VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN UNDESIRED SPEED IN THE LEFT LANE. THE OWNER STILL HAD CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT. OWNER CALLED CHEVEROLET TO HAVE VEHICLE CHECKED. *AK

THE LIFTGATE SUPPORT ROD DETACHED WHILE IN THE UP POSITION ALLOWING THE LIFTGATE TO FALL FREELY ON MY HEAD AND NECK. IF I WAS IN ANOTHER POSITION OR IF I DIDN'T REACT QUICKLY I MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. IT SEEMS THE LIFTGATE SUPPORTS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH OR ATTACHED PROPERLY. THE OTHER SUPPORT ROD DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO HOLD THE DOOR UP.

THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES, AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FRONT HEAD REST BEING TILTED SO FAR FORWARD THAT THE SEAT HAD TO BE LEANED FAR BACK JUST TO BE COMFORTABLE. CAUSED PAIN IN THE NECK AND SHOULDERS. WORRIED THAT THE DEFECT COULD CAUSE NECK INJURY. CONTACT WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A HEAD REST FOR A SATURN VEHICLE AND INSTALLED IT INTO HIS 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. *AK *SB *NM

WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT THE CAR INTO PARK, THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCKED. FELT THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A SAFETY HAZARD WITHIN BAD NEIGHBORHOODS. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SWITCH THE FEATURE TO OFF.*AK *SB *NM

CONTACT STATED THAT THE CUP HOLDER IS BLOCKING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. *AK *SC *JB

DT: WATER WAS LEAKING INTO CAB OF VEHICLE AND INTO TRUNK. WATER LEAK IWAS IN FRONT DOME LIGHT, AND IT LEAKED TWICE. THE MIDDLE DOME LIGHT LEAKED ONCE, AND THE TRUNK HAS HAD A BIG BUCKET OF WATER REMOVED FROM IT. DEALER TRIED TO FIX LEAK, BUT IT STILL LEAKS. CALLER WAS TOLD NOT TO PARK UNDER TREES. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WOULD CALL DEALER, AND TOLD CALLER TO KEEP SUN ,ROOF CLOSED AND THAT THERE WAS DEBRIS IN SUN ROOF. CALLER STATED SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WATER IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AND THAT MORE DAMAGE CAN BE CAUSED.*AK

CONTACT STATES: BOUGHT A BRAND NEW VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2004. THE ANTI-FREEZE WAS CHANGED. THE ANTI-FREEZE WAS BROWN AND THE SMELL WAS SEVERE AND NAUSEOUS. THE CAR HAS BEEN THE SHOP 9 TIMES WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. THE ANTIFREEZE LINE WASN'T BLED RIGHT AND THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING IN THE GROUND. THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE DOME LIGHT AND SUNROOF, THE SUSPENSION AND ENGINE WOULD TICK, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, THERE WERE FRONT END PROBLEM, THE SHIFTER WOULD STICK, THERE IGNITION PROBLEM, NOISE WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE, GAS MILEAGE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A TOXIC SMELL FROM THE ANTI-FREEZE, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED, THE BRAKES MADE NOISES, THE CONSUMER HAD DRIVEN THROUGH A CAR WASH, THE DOME LIGHT HAD FILLED WITH WATER, THE LOWER DASH WAS DRIPPING WATER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN BRAKING,THERE WAS POOR GAS MILEAGE DURING CITY DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISES WHEN MAKING TURNS ON THE FRONT STRUTS, THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND, THE SHIFTER WOULD STICK, THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS BINDING, THERE WAS POPPING WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED FROM COLD, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. *SC *JB

2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING.*MR THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH VARIABLE STEERING. IT WAS THE CONSUMER'S UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH VARIABLE STEERING, THE STEERING WAS LOOSER DURING CITY DRIVING AND WOULD BECOME TIGHTER DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. THE CONSUEMR FEELS THAT THE STEERING WAS TOO LOOSE, THAT THE VEHICLE WANDERED AND PULLED TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING. *NM

ON LONG HIGHWAY TRIPS WITH STEEP INCLINES, OBDS LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN STOPPING, AND TRYING TO REGAIN SPEED, CAR LOST POWER TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN ENGINE TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT EXTINQUISED, OBDS LIGHT REMAINED.WHEN CAR COOLED OFF, NO LIGHT REMAINED. FIRST TIME DID NOT BRING TO DEALER. SECOND TIME LEFT CAR RUNNING. DEALER SAID FIXED PROBLEM. PROBLEM REGISTERED ON COMPUTER AS P0741. DEALER DID NOT MENTION OF PREVIOUS COMPUTER REGISTRATION OF FIRST TIME INCIDENT. WITHIN 6 DAYS, STRANDED ON NEXT LONG DISTANCE TRIP WITH STEEP INCLINE,AND WAS TOWED TO NEXT DEALER. PROBLEM REGISTERS ON COMPUTER WITH CODE P 0741, COVERED BY BULLETIN 020730-013D. RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT EXPLAINATIONS OF PROBLEM. VALVE BODY WAS REPLACED. WITHIN ONE WEEK SAME PROBLEM, WHEN DRIVING SLOW SPEED ON COUNTRY ROADS WITH STEEP INCLINES, HOWEVER DID NOT SHOW ON COMPUTER AGAIN. TURNED CAR OFF LET IT COOL DOWN AND WORKED FINE.

I PURCHASED A CHEVY EQUINOX IN 2004, SINCE I GOT IT, I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR 3 TIMES TO SERVICE FOR THE CD CHANGER, AND ONCE I TOOK IT TO CHECK THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT AND A REALLY STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING, BUT WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THAT ON MAY 2005 I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO MY STEERING WHEEL, GOT LOCKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 60-65 MPH IN A HIGHWAY, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT TURNED ON, AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE OIL SERVICE LIGHT TOO, I TRIED TO AVOID IMPACTING ANY OTHER VEHICLE AROUND ME BUT I COULDN'T. THE TWO TIRES FROM THE PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE CAME OUT OF THE RIMS, THE TIRE FROM THE DRIVERS REAR SIDE CAME COMPLETELY OUT OF PLACE. THE STRANGE THING IS THAT THE IMPACT WAS IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR BY THE HANDLES, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE CAR WAS PUT IN A TWO STORY BUILDING AND HAD BEEN THROW DOWN FROM IT, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SUPPORT THE COLLISION. THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. THEY ESTIMATED THE DAMAGES IN ALMOST $8,000.00

WAS WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN VEHICLE LURCHED(JUMPED FORWARD) HITTING CAR IN FRONT OF ME, CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHEN CAR WENT FORWARD. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT COULD BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE

DT: THE TAILGATE COLLAPSED DUE TO THE LEFT STRUT NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH LIFT. THE TAILGATE STAYED UP FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN CAME DOWN RAPIDLY ON MY HUSBAND'S HAND.

2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER BEING HIT IN THE REAR WHILE STOPPED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT ENGAGE.*MR THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES WHEN HE WAS PUSHED FORWARD INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN TOWING MY POP-UP CAMPER TRAILER, THE 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANMISION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR TO FOURTH GEAR AUTOMATICALLY. UPON REACHING CRUISING SPEED, 60 OR 65 MPH, THE ENGINE REMAINS AT A HIGH RPM UNTIL I RELEASE THE ACCELLERATOR PEDAL. THEN IT SHIFTS INTO FOURTH GEAR. I DO NOT TOW THE TRAILER IN FIFTH GEAR (OVERDRIVE). WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, A MECHANIC THAT HAS WORKED FOR THIS SAME CHEVROLET DEALER FOR MANY YEARS, DROVE THE CAR, TOWING THE TRAILER. WHEN IT DID NOT SHIFT, HE TOLD ME STRAIGHT OUT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. WHEN I LEFT THE CAR AT THE DEALER (DICK WICKSTROM CHEVROLET IN ROSELLE, ILLINOIS), THEY CLAIM TO HAVE CONTACTED THE FACTORY ENGINEERS AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. I VERY MUCH DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. I HAVE TOWED TRAILERS BEHIND QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. I AM TIRED OF HAVING DEALERS TELL ME THAT PROBLEMS I EXPERIENCE ARE "NORMAL AND THAT THEY ALL DO THAT".

SUSPECTED DEFECTIVE THROTTLE LINKAGE ON 2005 CHEVROLET EQUANOX.*MR WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHICH CAUSED IT TO CRASH INTO A SIGN. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. *NM