2013 Chevrolet Equinox
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Engine is the leading concern among 751 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 3rd highest complaint count among 21 Equinox model years with reports.
Of the 2013 reports, 20 involved a crash and 5 involved a fire. 20 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Visibility, windshield wiper/washer, motorAug 4, 2016
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the ball joints in the windshield wiper module may corrode and wear over time, possibly resulting in one or both of the windshield wipers becoming inoperative.
Inoperative windshield wipers may reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
GM will notify owners, dealers will repair the AIP-hole, inspect and, if necessary, replace the front wiper module, free of charge. The recall began on April 13, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 25302.
Campaign 16V582000 on NHTSA.gov
Electrical system, ignitionJul 5, 2016
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Buick Verano and 2016 Chevrolet Malibu as the electronic park lock lever may allow the ignition key to be removed without the transmission being in PARK. Also, certain 2013 Buick Encore, 2011 Buick Regal, 2013-2014 Buick Verano, 2011-2016 Chevrolet Cruze, 2010-2013 Chevrolet Equinox 2013-2015 Chevrolet Malibu, and 2011-2013 GMC Terrain vehicles may have been serviced with similar defective replacement electronic park lock levers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 114, "Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention."
If the key is removed without the transmission in PARK, the vehicle may rollaway as occupants are exiting, increasing the risk of injury.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and if necessary replace the key cylinder lock housing, free of charge. The recall began on October 14, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, Buick 1-800-521-7300, and GMC 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 50490 and 50491.
Campaign 16V502000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: engine
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Engine, Feb 15, 2021
REAR MAIN SEAL BLEW DUE TO A FAULTY PVC VALVE, AND WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER REPAIRS. SAY IT IS BECAUSE IT IS A KNOW FACTOR WITH GM AND THEY WILL NOT RECALL. I HAD JUST STARTED MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO WORK WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT DIED RIGHT AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP.
Engine, Feb 14, 2021
THE VEHICLE' PCV VALVE FAILED, CAUSING HIGH CRANKCASE PRESSURE, CAUSING THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO FAIL. ALL OF THE ENGINE OIL LEFT THE ENGINE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND NO ENGINE LIGHT OR SERVICE MESSAGE CAME UP. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 72,000 MILES.
Engine, Feb 12, 2021
FIRST PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT CAR JUNE OF 2020 WAS THE STALLING ISSUE. I CHANGED EXHAUST AND CAMSHAFT SELENOIDS STILL IDLED ROUGH BUT DIDNT STALL.. THE CAR WOULD START TICKING EVERY OTHER WEEK FROM THE EXCESSIVE OIL THIS VEHICLE CONSUMED . LUCKILY I KNEW WHAT THE TICK MEANT BECAUSE NO LOW OIL LIGHT EVER CAME ON. THEN I GOT THE NOTICE FOR THE OXYGEN SENSOR RECALL AND HOPED ITD TAKE CARE OF OIL PROBLEM . WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE GM DEALER IT STARTED TICKING ON WAY THERE SO I FIGURED I'D LET THEM ADD OIL THIS TIME SINCE I SPEND AS MUCH AS I DO ALREADY ON OIL. GET BACK INTO MY CAR . THE CAR STILL IDLED ROUGHBK ANG DIDNT SEEM LIKE THEY TOUCHED IT OTHER THAN ADDING AIR TO TIRE . WHEN I LEFT DEALERS CAR STILL TICKING OIL NOT EVEN ON DIPSTICK I WENT TO WALMART IMMEDIATELY AND ADDED OIL. THEN NOT EVEN A MONTHLATER I GOT SICK AND THE CAR SAT OUTSIDE 3 DAYS I HAD TO GO GET CORONA TEST AND ON MY WAY HOME ON A COUNTY RD LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON ON SAID SHUT OFF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY. I DID MY DAD CAME BROUGHT OIL FOLLOWED ME TO MECHANIC THEY SAID REAR MAIN SEAL BLEW, OIL WAS GUSHING OUT. LOW OIL LIGHT HAS NEVER CAME ON. THE TUBE RUNNING INTO INTAKE. BULLETIN. 14882 IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THE INTAKE TUBE GOT PLUGGED AND FROZE FROM CONDENSATION WATER IS KNOWN TO SIT IN TUBE AND FREEZE. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR RECALL ON 02 SENSOR THA DEALER SHOULD HAVE CHECKED OUT ANY OTHER PROBLEMS THIS RECALL COULD CAUSE KNOWING THE HISTORY OF OIL CONSUMPTION ON THESE VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH PCV AND ADDED A VENT OF SOME SORT SO MAIN SEAL DIDNT BLOW AND THIS COULD HAVE PREVENTED WHAT HAPPEN 1MONTH AFTER BEING THERE FOR RECALL THIS CAR ALSO WILL ALLOW U TO TAKE KEY OUT WHEN NOT IN PARK AND A FEW TIMES WOULD TRY RESTARTING ON IT'S OWN AFTER I SHUT IT OFF. RUNNING THIS CAR LOW ON OIL IM SURE HAS HAD MANY UNDERLYING BAD EFFECTS ON MY ENGINE.BUT WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON.
Engine, Feb 11, 2021
WE PURCHASED A USED 2013 EQUINOX FOR MY DAUGHTER IN 2016 AND RECEIVED REGULAR MAINTENANCE INCLUDING ON-TIME OIL CHANGES. ON JAN 18 AT 1:30 AM MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SHE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. SHE TRIED TO RESTART AND IT WOULDN'T START. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS WAS IT NEEDED A NEW DRIVE BELT AND NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE FOR $860. THEY CALLED BACK THE NEXT DAY WITH A NEW DIAGNOSIS AND SAID IT NEEDED A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST $8,000 BECAUSE A PISTON ROD BLEW AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. THE CAR HAS 91,836 MILES. LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN TOWN, NEAR HOME AND NOT AWAY AT SCHOOL AND WASN'T ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN HER CAR BROKE DOWN. SHE IS SAFE BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT IF SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE EQUINOX IS NOT SAFE IF IT CAN EASILY SHUT DOWN WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY EQUINOX OWNERS HAVE DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE AND SOME ARE ON THEIR SECOND AND THIRD ENGINES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE PUTS US IN A VERY AWKWARD, EXPENSIVE SITUATION. I REFUSE TO PAY $8,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE FOR A VEHICLE THAT I STILL OWE $6,000 ON AND THE NEW ENGINE CAN EASILY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT THIS ENGINE PROBLEM AND DOES NOT WANT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A CHEVY CAR AGAIN AND WILL DEFINITELY LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE EQUINOX ISSUES.
Engine, Feb 10, 2021
I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH GM RIGHT NOW! THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL ON SEVERAL OF THE VEHICLES FROM 2010-2014 BUT THEY ARE ONLY COVERING REPAIRS FOR CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS. THE SEAL BROKE ON THE ENGINE CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED IN FREEZING COLD TEMPERATURES. NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX AN ISSUE THAT GM KNOWS IS THEIR FAULT. THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THE ISSUE BUT ARE STATING THAT BECAUSE MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED AT A DIFFERENT PLANT IT IS NOT COVERED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT LET ME THAT THE HOLE IN THE ENGINE WAS TOO SMALL CAUSING THE SEAL TO BREAK. HAD MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WRECK. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF AN OIL LEAK OR ANY ISSUES WITH THE CAR UNTIL THE MAIN OIL STILL BROKE.
Engine, Feb 9, 2021
FOUND A POOL OF OIL ON THE DRIVEWAY IN THE MORNING, HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER, TOLD THE MAIN REAR SEAL LET GO, OIL CHANGED AT DEALER 5 DAYS PRIOR FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION CHECK, BECAUSE OF CONSTANT OIL LOSS, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. NEVER HAD A VISIBLE LEAK ON THE ENGINE OR OIL SPOTS ON THE DRIVEWAY OR GARAGE SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE SINCE 2014.
Engine, Feb 8, 2021
MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SHOP DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. LOOKING ONLINE I SEE THE 2012 IS COVERED BY CHEVROLET BUT MY 2013 IS NOT. SPEAKING TO THE SHOP THEY TELL ME THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THESE CARS.
Engine, Feb 7, 2021
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I HAVE TO ADD OIL EVERY WEEK AND CHECK FREQUENTLY SO THAT I DO NOT RUN OUT OF OIL WHEN OIL IS LOW THERE IS NO SAFETY FEATURE THAT LETS YOU KNOW
Engine, Feb 3, 2021
I BOUGHT MY 2013 EQUINOX IN 2012. IT NOW HAS ABOUT 68,000 MILES. OIL CHANGES ARE ON TIME AND REGULAR. RECENTLY I MADE A 7 HOUR ROUND TRIP. TOWARDS THE END OF THE TRIP THE CAR BEGAN TO IDLE VERY ROUGH AND THE ENGINE SOUNDED LOUDER THAN NORMAL. AT THE END OF THE TRIP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE OIL FILTER. AFTER THE OIL CHANGE, IT SEEMED TO DRIVE SMOOTH FOR ONE DAY THEN THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AGAIN. THE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY A MESSAGE THAT SAID 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER.' THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT WAS TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSIS. ON THE WAY THERE THE CAR STALLED AT A BUSY STOP LIGHT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AND MADE IT THE MAYBE 1000 FEET TO THE DEALER. THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS THEY GAVE ME WAS A TIME CHAIN ISSUE ($1800) THEN THEY CALLED ME A DAY LATER AND SAID PISTONS/PISTON SEALS WERE ALSO AN ISSUE AND NOW IT WOULD BE ($2500). I STARTED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND I FOUND THE LAWSUITS ABOUT THE PISTON ISSUES AND OIL CONSUMPTION. IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE PROBLEM W/MY CAR. I CAN DETAIL REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND NEVER HAD AN OIL LIGHT COME ON BUT I SEE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE DESCRIBE HOW THE SCREEN THAT GIVES THE OIL % IS NOT REALLY MONITORING THE CARS ACTUAL OIL USE. I RELIED HEAVILY ON THIS SCREEN, ALWAYS CHECKING IT TO SEE IF I NEEDED OIL. I WOULD LIKE INFO ON HOW TO ACCESS THE SPECIAL WARRANTY TO PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS.
Engine, Feb 3, 2021
HAS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION DUE TO FAULTY PISTON RINGS
Engine, Jan 31, 2021
THREE OIL CHANGES ALL DONE AT CARL BLACK BUICK GMC, LLC, 11225 ALPHARETTA HWY, ROSWELL, GA 30076 WHEN THE VEHICLE STATES THERE IS 40% OIL LIFE LEFT. EACH TIME, OIL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DEPLETED CREATING A LOUD CLICKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. NEXT OIL CHANGE SCHEDULE 1-MONTH IN ADVANCE OF SERVICE RECOMMENDATION FROM DEALER OIL STICKER. THIS HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP THUS FAR HAS NOT BEEN HELPFUL CONTACTING GM CORPORATE TO ASSIST. THIS IS THE SAME 2013 CHEVY EQUINOX ALREADY PART OF AN APPROVED AND PROVEN ISSUE WITH GM MOTORS THAT BURN EXCESSIVE OIL EVEN WHEN BEING MAINTAINED BY THEIR CERTIFIED MECHANICS AT THEIR DEALERSHIPS. THIS IS AN 11-MONTH FOLLOW-UP AFTER INITIALLY REPORTING THE SAME ISSUE ON 2/21/20 - NHTSA ID 11310678.
Power train, Engine, Fuel/propulsion system, Jan 17, 2021
AFTER PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON JANUARY 15TH 2021, I WAS INFORMED BY JEFFERSON CHEVROLET THAT MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE OF THE TIMING CHAIN AND MISFIRING PISTONS. I HAVE NOT HAD THIS CAR SIX MONTHS. IT HAS A HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND I HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVELY ADDING OIL. EVEN THE PRIOR VISIT IN DECEMBER 2020, THE REPRESENTATIVE AT JEFFERSON CHEVROLET IN DETROIT MICHIGAN INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR HAD NO OIL AFTER A RECENT OIL CHANGE AND THAT HE COULD NOT PERFORM ANY INSPECTIONS UNTIL THEY PERFORM ANOTHER OIL CHANGE. I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON HOW TO RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE.
Engine, Jan 9, 2021
I AM FOLLOWING UP TO AN ONGOING ISSUE REGARDING OUR 2013 CHEVY EQUINOX THAT RECENTLY HAD THE LOWER END REBUILT DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. FOR SOME BRIEF HISTORY ON THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN USING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL AROUND THE 70,000-MILE MARK. PRIOR TO THE LOWER END REBUILD, I WAS ADDING NEARLY 8 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS 95,000 ON IT NOW. FAST FORWARD TO LATE THIS PAST WINTER [EARLY 2020], I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL STATING THE SCA (15285/16118 COVERAGE) WAS EXTENDED FOR THE 2013 MODEL YEAR 2.4L ECOTEC. UPON RECEIVING THE LETTER, I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE, HOWEVER, THIS WAS THE SAME TIME THE STATE OF WISCONSIN SHUT DOWN FOR COVID REASONS. THIS WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS AROUND THE TIME THE EXTENSION WAS GOING TO EXPIRE. ONCE, RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE INITIAL OIL CHANGE OCCURRED IN APRIL 2020. THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO CONSUME A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL. HOLIDAY AUTOMOTIVE OF FOND DU LAC, WI PERFORMED THIS TEST. THE ENGINE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, WAS IN NEED OF A LOWER END REBUILD. THIS REBUILD WAS SCHEDULED AND COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2020. VIA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND HOLIDAY AUTOMOTIVE OF FOND DU LAC, GM HAS AGREED TO COVER HALF OF THE COSTS, BUT IN THE END THIS IS STILL VERY SIGNIFICANT. THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT I AM NOW BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE EXTENSION WINDOW THAT GM PROVIDED WAS NARROW TO SAY THE LEAST.
Engine, Dec 31, 2020
I BOUGHT MY 2013 CHEVY EQUINOX IN JULY OF 2019, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER BUYING IT MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE OIL AND THE OIL WASNT EVEN ON THE DIPSTICK. AFTER THAT WE KEPT AN EYE ON IT AND EVERY WEEK WE HAVE TO PUT AT LEAST A QUART OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO OUR SHOP AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AT THE 100,000 MILE MARK.
Engine, Dec 31, 2020
MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY ENGINE STOPPED WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS OR NOTIFICATIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY COAST FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE SHOULDER. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A NEARBY DEALERSHIP. WHEN THEY INSPECTED MY CAR THEY SAID THERE WAS NO OIL IN IN THE ENGINE AND THAT THE CRANK WAS LOCKED UP. I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 134,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS BRAND NEW WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
Engine, Fuel/propulsion system, Dec 27, 2020
MY 2013 EQUINOX CHEVY, I WAS DRIVING DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT ENGINE LIGHT WARNING. ACTING FUNNY TILL I GOT HOME... THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, NEXT MORNING WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO GM FOR TAKE A LOOK AT BUT WON'T STAY RUNNING. STILL DIDN'T GIVE ANY ALERT.
Engine, Dec 18, 2020
MY 2013 CHEVY EQUINOX STARTED BURNING OIL AROUND 80,000 MILES AND WHEN I BROUGHT IN FOR OIL CHANGE TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID SOME CARS BURN OIL. NO BIG DEAL THEY SAID JUST KEEP CHECKING OIL AND FILL IF LOW. SO DID THAT FOR YEARS AND NOW OVER 120K (170K NOW) I RECEIVED LETTER FOR RECALL IF I'M UNDER 120K BRING CAR IN TO FIX. BUT NOW I'M OVER 120K MILES THEY WON'T FIX IT. SO NOW CAR IS GETTING WORSE BY THE MILE AND BLOWING GREY SMOKE OUT MY MUFFLER. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WON'T FIX MY PROBLEM. I SHOULD OF HAD THEM NOTE IN COMMENTS ABOUT MY BURNING OIL ISSUE. I NOW HAVE TO PUT 1 QUART IN EVERY 1000 MILES AND THE QUOTE FROM CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO FIX IS OVER $4,000. EVEN MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WON'T COVER IT SAYING IT'S A GM RECALL AND THEY DON'T FIX WHEN GM SHOULD FIX IT. I HAVE ALWAYS CHANGED OIL EVERY 6,000 MILES AND PAPER BACK UP TO PROVE IT BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER I GUESS. WHAT A SHAME BECAUSE I LOVE MY EQUINOX BUT NOW GM WON'T FIX IT I PROBABLY WON'T BUY ANOTHER GM CAR. SO STILL MAKING PAYMENTS TO GM FINANCIAL FOR A CAR THAT'S NOT WORK WHAT I OWE AND WITH THIS ISSUE THE VALUE OF CAR IS NEXT TO ZERO. NEED CAR TO MAKE MONEY SO I HAVE TO FIX IT.
Engine, Dec 17, 2020
VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN AN INTERSECTION AFTER THE OIL BURNED UP 1000 MILES AFTER AN OIL CHANGE.02
Other or unspecified, Engine, Fuel/propulsion system, Dec 17, 2020
HELLO, I BOUGHT THIS 2013 2 WEEKS AGO. HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN EXTRA CHARGE AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT! FAST FORWARD 2 WEEKS TO THE DAY I GOT THE CAR....CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON...OIL ETC....TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO OIL, I GOT A $100 OIL CHANGE AND THE NEXT DAY THE OIL WAS GONE AGAIN AND HAS CREATED ME A PROBLEM NOW THAT I CAN'T GET TO AND FROM. WHAT'S GOING ON? HOW COME CONSUMERS AREN'T BEING MADE AWARE OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE BEFORE PURCHASING A VEHICLE? DISGUSTING!
Engine, Dec 15, 2020
MASSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION! IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES CONSTANTLY NEEDING TO PUT IN AT THE LEAST A 5 QUART JUG OF OIL. IN TURN CAUSING MY CAR TO JUMP AT STOPLIGHTS ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME WHICH WAS CAUSED FROM LOW OIL. THEN IT IS NOW CAUSING MY ENGINE TO MISFIRE. WHICH INCLUDES VERY POOR ACCELERATION WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS I WAS CROSSING ACROSS ANOTHER STREET TO ALMOST GET HIT FROM THE SIDE AND ANOTHER TIME WHEN TURNING SAME THING ALMOST HAPPENED. THEN WHEN MY CAR IS IN PARK IT IS STARTING TO STALL OUT. NOW NEEDING TO BRING IT TO A SHOP ONCE AGAIN.
Power train, Other or unspecified, Engine, Dec 3, 2020
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WITH NO WARNING LIGHT
Power train, Engine, Nov 13, 2020
SEVERE OIL CONSUMPTION I'M ADDING OIL CONSTANTLY
Engine, Nov 12, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT CALLED ONSTAR AND A POLICE WAS SENT OUT TO ASSIST WITH MOVING THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO ROGER DEAN CHEVROLET (2235 OKEECHOBEE BLVD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33409). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TWO YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED A TRANSPORTER TO TRANSPORT THE VEHICLE BACK TO HER RESIDENCE IN DELAWARE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 139,000.
Engine, Oct 29, 2020
FREQUENT OIL CHANGES. THE CONSUMPTION OF OIL IS DEPLETED BEFORE THE LIFE OF OIL RUNS OUT. SOMETHING MIGHT BE WRONG WITH THE PISTONS RING.
Engine, Oct 20, 2020
MY VEHICLE NOW HAS AN ENGINE PROBLEM DUE TO MY OIL BURNING REALLY FAST. I HAVE TAKEN IT UP TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A WEIRD TICKING SOUND IN MY ENGINE. THEY TOLD ME ITS BECAUSE MY OIL WAS VERY VERY LOW AND IT HAS ALREADY STARTED TO AFFECT MY ENGINE. I ONLY DRIVE TO WORK AND BACK WITH ME CAR MOSTLY ON MAIN PAVED ROADS AND SOMETIMES ON THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED THE SOUND MORE WHEN I WAS IN TOWN MAINTAINING MY SPEED AT 25 MPH THE TICKING SOUND WAS VERY LOUD. IT WOULD ALSO SOUND LOUD IF I WAS TURNING RIGHT AND/OR LEFT. I WOULD ONLY NOTICE THE TICKING SOUND WHEN THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. WHEN IT IS STATIONARY I WOULD NOT HEAR THE TICKING SOUND. I AM VERY SCARED TO CONTINUE DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD THAT GOES EVERYWHERE WITH ME AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT HER IN ANY HARM.