2009 Chevrolet Equinox Driver assistance Problems

THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON INTERMITTENTLY AND WHEN IT DOES, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SAYS "OFF" AND NOTIFICATION MESSAGE SAYS "SERVICE PASSENGER AIRBAG". EVERY SHOP I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO SAYS THEY SEE NO PROBLEMS, BUT A DEALER HAS TO TAKE A LOOK. THIS STARTED HAPPENING IN 2018 AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE. I HAVE BEEN READING THAT THIS IS PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL OF EQUINOX AROUND THIS TIME IN ITS LIFE. THE STABLE TRACK IS SIMILAR. EVERY SO OFTEN, IT STOPS WORKING BUT THEN MOST OF THE TIME IS FINE. *TR

NHTSA ID

11337461

Incident

Jan 1, 2018

Mileage

120,000 mi

MY AIRBAG LIGHT AND 'SERVICE AIR BAG' LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT AND STABALIZE TRACK LIGHT WERE ALL ON FOR A FEW WEEK AND I TOOK IT TO LOCAL SHOP WHO SAID THE SENSOR FOR THE BRAKES UNDER DRIVER SEAT WAS BAD SO THAT COST $580.00 FOR NEW MODULE. THAT TOOK CARE OF ABS/STABILIZE LIGHTS. HAD TO TO GO DEALER FOR AIRBAG LIGHTS AND THEY CHARGED $1070.00 BECAUSE THE AIRBAG MODULE UNDER PASSENGER SEAT WAS OUT AND HAD TO REPLACE (PART 560 PLUS LABOR). I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE AIRBAGS!! THE AIRBAG LIGHTS WERE ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND NEVER WENT OFF SO I FINALLY GOT TIRED OF IT...NO MATTER IF SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN SEAT OR NOT, OR WHETHER IT WAS IDLE, IN MOTION, ETC.

NHTSA ID

11279690

Incident

Oct 24, 2019

CHEVY EQANOX RECALL. WHEN RAINING OR ON WET ROADS OR SNOW THIS LIGHT POPS UP AND SAYS ENGINE REDUCING POWER AND SAYS SERVICE STABILITY TRACK THEN SHUTS THE CAR DOWN I THINK THAT THIS IS A RECALL BECAUSE SEVERAL OF INDIVIDUALS I KNO HAVE CHEVYS AND HAVE THIS ISSUE I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY NEVER. FIGURED OUT FOR ME .

NHTSA ID

11084730

Incident

Jan 1, 2017

Mileage

50,000 mi

VEHICLE DISPLAYED WILL IN MOTION MERGING ON TO THE HIGHWAY. THAT WHEN YOU TAKE OFF A DELAY HAPPENS AT OVER 4000 RPMS OR AT ANYTIME YOU TRY TO GO OVER 4000RPMS. ITS LIKE THE ENGINE CUTS OFF OR LOSES ACCELERATION AN STAYS AT 40 MPH AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL THE GAUGE FOR RPMS GOES BACK DOWN UNDER 4000 RPMS. THEN THE ENGINE WILL START TO ACCELERATE AGAIN LIKE A NORMAL VEHICLE UNTIL YOU TRY TO PICKUP SPEED OR ACCELERATE OVER 4000 RPMS.

NHTSA ID

11034342

Incident

Oct 5, 2015

Mileage

109,260 mi

WHEN I HIT 20-30 MPH THE SUV HAS A HESITATION AND THEN I HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THEN SERVICE STABILITREK AND THER IS ANOTHER I FORGET WHAT IT SAYS AND WHEN I TURN SOMETIMES THE WHOLE DASH LIGHTS UP

NHTSA ID

10949161

Incident

Jan 25, 2017

Mileage

162,900 mi

MY 2009 CHEVY EQUINOX IS SLOWING DOWN WHEN I REACH 4 RPMS AND WILL NOT SPEED BACK UP UNTIL I GO BACK DOWN TO 3 RPMS NO MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW I AN GOING ONCE IT REACHES 4 RPMS IT SLOWS DOWN. WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF SOMETHING IS STILL RUNNING UNDER THE HOLD BECAUSE I CAN HEAR IT. IT WAS 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT FINALLY SHUT OFF COMPLETELY.

NHTSA ID

10787910

Incident

Oct 8, 2015

Mileage

103,011 mi

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE LIGHT ON MY DASH TOLD ME TO CHECK AIR BAGS. IT WOULD NUTMEG OFF. I TOOK IT TO RYDELL CHEVROLET AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE "SWITCH" WAS NOT WORKING AND MY AIR BAGS WERE INOPERABLE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED AND WOULD COST ME OVER $900.00. IN WAS FURIOUS AND SPOKE TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE . THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD TALK TO THE DEALER. THEY GAVE ME $70.00 OFF. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM PRODUCT AGAIN. I STILL THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE SUV. *TR

NHTSA ID

10705249

Incident

Mar 17, 2015

Mileage

68,490 mi

ON THURSDAY 3/19/2015 AS WAS DRIVING TO WORK I NOTICED THAT ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THE STABILITRAKING OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROLLED AND SERVICE STABILITRAKING AND ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. ON MY WAY HOME THERE WAS NO MESSAGE ON THE DASH, BUT THE NEXT DAY 3/20/2015 ON MY WAY TO WORK THAT SAME MESSAGE CAME ON AND IT STAYED ON, SO I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY TRIED TO DIAGNOSE WHAT WAS WRONG AND THEY COULD NOT FIN OUT WHAT IT WAS AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10700883

Incident

Mar 20, 2015

Mileage

75,000 mi

ON OCTOBER 16, 2014, I WENT TO THE DEALER TO PICKUP MY VEHICLE STILL WITH NO ANSWERS TO WHY THE DASHBOARD MESSAGE IS READING: STABILITRAKING OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAKING AND ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. THEN THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. AS I WAS PULLING OFF THE DEALERSHIP LOT, THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTING FLASHING RAPIDLY, VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER, IT WAS BACKFIRING AND SMELLED OF A FOUL ODOR. THE SALES MANAGER CAME OUTSIDE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOOSE ENGINE POWER. BY THE TIME HE CAME BACK INSIDE TO SPEAK WITH US, HE STATED THAT HE COULD NO LONGER TURN THE VEHICLE ON. HE STATED THAT IT WOULD NOT TURNOVER AT ALL. I AM NOW AWAITING THE FINDINGS AND GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE DEALER'S LOT AND NOT IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10648520

Incident

Oct 16, 2014

Mileage

72,545 mi

ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014, I WAS LEAVING WORK HEADED TO MY PHYSICAL THERAPY APPOINTMENT. IT WAS A RAINY DAY. WHILE IN ROUTE, A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD: STABILITRAKING OFF. I PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT AND GET INTO THE LEFT TURNING LANE HEADING TO MY APPOINTMENT. ONCE, I GOT INTO THE TURNING LANE THE DASHBOARD MESSAGE WAS FLASHING: STABILITRAKING OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAKING AND ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. I ATTEMPTED START THE VEHICLE AND IT MOVED A FEW INCHES THEN SHUTDOWN. ABOUT A FEW MINUTES LATER, I ATTEMPTED A SECOND TIME TO TURN IT ON. ONCE AGAIN, IT MOVED ABOUT A FEW MORE INCHES AND SHUTDOWN. WHEN I ATTEMPTED A THIRD TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I CALLED ONSTAR FOR ASSISTANCE, THEY CONTACTED 911 BECAUSE I WAS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. THEY ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR TOWING. THE POLICE ARRIVED AND PUSHED MY VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SAFETY UNTIL THE TOWING COMPANY ARRIVED. THE VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT START. ABOUT 25 TO 30 MINUTES LATER MY HUSBAND ARRIVED AND STARTED THE VEHICLE WITH NOT PROBLEM, BUT THE SAME MESSAGES APPEARED. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014, DEALER CONTACTED ME AND STATED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS READY FOR PICKUP AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM NOR READ THE GM CODES. THEY CLEARED ALL CODES AND RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10648519

Incident

Oct 14, 2014

Mileage

72,545 mi

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2014, I WAS HEADED HOME FROM WORK TRAVELING 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE MESSAGE STABILITRAKING OFF APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. IT WAS A CLEAR AND SUNNY DAY. AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND PROCEEDED TO SLOW DOWN AS I WAS IN ROUTE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DASHBOARD MESSAGE WAS FLASHING STABILITRAKING OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAKING, ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED THEN THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND WOULD NOT TURNOVER. IT WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND. I CALLED ONSTAR SERVICE FOR TOWING. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AT MY REQUEST AND THE FOLLOWING CODES WERE GIVEN: P0502, P0513, P0606 AND P0700. AFTER 45 MINUTES OF WAITING BESIDE THE ROAD, I ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT CRANKED. HOWEVER, STILL FLASHING THE SAME MESSAGES ABOVE; IT WOULD NOT PICK SPEED. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER WENT OFF. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO TRAVEL ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND MADE IT HOME SAFELY. I HAD TO HAVE A TOWING COMPANY TOW IT FROM MY YARD TO THE DEALER. I PICKED IT UP TWO DAYS LATER FROM THE DEALER. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS, COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, CLEARED ALL CODES AND I PICKED UP MY VEHICLES AND WENT HOME WITH NO ANSWERS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10648516

Incident

Sep 25, 2014

Mileage

71,627 mi

STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WITH OTHER WARNING LIGHTS (CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY SAID) AS I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH. CAR SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 20 AND WOULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS REPAIRED. SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLES. THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE SAME WILL COME ON PERIODICALLY BUT ONLY AS I START THE CAR .. MAYBE 1X EVERY 3 MONTHS WITHOUT ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. THE ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR IS [XXX]. MY AUTOMATIC DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. THE REAR WIPER NO LONGER WORKS. SOUND ON THE DRIVER SIDE NO LONGER WORKS. ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK NO LONGER WORKS ON DRIVER SIDE I HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK THAT DOOR. I'VE HAD MY CAR BROKEN INTO BECAUSE IT APPEARED UNLOCKED. FORTUNATELY THE ALARM SYSTEM STILL WORKED. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRIC. THE SMELL IS OBVIOUS ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS UNDER THE HOOD. I'M WORRIED THE CAR WILL CATCH ON FIRE AND MY DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT FUNCTION AND SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NHTSA ID

10620819

Incident

Mar 5, 2013

Mileage

50,000 mi

UPON MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM HIGHWAY INTO PARKING LOT, APPROXIMATE SPEED 15-20MPH, THE STABILITRAK ILLUMINATED, THEN THE MESSAGE POWER HAS BEEN REDUCED, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GOT VEHICLE PARKED AND SHUT ENGINE OFF. LET VEHICLE REST FOR 30 MINUTES. STARTED VEHICLE, AFTER NORMAL DASHBOARD SEQUENCE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON, STABILITRAK LIGHT CAME ON BRIEFLY. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE WITH SOME REDUCED HANDLING, ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. AFTER VEHICLE SAT FOR 2 DAYS, WENT BACK OUT TO TAKE TO DEALER, HOWEVER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF, NO STABILITRAK MESSAGE LIT UP. VEHICLE HAS PERFORMED WELL FOR PAST 2 WEEKS, WITH SOME MINOR HESITATIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10573776

Incident

Mar 5, 2014

Mileage

48,195 mi

CAR HESITATED, SLOWED DOWN, LOST POWER. WARNING LIGHTS INCLUDED STABILITRAK OFF, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER. REPAIR WAS TO CLEAN THROTTLE BODY. JAN OF 2014, (83,000 MILES) SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND THROTTLE BODY CLEANED AT DEALER AFTER DIAGNOSTICS. MARCH 1, 2014 (85000 MILES) WHILE ON INTERSTATE 80 SAME WARNINGS CAME ON BUT I LOST ALL ENGINE POWER ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS IN GEAR AND THE CAR RPMS WOULD GO UP WITH PRESSING THE GAS PETAL, AND SEMI ALMOST HIT ME FROM BEHIND. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO SHOULDER, STOPPED TURNED OFF AND RESET WITH RESTARTING THE ENGINE.. I LEFT THE INTERSTATE AND MADE A LEFT TURN, THE CAR SPUTTERED AND HESITATED, AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC ALMOST HIT ME. REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING THEN CAME ON ALONG WITH STABILTRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF MESSAGES. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER IT OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. AND I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER TURNING IT OFF. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY HAD A 1 MONTH WAIT TIME FOR THE PART? WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN JANUARY, THE CARS AHEAD AND BEHIND ME HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. A LADY AT THE SERVICE COUNTER ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT 4 OF US AT THE SAME TIME HAD THAT PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10572689

Incident

Mar 1, 2012

Mileage

65,000 mi

THE THROTTLE BODY WENT BAD IN MY CAR FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 3 YEARS. I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED IN JANUARY OF 2011, AFTER ONLY OWNING THE CAR A MONTH. IT NOW NEEDS REPLACED AGAIN TODAY IN JANUARY OF 2014. I PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE AND CAR DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE, THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WILL TAKE OFF AND RUNS AS IF THE ENGINE IS BEING PUSHED AND PULLED. IT ALSO STALLED OUT ON ME ONCE WHILE DRIVING IT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO FORWARD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10561164

Incident

Jan 22, 2014

Mileage

78,200 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ACCELERATION POWER REDUCED DRAMATICALLY AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 3 MPH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 3 MONTHS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO OTHER REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

NHTSA ID

10491623

Incident

Jan 5, 2013

Mileage

300 mi

WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE WARNINGS SUDDENLY TURNED ON INDICATION THAT STABILI-TRAC AND TRACTION CONTROL WENT OFF AND NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. AT THIS TIME ENGINE LOST POWER AND VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10467654

Incident

Jul 13, 2012

Mileage

76,001 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME SLUGGISH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD EXHIBIT SIGNS OF WANTING TO STALL. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED TO WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 10 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL FAULT IN THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,978 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,911.

NHTSA ID

10384500

Incident

Jan 13, 2011

Mileage

18,978 mi