2011 Chevrolet Equinox Other / unspecified Problems

MY REPAIR STABILTRAK LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH . THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT , IS ON . MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT IS ON . ALL OF SUDDEN WHEN I PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC MY CAR LOSES POWER ON ACCELERATION AND MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED . I HAVE TO PULL OVER SO I'M NOT REAR ENDED . THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND ON HIGHWAY . THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE STABILTRAK/ TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. I ONLY HAVE 89,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE . I SEE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON CHEVY EQUINOX . I'M WORRIED ABOUT BEING KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE MY VEHICLE LOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING . THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED !

NHTSA ID

11406213

Incident

Mar 13, 2021

Mileage

89,000 mi

RATTLE AND NOISE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE AS SOON AS VEHICLE IS TURNED ON AND WHILE IN MOTION, MAKING WEIRD NOISES AND MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING, OCCASIONAL HARD SHIFT, BACK REAR DRIVERS TIRE LOSING PRESSURE FOR NO REASON, PULLING CODE FOR P0420, DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUES ON THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL BUT NO RECALL ON MY VIN OR HISTORY OF RECALL, WHILE OTHERS SAID DEALERS HAD SAID IT WAS DUE TO A RECALL. JUST BOUGHT FROM BAXTER DEALERSHIP IN BELLEVUE, NE TWO WEEKS AGO.

NHTSA ID

11282536

Incident

Nov 26, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE YEARS AGO. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH NO ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECENTLY OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

NHTSA ID

10967264

Incident

Mar 19, 2017

Mileage

60,000 mi

WAS ALERTED TO THE CONDITION OF MY TIRES WHILE ON AN EIGHT HOUR TRIP FROM HOME. DRY ROT ON TIRES WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. TIRES ROTATED REGULARLY. MECHANIC SAID I WAS IN DIRE DANGER. HAD TO INSTALL 4 NEW TIRES, AN EXPENSE NOT EXPECTED ON MICHELIN TIRES, OF WHICH WAS A SELLING POINT ON MY CAR. HE SAID THEY WON'T EVEN CARRY THEM BECAUSE OF THE DRY ROT PROBLEMS THEY'VE BEEN SEEING. MY HUSBAND LOOKED ON YOUTUBE WHEN I CALLED TO GET HIS TAKE. SAID THERE WAS A STREAM OF STORIES AND VIDEOS FROM FOLKS JUST LIKE ME. THE LORD WAS WITH ME THAT DAY FOR SURE.

NHTSA ID

10905611

Incident

Aug 21, 2016

Mileage

39,000 mi

TIRE WARNING LIGHT FIRST CAME ON 7/15/15 AS LOW PRESSURE IN PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE. PUMPED TIRE TO SPECIFIED TIRE PRESSURE, BUT TIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. AGAIN, PUMPED TIRE TO SPECIFIED TIRE PRESSURE. LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE, THEREFORE, TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER FOR INSPECTION. DEALER INFORMED US OF TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AND RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE TIRE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE OF SAFETY HAZARD. SUBSEQUENTLY HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED ON 8/13/15, MILEAGE ON VEHICLE 50,990. TIRE: MICHELIN LATITUDE TOUR P235/55R18 (DOT M33J007X); THREE TIRES 4110; ONE TIRE 1811.

NHTSA ID

10748968

Incident

Jul 15, 2015

Mileage

50,210 mi

FIRST OFF, SOMETIMES MY VEHICLE WHEN IN PARK ACTS LIKE IT MAY TURN OFF, BUT DOESN'T. CAN HEAR/FEEL THE VIBRATIONS LIKE ITS ABOUT TO. SECONDLY, THE MAIN REASON I'M ON THIS PAGE, THE A/C. IT JUST STOPPED WORKING OUT OF THE BLUE AND MAKING A NOISE. I TAKE IT IN AND TOLD THE CONDENSER HAS A LEAK AND NEEDS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE CONDENSER WHICH IS MAKING THE NOISE. WOW, QUOTED FROM ONE PLACE $1,084 THE OTHER PLACE I ONLY GOT A QUOTE ON THE CONDENSER OF $424.. NO TELLING WHAT THE COMPRESSOR WILL BE. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND SEEING SO MANY EQUINOX VEHICLES HAVING AC ISSUES I HOPED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PARTS, UNFORTUNATELY NOT THE CASE. 2011 AND NEED A NEW CONDENSER AND COMPRESSOR FOR A/C WOW!! CAR SHAKING LIKE ITS GONNA DIE... WOW!! THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO.. AND HAVING TO SINK IN OVER $1000 FOR THESE REPLACEMENTS! NO TELLING WHAT THE ENGINE VIBRATION DURING IDLE IS FROM, GOING TO HAVE THAT CHECKED OUT SOON. OH AND ONE OTHER THING, WHEN A TIRE IS LOW, IT APPEARS TO SHOWS UP BACKWARDS ON THE SCREEN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10565020

Incident

Feb 12, 2014

Mileage

50,000 mi

SO MY TRACTION CONTROL AN ABS LIGHT GOES OFF AN I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED, AND IT APPEARS MY LEFT WHEEL SENSOR IS FAULTY AND CAN CAUSE LOCK UP IN BREAKS AND DECREASED POWER. TURNS OUT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL CHEVY EQUINOX MODELS.THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS COMPLAINTS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT AS I SEE THIS AS A MAJOR ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN,PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10544080

Incident

Sep 13, 2013

Mileage

51,600 mi

WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AT A LOW SPEED I HAD TO STOP DUE TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPING. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES STARTED PULSING AND I HAD NO STOPPING ABILITIES UNTIL I HIT THE CAR INFRONT OF ME. AGAIN THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED, I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT A LOW SPEED WHEN THE CAR INFRONT OF ME SLAMS THEIR BRAKES AND I FOLLOW MY APPLYING MY BRAKES. AGAIN THE BRAKES PULSED AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP. THE SECOND TIME I HAD MORE THAN TWO CAR SPACES BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE OTHER CAR WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS FOR BOTH INCIDENTS WERE CLEAR AND NO VISIBLE LIQUID ON THE ROAD. EACH TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10501892

Incident

Sep 20, 2011

IN SEPTEMBER 2011, SIX WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING MY 2011 CHEVY EQUINOX, I WAS REAR-ENDED BY A HEAVY-DUTY PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS SO RATTLED BY THE COLLISION THAT I FORGOT THAT I HAD ONSTAR. THE OTHER DRIVER USED HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL THE POLICE. I RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT. A FEW DAYS LATER I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE THAT ONSTAR DID NOT CONTACT ME RIGHT AFTER THE COLLISION. HE CALLED ONSTAR AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT THE REAR SENSORS SHOULD HAVE SIGNALED A COLLISION, BUT, BECAUSE THE SENSORS DID NOT ACTIVATE, ONSTAR WOULD REPORT THE PROBLEM TO GM. THE REP ALSO TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND GM MANAGEMENT IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE REP OFFERED TO EXTEND OUR ONSTAR TRIAL PERIOD FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS. IF GM IS AWARE OF THE REAR SENSOR MALFUNCTION, WHY AREN'T THEY CORRECTING THE PROBLEM? INSTEAD THEY ARE PLACATING CUSTOMERS WITH AN EXTENSION OF ONSTAR SERVICE. WHAT HAPPENS IF A MORE SERIOUS REAR-END CRASH OCCURS, THE DRIVER IS UNCONSCIOUS, AND CAN'T CALL FOR HELP? I WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM OF THE MALFUNCTIONING REAR SENSORS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10434389

Incident

Sep 20, 2011

Mileage

1,600 mi