2005 Chevrolet Equinox

2005 EQUINOX, 70,000 MILES, STARTED OVER HEATING, TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE STATED IT WAS A BLOW HEAD GASKET, COST MIN OF $2000.00. I CALLED GM AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE PROBLEM, THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO A GM DEALER AND THEY WOULD DIAGNOSE AND SEE IF GM COULD HELP. THE CAR SAT AT THE GM DEALER FOR 3WEEKS AND THEN GM STATED THEY DON'T HELP WITH ANY REPAIR COSTS. THE DEALER WOULD NOT RELEASE MY BROKEN CAR TO ME UNTIL I PAID $100.00 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, WHICH I ALREADY KNEW, AND GM CORP. WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SENT ME THERE! GM KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE 2005 EQUINOX, THEY KNEW THE HEAD GASKET WOULD ONLY LAST FOR 3-5YEARS. THEY ARE NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT OR HELPING IN ANYWAY THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. I HAVE A BROKEN CAR I CANNOT PAY TO FIX AND I STILL OWE A YEAR AND A HALF LEFT ON MY NOTE. I AM PAYING $507.00 PER MONTH ON MY NOTE FOR A BROKEN CAR! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 EQUINOX. HE STATED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. HE HEARD A PECULIAR NOISE IN THE VEHICLE AFTER THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000. UPDATED 11/12/09 *CN THE WHEEL BEARING AND DRIVESHAFT WERE REPLACED AS WELL. UPDATED 11/16/09

2005 EQUINOX , ISSUE WITH IGNITION. STARTS NORMALLY AFTER TWO OR THREE TRIES. KEY STICKS IN IGNITION SWITCH, ON SECOND KEY NOW. HAVE TO ORDER A THIRD KEY FOR WHEN THE ONE I AM USING WEARS OUT. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO CERTIFIED SERVICE STATION THEY COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEN THE SAY I NEED A NEW SHIFTER WHICH IS OVER $500 TO REPLACE. ISSUES WITH BRAKES AND ROTORS... NO ON E CAN SEEM TO REPLACE THEM WITHOUT THE VEHICLE MAKING A NOISE WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND WHILE DRIVING, EVER THE CERTIFIED GM SERVICE CENTER. ISSUE STARTED EARLY 2005 APPROS 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. *TR

MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A VIBRATION AROUND 55MPH (2005 CHEVY EQUINOX). I CRAWLED UNDER THE CAR AND NOTICE SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT ON THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN. I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS CALLED THE CENTER SUPPORT BEARING. I CALLED ALL KINDS OF DEALERSHIPS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE EARE FEW OF THEM OUT THERE. AND THOSE THAT ARE OUT THERE THE DEALERS ARE NOT RELEASING. THE CAR HAS ALMOST 56000 MILES ON IT AND WE CAN NOT GET THE PART. GM SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT. I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I FIND IT KIND OF ODD THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. WHAT ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSE TO DO GO BUY ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DRIVE THE ONE THEY HAVE BECAUSE GM WILL NOT SUPPLY THE PART. AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO FIX. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE DRIVER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE VEHICLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, IN WHICH A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE REAR CARRIER BEARING WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL DECEMBER; THEREFORE, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

2005 EQUINOX WITH 73,200 MILES. PURCHASED USED/GM CERTIFIED 11/2008 IN ILLINOIS. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL SHIMMIED AND WOULD NOT BUDGE AS IF IT WAS STUCK. HAD TO PUMP IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO HALT VEHICLE. AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME "UNSTUCK" THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER. *TR