2006 Chevrolet Equinox

BOUGHT THIS PIECE OF [XXX] USED IN 2011. AMONGST OTHER THINGS WRONG WITH IT A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THIS JUNK (SOME WEIRD KNOCKING NOISE IN THE REAR WHEEL, SOMETIMES IT TAKES 3-4 TIMES TO START THE CAR, ETC) STARTED OVERHEATING JULY 2012. THEY REPLACED THERMOSTAT - 280.00. STARTED OVERHEATING AGAIN - THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR!!! TWO DAYS AFTER PICKING UP FROM SHOP, OVERHEATING AGAIN. LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE GD HEAD GASKET! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET RIPPED A NEW [XXX] TOMORROW MORNING. I DON'T KNOW TO BE MAD AT THE DEALERSHIP OR GM OR BOTH. I WILL NEVER BUY A CHEVY AGAIN. SHOULD HAD LEARNED WHEN I BOUGHT A 1996 BERETTA BRAND NEW YEARS AGO - THAT WAS A PIECE OF [XXX] ALSO. TRADED IN MY 1996 NISSAN SENTRA - WHY DIDN'T I JUST BUY ANOTHER NISSAN?? NO WONDER THEY WENT[XXX] NEAR BELLY UP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX HAD FOUR PROBLEMS THAT WERE FIXED BY REPLACING THE STEERING COLUMN AND MOTOR: * SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE I COULD NOT TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION UNTIL I JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH (OUT OF FRUSTRATION). * SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE I COULD NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE ON A HOT DAY. TURNING ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING A FEW TIMES FINALLY ENGAGED POWER STEERING ASSIST. * SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE I LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE TURNING CORNERS AND REQUIRED ASSISTANCE FROM THE PASSENGER TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. * SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE I COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING AND ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. STEERING COLUMN WAS SMOKING, SHAKING SIDE TO SIDE AND UP AND DOWN, AND FELT LIKE THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN WAS FALLING APART UNDER MY HANDS. THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL, EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THREE TIMES THE ESCONDIDO DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE THERE WERE NO FAILURE CODES. I THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG THAT I ALMOST DIED AND THERE IS NO ERROR CODE FOR THAT, BUT REALIZED I WAS TALKING TO A WALL. MY PROBLEMS CONTINUED AND I WENT TO THE POWAY DEALER WHO SAID THE OVERHEATED STEERING MOTOR WAS FORCING THE ENGINE INTO PROTECTIVE MODE. THEY ASKED ME TO LEAVE MY CAR AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AND MOTOR ON GM WARRANTY. NONE OF THE DESCRIBED INCIDENTS HAVE RECURRED SINCE REPLACING THE STEERING COLUMN AND MOTOR. MY PROBLEMS SEEM SIMILAR TO THOSE STATED IN THESE COMPLAINT ODI NUMBERS: 10168607, 10181373, 10195505, 10207818, 10210502, 10245868, 10248789, 10250004, 10321311, 10364217, 10383115, 10383313, 10410417, 10419886, 10440553. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEMS. I COULD HAVE DIED SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE IN OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD WITH ME. I BOUGHT THIS CAR B/C MY DAD WAS A LIFELONG CHEVY FAN. THIS IS NOT MY FATHER'S CHEVY. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 12, 2011, I BEGAN NOTICING THE START UP PROBLEMS WITH THE 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. IT INTERMITTENTLY HAS EXCESSIVE CRANKING TIME TO START AND AS OF LATELY (JAN. 19, 2012) IT ONLY HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO GET IT SERVICED THE SAME DAY AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. I PAID FOR THAT BUT THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THE RADIO REPLACED AND THE GAS HAS HAD MANY FUEL DELIVERY ISSUES. I BELIEVE IT IS THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WHICH WAS RECALLED IN THE 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX. IT NEEDS TO ALSO BE RECALLED FOR THE 2006 SO THAT I CAN STOP WASTING MY TIME AND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT WASN?T BUILT RIGHT. THANK YOU. *TT

VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE REQUIRED EMISSION, DUE TO READINESS ERROR CODE. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN THE EVAP AND EGR SYSTEM CODE WILL NOT RESET (NOT READY CODE). WE WERE TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. AFTER 800 MILES AND SEVERAL FAILED TEST LATER THE SYSTEM STILL WILL NOT RESET. WE CALLED GM AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALER. AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT WE HAD NO OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE AND FINALLY TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL GM DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE SERVICE TECH DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE TO ADDRESS A P0171 CODE, WHICH COST US OVER $300 AND TO DRIVE IT 200 MORE MILES, BRING IT BACK FOR A TEST. THE SYSTEM STILL DID NOT RESET AND THE CAR WILL NOT PASS EMISSIONS. WE ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR OTHER OPTIONS AND ALL HE COULD GIVE US WAS LIP SERVICE (USELESS RAMBLING), POSSIBLE TROUBLESHOOTING REPAIRS AND MORE MONEY. I FOUND ON A TOPIX WEBSITE THAT GM RECALLED THE PCM FOR THE EQUINOX BUT COULD NOT FIND THE RECALL ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. PLEASE RESEARCH AND POST THE RECALL IF GM HAS ISSUED ONE FOR THE PCM. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX AND I'VE BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY STARTING IT. THE CD/RADIO WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY DISPLAYING NUMBERS/LETTERS AND SIGNS. -FAILURE TO START -POOR FUEL ECONOMY -RADIO/CD FAILURE I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THE 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR FAULTY PCM, WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER A NHTSA RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT. THE REPORT INDICATED THAT IT CAN CAUSE THE PROBLEMS LISTED ABOVE AT RANDOM TIMES: I CHECKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO LISTING FOR RECALLS ON MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. *LN

I BROUGHT MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX IN FOR A OIL CHANGE ON 1/4/11 AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CARRIER BEARING ON THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS COMPLETELY SHOT. I WAS INFORMED TO BRING IT TO A MECHANIC RIGHT AWAY OTHERWISE I WILL LOSE MY DRIVE SHAFT. I BROUGHT MY CAR IMMEDIATELY TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED FROM GM AND THE PART WAS AROUND $500-$600. I CONTACTED GM BECAUSE IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE DRIVE SHAFT WENT MY CAR COULD HAVE FLIPPED AND PUT ME AND OTHERS IN DANGER. I WAS TOLD BY GM THAT THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COSTS OF THE BEARING. WHEN THE BEARING GOES, WHICH I'M TOLD SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE, THE CAR SHOULD VIBRATE BADLY OR MAKE NOISES WHICH EVEN THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT NO SIGNS WERE GIVEN. IF I HAD NOT BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR A OIL CHANGE I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I DRIVE MYSELF ALONG WITH A DISABLED DAUGHTER AND 2 YEAR OLD GRANDSON IN THIS CAR AND I HAVE PUT ALL OF US AT RISK EVEN OTHER DRIVERS. THIS HAD TO BE A DEFECTIVE BEARING THAT GM REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF. I FEEL THAT THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. NOW I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS EXPENSIVE PART AND THEN HAVE IT REPAIRED. THANK GOD FOR THE OIL CHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I FEEL SAVED MY LIFE AND OTHERS. *TR

HAVE A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX THAT HAS BEEN SLIPPING GEARS (NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING) WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WEEK. JUST YESTERDAY, WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THE VEHICLE MUST HAVE DECIDED TO GO BACK DOWN IN GEAR, AND IT MADE THE VEHICLE JUMP. THEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY, IT WOULD NOT GET OUT OF GEAR AND STAYED AT 15 MPH. I HAD TO LET OFF THE GAS FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN RESUMED ACCELERATING. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A WEEK, BUT YESTERDAY WAS THE SCARIEST, WHEN I COULDN'T MERGE INTO THE TRAFFIC AT THE SPEED THAT I NEEDED TO. MY HUSBAND HAS CALLED THE LOT WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE IT IN FOR THIS THURSDAY. I BEGAN REVIEWING POSTS ON OTHER WEBSITES AND WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THERE WERE ON THIS VERY ISSUE. THIS IS VERY SCARY, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT MANY COMPLAINTS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY DAD'S 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, IT SUDDENLY STARTED VIBRATING RATHER BADLY AT ABOUT 45-50 MPH. I CHECKED THE VEHICLE OUT, AND FOUND THAT THE CARRIER BEARING HAD RUSTED APART, AND BASICALLY WAS DOING NOTHING. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 23,750 MILES ON IT, BUT IS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO AGE. TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST $500. I HAVE READ DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM FROM CONSUMERS THAT FEEL THE SAME AS I DO. GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM CONCERNING THIS AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY PUT A DEFECTIVE POORLY MADE PART ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. A FAILURE OF THIS BEARING AT 70 MPH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE {SEPARATION}, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT GM CAN BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE IN THIS INSTANCE, BECAUSE THEY ARE RIPPING THE PUBLIC OFF WITH THEIR INFERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. *TR

I TOOK MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX IN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO LOOK MY VEHICLE OVER UP AN DOWN TO FIX ANYTHING THAT WAS POTENTIALLY WRONG WITH IT BEFORE MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80,000 MILES TO WHICH THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG! 3,000 MILES LATER MY OIL CHANGING GUYS WHOM I TRUST AND ALWAYS USE POINTED OUT THAT MY CARRIER BEARING IS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED AND ADVISED THE VEHICLE IS 100% UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS IS POTENTIALLY A FATAL PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF THE DRIVE TRAIN FALLS OUT MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T LET HIS DOG RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND FRUSTRATED THAT GM WOULD ALLOW THESE UNSAFE PROBLEMS TO OCCUR ON THEIR VEHICLES(SHAME ON YOU GM). *TR