2007 Chevrolet Equinox

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKES BEGAN TO SEIZE AND THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL. SHE CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AND THE CAR WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO OVERHEAT. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND ADVISED TO TURN OFF AC AND STOP CAR. SHE STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PRESS. SHE STOPPED THE CAR ALLOWED IT TO COOL DOWN THEN PROCEEDED TO CAUTIOUSLY DRIVE HOME. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT AND NOTICED A SLIGHT BURN SCENT BUT THE CAR SEEMED TO BE OK OTHER THAN THE POWER BRAKES WERE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR 6-7 HOURS I DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR WITH THE POWER BRAKES NOW FUNCTIONING. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND HAD ENTIRE SYSTEM (CALIPERS, ROTORS, PADS, LINES, ETC.) EXAMINED AND AT THAT TIME IT COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. MY WIFE DROVE IT THE FOLLOWING DAY AND AFTER 25 MINUTES OF INTERSTATE DRIVING THE POWER BRAKES WERE AGAIN NOT FUNCTIONING. SHE PARKED IT FOR 3 DAYS AT THE AIRPORT AND UPON HER RETURN THE POWER BRAKES WORKED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE THEY NO LONGER WORKED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE STABILIZER WARNING INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800.

TOOK MY 2007 EQUINOX TO DEALERSHIP WHERE I BUT IT IN MAY OF 2007 TO TELL THEM ABOUT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG NOT WORKING CORRECTLY WHEN CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS LUKE MYSELF WERE SITTING IN PASSENGER SEAT AND I WAS TOLD NOTHING THEY COULD DO THAT I JUST NEEDED TO CARRY A GALLON OF WATER ON MY LAP BECAUSE I WAS TO SMALL. FYI I WEIGH 120. ALSO THE KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION I THINK THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ALONG WITH THE AIRBAG. WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE ASAP MY EQUINOX ONLY HAS 42000 MILES .

OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, MY STABILITRAK LIGHT HAD COME ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING OR JUST SITTING IN THE CAR. PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY TODAY I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON FOR THE STABILITRAK AND THEN IT BECAME INCREASING HARD TO MANEUVER MY STEERING WHEEL. I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND CUT OFF THE IGNITION WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON TO SEE IF THIS WOULD HELP BUT TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE NOW TAKEN THE CAR TO MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V459000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.