2007 Chevrolet Equinox

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE LATER NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT MOVE BUT SHE COULD HEAR THE MOTOR OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER RUNNING. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED THE FUSE BECAUSE THE MOTOR WOULD NOT SHUT DOWN AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD NOT BUDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 11/27/12 *CN UPDATED 12/10/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPIED, INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE IN THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 11/28/12*LJ UPDATED 11/29/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED SHE SMELLED AN ODOR OF FUEL COMING FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER HAD NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 10/11/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER NOTICING A STRONG GAS ODOR TOOK IT TO A LOCAL AUTO BODY SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE A FAULTY GAS PUMP. UPDATED 10/15/2012 *JS

ON APPROXIMATELY JULY 9, 2012 WE SMELLED GAS FUMES FROM OUR 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. IT HAPPENED ONE OR TWO MORE TIMES AFTER THAT. ON JULY 19 WE NOTICED THE SMELL WAS VERY STRONG AND WE BECAME CONCERNED. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE WE TAKE THE CAR, MIKE ANDERSON CHEVROLET IN CHICAGO, AND TOLD THEM WE WERE BRINGING THE CAR IN DUE TO A GAS SMELL AND A POSSIBLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. AFTER THEY CHECKED THE CAR, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO DROP THE FUEL TANK TO SEE WHERE THE LEAK WAS. THEY DID THAT AND FOUND THAT THE LEAK WAS IN THE LINES THAT RAN FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THEY ESTIMATED THE COST OF REPAIR AT APPROXIMATELY $1300. I TOLD THEM TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REPAIR. I THEN CONTACTED CHEVROLET TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE WE HAD SUCH LOW MILEAGE ON THE CAR. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 4 DAYS, CHEVROLET AGREED TO PAY 15% OF THE COST OF REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE BARELY 60,000 MILES, NEVER WRECKED OR COMPROMISED. I BOUGHT IT WITH 8,000 MILES IN 2008. I BEGAN TO SMELL RAW FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MY VEHICLE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THINKING THAT IT MAY GO AWAY, BUT DIDN'T. I HAVE HAD DEBILITATING HEADACHES FROM IT AND MY HUSBAND RODE WITH ME ONE DAY AND SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO DIAGNOSE THAT IT WAS A DEFINITE LEAK IN THE TANK AREA, BUT WITHOUT TAKING THE TANK DOWN COMPLETELY, HE COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE EXACT SPOT. COME TO FIND OUT, IT IS THE FUEL PUMP THAT IS BEING REPLACED. I AM NOW GOING TO BE OUT $900.00 (INCLUDING LABOR-WHICH WAS $353). I LOVED THIS VEHICLE, BUT NOW WITH THE HEALTH SCARET TO MYSELF AND MY YOUNG SON, MY THOUGHTS OF BUYING ANOTHER CHEVROLET PRODUCT IS BEING COMPROMISED. I AM 2 PAYMENTS AWAY FROM PAYING IT OFF. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING. PLEASE ASSIST PROMPTLY. [XXX] OR AT THE POPE DAVIS REPAIR AT 803-714-6773 AND ASK FOR[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ANYTIME WE START THE EQUINOX UP, ALL YOU SMELL IS RAW GASOLINE SMELL. IT FILLS UP THE CABIN, AND GIVES ME BAD HEADACHES. WE HAD LOOKED FOR OBVIOUS LEAKS BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY AT FIRST. WE WEREN'T LOSING MUCH IF ANY GAS MILEAGE, UNTIL THE LAST 2 TANKS WHEN IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. MY COWORKERS KNOW WHEN I GET TO WORK WITHOUT SEEING ME BECAUSE THE FUEL ODOR IS SO BAD, THEY CAN SMELL ME UPON ARRIVAL. I HAVE BEEN HAVING HEADACHES FREQUENTLY, AND SOMETIMES EVEN FEEL NAUSEATED. LAST MONDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME IN OUR OTHER VEHICLE AND HE TOLD ME TO PULL OVER AT THE NEXT GAS STATION, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY LEAKING FUEL THIS TIME. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH, HERE I STILL HAD ABOUT 20-25 MILES TO DRIVE BEFORE GETTING HOME, AND YET I AM LIKE A TRAVELING EXPLOSION WAITING TO HAPPEN. I RESEARCHED MONDAY NIGHT AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE TONS OF OTHERS IN OUR SAME BOAT. THIS IS A DANGER TO US, AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD WHEN IT GETS READY TO BLOW. GM NEEDS TO BACK UP THEIR PRODUCTS AND DO A MANDATORY RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE. WE LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN QUOTED WELL OVER $1000-1800 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. LIKE MOST OTHERS, WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR MONEY, AND NOW HAVE ONE LESS VEHICLE WE CAN DRIVE, BUT STILL OWE ON IT, SO WE'RE STUCK. THIS IS NOT RIGHT, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, SOMEONE DYING BEFORE GM WILL RECALL THIS??? *TR

AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM A 2 HOUR ROAD TRIP I NOTICED A HEAVY GASOLINE ODOR IN MY GARAGE. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO START MY VEHICLE IT HAD TROUBLE STARTING AND THE HEAVY GASOLINE ODOR PERSISTED. I COULD ALSO SMELL GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HE DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP/FUEL SENDING UNIT HAD A CRACK ON THE TOP OF THE HOUSING. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING IT WOULD SPRAY FUEL OUT OF THE PUMP HOUSING. VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE EXHAUST RUNS VERY CLOSE TO THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL SENDING UNIT. THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $880. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FUEL VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,985.

AIR PRESSURE SENSOR ON REAR DRIVER TIRE INDICATED 28 POUNDS. WHEN THE MECHANIC TURNED THE CAP TO REMOVE IT FROM THE VALVE STEM, THE STEM BROKE OFF (DUE TO CORROSION). DEALER SAYS THE WRONG CAPS WERE ON IT IT - IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN METAL CAPS. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM THIS DEALERSHIP BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY. AFTER GETTING THE SENSOR AND VALVE STEM REPLACED ($86), I BROUGHT THE TIRE BACK AND PUT IT BACK ON. CHECKED REMAINING VALVE STEMS AND ANOTHER ONE BROKE OFF ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. ANOTHER $85 AND I WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO REPLACE THE OTHER TWO. DEALER IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS CHECKED MY AIR PRESSURE (DURING OIL CHANGES AND MULTI-POINT INSPECTIONS) AND NEVER MENTIONED I HAD THE WRONG CAPS ON THE VALVE STEMS. I HAVE CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS WITH MY SAFETY CONCERN. HAD I BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE VALVE STEM BLEW OUT, I COULD'VE EASILY BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. GM MAINTAINS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND WILL NOT PURSUE THE ISSUE. I NOT ONLY FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, BUT I FEEL THEY OWE MY MONEY BACK TO ME. THIS IS THE FIRST GM PRODUCT I'VE HAD (JEEP/CHRYSLER PRODUCTS IN THE PAST). I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE EXCUSES THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME (WRONG VALVE CAPS, MOISTURE GOT UNDERNEATH AND CAUSED CORROSION) AND WITH GM'S RESPONSE, SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL ON IT, WE REALLY DON'T CARE IF YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TELLING EQUINOX AND TORRENT DRIVERS TO CHECK THEIR VALVE STEMS! SHAME ON YOU GM. *TR

STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IS NOTICED AFTER VEHICLE IS STARTED AND RAN. CHECKING BENEATH FUEL TANK, IT IS VISIBLE THAT GASOLINE IS LEAKING FROM PUMP/CONNECTIONS AREA ON TOP OF TANK. ALSO HAS THE LEAK IN VICINITY OF EXHAUST CREATING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD, NOT TO MENTION HEALTH HAZARD FROM BREATHING FUEL VAPORS. THE EXHAUST WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF FUEL TANK IN ORDER TO CORRECT OR REPLACE LEAKING PUMP. THE VEHICLE IS STILL IN OPERABLE CONDITION AND A PERSON WOULD ASSUME THAT EXTERNAL LEAKAGE WOULD RESULT IN A SAFETY RECALL TO REPAIR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NORMALLY YOU DO NOT HAVE A LEAKAGE OF THE PUMP BEFORE A COMPLETE FAILURE OF SAID PUMP. I PERSONALLY THINK THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL AND PAY FOR REPAIRS. AND IF A PERSON HAS ALREADY MADE THE REPAIR THAT THE REPAIR FEES BE REIMBURSED. VEHICLE DOES NOT IN MY OPINION HAVE ENOUGH AGE OR MILES TO BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR