2007 Chevrolet Equinox

ON THURSDAY 14 JUNE 2011 I THOUGHT I HAD SMELL GAS IN MY TRUCK. HAD MY HUSBAND TO LAY DOWN AN LOOK UNDER THE TRUCK AND HE SAID IT WAS WET. THE FUMES OF GAS IS GETTING STRONGER BY THE DAY. I REALLY GETTING AFRAID TO DRIVE MY TRUCK THAT BI REALLY ENJOY DRIVING. IT SEEM THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO OTHER. IS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE FOR THAT JUST TO HAPPEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IS STRANGE AND DANGEROUS I THINK. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME THAT MIGHT HELP. *TT

2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT, NOTICED RAW GAS SMELL COMING FROM RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PLASTIC GAS TANK HAD A CRACK IN IT WHERE THE NECK GOES INTO THE TANK. UPON CHECKING ONLINE I SEE OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED CHEVROLET SERVICE AND GOT NO WHERE. HAD REPAIR SHOP REPLACE TANK WITH NEW TANK. WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SEEN ON SAME PROBLEM IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH TANK. ALSO IS A SAFETY RISK WITH GAS LEAKING OUT OF SIDE OF TANK FOR POSSIBLE FIRE

APROX 2 WEEKS AGO I STARTED SMELLING GAS COMING FROM THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SMELL HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP ON 6/27/2011 AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DROP THE FUEL TANK TO DETERMINE THE EXACT ISSUE WHICH IS ONE OF 3. ONE BEING THE CIRCLE RING ON TOP OF THE TANK, A FUEL MODULE, OR A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK. THEY EXAMINED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED ANY OF THESE ITEMS TO GO WRONG. I HAVE GOOGLED AND SEEN WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSUMERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR 2007 EQUINOX'S. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THERE IS A BIG RISK IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE LIKE IT IS. THEIR ANSWER WAS THAT ANYTIME GAS FUMES ARE PRESENT IT PRESENTS RISKS. EVERY NIGHT WHEN PARKING THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, THE NEXT MORNING THE GAS FUMES ARE TREMONDOUSLY CONCENTRATED (THIS IS WITH ALL THE GARAGE WINDOWS OPEN TO VENT THE GARAGE). AS OF 6/27/2011, THERE HAS BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. I FEEL WITH THE SEVERAL COMPLIANTS THAT I HAVE SEEN FOR THIS ISSUE, THIS THIS SHOULD A SAFETY RECALL IN WHICH CHEVY NEEDS TO CORRECT. *TR

MY MARRIED DAUGHTER(3 SMALL KIDS) RECENTLY STARTED SMELLING GAS AT THE RIGHT REAR OF HER 2007 EQUINOX(74,000 MI). INSPECTION BY LOCAL DEALER REVEALED GAS TANK SEAM NEAR PUMP/SENDING UNIT ASSEMBLY SEPARATED & LEAKING. VEHICLE IS STILL WITHIN POWER TRAIN AND EMISSIONS WARRANTIES BUT GM IS ONLY WILLING TO COVER COST OF NEW TANK(NOT OFFICIALLY UNDER EITHER WARRANTY, JUST AS A "GOOD WILL" GESTURE) LEAVING $500.00 IN LABOR FOR HER TO PAY. PER NHTSA WEBSITE, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A COMPONENT FAILURE / MANUFACTURING DEFECT. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE AND/OR EXPLOSION, GM SHOULD VIEW THIS AS A POTENTIAL P/R NIGHTMARE AND DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION(TO INCLUDE A LOANER VEHICLE). LOCAL DEALER HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL BUT IT'S GM'S PLACE TO DO THE RIGHT THING RATHER THAN TAKING 'PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY'. TWO OR MORE SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED TO NHTSA HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. COMPARED TO THE COST OF A RECALL(OR GOD FORBID, A FIRE), REPAIRING EACH OF THESE AS THEY HAPPEN WITHOUT HESITATION WOULD BE AN INSIGNIFICANT EXPENSE FOR THE MANUFACTURER(AND VERY GOOD LEGAL ADVICE, I MIGHT ADD....) UPDATED 07/20/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, IT WAS IN FACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE LINE AT THE SENDING UNIT WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AND ALL PARTS AND LABOR WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. UPDATED 08/02/11*JB *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TIME OR SPEED WHEN THE STEERING WOULD FAIL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 97,000.

MY HUSBAND HAD HIT A BUZZARD IN FEBRUARY 2010 ON A COUNTY PAVED ROAD WHICH TORE SOME OF THE GRIDDLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THEN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 I WAS GOING TO THE STORE AND THE CAR GOT HOT STARTED TO DIE WHICH THE COMPUTER TOLD ME TO STOP, TURN OFF A/C AND IDLE THE CAR, ALLOWING IT TO COOL DOWN. AFTER 15 MINS I PROCEEDED TO RETURN HOME AND THE SUV GOT EXTREME HOT, STARTED TO DIE. CALLED MY HUSBAND AND HE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT THERE. HE PULL THE 2007 EQUINOX TO OUR HOME AND LOOK FOR REASON FOR SUV TO GET HOT. WE CALLED THE DEALER SINCE THE SUV WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND TOWED IT TO THE DEALER. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WE WAS TOLD THAT A PIECE OF GRIDDLE HAD RUBBED A HOLE INTO RADIATOR AND ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACE. STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO WE CONTACTED OUR INSURANCE AGENCY. AT FIRST INS AGENCY WAS NOT GOING TO COVER THE DAMAGES BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS ON EVERY MAINTENANCE DONE WHICH THE LAST OIL CHANGE WAS AUGUST, 2010, 30 DAYS BEFORE THIS PROBLEM. THERE WERE NEVER NO PUNCTURE HOLES IN RADIATOR NO OVERHEATING NO SIGNALS AT ALL. AFTER REPAIRS, THE INVOICE STATED THAT "SWAY BAR PLASTIC TRIM RUBBED HOLE INTO RADIATOR." ALSO WE WAS ASK BY THE DEALERSHIP IF WE WANT THE SWAY BAR REPAIR SINCE IT WAS IN NEEDED FOR REPAIRS. TWO WEEKS AGO WE DISCOVERED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT IS BROKE. THE SUV HAVE BEEN POPPING WHEN BACKING UP OR TURNING SINCE WE GOT THE SUV REPAIRED IN SEPTEMBER 2010. WE DID CALLED GMC AFTER READING THEIR WARRANTY COVERAGE 100,000 MILES OR 5 YEARS THAT STATED THAT THESE DEFECTS WAS COVER UNDER THIS WARRANTY. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE RADIATOR WAS NOT PART OF THE WARRANTY NOR WAS THE SWAY BAR; ONLY THE ENGINE. WE WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO US WHY THE RADIATOR WOULD NOT BE COVER UNDER THIS WARRANTY SINCE THE ENGINE CAN NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THE RADIATOR TO KEEP THE ENGINE COOL AND IF THE RADIATOR IS NOT NEEDED THEN WHY IS IT ON THE VEHICLE? WHAT IS COVERED UNDER GMC'S BEST EVER WARRANTY? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V344000 (AIRBAGS: FRONTAL: SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE), BUT THE MANUFACTURER SAID THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

VEHICLE HAS TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER FOR THINGS LIKE DASH BOARD LIGHTS, RADIO, POWER LOCKS AND ADDITIONALLY I HEAR POPPING NOISES FROM FRONT END OF CAR AND TO ADD TO THIS FRUSTRATION ON SUNDAY THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED WITH NO PREVIOUS WARNING INDICATORS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN A PARKING SPACE AND SIMPLY COULD NOT STEER MY CAR TO EXIT. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED AT THE COST OF OVER $700.00. *TR

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX SMELLING LIKE GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, I TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL ON THE AIRBAG SENSORS AND THE DEALER NOTED THE SMELL OF GAS, I HAVE NO WARRANTY AND CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY GMC. IS GM GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE'S EQUINOX GOES UP IN FLAMES FOR THEM TO ADMIT IT IS A DEFECT. AND THEY CALLED ME TO TRADE IT IN FOR ANOTHER ONE, NOT. *TR