2013 Chevrolet Equinox

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY. CAR RUNS VERY ROUGH. STALLS. TOOK TO DEALER. REPORT RECEIVED: IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES 100 F DEGREES OR HIGHER, DTCS P2635 AND/OR P108B MAY SET. THE VEHICLE MAY ALSO EXHIBIT A HESITATION OR STALLING CONDITION. CAUSE: EXCESSIVELY HOT AND SUSTAINED AMBIENT TEMPS OVER 100 F DEGREES CAUSING VAPORT BUILDUP IN FUEL FEED LINE. ADVISED TO USE GREATER THAN 91 OCTANE FUEL, KEEP IN COVERED GARAGE. THERE IS NO FIX! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US: WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, CAR BOGS DOWN AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE, SLOWING WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ON WAY HOME, 96 DEGREE DAY, TWO BABIES IN CAR WITH GROCERIES, STOPPED AT A LIGHT ON HEAVILY TRAVELED, TWO LANE ROAD, CAR STALLS OUT AND WILL NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. WHILE COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE THIS MORNING, THE CAR ALMOST STALLED AGAIN. IF CAR WILL STALL WHILE IDLING OR ACCELERATING, THIS COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TO BE TOLD THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE WOBBLE WHILE BEING FLAT TOWED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHANDLER CHEVROLET DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO SAFETY ISSUES. AFTER THE FAILURE, THE BLUE LOX MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INHERENT TO THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING. THE GMC MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND TRANSFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA WITHOUT THE CONTACT'S KNOWLEDGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,833.

6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE CAR BEGAN STALLING. VEHICLE ALWAYS WAS LOW ON OIL, EVEN WITH PROPER MAINTENANCE. LOSS OF ACCELERATION SPEED AND STALLING BECAME USUAL. FINALLY AFTER FILLING THE TANK IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT START SO WE HAD IT TOWED. TIMING CHAIN WAS THE REASON GIVEN SO $3600 LATER I FIGURED IT WAS FIXED. NOT THE CASE. OIL WAS STILL HAVING TO BE ADDED AND 1.5 YEARS LATER WHILE DRIVING, THE MOTOR HAS BLOWN. WE STILL OWE 9K ON A CAR THAT IS INOPERABLE AND ALSO USAA REQUIRES US TO KEEP OUR INSURANCE. I

WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN THUNDERSTORM ON JULY 1, 2016. I PAYED FOR REPAIRS $474, IN 2016. CAR RECALLED FOR SAME 2017. RECALL ID NUMBER 16V582. GM SAID I WOULD BE REIMBURSED IF ALREADY FIXED. TOOK TO DEALER AS INSTRUCTED, BUT GM ONLY REIMBURSED FOR PART $148 ( WAS I TO INSTALL IT MYSELF ?) . SAID BILL IN WRONG NAME, BUT IN HUSBAND NAME AS NOTED. THEY DECLINED OTHER DOCUMENTATION. SAID PART NUMBER WRONG; I HAD NO CONTROL OVER PART NUMBER, JUST NEEDED WIPERS TO WORK. I AM STILL OUT OVER $300. HOW CAN GM CLAIM THEY ARE REIMBURSING?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AL CERA DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NEEDED IN THE PSCM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER A SOFTWARE UPDATE AND THE CASE WOULD BE FORWARDED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,000.

"TAMARA RECALL" I'M WRITING REGUARDING AN ACCIDENT THAT TOTALED OUT MY VEHICLE BUT NONE OF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ? I HIT A DEER AT 75-80 MPH ON A HWY IT HIT MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT AND CONTINUED UP OVER MY HOOD AND ACTUALLY DENTED PART OF MY PASSENGER SIDE FENDER I COULDN'T EVEN OPEN THE DOOR ALL THE WAY! NONE OF MY AIR BAGS WENT OFF. LUCKILY I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON WHICH SOMETHING IN THE SEAT BELT BLEW WHEN IT LOCKED ME IN PLACE DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE DEER HITTING JUMPING OUT AT ME A WARNING POPPED UP ON MY DASH BELIEVE SAID "LOCKED" BUT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST , IT PUSHED & CRACKED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING UNDER MY HOOD. I HAD SMOKE COMING FROM MY VEHICLE, FLUIDS ON THE GROUND NO FIRE THANKFULLY ! MY SUV WAS TOTALED AND MANY HAVE QUESTIONED ME ABOUT THE AIR BAGS. I'M NOW WONDERING THE SAME THING. WHY IN THE WORLD DID NONE OF THESE GO OFF ? IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD MY SEAT BELT ON WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE AIR BAGS NOT GOING OFF ! I'VE DONE RESEARCH I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RECALLS, BUT I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THIS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V582000 (VISIBILITY). THE CONTACT CALLED GUS PAULOS CHEVROLET (4050 3500 S, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120 (801) 758-8387) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/13/17*LJ *CN