2012 Chevrolet Equinox Power Train

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and depressing the brake pedal, the front-end of the vehicle would shake and vibrate. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who discovered that the front axle bracket had fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 62,000.

2012 EQUINOX HAS BEEN USING MORE OIL THAN IT SHOULD. TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL THIS WEEK, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, REPLACED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. ENGINE WOULD LOSE POWER WHEN I SLOWED DOWN OR TRIED TO ACCELERATE. TOOK IT BACK IN, SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID I MY TIMING CHAINS ARE STRETCHED, THE CHAINS, GUIDES AND ACTUATORS NEED TO BE REPLACED ASAP BEFORE MY ENGINE STOPS FOR GOOD. SERVICE PERSON STATED THEY CONTACTED GM AND THEY WILL NOT HELP WITH THE COST TO FIX IT. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN APRIL 2019, IT HAS 89,441 MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE JERKED WITH AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) HAS FAILED. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO EITHER "R" OR "D" THE VEHICLE LURCHES, AND THE "R" OR "D" FLASHES. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE VEHICLE IS NOT OPERABLE. PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR - THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD. THIS CONDITION WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. REGARDLESS OF TRAVEL SPEED AT THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WILL SLAM INTO A LOW GEAR. THIS CREATES A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. ON A WET, SNOWY, OR ICY ROAD IT WOULD SURELY CAUSE THE OPERATOR TO LOOSE CONTROL AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 38,000 MILES. FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) TO FAIL ON A VEHICLE WITH THIS FEW MILES IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. FOR IT NOT TO BE WARRANTIED IS ALSO NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND A CALCULATED DECISION ON THE PART OF THE MANUFACTURER TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR AN ISSUE IT IS AWARE OF THAT REGARDS THE SAFE OPERATION OF ITS VEHICLES. UPON RESEARCH, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME NATURE ON-LINE. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

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INTAKE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE. I HAD THE OIL CONSUMPTION SERVICES COMPLETED LAST OCTOBER 2017 AND THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER 2018 I HAD TO HAVE THE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE REPLACED TO WHICH EVERYONE I KNOW WITH AN EQUINOX THAT IS OLDER THAN 2016 IS HAVING TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED ON THEIR VEHICLE. I FEEL THAT WITH SUCH A DRASTIC AMOUNT OF VEHICLES HAVING THIS FIXED IF IT WASNT APART OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION PARTS TO HAVE REPLACED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE IT REALLY APPEARS TO BE A LARGELY REPLACED ITEM COSTING PEOPLE OVER $200 TO HAVE FIXED. THIS PART CAUSES YOUR VEHICLE WHEN AT LOWER SPEEDS TO STALL OUT OVER AND OVER UNTIL IT JUST WONT GO. IT STARTED WITH A ROUGH IDLE. THEN WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT. FINALLY IT WOULD STALL WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS.

THIS CAR HAS A SEALED TRANSMISSION. AND I ONLY DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND TO AND FROM WORK. WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF IT HESITATES AND JUMPS. IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER EQUINOX OWNERS AND APPARENTLY THIS HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A DEFECT. NOT EVERY CAR SHOULD HAVE TRANSMISSIONS PROBLEMS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

THE REAR MAIN SEAL FAILS IN COLD WEATHER. GM HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS MATTER, BUT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE ENGINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUE. CURRENTLY I'M THE FORTH CAR IN LINE AT THE DEALERSHIP WAITING TO HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED.

I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND THERE IS ONLY 70,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I GET REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE AS NEEDED FROM THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC TO DO A TRANSMISSION FLUSH, I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD A BAD LEAK AND THAT IT WAS LEAKING ALL INSIDE THE AXLE ETC. THE TOTAL COST TO FIX IS 3,000 TO 4,000 BECAUSE I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT WHEN MY CAR WOULD NOT SWITCH GEARS SMOOTHLY AND IT STARTED MAKING A WINDING SOUND. THE CAR WOULD BARELY PICK UP ON THE HIGHWAY.

VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE OIL LEAK CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE REAR MAIN SEAL. IT ONLY HAS 75000 MILES ON IT.

DRIVING MY CAR HOME, STARTED LOSING POWER. PULLED OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. FOUND OUT MY TIMING CHAIN WENT AND RUINED MY ENGINE. I HAVE 75000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE MAINTAINED THE OIL CHANGES IN IT REGULARLY.

BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AT 40K MILES IN 2013. SINCE OWNING IT OCCASIONALLY HAD A ROUGH IDLE WHEN INCLINED ON THE OFF-RAMP OF A HIGHWAY. IT WAS A CROSS BETWEEN AND SLIGHT SHUTTER AND A JERK FORWARD LIKE THE HILL ASSIST FEATURE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD TRUE. AS THE VEHICLE GOT CLOSER TO 100K MILES THE IDLE WAS BECOMING MORE PRONOUNCED AND STARTED SPUTTERING IN DRIVE-THRUS AND STOP SIGNS UNTIL ONE DAY IT SHUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE HAD ISSUES BACKING UP WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF. TOOK INTO A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS VERY LOW ON OIL (EVEN THOUGH I WAS STILL IN MY WINDOW) AND SOME SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. VEHICLE WAS OK FOR A FEW WEEKS AND NOW IT IS STARTING THE SAME ACTIVITY AGAIN. UNTIL I CAN TAKE IT AGAIN TO GET CHECKED OUT I HAVE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE AT STOP SIGNS AND OFF-RAMPS.

THE TRANSMISSION JERKS, WHILE VEHICLE ROLLS BACK WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A DEAD STOP OR FROM A SLOWER SPEED. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR A PROBLEM THAT CAN HAVE A FATAL CONSEQUENCE?

PURCHASED PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX THAT CURRENTLY HAS 51,827 MILES. THE PAST TWO MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT HARD SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION 10 TO 12 TIMES. THE DEALER ISSUED ME A PAPER EXPLAINING THE CONDITION WAS NORMAL, BUT NOT ADDRESSING WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING. THE PAPER PIP4112Q STATES A HESITATION OR SAG WHEN ACCELERATING OR AGGRESSIVELY ACCELERATING, NONE OF WHICH HAS HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. THE EXPERIENCE IS REPEATED WHEN SLOWLY ACCELERATING PAST 16 TO 18 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN RELEASING FROM THE ACCELERATOR, AFTER RE-ACCELERATING AT A REASONABLE SPEED THE TRANSMISSION HAS A FORCEFUL, HARD SHIFT AT AROUND 14 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 71 THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY SHIFTED AND BOTH PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE DRIVES THE VEHICLE AND I FEAR FOR HER SAFETY AS THIS SITUATION IS VERY FRIGHTENING. I CONTACTED THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THEY ADMITTED THIS OCCURRED TO THEM MANY TIMES AND 'SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF THEM'. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND CREATES A MAJOR DISTRACTION THAT COULD RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. MY UNPROFESSIONAL OPINION AND THE EXPLANATION FROM THE SALES ADVISOR AT THE DEALERSHIP IS THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER TO SHIFT UP OR DOWN AT THAT GIVEN POINT. THE VIOLENT SHIFT CREATES AN ANXIOUS INTERRUPTION OF NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, PUTTING THE PASSENGERS OF THE VEHICLE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THE DEALERSHIP AND GENERAL MOTORS HAVE NOT GIVEN A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THIS TERRIFYING PROBLEM.

UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STATIONARY POSITION, MY VEHICLE JERKS BACK & FORTH WHILE SHIFTING THROUGH 1ST AND 2ND GEARS (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) LIKE IT GETS CAUGHT & THEN JUMPS UP TO SPEED. FIRST I HAD A TRUSTED MECHANIC TAKE A RIDE & HE ADVISED ME WHAT I SUSPECTED - MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 33,000 MILES ON IT HAS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUE. IT IS CURRENTLY IN SERVICE (THEY ARE LIKELY TO INSTALL A NEW TRANSMISSION) I HAVE READ MANY ACCOUNTS OF SIMILAR TROUBLES & I BELIEVE THERE IS A WIDE SPREAD DEFECT IN THE POWER TRAINS OF MANY LATE MODEL CHEVROLET SUV TRUCKS & THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY BE A RECALL HTTP://CHEVROLETFORUM.COM/FORUM/EQUINOX-23/2012-EQUINOX-TRANSMISSION-PROBLEMS-59190/ HTTP://FORUMS.EDMUNDS.COM/DISCUSSION/12776/CHEVROLET/EQUINOX/CHEVY-EQUINOX-TRANSMISSION-PROBLEMS/P2

WHILE DRIVING I SLOWED DOWN TO STOP FOR LIGHT , LIGHT CHANGED SO I ACCELERATED WHEN I STEP ON GAS VEHICLE HESITATED AND LURCHED FORWARD WITH AN IMPACT SIMILAR TO BEING REAR ENDED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED BEFORE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE WAS AT A DEAD STOP AND WHEN I STEPPED ON GAS PEDDLE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE IMMEDIATELY . THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM GOING ON FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND 30000 MILES. EVERY TIME I TOOK IT IN FOR MAINTENANCE I WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT PROBLEM TO NO HELP FROM DEALER THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT PROBLEM THEY SENT ME TO SELLING DEALER WHO KEPT IT FOR ONE AND A HALF DAYS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE .THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME HIS WIFE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ARE TRADING THERE VEHICLE IN ON THE SAME VEHICLE WITH A 6 CYLINDER. THE SERVICE WRITER WHO WROTE UP MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM IN A DIFFERENT MODEL BUT HE JUST LIVES WITH IT. WE FEEL THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME VERY UNSAFE AND WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GET THIS RESOLVED. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AGAIN AND THEY HAD NOT RESPONDED. WE HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM ON SEVERAL WEBSITES INCLUDING CHEVY FORUM . *TR

WHEN THE CAR IS STOP AND YOU START TO DRIVE IT WILL JERK FORWARD AS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT. *TR

UPON ACCELERATION, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION UPSHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR IT WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE WILL REV UP BUT THE VEHICLE JUST COASTS. IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE GAS IT WILL EVENTUALLY SLAM INTO GEAR AND WILL RESUME DRIVING BUT HAS ERRATIC AND HARD GEAR CHANGES AND MAY ALSO GO BACK INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN. THIS WILL LAST FOR THE ENTIRE DRIVE CYCLE UNLESS YOU PULL OVER AND TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE WHICH RESETS THE SYSTEM. IT DOES NOT TURN ON THE CEL LIGHT OR STORE ANY FAILURE CODES OR INFORMATION. IT IS A INTERMITTENT ISSUE WITH NO SET PATTERN. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU ARE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR ATTEMPTING TO MERGE OR PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. I TRADED IN A 2011 EQUINOX WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR THIS 2012 EQUINOX WHEN THE DEALER COULD NOT CORRECT IT. I HAVE CHECKED VARIOUS EQUINOX FORUMS AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS HAVING THIS ISSUE. JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS RUN OVER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THREE SEPARATE SUDDEN ACCELERATION FAILURES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WERE UPDATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE REPAIRS WOULD REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT FOR THE PAST 100 MILES, THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,800.......UPDATED 08-03-12 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ABNORMALLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 2,048.