2019 Chevrolet Equinox Engine

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LOSS ENGINE POWER AND BEGAN 'SPUTTERING.' THE REDUCES ENGINE POWER WARNING CAME ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MAKE IT OFF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED/QUIT. I HAVE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AND PUSHED INTO THE SERVICE BAY. I WAS TOLD THE INTAKE VALVE WAS DAMAGED AND CAME LOOSE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS EVEN FATAL SITUATION IF THEIRS HAD BEEN A CAR TAILGATING ME.

ON MAY 18TH 2019 WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 45 TO 65 MPH TO ENTER ONTO A FREEWAY, HEARD/FELT LOUD POP FROM ENGINE, LOST POWER WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED "REDUCED POWER". CONTACTED ON STAR, NOTED THE PROBLEM DROVE TO DEALER 8 MILES AWAY, DIAGNOSED AS PLASTIC CLAMP ON HOSE FROM TURBO CHARGER BROKE. EQUINOX HAD 732 MILES ON IT, IN SHOP FOR 14 DAYS WAITING FOR FIX. METAL CLAMP ADDED TO RE-ENFORCE THE PLASTIC CLAMP, DEALER STATED NEW HOSE ORDERED AS STILL DEFECT IN THE PLASTIC COUPLING. AUGUST 7TH, BACK AT THE DEALER TO INSTALL NEW TUBE FOR TURBO CHARGER. AUGUST 13TH DRIVING 45MPH, ACCELERATED LIGHTLY MAYBE FROM 1600 RPM UP TO 2500 RPM, FELT/HEARD POP FROM BOTTOM OF ENGINE SAME WARNING OF REDUCED POWER. SAME ISSUE AS BEFORE, DIFFERENT PART OF THE TUB FROM ENGINE TO TURBO CHARGER. THIS IS A DEFECT IN ENGINEERING, NEED NHTSA TO STEP UP, ORDER GM TO FIX THIS PROPERLY. NO LONGER TRUST THIS VEHICLE. STILL SUMMER HERE, WILL BE VERY UNSETTLED DURING THE WINTER WHEN TEMPS CAN STAY BELOW 20 DEGREES FOR WEEKS OR COLDER HOW A PLASTIC TUBE WILL REACT TO THE COLD IN A HOT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NHTSA NEEDS TO ACT NOW BEFORE THIS CAUSES ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES OR DEATH BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF GM AND THOSE ENGINEERS THAT DESIGNED THIS WEAK SYSTEM. THIS WHAT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY IS SUPPOSED TO DO, PROTECT THE CONSUMERS. WE PURCHASED A NEW VEHICLE TO DRIVE NOT BE WORRIED IF IT WILL GET US SAFELY TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO!

THERE IS A MAJOR HOSE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING, A HOSE CAME LOOSE ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THAT CAUSED A WARNING MESSAGE ON THE DASH THAT SAID "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED" AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WAS JUST INFORMED THIS IS NOW HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND CHEVY WILL BE ISSUING A RECALL.

PURCHASED 2019 EQUINOX HAD 957 MILES ON IT WHEN "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT APPEARED. TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID CODE WAS P0442 EVAP SMALL LEAK. THEY FOUND PURGE TUBE NOT SEATED FULLY. PRIOR TO DRIVING IT INTO DEALERSHIP WE SMELT GAS FUMES IN THE INTERIOR CABIN. 23 DAYS LATER "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT APPEARED AT 1426 MILES. HEARD LOUD POP COMING FROM REAR OF CAR. AGAIN GAS FUMES CAN BE SMELT IN THE INTERIOR CABIN. DEALERSHIP SAID CODE P0442 AGAIN BUT IT WAS FROM THE EVAP CANISTER "O" RING FAILURE. THIS EMISSION SYSTEM SEEMS FAULTY AS IT IS A SEALED UNIT BUT SMELLING GAS FUMES IN THE INTERIOR IS NOT SAFE AT ALL.

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOUD POP SOUND AND THEN THE ENGINE WENT INTO REDUCED POWER MODE & THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER STATES THAT IT IS THE CHARGE COOLER AIR TUBE THAT BECOMES DETACHED FROM THROTTLE BODY. MULTIPLE SERVICE WRITERS HAVE STATED THERE IS NO OFFICIAL FIX FROM GM. TWO DEALERS HAVE CLAIMED TO "FIX" MY ISSUE, BUT IT WENT INTO THE SHOP AGAIN TODAY FOR THE FOURTH TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUE. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS AT 149 MILES. NEXT THREE WERE BETWEEN 7500-8200 MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIPS THREE TIMES THE LAST 6 DAYS.

ON JUNE 28 WE WERE TRAVELING FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SOUTHERN CALIF. WHEN GOING UP A STEEP INCLINE, I HEARD A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IMMEDIATELY, LOST POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WITH A MESSAGE "REDUCED POWER". AT THE TIME, CAR WAS VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW, WITH ONLY 1335 MILES WE WERE IN A FAIRLY REMOTE AREA, SO I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE, AND CALLED FOR A TOW TO NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER (37 MILES AWAY). DEALER WAS ALREADY CLOSED, IT WAS 9 PM. LEFT CAR OVERNIGHT AT DEALER, AND CONTACTED THEM NEXT DAY. DEALER SERVICE DEPT. STATED IT WAS A "THROTTLE BODY PIPE THAT POPPED OFF, AND IT WOULD TAKE A FEW DAYS FOE FIX, AND REPLACEMENT PART. WE WERE 400 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, DEALER DID ARRANGE FOR RENTAL CAR TO GO BACK HOME WITH. REPAIR TOOK NEARLY 2 WEEKS. WHEN NOTIFIED THAT CAR WAS READY, I DROVE BACK DOWN TO VALENCIA, CALIF. FROM SACRAMENTO AREA TO BRING CAR HOME. I WENT 2 BLOCKS, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY APPEARED, RETURNED TO DEALER, AND THE INSTALLED SOME SORT OF CLAMP, AS A FIX, AND WAS TOLD ALL IS NOW OK. I PROCEEDED HOME, GOING UP THE SAME INCLINE 35 MILES LATER, AND SAME PROBLEM OCCURS, LOST POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT,WITH REDUCED POWER MESSAGE. WAS TOWED BACK TO SAME DEALER AGAIN. SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN EQUINOX MODEL, THAT GM HAS NO GOOD ANSWER FOR. AGAIN, DIAGNOSIS WAS "INTAKE PIPE POPPING OFF THROTTLE BODY". AGAIN, IT TOOK 2 WEEKS TO REPLACE INTAKE PIPE AND THROTTLE BODY. AFTER REPAIRS, I'M STILL NOTICING THAT ACCELERATION IS SOMEWHAT CHOPPY , AND NOT SMOOTH. I STILL AM NOT HAPPY, AND INTEND TO HAVE MY LOCAL DEALER, ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, THAT I'M STARTING TO SEE, IS A WIDESPREAD GM CHEVROLET PROBLEM.

THE TUBE CONNECTING THE EXHAUST TO THE TURBO HAS BECOME DISCONNECTED NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE SEPARATE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE SECOND TIME FIXED WAS WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED GM PART SPECIFICALLY TO ELIMINATE THE ISSUE. WHICH CLEARLY DID NOT OCCUR. OWNED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL OF THREE MONTHS WITH 2260 MILES ALL DRIVEN BY MYSELF AND THE VEHICLE HAS SPENT A MONTH AND MORE AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

SAME AS OTHERS CHARGE INTAKE TUBE ISSUE. THEY TRIED TO REPAIR IT WITH CLIPS AND THAT DID NOT WORK. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 6/1/19 WITH NO ETA ON REPAIR AS THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY

SAME AS OTHERS THE TURNBO INTAKE TUBE CAME OFF. THEY TRIED TO REPAIR IT WITH THE CLIP KIT AND THAT DID NOT WORK. MY CAR AS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 6/1 WAITING FOR A CHARGE INTAKE TUBE. NO ETA ON STATUS AS ITS BACK ORDERED.

TURBO HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO THE THROTTLE BOTTLE POPS OFF UNDER ACCELERATION, AND ENGINE LOSES POWER. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. IT HAPPENED TWO TIMES ON OUR TRIP HOME FROM PURCHASING THE CAR BRAND NEW.

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HEARD A POPPING SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATION. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR AN EXIT OFF OF THE TOLLWAY WITHIN 3 MILES OF A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THIS COULD'VE BEEN A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE IS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED DURING A STEEP GRADED INCLINE, IT COULD'VE BEEN LIFE-THREATENING. THE VEHICLE WAS CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT UP THE MOUNTAIN AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION RESULTING IN A DEADLY CRASH KNOCKING THE CAR OVER A GUARD RAIL. GOD FORBID IT WOULD'VE BEEN DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WITH SNOW UNLESS TRACTION. THE CAR ONLY HAD 4500 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE REPAIR PART WAS ON INDEFINITE BACKOREDER WITH GM. HE CANNOT GIVE ME A DATE WHEN THE CAR WOULD BE REPAIRED.

THE DUCT FROM MY TURBO TO THE THROTTLE BODY EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. VEHICLE WENT TO "REDUCED POWER MODE". SPEED WAS LIMITED TO 45 MPH. THIS ISSUE IS ACCORDING TO THE DEALER A "KNOWN PROBLEM". SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS PROBLEM. THANK GOD I WAS ON A LOCAL ROAD NOT A FREEWAY. THE SERVICE DEPT. HAS MY CAR AND SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT COULD BE FIXED! I BOUGHT THIS LEMON 2 WEEKS AGO AND IT ONLY HAS 340 MILES ON IT. IT IS SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP -- I DON'T HAVE MY NEW CAR. DANGEROUS SITUATION! ALSO IT HAS AN IDIOTIC AUTO STOP FEATURE THAT STOPS THE ENGINE AT EVERY STOP SIGN. THIS CANNOT BE TURNED OFF. WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE BRAKE THE ENGINE STARTS AND THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD. ANOTHER HORRIBLE SITUATION.

THE AUTO STOP ENGINE FEATURE HAS NO CONTROL DEVICE TO DISABLE THE FEATURE. AUTO ENGINE STOP CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD WHEN RESTARTING FROM THE AUTO STOP CONDITION AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED HESITATION OF THE RESTART CONDITION WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A BUSY INTERESECTION CAUSING MYSELF SLIGHT PANIC WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO COMPLETE THE TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC APPROACHING. VERY DANGEROUS! THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE TURNED OFF BY THE OWNER ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FUEL CONSUMPTION.

AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM PUT ON THE PLATE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE IT TO A SECURE LOCATION SO I COULD GET SOMEONE TO FOLLOW ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THE CAR DID NOT HAVE FULL POWER. WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT OF THE SECURE LOCATION , I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STOPPED. I DECIDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED, THE CAR HAD ONLY 45 MILES ON IT. I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM SERVICE, THEY REPORTED THAT THEY REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE INTAKE DUCT SEAL AND RETAINING CLIP.INSTALLED DUCT TO THROTTLE BODY AND CHECK DUCT LOCKS INTO PLACE, INTAKE DUCT IS SECURE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TOWED AGAIN, THE CAR HAS 60 MILES ON IT. I AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER. BOTH TIMES THE RATE OF SPEED WAS AROUND 45 - 50 MPH.

SAME ISSUE AS MOST OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 60 MPH WE HEARD A LOUD POP. WE THOUGHT WE HIT SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WARNING THAT WE WERE LOSING POWER. WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING LEAKING AND THE MANUAL SAID IT WAS OKAY TO DRIVE WITH THE WARNING LIGHT. SINCE IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT THERE WERE NO OPEN CHEVY DEALERS WE NURSED IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY KNEW WHAT IT WAS RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THEY HAD SOMEONE COME IN THE DAY BEFORE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, THE CLIP THAT CONNECTS A HOSE TO THE THROTTLE BODY POPPED OFF. THEY PUT THE HOSE BACK ON AND BUT KEPT THE VEHICLE SO THEY COULD PUT A NEW CLIP ON IT. IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE PART TO COME IN. THE CAR IS BRAND NEW, IT HAS 2000 MILES ON IT.

FOR UNKNOWN REASONS VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A MOTEL GRAVEL PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS AFTER HAVING BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS. ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY THE FIRE BEFORE BEING PUT OUT BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE AUTO STOP IS A HAZARD. WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR DOESN'T GET TO SPEED QUICK ENOUGH.

THE ENGINE "AUTO STOP" FEATURE CAN HAVE ENOUGH OF A DELAY TO ALLOW THE ACCELERATOR TO BE PRESSED AS THE ENGINE STARTS CAUSING IT TO LURCH FORWARD RATHER THAN ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY. IT ALSO CAN CAUSE A DELAY WHEN PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEFEAT THE SYSTEM ON THIS GM MODEL ACCORDING TO GM SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THOUGH I AM SURE IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED FOR CERTAIN OWNER DRIVING STYLES AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS HAZARD. CAR MAKERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO EITHER DISABLE THE FEATURE PERMANENTLY BY OWNER REQUEST OR HAVE A METHOD FOR THE OWNER TO BYPASS THE SYSTEM.

HOSE CLIP THAT GOES TO TURBOCHARGER HAS POPPED OFF TWICE NOW. I CURRENTLY HAVE 3400 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN APRIL 2019. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN I WAS ON STREET TRAFFIC AND I ACCELERATED AND HEARD A LOUD CLUNK NOISE. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I GOT REAR-ENDED. THEY HAD MY CAR AT THE DEALER FOR THREE WEEKS DUE TO THE PART BEING BACK ORDERED. GOT BACK AND WITHIN THE FIRST 100 MILES OF DRIVING, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME I WAS ON THE FREEWAY, WHICH COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY. I WAS ALSO TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THOUGH, THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR OVER A $25 DOLLAR CLIP THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ENGINEERING FLAW.

THE ENGINE "AUTO STOP" FEATURE CAN HAVE ENOUGH DELAY TO ALLOW THE ACCELERATOR TO BE PRESSED AS THE ENGINE STARTS CAUSING IT TO LURCH FORWARD RATHER THAN ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY. IT ALSO CAN CAUSE A DELAY WHEN PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEFEAT THE SYSTEM ON THIS GM MODEL ACCORDING TO GM SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THOUGH I AM SURE IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED FOR CERTAIN OWNER DRIVING STYLES AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS HAZARD. CAR MAKERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO EITHER DISABLE THE FEATURE PERMANENTLY BY OWNER REQUEST OR HAVE A METHOD FOR THE OWNER TO BYPASS THE SYSTEM. WITH LESS THAN 250 MILES I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 INCIDENTS OF ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME FROM A STOP AND 1 OF ALMOST BEING HIT PULLING INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. I SEE MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND HOPE THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR WORSE DUE TO IT..