Complaint volume
288 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2019 Chevrolet Equinox Complaints
288 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox, grouped by component category.
288 Total complaints
21 Crash reports
7 Fire reports
4 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are engine, service brakes, unknown or other. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 21 crash reports, 7 fire reports, 4 injury reports, and 0 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 127 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 27,001 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to engine, service brakes, unknown or other?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2019 Chevrolet Equinox?
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2019 Chevrolet Equinox
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How severe are the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox complaints?
21 Crash
7 Fire
4 Injury
0 Fatality
20 Towed
3 Medical attention
What are the most common 2019 Chevrolet Equinox complaint categories?
ENGINE 42
SERVICE BRAKES 39
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 19
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 17
POWER TRAIN 17
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 13
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 8
AIR BAGS 7
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 6
288 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2019 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | WHILE ON VACATION TRAVELING ON 81S IN VA & DOING 70 MPH ON THE 3-LANE HWY., WITHOUT A WARNING A POWER REDUCTION MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASH; THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. OUR VEHICLE WENT FROM 70 MPH (POSTED SPEED) TO 40 MPH. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. WE HAD A TRACTOR TRAILER PUSHING US & A CAR PASSING US ON THE LEFT. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FAST REACTIONS OF MY HUSBAND AND HELP FROM THE MAN ABOVE, WE WOULD NOW BE 6' UNDER. AFTER SHAKING & GAINING OUR WITS, WE CONSULTED THE VEHICLE HANDBOOK TO CHECK ON A POSSIBLE REASON FOR THE POWER REDUCTION & HOW TO PROCEED. THIS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOGGED AS DRIVER ERROR, WHEN ACTUALLY IT WAS VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. WE LEFT THE VEHICLE IN VA AT A CHEV DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY & THEY ADVISE IT WOULD BE 4 DAYS UNTIL THEY COULD WORK ON THE UNIT. WE AGREED TO PICK IT UP FRIDAY ON OUR RETURN TRIP TO PA. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED THURS. MORNING TO ADVISE IT WAS READY. WE HAD TO REQUEST PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT IT WAS WORKED ON & THAT THEY FOUND NO ISSUES WITH IT, BUT THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT. UPON ARRIVING HOME, WE TOOK THE UNIT TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WHILE THE UNIT DID NOT REGISTER A CODE IN THE COMPUTER A MECHANIC DID FIND---5242 VEHICLE HAS A U0100 LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE ECU--CHECKED COMMUNICATION WITH THE PCM, TCM & BCM---NO POOR CONNECTIONS FOUND AT THIS TIME. THE DEALERSHIP DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. IT IS WITH MUCH TREPIDATION THAT WE MUST NOW DRIVE THIS VEHICLE FOR 3 YRS. UNTIL OUR LEASE IS UP AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ALLOW PASSENGERS IN IT FOR FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN AND TAKING THEIR LIVES TOO. WE HAVE READ FIVE REASONS FOR THE 2019 EQUINOX TO EXPERIENCE A POWER REDUCTION, BUT NONE OF THEM FIT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST FURTHER TESTING & INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. OUR UNIT HAD 4,785 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,785 |
| Jul 2019 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | CAMERAS DO NOT WORK PART OF TIME. BACKUP CAMERA SHOWS BLUE SCREEN WHEN NOT WORKING AND SAYS SERVICE REAR VISION SYSTEM. FORWARD CAMERAS ONLY SHOW BLUE SCREEN. BY TIME VEHICLE IS AT DEALER CAMERAS ARE WORKING AND NOTHING SHOWS A PROBLEM. NOTHING SPECIFIC MAKES THE PROBLEM HAPPEN AND NOTHING SPECIFIC MAKES IT GO AWAY. THE PROBLEM IS RANDOM, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | Crash: No Fire: No | 390 |
| Jul 2019 | ENGINE | BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 3 MILES ON IT. HAS LESS THAN 80 MILES ON IT NOW. IT'S IN THE SHOP PARTS ARE BACKORDERED TO FIX A TURBO HOSE CONNECTOR PROBLEM. WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR LESS THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE RETURNING TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CAR WAS GOING ROUGHLY 35MPH. WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND POWER ALERT CAME ON ONSTAR ALSO SENT AN ALERT THAT THE CAR HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ADVISED TO TAKE TO THE DEALER WITHIN 24 HOURS. | Crash: No Fire: No | 76 |
| Jul 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND RESTARTED AFTER FORTY MINUTES. AFTERWARDS, THE SPEED WOULD NOT EXCEED 5 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CHEVROLET OF HOMEWOOD (18033 HALSTED ST, HOMEWOOD, IL 60430, (708) 251-4692) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN WIRE WAS BURNED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,938. | Crash: No Fire: No | 5,938 |
| Jul 2019 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN INTERIOR OF VEHICLE WHEN REAR WINDOWS ARE DOWN AT SPEED OF 55MPH OR MORE. ALSO DOES NOT TAKE OFF SMOOTHLY WHEN STOPPED OR SLOWED FOR TRAFFIC. | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,500 |
| Jul 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 2,000 |
| Jul 2019 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | PURCHASED CAR ON 06/27/2019. ON 6/22/2019 WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A POP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE HAD 400 MILES. I LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSIS WAS A CLIP ON THE FUEL INJECTOR HAD BROKEN. NEW FUEL INJECTOR LINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. | Crash: No Fire: No | 400 |
| Jul 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 3,400 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 1,560 |
| Jun 2019 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | I HAVE A 2019 EQUINOX THAT I BOUGHT WITH ONLY 29 MILES WHEN PURCHASED 5/22/19. WITHIN THE SECOND WEEK OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY I HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND I THEN THE A MESSAGE CAME A CROSS THE SCREEN SAYING LISING POWER FROM THE ENGINE! I WAS SO SCARED ON THE FREEWAY ! I HAVE A NEW CAR, WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM! THE CAR REDUCED SPEED! I TOOK IT TO GEORGE MATICK CHEVROLET . MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 2 DAYS AND THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS THE AIR TUBE HAD CAME OFF! MY CAR WAS RETURNED BACK TO ME AFTER SERVICE. 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING TO INDIANAPOLIS THE TUBE POPPED 9FF AGAIN! I CALLED ON STAR THEY NAVIGATED ME TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER CONNECTED THE TUBE BACK AND TOLD ME IT WAS OKAY TO DRIVE , AND SHOWED ME HOW TO RECONNECT THE TUBE IF IT CAME OFF AGAIN! THIS WAS SO SCARY TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A NEW CAR AND THINGS LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING! I NO LONGER WANTS THIS VEHICLE! I GET BACK TO MICHIGAN TAKES IT TO THE DEALERSHIP NOW THEY HAVE TO ORDER THE PART IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET THE PART IN. OK THE CAR IS FIXED AGAIN! 3 WEEKS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER A NEW TUBE WAS PLACED ON THE CAR 6/ 26 /19, THE CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP SAME PROBLEM PLUS NOW THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE THROTTLE! I FEEL LIKE I BOUGHT A NIGHTMARE!😡😭 | Crash: No Fire: No | 350 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,100 |
| Jun 2019 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | TRAVELING SOUTH ON 81 IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE, A TRIPLE LANE HIGHWAY. WITH HEAVY MORNING WORK TRAFFIC GOING 70 MPH WITH AN 18-WHEELER PUSHING OUR VEHICLE & A CAR PASSING US ON THE LEFT, OUR 2019 EQUINOX DROPPED TO 40 MPH AND A POWER REDUCTION MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME THE SPEED DROPPED DOWN 30 MPH. IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT THE 18-WHEELER MISSED OUR VEHICLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY HUSBAND PUT THE ENGINE IN PARK AND REVVED THE ENGINE CHECKING TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE FUEL. THE POWER REDUCTION LIGHT CLEARED OFF THE SCREEN, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. WE SLOWLY TRAVELED TO A GAS/COMFORT AREA (IN WOODSTOCK, VA) AND READ OUR VEHICLE HANDBOOK FOR POSSIBLE REASONS OF POWER REDUCTION---THERE WERE QUITE A FEW, BUT NONE THAT WE COULD RELATE TO. WE STAYED OVER NIGHT AT A MOTEL AND MONDAY (6/3/19) TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. AFTER BEING TOLD THEY COULDN'T WORK ON OUR VEHICLE UNTIL THURSDAY, WE HAD TO CONTINUE OUR TRIP IN A RENTAL UNIT. WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON THURSDAY (6/6/19) THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS READY FOR PICKUP. THE UNIT THREW NO CODES, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID GO OUT AFTER THEIR DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. WE ARRANGED TO PICK UP OUR VEHICLE FRIDAY MORNING AND DROVE IT HOME WITH MUCH TREPIDATION. THE UNIT WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT TO MAKE THE SAME MECHANICAL DEFECT OCCUR; BUT TO NO AVAIL. TO FACE DEATH ONCE AND SURVIVE, DOES NOT MAKE ONE COMFORTABLE TO DRIVE THE SAME VEHICLE. HAD WE DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY THE 18-WHEELER, THE FAULT WOULD HAVE GONE TO DRIVER'S ERROR AS ONE READS IN MANY ACCIDENTS IN THE NEWS. | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,785 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | 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 | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,100 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 918 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,500 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | THE TURBO COOLER TUBE POPS OFF WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. THIS CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO ENGINE REDUCE POWER MODE. VEHICLE MAX SPEED WILL THEN BE SET TO 45 - 55 MILES AN HOUR. I WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE TUBE BACK INTO PLACE, IT RAN FINE FOR ANOTHER 100 MILES THAN POPPED OFF AGAIN. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP AND TALKED WITH THE SERVICE PERSON AND HE NEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE SAID THERE IS A CLAMP SERVICE KIT TO FIX. I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS HE SAID NO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN BUT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. | Crash: No Fire: No | 5,200 |
| Jun 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 340 |
| May 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | BOUGHT EQUINOX WITH 9 MILES O IT ON MONDAY 05/27/2019 AND ON FRIDAY 5/31/2019 ON THE WAY HOME FROM GOING TO DINNER, WITH ONLY 213 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. LOOKED UP THE ERROR CODE ON LINE, BECAUSE THE OWNER'S MANUAL IS NOT THAT EASY. CODE DISPLAYED COULD SHUT ENGINE OFF AT ANY TIME TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. THANK GOD WE WERE A 2 MILES FROM HOME. | Crash: No Fire: No | 213 |
| May 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 45 |
| May 2019 | ENGINE | THE TURBO COOLER TUBE POPS OFF WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. THIS CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO ENGINE REDUCE POWER MODE. VEHICLE MAX SPEED WILL THEN BE SET TO 55 MILES AN HOUR. ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT GETS HOT DUE TO NO PROPER COOLING. I WENT TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY STATED THIS IS STARTING TO BECOME A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NO FIX. CHEVY SNAPPED THE TUBE BACK INTO PLACE, BUT IT POPPED OFF AGAIN. DANGEROUS WHEN ON HIGHWAY AND SPEED IMMEDIATELY REDUCES TO 55 MPH AND ALSO VERY BAD ON OVERHEATING THE ENGINE | Crash: No Fire: No | 40 |
| May 2019 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | SERVICE ESC MESSAGE CAME ON TWICE MY NEW 2019 CHEVY EQUINOX PREMIER( EACH TIME VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY).I DISMISS MESSAGE EACH TIME SO I CAN SEE THE DIGITAL ODOMETER WHEN I DRIVE, AND TAKE VEHICLE TO MY DEALERSHIP (EACH TIME THEY DON'T DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM). THEY SAID, EACH TIME, MESSAGE HAS TO BE ON FOR THEM TO DETECT THE PROBLEM. IS THAT TRUE? | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,200 |
| May 2019 | ENGINE | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | 53 |
| Apr 2019 | POWER TRAIN | AUTO STOP / START IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. HESITATION FROM BRAKE TO GAS CAUSES A WHIPLASH EFFECT TO EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE. ALSO, PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC IS A TOTAL CRAP SHOOT AS TO WEATHER THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO START, HESITATE OR GO AT ALL. | Crash: No Fire: No | 500 |
| Apr 2019 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | TL* THE CONTACT LEASES A 2019 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS AND SIDE VIEW MIRRORS HAD A SHADOW AND WHITE LINES THAT OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OPEN ROAD CHEVROLET (2675 US-22, UNION, NJ 07083, (908) 686-2800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS WERE CHROME AND WERE REFLECTING OFF THE MIRRORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 9-5169987780. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO WRAP THE AIR CONDITIONER VENTS IN A NON-REFLECTIVE MATERIAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND HE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,800. *DT*JB | Crash: No Fire: No | 2,800 |
| Apr 2019 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | AM BLINDED BY EXCESSIVE BRIGHTNESS OF BACKUP CAMERA DISPLAY AND CANNOT SEE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR AND CANNOT SEE PEDESTRIANS NEAR RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE DUE TO OVERLY BRIGHT BACKUP CAMERA WHICH HAS NO DIMMING FEATURE. | Crash: No Fire: No | 2,000 |