Here is a summary of complaints made to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding Chevrolet Equinox problems.

1. ODOR PROBLEM

Make : CHEVROLET	Model : EQUINOX	Year : 2005
Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Crash : No	Fire : No	Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10098421		Number of Deaths: 0
Date of Failure: September 30, 2004
VIN : Not Available
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
Summary: I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. SOON AFTER I RECEIVED THE NEW VEHICLE (WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED MILES) I BEGAN NOTICING A VERY DISTINCT AND HORRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE SMELL IS NOTICEABLE FROM 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE CAR AND COMES IN THROUGH THE CABIN VENTS WHEN THE AIR IS ON AND THE CAR IS STANDING STILL AND RUNNING. IT DOES NOT ENTER THE CABIN WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING. GM THINKS THE SMELL IS DUE TO THE DEXCOOL COOLANT REACTING WITH THE HOSES IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND HAS FLUSHED MY COOLANT SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY BUT THE SMELL KEEPS COMING BACK. I HAVE BEEN READING OF THIS PROBLEM FROM MANY, MANY OTHERS ACROSS THE US AND CANADA WHO OWN EQUINOX AND SO FAR GM HAS NOT ANNOUNCED A RECALL DESPITE PEOPLE BEING UNABLE TO SPEND MORE THAN 5 MINUTES IN THESE VEHICLES BEFORE GETTING HEADACHES OR JUST BEING UNABLE TO HANDLE THE SMELL. PLEASE URGE GM TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FAST! *JB

Make : CHEVROLET	Model : EQUINOX	Year : 2005
Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Crash : No	Fire : No	Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10098777		Number of Deaths: 0
Date of Failure: July 24, 2004
VIN : 2CNDL13F256...
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
Make : CHEVROLET	Model : EQUINOX	Year : 2005
Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Crash : No	Fire : No	Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10098430		Number of Deaths: 0
Date of Failure: October 7, 2004
VIN : 2CNDL73FX56...
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
Summary: 2005 EQUINOX - I HAD ABOUT 300 MILES ON THE CAR AND IT STARTED SMELLING OF A PROPANE ODOR/DEAD ANIMALS. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY FLUSHED THE COOLANT SYSTEM BUT THE ODOR RETURNED. THEN THE CAR OVERHEATED DUE TO THE COOLANT SYSTEM. THEY PUT A NEW THERMOSTAT AND FLUSHED ONCE AGAIN. STILL A BAD ODOR, THE CAR LEAKS WATER AND IT RUNS HOT. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AND THEY STILL CAN NOT FIX THE ODOR.*AK
Summary: WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX ON MARCH 30, 2004. IN JULY WE STARTED TO NOTICE A STRANGE ODOR IN THE CAR. MY HUSBAND WOULD GET HEADACHES AND EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS WHEN RIDING IN THE CAR. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK 5 TIMES FOR THE ODOR PROBLEM AND HAVE BOTH HAD MULTIPLE UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT. 2 OF THE 5 TIMES THEY FOUND STANDING WATER IN THE TIRE WELL AND WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN THEY REPLACED REAR GATE SEALS (THE CARGO MAT CARPET IN THE BACK WAS NOT EVEN WET). ANOTHER TIME THEY REPLACED THE CARPET IN THE BACK PASSENGER SEAT BECAUSE THEY SAID IT GOT WET WHEN THERE WAS WATER IN THE TIRE WELL AND WAS CAUSING THE ODOR. THE NEXT TIME THEY FLUSHED THE RADIATOR COOLANT BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO DO SO. THE LAST TIME THEY CHANGED THE RADIATOR HOSES. THE DEALERSHIP (PORTER CHEVROLET IN NEWARK, DE) STATES THAT THEY CANNOT REPLACE OR REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE AS WE HAVE REQUESTED. THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER FOR GM SAID HE RODE IN THE CAR AND DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING SO THERE IS NO BASIS FOR HIM TO REPLACE OR REPURCHASE THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT AN ODOR AND THEY SAID THEY CONTACTED GM AND THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS EITHER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTINGS ON EDMUNDS.COM FROM EQUINOX OWNERS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIPS AND GM FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IS THIS PROBLEM KNOWN TO GM? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND IS IT HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THIS ODOR PROBLEM? *JB   2. SUSPENSION PROBLEM

Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10083699 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 28, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL23F656...   Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT Summary: WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. CONSUMER DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER BALANCED THE WHEELS. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10087648 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 3, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL73F456...   Component: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS Summary: WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE REAR POWER WINDOWS WERE DOWN THE SOUND OF A FLAT TIRE WAS PRODUCED. DEALER STATED THAT WAS A NORMAL FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10090630 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 14, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: SUSPENSION Summary: WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR TURNING WHEEL A POPPING NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE PASSENEGER FRONT WHEEL. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT GM CURRENTLY HAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STEADLY GETTING WORSE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10090927 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 20, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) Summary: MY EQUINOX WAS PURCHASED IN 4/16/04 AND THE CHECH ENGINE LIGHT HAS CAME ON 2 TIMES, THE 1ST TIME WAS THE FUEL EMISSION GASKET THAT WAS BAD AND THE OTHE TIME WAS THE WAY THAT I DID NOT PUT THE GAS CAP ON RIGHT. AND THE REAREND IN MAKING A REAL LOUD GROUNDING SOUND ANY TIME YOU TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10093549 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 29, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE Summary: TWICE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS OTHER VEHICLES, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS FIRMLY PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT COLLIDING WITH ANYTHING. EVIDENTLY, CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBLILITY OF THIS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THE OWNER'S MANUAL DISCUSSES HOW TO RESET THE SYSTEMS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10093549 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 29, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL Summary: TWICE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS OTHER VEHICLES, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS FIRMLY PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT COLLIDING WITH ANYTHING. EVIDENTLY, CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBLILITY OF THIS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THE OWNER'S MANUAL DISCUSSES HOW TO RESET THE SYSTEMS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : Yes Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10094964 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 1, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL73F856...   Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Summary: VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN REVERSE WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE CAR PORCH. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN INTO THE CAR PORCH WALL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *TC Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10095465 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 1, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL73F756...   Component: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL Summary: MOLDING POSSIBLE COME LOOSE, NO ASSIST HANDLES ON AUTO. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS NO HELP AIDS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TC Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10098303 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 25, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL63FX56...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM Summary: IN THE 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX THE COOLANT MAY BE CONTAMINATED AND TURN A DARK BROWN OR BLACK AND SOMEHOW EMIT FUMES INTO THE CABIN THAT CAUSE THE OCCUPANTS TO FEEL LIGHT HEADED. THIS CONDITION CAN START ANYWHERE FROM 400 TO 1800 MILES ANDS WORSENS OVER TIME. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE FUMES ARE TOXIC SO THE VEHICLE IS UNDRIVABLE AT THAT POINT.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10098777 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 24, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL13F256...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM Summary: WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX ON MARCH 30, 2004. IN JULY WE STARTED TO NOTICE A STRANGE ODOR IN THE CAR. MY HUSBAND WOULD GET HEADACHES AND EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS WHEN RIDING IN THE CAR. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK 5 TIMES FOR THE ODOR PROBLEM AND HAVE BOTH HAD MULTIPLE UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT. 2 OF THE 5 TIMES THEY FOUND STANDING WATER IN THE TIRE WELL AND WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN THEY REPLACED REAR GATE SEALS (THE CARGO MAT CARPET IN THE BACK WAS NOT EVEN WET). ANOTHER TIME THEY REPLACED THE CARPET IN THE BACK PASSENGER SEAT BECAUSE THEY SAID IT GOT WET WHEN THERE WAS WATER IN THE TIRE WELL AND WAS CAUSING THE ODOR. THE NEXT TIME THEY FLUSHED THE RADIATOR COOLANT BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO DO SO. THE LAST TIME THEY CHANGED THE RADIATOR HOSES. THE DEALERSHIP (PORTER CHEVROLET IN NEWARK, DE) STATES THAT THEY CANNOT REPLACE OR REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE AS WE HAVE REQUESTED. THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER FOR GM SAID HE RODE IN THE CAR AND DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING SO THERE IS NO BASIS FOR HIM TO REPLACE OR REPURCHASE THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT AN ODOR AND THEY SAID THEY CONTACTED GM AND THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS EITHER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTINGS ON EDMUNDS.COM FROM EQUINOX OWNERS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIPS AND GM FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IS THIS PROBLEM KNOWN TO GM? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND IS IT HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THIS ODOR PROBLEM? *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10099321 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 28, 2004 VIN : 2CNDL13F056...   Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE Summary: AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE AIR BAG MODULE. WHEN INSTALLED A BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) WAS ALSO NEEDED. WHEN THE BCM WAS INSTALLED DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO PROGRAM IT TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE AIR BAG MODULE IN ORDER FOR THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT OR IMPACT. DEALERSHIP OR MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : CHEVROLET Model : EQUINOX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10099399 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 8, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: WHEELS Summary: THE FRONT WHEELS SQUEAK AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

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