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#58 of 119 2005 Chevy Equinox blown head gasket by hoosierdriver

Jun 14, 2011 (3:52 pm)

Happened to me, too... at 56,000 miles. Ouch!

#59 of 119 Re: Electrical problems [gmcustsvc] by glodato

Jun 15, 2011 (7:11 am)

Replying to: gmcustsvc (May 18, 2011 10:01 am)
i wasn;t going to write back but now what ever. as i started awhile ago. i fixed the problem, very costly, and than drive it to toyota and traded it in on a new toyota. that will be the last gm car i buy, after 45+ yrs of buying gm, this way something that could have been and easy recall, and not costly if done early, so i don't know what else i can tell you....

#60 of 119 Re: 2005 Chevy Equinox blown head gasket [hoosierdriver] by glodato

Jun 15, 2011 (7:14 am)

Replying to: hoosierdriver (Jun 14, 2011 3:52 pm)
hi sorry you had this happen to your car, but as you know by now you're alone. as i have said from some time ago, go to comsumer affair.com put in your car and year and you will see all the info on this problem, good luck

#61 of 119 Re: 2005 Chevy Equinox blown head gasket [glodato] by hoosierdriver

Jun 15, 2011 (3:35 pm)

Replying to: glodato (Jun 15, 2011 7:14 am)
Thanks for doing your part to help spread the word!

#62 of 119 Chevy 2005 Equinox problems by clebo1

Jun 21, 2011 (5:10 am)

Please note i have been,fighting with Gm-Chvey about your my junkonox for the past few years.They have done little or nothing to solve or make a settlement so that I may fix this vehicle at a reputable garage not at their dealer,where they charge excessive fees for diagnosis. wanted Gm to have this diagnose for free and solve this problem. This vehicle is truly a lemon,but can be fixed if done by an independent source. i currently deal with their customer service at 1-800-222-1020.This unit does nothing and have buried their heads in the sand. Do yourself a favor.Please stay away from t his vehicle...Mr. Cleveland Ward.I have referred this matter to National Highway safety Adminstration and they are reviewing tis issue.Any further informatio of copies of all the repair reocrds i hjave please e-mail me at cward3partners.org

#63 of 119 My Lemonox by starsmyles

Aug 03, 2011 (11:30 am)

I bought a gold 2005 Chevorlet Equinox at a used car dealership this February. It was blind love. The dealership said to me "It is a good car, and the good thing is the head gasket has already been replaced which is a common issue with this vehicle..." I should have ran.
 
2 weeks after owning the vehicle, I used the limited warranty and had the front shocks replaced as there was a grinding sound in the front.
 
Several weeks later I needed to add coolant to the vehicle because the engine was over heating...ecspecially when idle. This appeared to take care of this issue, so I did not think much of it.
 
May 14th 2011 21 ish days out of Limited Warranty time...We are 45 minutes away from home and the speedometer goes crazy. The radio gets loud and then fades. The power of the vehicle suddenly ceases and we are forced to pull over (in an area with no cell reception or stores) We shut the vehicle off, unplug the cell phone from charging and turn down the radio.
 
We turn the car back on and drive 1 mile down the road, thinking this might have fixed the issue until it starts again and again we lose power and have to pull over. AAA towed our car to the closest auto mechanic that was recommended by him. The mechanic diagnosed it as the "Transmision Modulator" and encouraged a new part to avoid this problem in the near future.
It took me a few weeks to save for the part (I just purchased this vehicle a couple months before, so had no extra) Got the part to the mechanic in June maybe early July. He repaired it a week or so later however the vehicle still did the same thing. He said that he is pretty good at Dx cars but does not understand what is wrong with this I called Chevy and the dealership I bought it from...I have a case number #71-969320012 they said to bring it to Chevy. I opted to have the mechanic finish his business with the car and see if he could solve the issue before towing it to Chevy. Yesterday on 8.2 I got the call saying the car runs!!! I said "really it really works!?" The guy agreed. He said he test drove it several times and beleives it works...I beleive him. I drove it home and it worked for teh first 60 or so miles. Now it is acting all whacky again. The speedometer started to freak out and it has acted like it was going to stall several times. I now have 74,109 miles on it, last I read. I still owe close to 11k on the vehciel and I think I am going to cry.
I called Chevy yesterday and willing that the death trap does not kill me on my way to the dealership, they are going to look at it on Friday. I now wonder since it was raining yesterday if the problem is the electrical being damaged by the car design.
 
Does any of the problems mentioned above seem familar to you owners of this ?
I wonder how we can all merge together and get compensated for this vehcile. I am so tired of spending my hard earned money on something that will not safely take me anywheres.

#64 of 119 Re: 2005 Equinox blown head gasket [gmcustsvc] by tb1701

Sep 06, 2011 (3:43 pm)

Replying to: gmcustsvc (Feb 01, 2011 11:04 am)
Hi Christina:
 
As you can see there are a number of 05 Equinox's that seem to have head or head gasket problems. I am also a member of this group. I had mine done two years ago. Now I have the same symptoms again. What is Chevrolet going to do about the significant number of compliants on this issue? There are several websites dedicated to car complaints, I have been to two of them. They have a significant number of head gasket issues. One site had 14 regarding head gaskets, and 7 more regarding the replacement issue.
 
I realize that you can only do so much and you have a supervisor to report to. One website I was on had 25 complaints and subsequent comments that stated they will never buy another Chevrolet, can you afford to have that many unhappy customers over the same issue?

#65 of 119 Re: 2005 Equinox blown head gasket [tb1701] by glodato

Sep 07, 2011 (7:48 am)

Replying to: tb1701 (Sep 06, 2011 3:43 pm)
hi, just so you know, i have a friend who builts custom engine to a die check on one of the 05 engines, it had cracks all over it. it;s from the dexcool, and since the government bailed out gm, they do not have to fix or recall anything, and ford is the same, my say in this is get rid of the car, buy toyota or bmw, i did after being a gm man for 40+ yrs.

#66 of 119 Totally Happy with my 2005 Equinox! by jim_dandy

Sep 07, 2011 (6:23 pm)

So far, wife and I put 74,000miles on our Equinox since purchased Jan 2005. Still looks good, runs and drives great! No problems to date other than regular maintenance.
My brother currently has almost 200,000 miles on his 3.4L, 94' Camaro. It is a good engine design, that's easy to work on, and has a timing chain which lasts the life of the engine.
The best part is I save $500+ every 60,000 miles, since I don't have replace a timingbelt/waterpump.
I also think that GM did a nice job with mating nice smooth Jap transmission with
the 3.4L.
 
Also, there are a lot of Equinox's running around the Chicagoland suburbs here by us.
After I saw this blog stating "common" head gasket problems, I started to ask around.
 
I do my own car repairs and I've talked to a lot of mechanics at independent shops and GM dealerships in my area. According to them, this is not a large scale problem. None of the Dealerships or Auto Shops in my area have seen an Equinox with this "common head-gasket problem".
 
Therefore just because you own an Equinox, doesn't mean you own a "head-ache"
(A little Nox humor!)
So far, the Equinox is a keeper for us.
jd

#67 of 119 Back with my junker! by holdn5

Sep 09, 2011 (10:04 am)

So I'm back after continuing to get notifications from the board regarding issues with this vehicle. Once again (albeit, normally it's a heat/cool issue, this year it's turned into an overheating issue)!
 
This car is a piece of **it! We are looking to trade it in as we speak. About a week ago, it started to overheat and then the air went out on it. It went back into the shop and it was recommended to us for the 4th time to change the thermostat. Yup, we've already changed the thermostat 3 times. On top of replacing the thermostat it was recommended that we change the head gasket. Our local mechanic ran a test on the head gasket and said that it was losing anything so he's not sure why they've recommended replacing it!
 
GM is a joke these days and I will be so happy to get rid of this headache because that's exactly what it is! Never again, will I purchase another GM vehicle after being treated like this. They just put a band aid on the problem while it was under warranty and now that it's out and still having the same problem, they won't touch it!

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