Chevy Equinox - Too many issues with a "new" car - Car Forums

just aheads up the low oil condition happened to me.. my crankcase was almost empty 3 weeks after an oil change.. this is caused by a faulty high pressure fuel pump excess gas is getting into your crankcase and then dissolving your oil, the gas is then burnt and it takes the remnants of your oil with it.. i had my hPFP replaced and the issue is over ..

#11 of 13 Check Engine Light and other issues, too by ohmyheadaches

Nov 27, 2011 (10:19 am)

Bought a 2011 LT in March. Don't drive much, just several short trips around town each week. Have less than 3000 miles. Was scheduled for oil change next week.

Have noticed in the last week or so that it started shifting hard...it feels like the car sort of lurches. Other times, it's like it won't go. I press the accelerator and it just hesitates. Was going to get dealer to look at this, too. Happens on inclines a lot.

Then last night, the Check Engine Light came on 3 miles into a 9 mile trip home. I pulled over and checked the manual, checked the gas cap, turned it off and on several times, then decided to try and make it the 6 miles home. Nope. A block later, there is this burning smell kinda like burnt oil and rubber...really putrid. I pulled over and called the dealer, who referred me to Roadside Assist. They told me not to drive and turn it off. It was towed.

NOW...after reading all the posts on hard shifting, check engine light, then stalling, I'm very worried. This is a brand new car! It should NOT have these issues.

I will call the dealer tomorrow and get on this, but it sounds like this is the beginning of a nightmare. Sigh.

#12 of 13 so...the dealer said by ohmyheadaches

Nov 29, 2011 (4:46 pm)

That my car's engine light was on still Monday morning, and it was reading as a misfire, but they couldn't find anything that was causing it. Said they reset the computer and it is showing ok now, but they want to hook it up to a mobile diagnostic and drive it tomorrow to be sure. Said the lights in cabin and headlights dimming at random was normal and caused by the voltage regulator. Seriously? What if I am going down the road at full dark and they dim to the point I cannot see? So am I being fed a line of bull? No explanation for the hesitation and rough shifting. only 3K miles on this thing. Input welcome.

#13 of 13 My 2007 Equinox was bought back! by tigremin123

Nov 29, 2011 (11:10 pm)

After taking my car in four times for spark plug misfires, numerous times for the cheap visors breaking, water in the tire well, replacing the front bearings, after three years of super low mpg, and reduced speed, GM bought it back. They refunded the purchase price ( not the financed amount), less any aftermarket items (alarm, lojack, {although lojack in CA will transfer the lojack from that car to another if its a lemon} tinted windows, etc.).

1. Call GM and tell them that you have taken the car in X amount of times
2. Do not accept anything less than a buyback
3. Contact the Better Business Bureau to get GM's attention. (they will call promptly to say the car doesn't qualify for lemon law buyback and they can offer oil change coupons or one monthly payment)
4. Fill out all BBB forms and make copies of all your service orders and bill of sale.
5. Stand your ground, do not accept no for an answer.
6. Continue to make your payments
7. Accept either a buy back or a replacement. ( make sure that you know exactly what you will be paying if you get a replacement. They will want to give you a later model that is more expensive, so you will pay the difference.)
go over all the numbers ( check the lemon law for your state to know exactly what you are owed).
8. Turn the car in to a dealer where they will inspect the car, have you sign papers, and give you your check.
9. Go car shopping, and buy something that is not GM

*** You can also contact a lemon law lawyer that handles everything for you and in CA, the lawyer fees are paid by the manufacturer. (CA lemon law lawyer: Norman Taylor)

Don't wait, there is a statute of limitations, usually 4years.

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