2005 Chevrolet Equinox

EQUINOX HAS HAD POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING 6+ TIMES...ALL WHEN DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS (EITHER RAINING OR HAVING JUST RAINED). FIRST TIME WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT I DROVE THRU A PUDDLE AND GOT EVERYTHING WET (I DIDN'T); HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM REPLACED. HAVE TAKEN CAR BACK TO DEALER WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND WAS TOLD ALL OF MY WEATHERSTRIPPING NEEDED REPLACING B/C THAT WAS ALLOWING WATER IN. HAD THIS DONE. HAPPENED AGAIN TONIGHT (WET WEATHER TODAY, BUT WAS NOT RAINING WHEN I WAS DRIVING). THE OTHER TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED, I'VE LET MY EQUINOX SIT WHERE IT DIED FOR A FEW DAYS TO LET IT "DRY OUT" AND THAT HAS WORKED, BUT THIS NOT EXACTLY THE BEST SOLUTION AS I DON'T LIVE IN THE DESERT AND IT DOES RAIN HERE. CHEVY DEALER OF NO HELP; SAID HE AGREES THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT BUT THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO ABOUT IT. ADVISED ME TO CALL CHEVY CS. I HAVE DEALT WITH THEM BEFORE ON ANOTHER EQUINOX ISSUE AND THEY WERE OF NO HELP. WISH I WOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED MY STATE'S LEMON LAW IN TIME. SUDDEN AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER IS DANGEROUS!! *TR

THE CENTER BEARING ON MY DRIVESHAFT BROKE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING WITH MY VEHICLE TO CAUSE THE BEARING TO BREAK. I SIMPLY MADE A TURN AND THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED THE NOISE AND THAT IT WAS DRIVING HORRIBLY. AS I TRAVELED A FEW MORE FEET DOWN THE ROAD IT JUST GOT WORSE. I TOOK IT INTO A CHEVY DEALER AND I AM CURRENTLY AWAITING ON REPAIR. *CN

HOPEFULLY I CAN FIND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WITH MY WIFE'S 2005 EQUINOX. I BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH WATER LEAKING AROUND THE LUGGAGE RACK ALL EQUINOXES , THE SPARE TIRE AREA FILLS UP WITH WATER AND RUNS OVER THE FLOORBOARD WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES I HAVE CONTACTED VARIOUS PEOPLE WITH NO RESULTS. EXCEPT THAT IT'S MY PROBLEM AND WILL COST $800.00 TO REPAIR. THIS SUMMER I NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR WINDOWS ON MY WIFE'S CAR WERE FOGGING UP THE CARPET IN THE BACK SEAT WAS WET. I THOUGHT MY DAUGHTER LEFT THE WINDOWS DOWN, THEN ONE DAY MY DAUGHTER HIT THE BRAKES HARD ONE DAY AND 5 GALLONS OF WATER ROLLED FROM THE BACK SEAT TO THE FIREWALL. WHEN THEY GOT HOME I REMOVED THE TRUNK AREA COVERS AND FOUND 2 TO 3 GALLONS OF WATER IN THE SPARE TIRE WELL .REMOVED THE WATER AND AIR DRIED THE CARPET . NOW EVERY TIME IT RAINS THE AREA FILLS UP AND I REMOVE IT , THIS HAS BEEN A WET YEAR. REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE PRIORITY CHEVY DEALER ON MILITARY HIGHWAY AND VARIOUS EMAILS TO GM /CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE ONLINE, TALKED TO WAYNE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND BILLY BOYLE IN THE BODY SHOP AT PRIORITY CHEVY. THEY BOTH TOLD ME THEY NEVER HEARD OF A PROBLEM WITH LEAKING INTO THE SPARE TIRE AREA ON 2005 EQUINOX. WAYNE SAID THEY DON'T DO WATER REPAIRS AND REFERRED ME TO WALT'S WATERWORKS IN CHESAPEAKE FOR THE REPAIRS, WHEN I CALLED THEM THEY SAID THEY ARE BOOKED 2 WEEKS OUT AND THAT THEY HAD TWO EQUINOXES IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THE MAIN REASON FOR GOING TO PRIORITY CHEVY , THEY PERFORMED A REPAIR TO THE CAR LAST YEAR AFTER A COLLISION MY WIFE WAS IN . THEY REPAIRED THE REAR BUMPER AREA AND DIDN'T INFORM ME OF ANY WATER PROBLEMS THEN. MY WIFE TOOK THE CAR TO BILLY ON THE 22 DEC 09 AT 1600 TO LET HIM LOOK AT IT THE AREA, I REPORTED THIS TO CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE , I WORKED WITH CARLOS ( 1-800-222-1020, / 866-962-2868 ,SERVICE REQUEST # 71-787470750) THERE UNTIL HE PASSED IT UP TO HIS REGIONAL MANAGER WHO CALLED ME ON CHRISTMAS EVE TO TELL ME THAT. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR-BEFORE AND AFTER WARRANTY. MOST RECENTLY, I HAD TO PAY OVER 1600.00 TO HAVE MY HEAD GASKETS REPLACED/REPAIRED. I AM STILL WAITING TO SEE IF DIFFERENT GASKETS ARE CRACKED AND WILL NEED REPAIR. I HAVE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS REPAIRS SHOPS AND ONLINE SOURCES, THAT THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS WITH THE CHEVY EQUINOX WERE KNOWN BEFORE BEING PUT OUT FOR SALE. MY CAR OVERHEATED ON THE HIGHWAY AND LOCKED UP. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I WAS THANKFULLY ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THESE ISSUES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF CHEVY WOULD HAVE FIXED THIS PROBLEM PRIOR TO SELLING. THERE IS NO REASON WHY A FOUR YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD REQUIRE THIS MUCH WORK. *TR

HAVE A 2005 CHEVY EQUINOX. HAVING ISSUE WITH STARTING THE VEHICLE. WILL START OK SOME TIMES AND OTHERS ITS A BEAR TO START. HAVE HAD TO PRESS ON GAS PEDDLE TO GET STARTED. I HAVE TAKEN BACK TO A COUPLE OF GARAGES AND HAVE HAD INJECTORS CLEANED AND A COMPLETE TUNE UP ON THE VEHICLE. AND STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH TRYING TO START IT UP. *TR

2005 CHEVY EQUINOX - THE HEATER/FRONT DEFOGGER STOPPED WORKING DUE TO GM BLEND DOOR OR HEATER ACTUATOR VALVE FAILURE ISSUE. DUE TO THIS FAILURE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THE CAR ON COLD MORNINGS OR EVENING, DUE TO THE POOR VISIBILITY CREATED BY THE INABILITY TO DEFOG THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. FORTUNATELY WE LIVE IN HOUSTON, TX, SO THE CAR IS ONLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. IN THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE ON THE WEB, THERE ARE HUNDREDS, LIKELY THOUSANDS OF THESE CARS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. ALSO, I NOTICED THAT GM HAS RECALLED THE 2010 VERSION OF THE SAME CAR FOR AN ISSUE WITH THE SAME RESULT, POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO THE FAILING DEFOGGER. *TR