2013 Chevrolet Equinox

THE REAR SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAS STOPPED LATCHING. AFTER NOT USING IT FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS NECESSARY TO BUCKLE IN A CAR SEAT AND I WAS UNABLE TO LATCH IT IN. I HAVE LOOKED INSIDE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND THERE ISN'T ANYTHING RATTLING AROUND OR INSIDE BUT IT WILL NOT RECEIVE THE SHOULDER STRAP CLIP AND BUCKLE. I HAVE TRIED WHILE PARKED AND WHEN DRIVING.

BOUGHT THE CAR USED 8 MONTHS AGO WITH 55K MILES. I HAVE DRIVEN IT 20K MILES, AND IT BURNS OIL, WITH THE OIL LIGHT NOT BEING ILLUMINATED, YET THE COMPUTER TELLS ME I HAVE A HIGHER % OF OIL LIFE LEFT. TIMING CHAIN IS GOING OUT, I HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY, AND THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM TURNS OFF. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE EVERYTHING APPEARS FINE, BUT BETWEEN 0-20MPH WITH AWD ON THE BREAK SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE FAILING; THEN WHEN STABILITRAK IS TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE PERFORMS NORMAL. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR. MOST OF THESE ISSUES OCCURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

I RECEIVED CONTACT ABOUT FAULTY PARTS THAT AFFECT THE REAR MAIN SEAL EVENTUALLY DAMAGING AND BLOWING IT OUT. THE ONLY THING IS I WAS CONTACTED 6 MONTHS AGO, OVER 6 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP SAYING THEY WOULD RECALL AND REPLACE/REPAIR THIS. THE ONLY THING IS MY CAR WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR HAVING OVER 120K IN MILEAGE AND I WAS TOLD I SHOULD CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY IT STILL WORKS. I WAS DRIVING TO MY JOB AND HAD PARKED MY CAR. WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND STARTED DRIVING IT WAS CHUGGING AND I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED MY BOYFRIEND TO BRING OIL AS THE CAR ALWAYS HAS BURNED OIL. IT HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. I GET IT HOME AND PLAN TO TAKE IT IN THE NEXT DAY. WHEN I WAKE UP AND CHECK MY CAR, ALL OF THE OIL WAS ON MY DRIVEWAY. THE SENSORS NEVER SHOWED ANYTHING AND I STILL HAD 30% OIL LIFE AND WAS MONITORING. IF IT WEREN'T FOR IT SMELLING LIKE SOMETHING BURNING, I WOULD HAVE HAD A SEIZED ENGINE. THIS IS NOW A $1500 REPAIR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN RECALLED 3 YEARS AGO ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC.

I'M WRITING THIS ON BEHALF JENNIE KRASON THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. SHE RECENTLY LOST MOST OF THE OIL IN HER VEHICLE DUE TO WHAT LYNCH CHEVROLET IN MUKWONAGO WI. SAID WAS CAUSED BY THE PVC SYSTEM FREEZE UP IN COLD TEMPERATURES WHICH CAUSED EXCESS PRESSURE IN THE CRANKCASE FORCING THE REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL TO LEAK. SHE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THIS OCCURRED. AFTER LYNCH DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE WE FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN # 14882 WHICH AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL HAS IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS AS WHAT JENNIE'S EQUINOX HAS. JENNIE CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-222-1020. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THIS BULLETIN EVEN THOUGH AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL THIS IS THE SAME MOTOR AS DESCRIBED IN THE BULLETIN # 14882. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT OCCUR ON A HIGHWAY OR A BUSY STREET AS THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF FROM THIS CONDITION. RECENTLY ONLINE WE WERE CONCERNED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE SAW SAYING THEY ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE AND WERE NOT FALLING WITHIN THE UNKNOWN GUIDELINES OF THIS BULLETIN.

ENGINE BURNS THROUGH OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE AND OIL LIGHT DOES NOT INDICATE LOW OR NO OIL EXIST. LAST OIL CHANGE WAS NOV. 21, 2019 AND ALL OIL IS NEARLY DEPLETED AFTER LESS THAN 2,000 MILES OF DRIVING IN UNDER 3 MONTHS. RECALL ISSUED FOR OTHER CHEVY 2013 EQUINOX VEHICLES. VIN LOOKUP TOOL STATES THIS SPECIFIC CAR IS NOT INCLUDED EVEN THOUGH THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST.