Times are tough right now and this Equinox is not making things any easier. This vehicle has given me and my wife so much heart ache, and what I just listed were some of the high lights of problems that this vehicle has given us.

It's back in the shop again, and there's no telling how much this is going to set me back. I don't know if it's the battery because the horn works, the gage lights come on, the radio works, but it's just not turning over. When I turn the key all the vehicle is doing is making a clicking noise but it's not turning over. Keep in mind that my warranty expired earlier this year so majority of these expenses are coming out of my pocket, and guess what, yesterday on 9nov2008 the Equinox died on me. Since I've had this vehicle it has over heated on me, the ac system had to be repaired, the gage lights keep coming on as if something is wrong with the vehicle, when I drive on the express way and hit 60 mph the steering wheel start shaking when as I'm braking, the one belt that the Equinox has snapped while I was driving, and three weeks after I got the belt fixed as I was driving and I turned on the ac the vehicle started smoking.

I bought the vehicle brand new, but I doesn't perform like a brand new vehicle. Ever since I bought it in 2004 it has given nothing but problems. The chevy Equinox is over-all a piece of garbage. I am filing this complaint so that it can be added to the mounting evidence of product defects in this engine type. At this point, I am not aware that gm has acknowledged that there is problem. There also seems to be a related link to problems with the type of coolant used in this engine (dex cool). I have found many documented references to similar problems occurring in this engine make, the 3. It seems to me that the heater core leaks were likely to have had the subsequent effect of compromising the integrity of the head gasket. In less than two months, this vehicle (with only 68k miles on it) has required at least $2400 dollars in heater core and engine head gasket repair costs. The repair total is expected to be about $1400. It was then diagnosed as needing a head gasket replacement, where it is now being repaired. When that solution did not work, the Equinox was taken into the local gm dealership. This has happened frequently in the past but had always been related to a loose gas cap and was easily remedied by tightening the cap. Apparently, when the battery died, the diagnostics codes relating to this incident were lost. The new battery and heater core replacement totaled $1090. The dealer put in a new battery and also discovered that the heater core was leaking. There were no leaks on the garage floor, nor any interior cabin leaks apparent, but there had been a 'syrupy' smell in the passenger cabin. Prior to this incident, there appeared to be a slow loss of coolant, requiring a gallon of coolant to be added over the previous three month period. The Equinox would not turn over and was hauled to the dealer.

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