![]() It was covered under the 100k mile warranty, but still. I took to get fixed, the repaired the engine, replaced the tranny and $3799 and 2 FULL MONTHS later, I had it back. All of a sudden, it wouldn't shift into R, the gears wouldn't catch in drive, the engine would rev to 5000 rpm's +. I had absolutely no problems w/ it until May 2012. I bought my Equinox used in March of 2011 w/ 26k miles on it. We couldn't afford a brand new one, but got this one used with 9,000 miles on it.Īs I write this my husband is now getting a second opinion at a different dealership. I remember when they first came out in 2005 and was so happy when my husband agreed to trade in our Ford Explorer for one. I have a job and kids, what am I supposed to do? I know thats the dealerships responsibility, not GM's, but I'm disgusted. I count four, b/c if you drop it off Thursday, you can count on not getting it back until Monday. And to beat it all off, (b/c its off warranty) I will be without a car for (he said) atleast 2 days. We still owe $11,300 on this and I expressed my concern of price to the mechanic and he came back with, well we can try and ask GM to help pay? Its sounds to me this is a common problem if he is already telling us that. Theres no hitch on it, so its not like were pulling around boats and campers around. IMO it shouldnt even be having transmission problems. His excuse was that he was going to be on vacation, but what about another mechanic? The Equinox only has 49,000 miles on it. Kinda scary when your stalled in traffic. The other day I went to pull into traffic and it wouldn't go into gear. And why next Thursday? This should be something they look at now or atleast tomorrow. (Is it going to cost under/over $500.00?) I'm not asking for an estimate to fix it yet (as noone knows what is really wrong with it), I just want to know how much its going to cost just to look at it. I understand that he can't give me a price down to the penny. When I asked about getting an estimate for them to even find out what it is wrong with it, he said he couldn't give that to me and there was no one else there that could either. I called myself and spoke to the rude man. The mechanic is not able to look at it until next Thursday and he said that it will take a few days to take the transmission apart to even find out what the problem is. My husband just got done at the dealership and needless to say it did not go well. Thanks for showing your concern on behalf of GM. I guess we will go and see what happens, when we take it in Thursday to get it looked at and spend a $100.00 to be told that it could one of 3 things. This is my first Chevrolet, and I think I'm ready to go back to Ford. This is a big lawsuit waiting to happen, since this many people are complaining about this same problem. After reading all of the other posts on the Equinox's something is going to have to be done by GM. And yesterday while waiting at a stoplight, with my foot on the brake for several seconds, the Equinox jumped, kinda like it was just then going back down in gear, again this was several seconds with my foot on the brake. I had to let off the gas, wait a second for the transmission to kick in, then accerate. Just yesterday, I go to get on the interstate and can't get it to go over 15 miles per hour. We took it to the Chevy lot to get it looked at, then they want 100.00 to run it through the computer, which is a big ripoff. It probably stayed on so much that the light prob blew. The engine light would come off and on for about 2 years. We purchased it used in 2007 and have had several problems with it. Their vehicles aren't perfect, but they're a LOT better than what the dealerships service records would have you believe. Manufacturers need to take over the distribution and servicing of their own vehicles. I can't tell you how many horror stories I've heard over the years from friends and co-workers who have had multiple $400, $600, and $800 repair bills replacing just about every part under the hood while my cars are still pretty much original parts for at least the first 125,000 miles or more. a $1300 dealer repair I did myself for $400, including far more detailed work than the dealer would've done). 25+ years later, I've never had a vehicle go to a mechanic, and I've never had any major repair bills with any of my cars (except my '02 Impala's failed intake gaskets. After that experience, I decided to do my own work and learn as I went along. I stopped going to mechanics 25+ years ago after an indicent of blatant fraud by an independent transmission shop.
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