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Chevrolet Equinox Engine Safety Report | Mar 21, 2014
Reported on Mar 21, 2014
| 2006 EQUINOX OVERHEATED CAUSING CAR TO QUIT ON INTERSTATE, HAD TO BE TOWED, RENT A CAR, RENT A MOTEL ROOM, HAD MY CAR TOWED TO CHEVROLET SERVICE TALLAHASSEE, WAS TOLD THAT HAD HEAD GASKET PROBLEM EXT COST 2400.00 IF NO OTHER PROBLEMS SO I HAD CAR TOWED HOME, HAD TO PAY FOR TRAILER AND GAS, TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC HE VERIFIED WHAT CHEVROLET DEALER HAD SAID EST COST AT THIS POINT $2000.00 MAY BE MORE IF OTHER DAMAGES FOUND, RESEARCHED ONLINE FOUND THERE ARE MUTIPLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR EQUINOX CALLED GMC WAS TOLD HAD I TOOK IT TO CHEV. DEALERSHIP THEY MIGHT COULD HAVE HELPED ME GET DISCOUNT BUT COULD NOT HELP ME BECAUSE I TOOK IT TOOK LOCAL MECHANIC. THIS CAR IS A BIG DANGER ME AND MY GRANDKIDS COULD HAVE BEEN KILED WE BARELY MADE IT OFF THE INTERSTATE. GMC NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. | |
| Make: | Chevrolet |
| Model: | Equinox |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | MILTON FL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2CNDL13F466 |
| Mileage: | 94000 miles. |
| Speed: | 65 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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