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Chevrolet Equinox Fuel/propulsion System Safety Report | Feb 01, 2012
Reported on Feb 01, 2012
| ANYTIME WE START THE EQUINOX UP, ALL YOU SMELL IS RAW GASOLINE SMELL. IT FILLS UP THE CABIN, AND GIVES ME BAD HEADACHES. WE HAD LOOKED FOR OBVIOUS LEAKS BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY AT FIRST. WE WEREN'T LOSING MUCH IF ANY GAS MILEAGE, UNTIL THE LAST 2 TANKS WHEN IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. MY COWORKERS KNOW WHEN I GET TO WORK WITHOUT SEEING ME BECAUSE THE FUEL ODOR IS SO BAD, THEY CAN SMELL ME UPON ARRIVAL. I HAVE BEEN HAVING HEADACHES FREQUENTLY, AND SOMETIMES EVEN FEEL NAUSEATED. LAST MONDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME IN OUR OTHER VEHICLE AND HE TOLD ME TO PULL OVER AT THE NEXT GAS STATION, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY LEAKING FUEL THIS TIME. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH, HERE I STILL HAD ABOUT 20-25 MILES TO DRIVE BEFORE GETTING HOME, AND YET I AM LIKE A TRAVELING EXPLOSION WAITING TO HAPPEN. I RESEARCHED MONDAY NIGHT AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE TONS OF OTHERS IN OUR SAME BOAT. THIS IS A DANGER TO US, AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD WHEN IT GETS READY TO BLOW. GM NEEDS TO BACK UP THEIR PRODUCTS AND DO A MANDATORY RECALL BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE. WE LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN QUOTED WELL OVER $1000-1800 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. LIKE MOST OTHERS, WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR MONEY, AND NOW HAVE ONE LESS VEHICLE WE CAN DRIVE, BUT STILL OWE ON IT, SO WE'RE STUCK. THIS IS NOT RIGHT, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, SOMEONE DYING BEFORE GM WILL RECALL THIS??? *TR | |
| Make: | Chevrolet |
| Model: | Equinox |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2007 |
| 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: | WARRENTON MO |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2CNDL63F176 |
| Mileage: | 85000 miles. |
| Speed: | 5 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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