2010 Chevrolet Equinox Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 25
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 25 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- check engine · 6 records
- engine light · 6 records
- engine power · 6 records
- throttle body · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 11 |
| 100–150k mi | 5 |
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving vehicle doors are locking and unlocking themselves, radio and heat turns off and on, blinkers not working,headlights flash on and off by themselves, airbag, stability control and abs flash on and off on dash. Rpm and speedometer are at zero while driving and accelerating, gas hand shows on low fuel when there's gas on the car. Took to have vehicle scanned and alternator is reading at too high voltage…
ODI 11308345
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle was in motion approximately 45 mph when check engine light came on, message then appeared that engine power is reduced and speed immediately dropped to around 15 mph and then to a rough idle at approx 5-10mph. Was almost rear ended by vehicle traveling behind me. I was able to limp remaining 2 miles home and contacted dealer. Appointment was made and dealer reported code p2135 and replaced throttle…
ODI 11300499
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
In motion vehicle would not get out of second gear forward and reverse, technician states wave plate broken this was replaced under warrant in 2014
ODI 11291839
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My car just suddenly lost speed, wouldn't shift and was stuck at a stop, was told the transmission would need replacing because the solenoids were stuck. He also said this usually happens in most gm engines.
ODI 11269534
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving, vehicle failed to accelerate and would not shift into next gear, then seemed to jump into higher gear. This caused me to almost be hit by motor vehicle behind me. Second time, i was turning into busy intersection and car completely stalled, turned off key and restarted car and it would not drive over 20 miles an hour so pulled into parking lot and wheel was very hard to control. Car would not go into…
ODI 11218945
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Transmission is bad. When i try to accelerate it doesn't go anywhere and its skipping gears and bucking prior to it finally no longer driveable
ODI 11207101
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving 75 mph, the reduced engine power warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle independently decelerated to 15 mph. The contact stated that the failure was more prevalent during the colder months. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure…
ODI 11151431
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the vehicle jerked violently while driving and the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the throttle body injector needed to be installed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 168,000.
ODI 11169852
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle is burning oil out before the given mileage causing the engine light to come on loud knocking in the engine smoke
ODI 11118191
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Engine loses power abruptly, power train light and check engine light on
ODI 11063022
Air Bags · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving approximately 45 mph, one of the tires on the passenger side exploded and caused the driver's air bag to deploy without warning. There were no injuries from the deployment. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. Suddenly, the vehicle accelerated and crashed into the guardrail. The contact suffered head injuries that required medical…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11103391
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Takata recall while driving and approaching a stop sign on a city street in town, the car started aggressively shaking and several lights turned on - service stabilitrack, engine power reduced mode and the check engine light- thankfully we were able to safely pull off the road as the car would not exceed 25mph. After the first time we took it in and they flushed the throttle body. Less than 2 moths later the exact…
ODI 11012396
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on city streets, my gas pedal became unresponsive. The car began to slow down. Unable to keep my speed, i was unable to make a stoplight and had to stop. While my foot was on the brakes, the rpm for my vehicle were steadily at 6-7000. As the light turned green, i put my foot on the gas pedal, received a jolt as if the car was accelerating, but was slowly making my way up to 20 mph. As the time took…
ODI 10979593
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
2010 chevrolet equinox all of a sudden lost traction control and drop speed to 15 miles per hour. Error light came on stating "engine power reduction" and then "service ". Along with these error messages the icon for engine and stabilitrak came on after car lost most of its pwlower and traction. It was a cold night christmas 2016 but not as cold as other cities as we live in phoenix, az. Thankfully i was in our…
ODI 10938374
Vehicle Speed Control
Car completely lost power on the highway while engine running. Engine went to idle. Nearly hit by other cars traveling on the highway. Had the car towed to my local mechanic. Car was throwing code p2135 which is throttle position sensor. I did some research on this code and there is a chevy bulletin regarding this exact code and the engine going to idle while driving. I'm surprised this is not a recall as this is…
ODI 10926305
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that while driving at any speed, the vehicle did not accelerate when the accelerator was depressed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and it was diagnosed with fractured wave plate that needed to placed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 64.300.
ODI 10888578
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed however the vehicle failed to respond. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The…
ODI 10825436
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Where to begin...in 2015 i purchased this 2010 equinox from a chevy dealer and 2 months later started experiencing problems w/ the stabilitrak. I have thousands of dollars paying for this to be fixed with no solutoins to this day!! It os now a daily occurrence and comes on multiple times while driving every time i am behind the wheel now. In addition, now the engine is completely shutting off while driving it and i…
ODI 11099189
Body · Vehicle Speed Control
Chevy was stopped at a traffic light and was approx. 30 feet behind another vehicle and the driver had his foot on the brake pedal. The chevy suddenly accelerated, driver tried to stop vehicle by stepping harder on brake pedal, he swerved to the left to avoid hitting vehicle in front of him, but still hit vehicle with extensive damage to the chevy. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10664650
Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
While turning left on a major intersection the check engine light and stabilitac light with a warning of reduced engine power came on. The car could only go 5 mph which was caused me to slowly go through the intersection. Two on coming cars had to slam on their breaks to avoid me. The dealer found a defective throttle body. They said the car is program to go into reduced engine power mode when the computer detects…
ODI 10607185
Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the engine and the stability lights illuminated followed by a dinging noise. The vehicle slowed to 20 mph and then stalled. The vehicle was merged to the shoulder and was restarted after fifteen minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on more than one occasion who stated that the fuel pump and throttle needed to be…
ODI 10496859
Fuel/Propulsion System · Seats · Vehicle Speed Control
My car began chugging, losing power and eventually stalled as i came to a stop. This began when i slowed my vehicle on three separate occasions (once when i slowed to turn a corner- 2012, once when i slowed to stop at a light-3/2013 and the third time was when sitting idle with my foot on the brake-2/2013.) each time my gas tank was less than half full but at different levels at each occurrence. My check engine…
ODI 10501297
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
When accelerating to pull onto highway, engine stalls with no response from accelerator pedal and sometimes engine completely shuts off and you have to restart the vehicle. This is an intermittent problem that happens often. My vehicle has been to the dealer several times for this issue but the dealership has yet to find the problem. I have also contacted chevrolet customer support about this problem and told them…
ODI 10505013
Automatic Transmission · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on level pavement at 65 mph, with my cruise control on, all of a sudden, the vehicle downshifted 2 gears, and the tach rose to 5300 rpms. I tapped the brake pedal, and it disengaged the cruise and proceeded in a normal condition. *tr
ODI 10368586
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I purchased a brand new equinox from chevrolet in 08/31/2010. Since 10/30/2010, i've had ongoing issues with this vehicle. Two incidents of which, i almost had near-death car accidents. This is the third time i am in a rental car, totaling to about a month so far in rentals. First incident in october, i had to drive with my hazards on to even get to the dealership. My speedometer and tech would accelerate, however,…
ODI 10389148