2011 Chevrolet Equinox Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLE, POOR DRIVEABILITY, AND ALSO STALLED AT LOW THROTTLE OPENING WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH CODE P0010

INTAKE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR NOT FUNCTIONING, NEED TO REPLACE. CAR STALLS, LOUD AT START UP AND HESITATES, WANTS TO STALL AT A STOP SIGN

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AT A CONVENIENT STORE, COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE INFORMATION STATION FLASHED THE WARNING "STABILITRAC / POWER REDUCED". A STRANGE SOUND AND VIBRATION WAS COMING FROM THE CAR. I TURNED IT OFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE TRACTION CONTROL CREATED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAD STARTED TO SNOW. ONCE I RETURNED TO THE CAR, IT DROVE OKAY FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN BOOM THAT STRANGE SOUND AND THE STRONG IDLING VIBRATION CAME BACK. I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE SUV BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST THE FIRST TRANSMISSION GEAR. SO A COUPLE DAYS LATER I WAS GOING TO TRY AND MAKE IT TO THE STORE BECAUSE ANOTHER SNOW STORM WAS COMING OUR TOWN'S WAY. AGAIN, STARTED OUT OKAY AND THEN BOOM THAT STRANGE SOUND AND THE STRONG IDLING VIBRATION CAME BACK. SO, INSTEAD OF TURNING AROUND TO GO HOME, I TOOK IT TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP WERE I BOUGHT IT FROM. AFTER RUNNING TESTS OR WHATEVER THEY DID, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I WASN'T BACK THERE; THEY TOLD ME IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY EVEN TOLD ME THEY JUST FINISHED PRICING ONE AND TOLD ME THE CRAZY HIGH AMOUNT TO FIX IT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BUT I DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY TO PUT INTO FIXING THIS. SO YEAH, I WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE BUT YET WITH A VEHICLE PAYMENT. ACCORDING TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART, IT HAS A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE IN THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, CHEVY REFUSES TO COVER THIS PART AS PART OF THEIR POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY OR AT LEAST DO A RECALL ON IT. THE "POWER REDUCED" CONDITION CAUSED BY THIS PART FAILURE IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU ARE TURNING IN A BUSY INTERSECTION OR ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, AND IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE, THERE WILL BE INJURIES OR FATALITIES BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 ON THE PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA BORDER WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER. I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE AND THERE WERE LARGE TRUCKS BEHIND ME AND BESIDE ME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAM ON AND DISPLAY WAS FLASHING "ENGINE POWER LIMITED" AND "SERVICE STABILITRAK". THERE WAS NO POWER FROM THE ENGINE. I QUICKLY BEGAN TO REDUCE SPEED AND HAD TO PUT MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND COAST TO A SAFE STOP. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY UNTIL I GOT HOME (30 MILES). THE NEXT DAY IT DID THE SAME THING AND I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS I AM NOT COMFORTABLE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DIGITAL DISPLAY WAS FLASHING "ENGINE POWER LIMITED" AND "SERVICE STABILITRAK". ENGINE BEGAN SHUDDERING AND THE QUICKLY CAR SLOWED TO 35MPH ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT EXCEED THAT SPEED. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED CAR OFF FOR 2 MINUTES AND RESTARTED. PULLED AWAY AND IN LESS THAN 2 MILES THE SAME OCCURRED. I DISABLED THE STABILITRAK AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ANOTHER 10 MILES TO MY DESTINATION. CAR SAT FOR 8 HOURS. STARTED THE CAR AND IN LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ENGINE SHUDDERING AND "ENGINE POWER LIMITED" AND "SERVICE STABILITRAK". *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I NOTICED THAT MY SERVICE STABILITRAK AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. DURING THIS TIME, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I BEGAN TO HEAR A SEVERE GRINDING NOISE IN MY LEFT FRONT WHEEL. AFTER GETTING TO WORK, THE VEHICLE SAT OVER NIGHT. WHEN I STARTED IT IN THE MORNING, I NOTICED THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED LIGHTS HAD COME BACK ON AND THE GRINDING NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER HAD STARTED AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK EARLIER, I WENT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 3.5 YRS OLD AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF OIL LEAKING OR BURNING. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE FALLING APART AFTER 3.5 YRS. THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL ISSUE IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *JS

THE STABILITRAK AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ON OUR 2011 EQUINOX HAVE COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY MULTIPLE TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE CAR VIBRATES AND LOOSES POWER. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ON THE FREEWAY, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS SUDDENLY UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AT A COST OF $200, HOWEVER TWO WEEKS LATER THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. ONCE AGAIN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. I ALSO CONTACTED GM. BOTH THE GM REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CHEVY DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES AND ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED A DEFINITIVE CAUSE OR SOLUTION. AND WHILE GM COVERED $300 OF THE SECOND REPAIR, IT STILL COST US $100. WE ARE NOW OUT $300 IN REPAIRS SO FAR FOR THIS DEFECT WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. WE NO LONGER TRUST THIS CAR. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR