Chevrolet Captiva loss of power problems

Filed Aug 4, 2022 · Electrical · IN

Continus electric drop causing different systems to lose power, fail, or temporarly disable including but not limited to traction control, emergency break, radio and lights. After researching the problem in various forums I noted many owners facing the same problem over various years with no clear solution.

Filed Dec 22, 2021 · SC

Driving vehicle all of a sudden it just cut off with no warning . Lost power just went dead and would not start back up had to get towed.

Filed Oct 3, 2021 · Electrical · NJ

Key gets stuck in ignition. Lose all power WHILE DRIVING or parked! Requires a jiggle on the battery cable to restore power. Radio loses power randomly while driving. a/c shuts off. This has been happening since we bought the car in June 2021.

Filed Jan 3, 2021 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · KY

The captiva suddenly shuts down randomly for absolutely no reason. The issue was directed to be repaired in the other chevy vehicles because they issued a service bulletin however the captiva is a fleet vehicle which means they didn't fix the known issue of putting a ford battery sensor on a chevy vehicle because fleet vehicles are rarely serviced by a dealership. This is dangerous and someone is going to die if they haven't already. This happened to me losing all power and completely shutting down going 65 MPH on the freeway with my children in the car with me. I've not driven this car since august because I don't want to die and I still owe about 4 years of payments on this lemon.

Filed Dec 3, 2020 · Electrical · 157,000 miles · MN

Electrical power to the vehicle cuts out randomly, causing the engine to shut down if driving and losing power steering control and power brakes or the power parking brake randomly engages, creating the potential for a driving hazard. Power also cuts out randomly which causes the vehicle not to start. Driver has to open the hood and manually move the negative battery cable connected to the battery, sometimes multiple times, in order for power to be restored. This manual move puts the person in immediate danger of electrical shock should anything create a power arc while performing this maneuver. Gm service bulletin #13186 dated june 2013 addresses this issue with a defect in the negative battery cable, but limits it only to the warranty period only of the new vehicle and not the vehicle as a whole, yet no recall has ever been issued. Based on comments posted on the chevy forum, this problem is consistent and widespread across the chevy captiva vehicles. It is only a matter of time when one of these random power shutdowns leads to a serious accident or death. At the present time we are forced to replace both the positive and negative battery cables at a cost of $590.

Filed Jul 24, 2020 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 110,000 miles · TN

Frequently car will not start even with good battery and cable connections. While driving car will lose power. The 3 gauges(RPM, speedometer, and gas) all stop and working. The car will still run but at a much less power. Sometimes they start working but rpms will run very high and speed is greatly decreased. Message comes across to service stabilitrak and traction control. Warning lights come on such as ABS, tcs warning,stabilitrak indicator, and parking brake warning. Doors lock and unlock repeatedly. At times have been able to reset by unhooking battery cable and reconnecting and waiting. No pattern as to when and why it happens. Major safety concern. Have even replaced under-hood fuse box. Oh and key gets stuck in ignition. While I will put a date, know that this is happened multiple times over the last year. Usually two times a week sometimes more

Filed Feb 28, 2019 · Engine · 130,000 miles · MO

Excessive oil consumption LED to complete engine failure at 130,000 miles. Oil changes were current. Check engine light came on and was diagnosed as camshaft solenoid. When replaced, check engine light remained illuminated, then reduced engine power came on. Chevy knows of this issue and refuses to include the captiva in the same special coverage announcement as the equinox and gmc terrain even though the engines are identical. Reduced engine power came in while in motion, nearly leading to accident due to sudden slowness

Filed Aug 11, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 86,000 miles · MN

Engine sputtered, lurched forward, then almost died repeatedly at a stoplight. Drove car home as no warning lights came on and made an appointment with my mechanic. Mechanic advised to drive car to the shop. When I started the car to drive there, several engine lights came on stating 'reduced engine power' and a stabilitrack warning. The car then died and would not start again. Towed the car to the shop and was told my timing chain snapped and destroyed the engine. 80k miles on the car and my warranty is expired, so now I'm putting several thousand dollars into a new engine. Have heard of several other issues similar at the same mileage.

Filed Aug 8, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 94,000 miles · MN

While driving down the freeway in rush hour traffic, vehicle lost power stranding me in the middle of the freeway.

Filed Mar 13, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 60,000 miles · CA

Intermittently then panel lights come on (traction control, check engine lights) turn signal lights work, . You lose power to car and cannot even take the key out of the ignition. After some time, you can finally get the key out. Sometimes it's minutes, sometimes it's hours. This started happening a few weeks ago, happening few times a week. Now, it's happening daily, even few times a day. We found a chevy forum online and shockingly this is happening to 2012 captiva's. Why is this not a recall? This can be fatal to lose power to the car if we are on the highway and lose function of the vehicle. Sometimes while driving, sometimes when I go to start the car nothing happens and I can't get the key out of the ignition.