My wife was at work during a thunderstorm. Went to the car to leave and noticed that the front floorboard was soaking wet. I looked at it the next morning and the front driver md passenger side was still soaking wet. I took a bucket of water and poured it from the roof down the window seal tower if any water was going to leak on the floor on the passenger side. Yes water was entering the the care from the passenger side floor. I checked the weathering strip to see if was damaged dry rotted which it was not. I been researching online and discovered that this is a common issue. I've read different forums stating the same issues. I also discovered this forum that give a bulletin number of some sort 08-08-57-001a dated for 10-08-08 models 05-09 equinox talking about insufficient body sealer water entering v through seams in the floor pan on the driver and passenger side. Correction remove carpet and reseal the sheet metal seam. If this isn't the issue please find out what is because this is a common issue with these vehicles.
2008 Chevrolet Equinox body complaints
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Our 2008 equinox paint has started to peel on the top. We notice a spot a week ago and now it is about 12 inches long it is bubbling and peeling to where the white is showing. Please tell me there is a recall on this matter we have only 72000 miles on this vehicle. It has to be a factory defect
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the doors of the vehicle failed to lock and had to be locked manually. On another occasion, the driver side door failed to open from inside the vehicle. The failures occurred without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 76,000.
Power steering was making whining sound when turning and had a fluid leak. Water leaked into trunk and filled up area where spare tire is located, drivers side window motor broke and stopped working, one of the back seat belts does not always stay clicked, some paint chipping, and transmission went at 76,000 miles
White paint began peeling off back right corner of vehicle overnight. When parked, paint was fine- next morning it was completely peeled. No vandalism occurred. Upon further research- this is a common problem with the 2008 model.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the tailgate was difficult to open. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the gas charge lift support failed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000.
The paint on both the passenger and drivers side is peeling off. It isn't happening a little at a time. I walked out to leave one day and an entire strip down the passenger side was missing, all the way down to the metal. 2 weeks later, the driver's side did the exact same thing. I took it to my local body shop and they said my equinox was not the first one they had seen do this and it was a manufacture defect. You can see where the paint is bubbled and was never put on right. I called chevy's customer service line and was sent to a local certified chevy dealer to be reviewed. The service manager deemed it a manufacture defect but the area gm claims because it is out of paint warranty, there is nothing they can do. My car is only 8 years old, with only 130,000 miles. Paint should not be coming off like this.
Paint is falling off paint shop said it is orange peel a factory defect.
Window on passenger front door will not work. It went down and with extreme slowness finally got it to roll back up. Cannot use at all now.
Paint coming off car for no reason.
Interior plastic door handle mechanisms are breaking and broken. Given the fact that we cannot exit our vehicle, this would strike me as a huge safety issue! Given the fact that 3 out of 4 total handles are now broken, this is obviously not just a one-time fluke. Gm customer care on twitter refuses to acknowledge safety concern exists and the dealership wants to charge $51 plus tax minimal for new parts on a safety-related item. After all, if the ignition switch fails and you get into a fiery accident, how are you supposed to exit the vehicle? The affected interior door handles broken thusfar are as follows: lf, lr, and rf. My boyfriend has taken and posted two youtube videos directly related to this severe defect. The links are (separated by 10 asterisks each): ********** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybj8cs5i3_w ********** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wq1xl1kxfy ********** this should not be happening on a 2008 model year vehicle and this(in my opinion) is a huge safety concern.
Painting falling off metal on passenger side.
I noticed that after a large thunderstorm that had a large amount of water pouring down, my car had a inch of water on the back floor in front of 2nd row. The seats were not wet and only the floor in back was wet and was seeping towards front. This meant that my windows were not open because my seats where not wet. I went to dealership and they would not do anything for me as they said it had to be my fault. Well a year later they finally agreed mold was growing and something was wrong. They stripped my car down to the metal and found water sitting all over in any nook and cranny that was in the frame. They believe anytime I went through a car wash or it rained on my car, I was getting water inside. Service advisement number 08-08-57-001a states that they may have not sealed up to 15 points on the equinox between 2005-2009. The dealership did not even know about this advisement as I had to read through some blogs to find it and it was the real deal. I had over 4 inches of water sitting in my spare tire wheel well.
Driver and passenger door locks non responsive to key fob or electronic lock control. Extremely hot outside.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that she noticed that the paint on vehicle was chipping off and exposing the metal on the vehicle. The vehicle was take to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the vehicle needed to be repainted to prevent corrosion. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage 106,000.
I left my dentist in the morning of thurs 2-16-2013 and proceeded to walgreens and tried to get out of my car and now my door will not open. It was below zero and I had to roll the window down and open it from the outside. It will not open from the inside on the drivers side, not very safe incase u want to get out in a hurry. I had so many cars in the 50 years I been driving and have never had this happen. It should be fixed free.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet equinox. The contact was driving 5 MPH and heard water moving inside of the vehicle. The contact found water was inside of the spare tire well also. The vehicle was inspected but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact believed the failure to be a safety issue because the water could have affected the wiring or electronic components of the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Right after purchasing this vehicle I noticed after running the air conditioner that a moldy musty smell came from the car. My husband changed the cabin air filter, that only helped for just a few weeks. I had my service department check it out. They told me the condenser need a foam spray to kill the bacteria at my cost. I purchased the extended warranty on this vehicle but that would not cover the cost of the fix. I am very disappointed with this vehicle. I am also concerned that we are breathing all this contaminated air.
My 2008 chevy equinox has been an ok car until today when I found several gallons of rain water in the rear hatch spare tire wheel well. Never experienced this before because I garage my car and I had to park out side and it rained 5 inches over night. Did notice suds in the water so at this time I am assuming when it gets washed it leaks in the wheel well too. I have never been in an accident nor is my vehicle abused. I do believe this is not a lone incident, as I read about others having the same issues as well. I hope chevy will step up and be responsible for this problem as is seems to be serious if the water gets deep enough and gets in to the gas and electrical system. This also explains strange smells we have had in this car in the past. Chevy please stand up and fix this problem!
We were driving on highway at approximately 70 MPH when there was a very load boom and we unexpectedly realized that the sunroof glass had shattered, some of which dropped down inside the SUV. The sunroof shade was 7/8 way closed which prevented most of the glass from riding down on us. We were on the open road , no overpass, no road debris flying up, no evidence of anything striking the closed sunroof. Climate condition , temp was around 50 degrees.partly sunny. We do feel that if the shade on the sunroof had not been almost closed, we would have been involved in a crash if this sunroof glass had dropped down on us. Traffic at this time was fairly heavy! Dealer claims there have been no other incidents of this type. Inspection of the sunroof glass revealed that the center of the glass had shattered and cracked glass was still in the sunroof frame. The sunroof was closed at time of this incident.
The 2008 equinox made by general motors has both rear underbase wheel water entry into the spare tire compartment. The amount of water that enters into this area fills and runs forward to the brake and gas area. The entire floor base subject to water damaged and headaches. The dealer replaced the floor carpet, placed some sort of black glue on both sides of the entry area. But, the car smells like rotten metal. Please help!
Leaking front and rear 2008 chevrolet equinox, front is leaking into passenger and driver wheel well and back is leaking into spare tire well and running down into second row of seats.
Front bumper cover cracked inside left front wheel well where bumper wraps around. Crack began when object in garage was "bumped". Cover material so thin that cover was damaged. Cost to replace was $888.00 at dealership. If material and/or design was better, this never would have happened. Manufacturer wants no part in replacing or fixing the problem. Told me to send it to my insurance carrier. My complaint is the poor material involved and that gm wants repairs for poor quality repaired or replaced on the back of a consumers insurance.
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