My vehicle should have two recalls; first the airbags. When my passenger is sitting in the seat the check engine light will come on telling me to check my airbag and the airbag light is off. I'm not sure if it will deploy if I get in an accident or if it will on its own one day hurting my passenger. Second, my vehicle smells like gasoline. It smells worse when I fill the tank up and its doesn't start right away. I am driving my vehicle since this is the only vehicle I have. I have seen online were the 2007 equinox had a recall for the airbag and gas tank. Please help me.
2008 Chevrolet Equinox: won't start
6 of the 370 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox describe won't start.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Won't start by model year
What owners say
The stabilitrax light has come on and my vehicle won't start, have tried to jump it but it only makes a clicking noise. I've tried to reset it according to the owners manual but no luck. The car is sitting in my driveway I tried to start it this morning and nothing.
Faulty return port in fuel pump module leaking fuel (severe leak) started noticing a smell with no visible leak, now when car is parked loosing all fuel pressure (car won't start on first try) and parked with 1/2 tank now no fuel left in car. Distinct smell of fuel and car is parked. Is this part of recall?
My car wouldn't start. So I brought a new battery then my car started and then I noticed stabilitrak light was on. I try to drive car but my steering wheel would not turn and couldn't drive the car.
I drove my car to the store went in for about an hour. When I came back out my car wouldn't start. I thought my car battery had went dead so I got a jump but then I noticed my stability track light was on and that my power steering had went out. As soon as I made it home turned the car off and tried to restart it, it went dead again. As I look up to see what could be wrong with my vehicle I've noticed that this is a common malfunction that seems to be happening a lot. I know cars can go out but this also happen a lot where a consumer spends there hard earned money only to be duked in the end. I've only had my car for four months and although it's used I felt that I should have been notified of this and it should have been my decision on whether or not I want to purchase the vehicle. Even though I was lucky and didn't crash. I hope that this does become a recall as it is way to dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start and the would exhibit an unusual clicking when attempting to start. In addition, all of the warning lights would illuminate upon the failure. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer made adjustments to the stabilizer yet the failure persisted. The dealer then installed a new battery and made adjustments to the stabilizer a second time. The failure persisted and the stabilizer warning light was also illuminated. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was notified of the most recent failure nor was the vehicle repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000.
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Questions about the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox won't start
Is won't start a common problem on the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox?
6 of 370 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox (2%) mention won't start. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox?
There are 0 recalls and 146 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox
Airbag light 44Door locks 29Fuel smell 26Headlights 26Check engine light 25Fuel leak 20Fuel pump 16Power steering loss 15Loss of power 11ABS 10No deployment 9Stalling 9Wipers 7Grinding brakes 6Hesitation 6Key fob 6Steering lock-up 6Adaptive cruise 5Jerking 5Power windows 5
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