2010 Chevrolet Equinox: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Mar 6, 2018 · Visibility · 61,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving unknown speeds, the defroster failed to blow out air. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 61,000.

Filed Oct 2, 2017 · Visibility · 118,758 miles · UT

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving unknown speeds, the defroster failed to blow out air. The contact called a local dealer (gus paulos chevrolet, 4050 w 3500 s west, valley city, ut 84120) and was informed to schedule a service appointment. The manufacturer was notified of the issue and did not assist. The failure mileage was 118,758.

Filed Jul 29, 2015 · 99,000 miles · PA · fire · 2 injuries

We were driving to the airport, came out of construction onto uphill part of highway. I was accelerating and heard a "pop".thought a tire blew, saw white smoke on the sides of the car and pulled over. My boyfriend got out immediately to look for a blown tire. I put the car in park, shut off the ignition and black smoke began pouring into the car. I knew there was not a blown tire and yelled for boyfriend to help get our two young children out of the car. Opened the back door and couldn't see the kids due to all of the black smoke and entire front end was on fire within seconds. I got the kids to safety and the car proceeded to blow up three separate times in well under 10 minutes. The man driving behind us helped and stated to me that fuel was leaking from the car while he drove behind us prior to the "pop" we heard. It was a total loss, no police report despite highway being shut down for a hour and detectives showing up later. Insurance company wasn't going to investigate, I got gm involved and now they might. Was given a case # by gm, called twice, no response back for 6 days. I want to know the cause of this. 5 year old perfectly maintained cars with no warning should not catch fire and blow up. I saw an article about a man in connecticut with a similar incident and his was related to a regional recall that did not include that state. I live in western pennsylvania and question if this could be associated. The car could have killed our children and harmed innocent people on a busy highway. We were fortunate to have good people help us and react so quickly. The state police officer had us leave immediately to catch our flight and told us there was nothing we could do and they had the car towed. We were unable to get the names of two men that helped due to shock and belief that there would be a police report.

Filed Aug 27, 2014 · Tires · 54,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox equipped with michelin, tire line: latitude tour, and tire size: p235/55r18 tires. The contact stated that there was tread separation from both rear tires. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The tires were not replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate vehicle and tire failure mileage was 54,000. The dot number was not available. The VIN was not available.

Filed Nov 4, 2013 · Tires · 125,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox equipped with michelin tire latitude tour tires, size p235-55-r18, and dot m33j007x1210. The contact sated three tires split due to premature tread separation. The tires failure mileage was 49,300. The tires were replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. Updated 04/02/14