2011 Chevrolet Equinox body problems

Filed May 15, 2026 · Airbags, Body · MI · crash · 1 injury

I was in a rear end collision on May 14th 2026 the impact of the speed totaled my car in my airbags did not deploy and from my understanding where the sensors are on my vehicle they should have I ended up getting a concussion and soft tissue damage because my head hit the steering wheel my seat belt did not lock either.

Filed Aug 15, 2019 · Airbags, Body · 112,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

Traveling straight on city street, 30 MPH, was t-boned in center of driver's side door. Side airbag did not deploy? Damage to both doors, center and lower pillar, and the traction control bar bent. Concussion and bruising from inside pillar to driver. Driver was wearing seat belt at time of collision

Filed Jun 26, 2018 · Body · 47,966 miles · LA · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. While the contact was removing items out of the rear of the vehicle, the liftgate inadvertently closed and struck him on the head. The contact sustained minor injuries that did not require medical attention. The dealer (bubba oustalet chevrolet cadillac, 819 n main st, jennings, la 70546, (337)-246-5041) was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,966.

Filed Mar 11, 2017 · Body, Seats · NJ

Vehicle is on stationary state. (1) the "rear door lift gate would drop slowly", but it is now becoming harmfully worse as being used. I believe this is due to poor quality parts on the lift itself. This is not common to happen in other autos. Repair is inevitable. (2) the passenger front seat is locked up. No forward or backward movement, although it is reclining. It doesn't matter if vehicle is moving or not.

Filed Feb 6, 2017 · Airbags, Body · 124,000 miles · MI · crash · 2 injuries

Involved in an accident where I collided with another car. The front end of my car was completed damaged to the point where the car was totaled. The problem with this accident was the air bags did not go off causing injury to myself and my wife. I estimate the speed at collision to be around 30mph. I was traveling west bound at about 630pm in the evening, on a four lane city road with a center turn lane. I was in my lane and failed to stop before hitting the car in front of me. My wife spoke with the repair shop clerk who informed that this was a common issue with many equinox's under the same conditions. I believe the air bags should have gone off and therefore I

Filed Sep 7, 2016 · Body · MI

The bottom seam of all four doors have begun to rust. The back two doors appear to be worse than the front two. I, by chance, happened to notice the rust while cleaning out the back seat around mileage 38,000 but it looks to have started much earlier by the amount on the back two doors. Gm needs to remedy this situation before the doors rust out. How does canada get the recall but not the us, this makes no sense.

Filed Apr 13, 2015 · Body · 65,000 miles · MD · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the chrome wrapping on the front passenger side and both rear door handles peeled off creating very sharp edges. When touching the handle, the sharp edges from the chrome wrapping caused lacerations to the hands of the passengers. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Filed Mar 25, 2015 · Body · NY

While the car is running, the back hatch will suddenly unhook. It does not open fully but unlatches enough to tell the car that it is open. This also happens while I am driving, causing me to pull over to shut it again. The button to open the hatch is now non-functional (can't open the hatch at all) but the hatch is still popping! I am afraid that the whole will open while in traffic and cause a crash.

Filed Feb 9, 2015 · Airbags, Body · 79,000 miles · VA · crash

While changing lanes during an ice storm, the vehicle's back end let lose and the driver lost control and slide into the media at which time the vehicle was projected into the guardrail head on. Neither front airbags deployed nor did any of the airbags deploy.

Filed Jul 2, 2013 · Body, Engine · 16,000 miles · AZ

Let me take 5 minutes of your time to tell you a story that might be also experienced by other equinox drivers. About 18 months ago, every time I would get into my wife's equinox, which is under my name, I would start a fight with her, because the car would smell humid and will prompt asthma attacks. Especially when she would pick me up from the airport, the car would smell like an old wet-rug. I would turn the air conditioner higher and the small would be worst, so I would get mad at her and asked her to send the car to the cleaning and also asked the orally chevrolet to change the air filters. For 18 months my wife and kids would smell the same chemical, not knowing that it was caused by a leak from the air compressor, which was letting poison freon gas into the SUV. Plus I would get so angry at my wife for the humid smell not knowing that it was not her fault. I hardly would drive the equinox, because the moment I would turn the air, I would stop breathing as the gas will spark an asthma attack. Finally, our air-system stopped working and we took the SUV to the shop where the condenser has been replace and the smell as an old-rug and asthma attacks are not gone. My worry, for 18 months, my kids and wife go to breathe freon a highly toxic gas, which gave me asthma attacks. I would like if more drivers are sending complaints about freon getting inside their equinox. This is a health issue that should not happened to consumers.