2018 Chevrolet Equinox Wheels Problems

“After the first snow, driving with my new Equinox the slush built up inside the wheel-wells and affected the driving. My car shimmied while driving at any speed, and I have to stop and chop out the ice around the tires and spring above the tire, which is very close to the tire. It seems to be the fabric that the wheel-well is made from. I have never had this happen on any other SUV I have driven in winter. Now that I have owned it a while and today is the first real snow of fall, it is continuing to do this. …”

“Bought Equinox in march 2018 equipped with 4 hankook tires. Shortly after purchase, the hankook tires began to lose air pressure. In january of 2019, I took the car in for the annual state inspection and told the mechanic the right rear tire lost much more air pressure than the other tires. The mechanic said there was a screw in it. It was patched.the tire was rotated from back to front. The tires were still losing pressure .on october 22, 2019, while parked at my home, the right front had 5lbs and the right rear had 6lbs of pressure. …”

“I purchased this vehicle I june 28th of 2018. I have had to take it into the shop at least three times with complaints of squeaking from brakes mirror alert problems trunk sticking and the suspension has gotten worse since I first started driving it I'm noticing it. Every time I complain they tell me nothing is wrong except for at the beginning of my lease it had to be taken in for repairs. I was told that the brakes squeaking is not a safety issue and it was recommend to change my brake pads and in the same conversation was told that my brakes were fine. …”

“Our 37 yr old son who was visiting from out of town for the holidays was driving on our local interstate when he heard a loud noise in the front end and what he thought was the drivers side. He knew he did not hit anything in the road or pothole. The next thing he knew he was quickly sliding to a stop. He did not know what happened. He pulled onto the shoulder of the road and saw the left front tire was missing, but observed that the five lug nuts and the center part of the aluminum alloy cast rim were still tight and intact on the hub. …”

“The TPMS system:. We have a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. Thru on star we get a low pressure tire warning every few weeks. And the warning takes over the speed gage which has been a problem. Air is added where indicated but we will get another notice in a week later. Now lately around february 5th, 2019, the car was taken to the dealer. Tires checked. They said that nothing was wrong except for too much air. They reset the computer. 7 days later around february 12th, 2019, we got another warning. Again it blocks the speed monitor and it won't let you reset it. …”