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2005 chevy equinox ignition recall9/14/2023 Makes me very nervous when on road and in rain. Car exterior roof now looks terrible as caulk dried sort of a brown crud color (car is white) but no more (knock on wood) engine stalling when it rains or I go through a car wash. I waited out drying of unit and then drove home and applied a lot caulk to sunoof where glass meet metal/rubber. I discovered what shut car down when I started squirting water onto roof at a car wash and water started dripping down onto carpet flooring but first it seeped into computer control unit. We coasted to a stop and after 15 mins car started up but with significantly diminished power so I drove into a service station where car stayed for next 2-days. Brakes and steering became really much more difficult to control. I was going down a hill into town where speed is 45 mph and my sister in law was in car and we were heading to airport however engine just shut down. Water seeped in under sun roof, down front driver side roof pillar and then into car behind dashboard then dripped down into computer control device (where obdii unit hooks up) where it shorted out entire electrical system. This was confirmed by the dealer and replaced on that second trip. After doing some research on Chevroletforum online for others with this issue, we found that it was likely the "pigtail wire harness". The problem went away for one day, and then returned even more severely and I was concerned about being able to stop safely. After confirming that it was not a problem with my brakes, the dealer decided it was my wheel hub and I paid for that (expensive) replacement. After the first week the abs/tc light came on and the problem occurred more frequently (example: at least twice on my 15 minute commute). The times when this occurred, the braking was gentle` and gradual, so it was completely inappropriate for the abs to come on and my braking distance was increased. Overall problem: the abs system kept kicking in at low speed stops and the abs/tc light came on it started out as an occasional abs sensation in the brake pedal, which got worse over a matter of a couple weeks. I'll pull my key out to show them how easily the key just comes out at any position, and then when the tech tries to start my car and can't, and is stuck in their garage, will my car be added then gm?!!! I have so many issues I could go on and I see that so many others have reported numerous times and this is what is done to us? now I'm angry and afraid. But they also told me that my vehicle is not included in the recall. I ended up just calling the dealership and they scheduled my car for diagnostics for tue, 9/2/14. Got in a car accident Apr 2014, seat belt did not lock when I was rear-ended, my face almost hit the radio (intial reason for my call to gm-chevy line posted on their website today, looking for an answer as to why my ignition won't work properly and found out about faulty ignitions on my car) gm stated, after giving them my VIN that my car is not included in the recall!!! what's really going on?!! after being accused of "blaming gm for my car problems", I asked for a supervisor and was hung up on. Fuel gage always says empty and I get less than 16 mpg. And when the car is on and running at any speed, the key will just come out of ignition. Gets stuck and have to shake key forward for about 20+ minutes before it finally turns on. My 2005 Equinox, I have only 80k miles on it,- key will not start ignition normal.
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