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Purchased 2005 equinox on 12/14/04 from crane chevrolet in clifton, nj.had a funny smell from under the hood.smell got worse.informed by an auto-garage that i needed a flush-shouldn't need a flush until about 30,000 miles.had approx. 14,000 miles.took it back to dealer.through internet research found out there was a recall on the cooling system among other things.gm nor the dealership has not to date contacted me for this recall or any other recall on this vehicle.on (5/27/05) truck to service at the dealership informed service of recall notice i found on the internet.technician at the dealership checked his computer and said, "oh yeah, there is a recall on the cooling system". They replaced cooling system had to leave truck for a hose to be ordered. Got the truck back-smell not as strong, but still there.told (by dealership-service area), it was a residue prior to cooling system replacement.short time elapsed smell getting stronger and noise (growling noise) from exhaust.again for service (at 17,083 miles on 7/8/05).they performed a flush.got truck back still had smell. On 9/13/05 at 21,272 miles back for service again, in addition to smell smoke coming out of my air conditioning/heating vents on the dash board and through the defrost vents across the front/bottom of my front windshield. The temperature needle marking over the middle red mark, indicating that the car was overheating. Service ran the car for 4 hours without antifreeze -replacing it with water. Deodorizer was placed inside the vents.9/25/05 have the truck back still has odor and smoking from the vents.odor and smoking happens when the air conditioner is on or off.also had the problem; truck is in park position shifted to drive position and it went in reverse, this happened twice.truck has not start when i turn the ignition key this happened twice within the same instance.it turned on after the third try.this happened once.
Vehicle was traveling at 40 mph when all of a sudden it stalled unexpectedly. Manufacturer was contacted by owner.*tc
Purchased 2005 equinox on 12/14/04 from crane chevrolet in clifton, nj.had a funny smell from under the hood.smell got worse.informed by an auto-garage that i needed a flush-shouldn't need a flush until about 30,000 miles.had approx. 14,000 miles.took it back to dealer.through internet research found out there was a recall on the cooling system among other things.gm nor the dealership has not to date contacted me for this recall or any other recall on this vehicle.on (5/27/05) truck to service at the dealership informed service of recall notice i found on the internet.technician at the dealership checked his computer and said, "oh yeah, there is a recall on the cooling system". They replaced cooling system had to leave truck for a hose to be ordered. Got the truck back-smell not as strong, but still there.told (by dealership-service area), it was a residue prior to cooling system replacement.short time elapsed smell getting stronger and noise (growling noise) from exhaust.again for service (at 17,083 miles on 7/8/05).they performed a flush.got truck back still had smell. On 9/13/05 at 21,272 miles back for service again, in addition to smell smoke coming out of my air conditioning/heating vents on the dash board and through the defrost vents across the front/bottom of my front windshield. The temperature needle marking over the middle red mark, indicating that the car was overheating. Service ran the car for 4 hours without antifreeze -replacing it with water. Deodorizer was placed inside the vents.9/25/05 have the truck back still has odor and smoking from the vents.odor and smoking happens when the air conditioner is on or off.also had the problem; truck is in park position shifted to drive position and it went in reverse, this happened twice.truck has not start when i turn the ignition key this happened twice within the same instance.it turned on after the third try.this happened once.
Purchased 2005 equinox on 12/14/04 from crane chevrolet in clifton, nj.had a funny smell from under the hood.smell got worse.informed by an auto-garage that i needed a flush-shouldn't need a flush until about 30,000 miles.had approx. 14,000 miles.took it back to dealer.through internet research found out there was a recall on the cooling system among other things.gm nor the dealership has not to date contacted me for this recall or any other recall on this vehicle.on (5/27/05) truck to service at the dealership informed service of recall notice i found on the internet.technician at the dealership checked his computer and said, "oh yeah, there is a recall on the cooling system". They replaced cooling system had to leave truck for a hose to be ordered. Got the truck back-smell not as strong, but still there.told (by dealership-service area), it was a residue prior to cooling system replacement.short time elapsed smell getting stronger and noise (growling noise) from exhaust.again for service (at 17,083 miles on 7/8/05).they performed a flush.got truck back still had smell. On 9/13/05 at 21,272 miles back for service again, in addition to smell smoke coming out of my air conditioning/heating vents on the dash board and through the defrost vents across the front/bottom of my front windshield. The temperature needle marking over the middle red mark, indicating that the car was overheating. Service ran the car for 4 hours without antifreeze -replacing it with water. Deodorizer was placed inside the vents.9/25/05 have the truck back still has odor and smoking from the vents.odor and smoking happens when the air conditioner is on or off.also had the problem; truck is in park position shifted to drive position and it went in reverse, this happened twice.truck has not start when i turn the ignition key this happened twice within the same instance.it turned on after the third try.this happened once.
Purchased 2005 equinox on 12/14/04 from crane chevrolet in clifton, nj.had a funny smell from under the hood.smell got worse.informed by an auto-garage that i needed a flush-shouldn't need a flush until about 30,000 miles.had approx. 14,000 miles.took it back to dealer.through internet research found out there was a recall on the cooling system among other things.gm nor the dealership has not to date contacted me for this recall or any other recall on this vehicle.on (5/27/05) truck to service at the dealership informed service of recall notice i found on the internet.technician at the dealership checked his computer and said, "oh yeah, there is a recall on the cooling system". They replaced cooling system had to leave truck for a hose to be ordered. Got the truck back-smell not as strong, but still there.told (by dealership-service area), it was a residue prior to cooling system replacement.short time elapsed smell getting stronger and noise (growling noise) from exhaust.again for service (at 17,083 miles on 7/8/05).they performed a flush.got truck back still had smell. On 9/13/05 at 21,272 miles back for service again, in addition to smell smoke coming out of my air conditioning/heating vents on the dash board and through the defrost vents across the front/bottom of my front windshield. The temperature needle marking over the middle red mark, indicating that the car was overheating. Service ran the car for 4 hours without antifreeze -replacing it with water. Deodorizer was placed inside the vents.9/25/05 have the truck back still has odor and smoking from the vents.odor and smoking happens when the air conditioner is on or off.also had the problem; truck is in park position shifted to drive position and it went in reverse, this happened twice.truck has not start when i turn the ignition key this happened twice within the same instance.it turned on after the third try.this happened once.
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