The Equinox features plenty of advanced safety equipment, from standard items such as a rearview camera and Chevy's Teen Driver reporting feature to a top-down parking camera system and lane departure warning and intervention. You'll appreciate the extra space because the 29.9 cubic feet behind the rear seats is smaller than most in this class. There's plenty of legroom for tall passengers in all outboard seats - though the panoramic sunroof reduces headroom for those in the rear - and the back seats fold flat at the pull of a lever to increase the size of the cargo area to 63.5 cubic feet. The downsizing has barely impacted the Equinox's spacious interior. Even if you don't go for the diesel option, the standard engines all deliver improved fuel economy figures compared to the previous Equinox. Chevy says the most economical of these, an optional 1.6-liter diesel engine, will achieve an impressive 40 mpg on the highway. The new Equinox is smaller and lighter than the vehicle it replaces, and it's powered exclusively by turbocharged four-cylinder engines with standard engine stop-start technology. Bottom line is " you can put lipstick on a pig.land it's still a pig!" What a piece of junk! My Pilot with 205K on it has NEVER failed. Car has less than 600 miles! I complained to the dealer and one of the salespeople sent me an email back saying he was sorry for my inconvienience but I should take the car back to the dealer who sold it to me! Reallly? I haven't purchased a American made vehicle since 1970 (Olds Cutlass). Onstar notified my after one week saying the dealer had to replace the fuel pump. Drove my wife to work and on the way back the engine failed and had to have it towed to the dealer. Too it to the dealer and they replaced the gas tank. OnStar … notified me stating and issue with the engine and transmission. Stopped and got gas and it only took 5 gallons? Then the check engine light came on. Drove about 200 miles and the gas guage failed. Said GM notified the dealers of a possible problem with this. Picked up the car and the dealer indicated that the fuel gauge wasn't reading properly. Liked the body style and decided to replace my 2003 Honda Pilot. Looking like Ford will now have our business. It provides better performance and have had no mechanical issues whatsoever. **UPDATE: March 2021** The Ford Edge has been such a better vehicle than the Equinox. So far, the Ford is proving to be a much more reliable and better performing vehicle, although we still need more time to be assured of that. **UPDATE: Sept 2020** Sold the 2018 Equinox. As such, with our experience, cannot recommend the (2010 or) 2018 Equinox. Will not remain loyal to a company that significantly fails at producine a quality product (no car should need a new engine 45,000 miles, let alone 1,400 miles) and a company who doesn't take care of loyal customers when an issue comes up.
As such, determined that we were done with GM. In fact, in the past 8 years we had purchased 3 brand new Chevrolets (model years 2010, 2015, 2018). and each of them were not old, low-value vehicles. At the time, had 3 Chevrolets in the garage. Reminded them of our two decades long GM loyalty. Shocked, I challenged that all the way up the GM chain. Because the vehicle was 8 years old, however, GM advised us that we would have to cover 80% of the $7,500 engine replacement cost. The second factor occurred a month later. That was the first of two factors that turned our GM loyalty upside down. Once the vehicle was examined by the dealership, they informed us that it needed a new engine (under warranty, of course). Unfortunately, no! With only 1,400 miles on the odometer, vehicle completely died as we were on the highway driving to a family reunion. Back to the 2018 Equinox purchase decision, since several … years had passed and the vehicle had been completely redesigned, figured that all engine issues had been fixed. Rather than turn in the 2010 Equinox as a trade-in vehicle, decided to keep it for our college-bound daughter. Being a loyal GM customer, went ahead and purchased a new 2018 Equinox. Bought a new 2018 Equinox as my wife liked the 2010 Equinox that she drove (even though we had a lot of oil consumption issues with that vehicle).
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