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2006 Chevrolet Equinox electronic stability control (esc) problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox2% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
2%
share of all complaints
120,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I bought this car about 18 months ago from a used dealer ship after the car turned 12 months the car started saying it was over heating but when looking at the vehicle it was not hot at all the sensor just said overheating all the way to the red when the car read overheating the radiator fluid…

    filed Dec 13, 2019

  • The plastic blend arm for the heater selector motor broke, which seems to be happening on the equinox cars. It causes the heater to blow cold air only. This happened on a city street while traveling to the store. When I turned the heater on it made a funny noise like it wasn't engaging. The windows…

    filed Oct 26, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.