2006 Chevrolet Equinox Speed Control & Cruise Problems

DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED IN HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY LOOSE ACCELERATION PEDAL FUNCTION. DANGEROUS SLOW DOWN IN HIGHWAY WHILE CARS PASS YOU BY AT HIGH SPEEDS AND YOU JUST CANT GET TO MOVE OUT THE WAY.WITH FAMILY IN VEHICLE

SOUNDS LIKE THE BRAKES GRINDING, STARTS UNSAFE STOPPING DISTANCE AND HAPPENS OUT OF BLUE, I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY KEEP TRYING TO PUSH THE BRAKES SO IT CAN STOP. AT TIMES BRAKES WILL ALSO BE HARD AS ROCK NO WARNING AND HAVE NO BRAKES AT ALL, BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON. ABS/TC LIGHTS ON, I WAS TOLD I NEEDED NEW HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY, ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS, ALL WAS CHANGED AND STILL NOT FIXED. I KEEP READING ABOUT A PIG TAIL HARNESS BUT DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT PART NUMBER OR ITS LOCATION. STARTED AROUND MARCH/2016 AND ITS ONGOING, ALMOST GOT HIT YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULDN'T BRAKE

2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE THROTTLE PEDAL AND CONNECTOR FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE ENGINE WENT TO FULL POWER. HE TAPPED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT IT WOULD NOT RELEASE; HE IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE STAYED AT FULL POWER. HE THEN TURNED OF THE IGNITION AND COASTED TO A STOP. HE ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED THROTTLE PEDAL AND CONNECTOR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEED TO BELOW 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC MORE THAN TWICE AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, THE SENSOR, AND REPROGRAMMED THE SENSOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 0 TO 10 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION CUTS OUT AND THE VEHICLE JERKS AND BUCKS LIKE IT WANTS TO DIE. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME FROM SOON AFTER I BOUGHT IT NEW. THIS OCCURS SOMETIMES WHEN PULLING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAVE TO QUICKLY PULL MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS TO MAKE IT STOP AND PUSH IT AGAIN. WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF YOU DON'T REACT QUICKLY. I HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS ONLINE AND ALL I CAN FIND IS THAT THE DRIVETRAINS WERE MADE THIS WAY AND GM ACKNOWLEDGES IT AND SAYS IT'S NORMAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE MINE WAS A 4 CYLINDER MOTOR, BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT IS HAPPENING WITH ALL MOTOR TYPES. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL! IF THE CAR DOES ACTUALLY DIE ONE OF THESE TIMES, I WILL PROBABLY BE HIT AND INJURED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND HAVE A SAFETY RECALL INITIATED. *TR