It felt and sounded like the car was going to break in two. We thought we had solved the issues except for about a week ago a louder noise stared. The noise in the front turned out to be the strut plates. From that day on, which was about six months ago, till present time the car has been load. It all started while I was driving it around a sharp corner. It took several visits to figure out why our vehicle was making loud noises in the front end. Our biggest complaint in with the suspension, and now the ABS system. We have experienced what most have with the odor coming from the cooling system. We have a 2005 Chevy Equinox, as my mechanic would say, is a problem child. This is very dangerous and should have been taken care of before selling the vehicle. I would have to lightly lift my foot then push it down quickly to stop the van safely. Whenever putting on the brakes there would be a crunching noise as if a pole was in the way keeping the foot brake from pushing down to the floor. I had to go 75 miles per hr before the jiggling of the front end of the van stopped. Then I started reaching 65 miles per hr and the front bounced and wobbled as if it were going to drop. Started to excel onto the highway and as I began to reach 60 miles per hr the front end started moving loosely left to right. Started up the on ramp and the steering wheel had a loose like play in it. I thought it strange but kept on driving. I took it out of town and as I began to stop at the stop light the steering felt loose and the wheels moved side to side on its own.

I purchased the vehicle January 2009 seemed to be driving pretty good. I feel that this is a very unsafe and unreliable vehicle that should be investigated to determine whether this is truly due to 'wear and tear', or if this is a factory fault. Also, the daytime running lights have begun to flash repeatedly and very quickly at random times as well as turning themselves on and off. On top of these issues, there is also apparently a problem with the rear end as well that is also creating a knocking. After doing a bit of research, I discovered that this is a very prominent and common problem for this year, make, and model. The cost for this repair was over $1300 and was repaired on June 27, 2011. The problem was that the struts prematurely failed and created a very dangerous driving condition. Between those mileage marks, the front end began to feel very loose. At the 80000 mile mark a loud knocking noise was heard coming from the front end, and proceeded to get worse up to the 100000 mile mark. Tires have needed to be replaced twice since the purchase of this vehicle once around 60000 miles due to 'uneven wear' which was likely a result of the bad rotors, and again around the 100000 mark also for 'uneven wear'. I was told by the mechanic that this is not common and should not have happened at this type of mileage.

At about the 60000 mile mark, all four rotors and brakes needed to be replaced due to the rotors being warped. Since the purchase of this vehicle, I have spent nearly 3000 dollars in repairs as it seems that parts are wearing out or malfunctioning far earlier than typical. This vehicle was purchased used in August 2009 with roughly 42000 miles from carmax in dulles, va. This complaint is in regards to the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox.

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