Please help!!! I am desperate. We just bought a used 2013 Chevy Equinox, 88,000 miles. Everything was going fine until three days after we bought it. It started shaking then completely turned off after I started to back out of a parking spot. That’s when it got worse… It has happened every day sinc…

Duplicate post [image] 2013 Chevrolet Equinox turning off completely after starting General Discussion Please help!!! I am desperate. We just bought a used 2013 Chevy Equinox. Everything was going fine until three days after we bought it. It started shaking then completel…

On some cars, if the oil pressure sending unit indicates no oil pressure, the fuel pump shuts off and the engine quits. A wiring diagram will give a clue if this might be the problem on yours. The fuel pump comes on for a few seconds when you turn the key to On - that’s why there’s fuel for it to st…

[image] 2013 Chevrolet Equinox turning off completely after starting Do you think it could be a timing belt? I can tell you that a bad timing belt can be ruled-out, simply because your engine utilizes a timing chain, rather than a belt. If you don’t believe me, just check the maintenance sche…

If you can get it in a condition where it cranks but won’t start, that’s the time to do a spark test. If you have good spark, the next suspect would be a fuel problem of some sort. My guess at this point, the description of your symptoms are consistent with contaminated fuel, like water or diesel …

Alright I’ll get that checked out. Thank you! Today I gave it a little gas before it usually turns off and it didn’t turn off. Do you know what that could mean?

Today i started the car and pushed the gas pedal a bit around the time it usually turns off (10 seconds after I turn it on) and it didn’t turn off. Could that mean something?

If it has an external fuel filter it would not hurt to replace it, but I fear it has the sock in the tank filter.

It could mean that the oil pressure went up when you increased RPMs. That is how engines work. If a low OP signal was causing the fuel pump to turn off, you stopped that from happening. Another possibility is trouble with the IAC Idle Air Control - maybe someone here can discuss that better than I …

[image] Emmy_Jones_161936: I gave it a little gas before it usually turns off and it didn’t turn off. Do you know what that could mean? That could happen if the idle rpm was too low for some reason. Ask your shop to measure both the cold and warm engine idle rpm. If that’s ok other possibil…

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