2019 Chevrolet Equinox - Transmission issues

Stormy07
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:38:10 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I have a 2019 Chevy Equinox LT. I originally leased it in 08/2019 for 3 years. The 2nd year into the lease, the transmission started slipping and shifting was delayed. It had roughly 5000 miles on it. I took it in, no codes came up for diagnostics and they don’t me they couldn’t do anything.

It only did it during the warm/hot months. Never had issues during the winter when it was cold.

My lease was up in 2021. No one had any vehicles at that time and my Equinox only had around 8000 miles on it, so I bought out the lease.

The transmission slippage and delayed shifting still happens every summer but this year, 2025, it got progressively worse. I took it in in April and codes came up on diagnostics. They replaced the transmission with a rebuilt one. I drove it for a week and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear were shifting really hard.

I took it back, they put another transmission in. I drove that for a week and 3 and 4th gear were shifting hard.

I took it back twice after that and they said that they found chunks of metal inside the transmission. They fixed that. I got it back and it was shifting even harder. I took it back again, they put another new transmission in it. This one still shifts hard.

I took it back once again and they had it for a couple days and then I got it back, they said that can’t do anything with it.

I have another appointment to take it back again next week, I have a feeling they are going to say that they can’t fix it. It literally has 26000 miles on it and SHOULD NOT be having these kinds of issues.

I have no idea what to do since I cannot afford to buy another car.

GM sucks when it comes to transmissions.

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