# 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `1993785` · 2024-05-23 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** EQUINOX
- **Year:** 2022
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Speed:** 60 mph
## Narrative
DRIVING 60 MILES PER HOUR, ON [XXX] IN WALPOLE MASSACHUSETTS THE POWER STEERING FAILED OF OUR 5 MONTH OLD CHEVY EQUINOX.  I WAS UNABLE TO TURN WITH THE CURVED ROAD. I  PRESSED BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD, HIT GUARD RAIL. DASH BOARD ILLUMINATED "SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE".  CAR TOWED TO BOCH, I WAS HOSPITALIZED. INSURANCE AND GM INSPECTED SUV, GM ESIS CONCLUDED 3 MONTHS LATER NO ISSUES WITH 2022 CHEVY EQUINOX EVEN THOUGH IT STILL DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. EQUINOX TOWED TO QUIRK WHERE WE BOUGHT THE SUV, 1 HOUR LATER CODES REVEALED INTERNAL MALFUNCTION OF SYSTEM NO STEERING AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WE ASKED FOR THIS CAR TO BE REPURCHASED UNDER THE LEMON LAW.  3 MONTHS LATER THE CAR WAS REPAIRED. WE HAD TO GO TO ARBITRATION UNDER THE LEMON LAW FOR GM TAKE THE LEMON BACK;.GM AND QUIRK WAS UNCOOPERATIVE AT EVERY NEGOTIATION I WILL NEVER BUY A GM OR A QUIRK CAR AGAIN.  INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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