Complaint 2180595
2018 CHEVROLET EQUINOX • UNKNOWN OR OTHER • incident Feb 23, 2026
- Complaint ID
- 2180595
- Make
- CHEVROLET
- Model
- EQUINOX
- Model Year
- 2018
- Component
- UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- Incident Date
- Feb 23, 2026
- Date Received
- Feb 25, 2026
- Data As Of
- Jul 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Owner Narrative
My wife was leaving work. She pulled out onto the highway and while accelerating she heard a loud thumping noise under the car. When she stopped and looked under the car, the driveshaft was broke in half. The repair shop we took it to said that they couldn't find anything that would have caused that to happen except that the driveshaft was rusted about halfway through and probably got week and broke under the stress while accelerating. They also said that the metal used to make the driveshaft was almost very thin. He has seen muffler pipes that were thicker than the driveshaft.
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