Recent content by JGreg7

My son had a Toyota which he had the oil changed at a local oil change shop. They used the 5w-30 oil and it burned out in a few days damaging the camshaft a bit. We replaced it with 20w50 oil and it operated fine (except for the camshaft noise). I suspect that the lighter weight oil may...

Instrutions I never did get a reply to this, however I was able to install the new unit with some info from the internet and then figuring out the rest. I put together a set of instructions which are posted here...

When I purchased my 2018 Equinox, the sales person touted the wireless phone charger as a great benefit. At the time, my phone did not support that, so I could never test it. Recently, I got a new iphone xs, and found it does not work. When I took the Equinox in for servicing, i asked them to...

Is there a commercial connector available to install a dash cam from the 2018 Equinox mirror (or upper console). I wish to avoid running a new set of wires. Alternatively, is there any information as to which wires could be tapped? Perhaps with instructions to remove the upper console covers?

Tried the following... I have tried the following: I asked the dealer if they could turn off the Auto Stop feature, or alternatively change the delay (increase) so the Auto Stop would wait a bit for momentary stops such as traffic. The dealer replied that this was not possible since the...

The auto stop feature in my new Equinox is driving me crazy. I live in traffic plagued southern California, where creeping along is a way of life. The Auto Stop feature keeps killing the car while in traffic or in parking lots, and has almost caused me to be rear-ended several times. It also...