![]() “It looks like we have just recently seen some of the lifting you describe due to high heat that wasn’t seen in original testing,” replied Tara Stewart Kuhnen, GM’s media officer in charge of Chevrolet crossovers. Whatever the cause, the Equinox seems the largest recipient of GM’s wandering trim, though the LaCrosse and CT6 examples show it isn’t the lone victim. As it appears to be a snap-in molding, insufficient anchoring could be another factor. TTAC’s resident parts encyclopedia, Bozi Tatarevic, speculated that improper tempering could be the culprit. Has the company noticed this? What’s causing it? (Check out former managing editor Mark Stevenson’s scathing takedown of the second-generation Chevrolet Cruze for a perfect example of this.)Ĭuriosity now satisfied, I fired off an email to General Motors. It’s also the kind of thing that, if combined with other minor gripes, could lead an owner - or reviewer - to wonder exactly what GM’s game is. The lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering if you’ve made a big mistake kind. Not only is it a red flag to wary dealer (and brand) visitors, it’s a nagging concern for new car owners. For a model that tops out above $40k, no one wants a visible imperfection from day one. Never mind initial quality and long-term durability, all of which might prove perfectly satisfactory on the new Equinox - first impressions are everything. These are new vehicles, not tired rides awaiting their final owners on a dusty BHPH lot. Always on the rear door, and always lifting towards the front. ![]() Roughly three-quarters of the chromed Equinoxes, to varying degrees, showed some trim lift. Base models with black rubber beltline moldings seemed fine, but higher-trim models, even the top-flight Premier, did not. Two of the three lots weren’t exactly overflowing with vehicles, but a handful of Equinoxes remained. On a whim - and being single, bored, and curious - I spend part of my Sunday afternoon prowling GM lots in record heat, sweating so much that my wallet’s water-repelling abilities soon became a concern. Tonn’s observation festered in my head for a few days. Well, with the Equinox, it’s not a needle-in-a-haystack scenario - it’s everywhere. Low-volume models, few sitting on lots, and those that were showed no discernable trim lift. Naturally, I sent the TTAC crew to their local General Motors lot in search of full-size sedans, but the effort went nowhere. There, I noticed the rear passenger door of a brand new, zero-mile Cadillac CT6 exhibiting worse trim lift than the Buick. ![]() The suspicion only grew after I dropped the LaCrosse off at a participating dealership. Back in the spring, a 2017 Buick LaCrosse tester displayed the exact same problem, leaving me wondering if it was a fluke issue or indicative of a wider-ranging problem. “A close look reveals an inconsistency in the chrome trim surrounding the windows,” Tonn wrote, describing his futile attempts to push the rear door beltline trim back into position. While editing TTAC writer Chris Tonn’s review of a mid-level 2018 Equinox last week, something jumped out from the page. By all accounts, the upgraded and downsized 2018 Chevrolet Equinox is a competitive vehicle in a red-hot segment, priced and optioned to help boost its parent company’s fortunes in a time of falling auto sales.
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