Jean Gallin

Golly!!!i it is so disheartening to read all these reports on the wonderful performance of the chevy captiva!!everything that has been said has happened to me...84 female, lives alone...but after much money spent and wrong diagnosis. I now start my car when it is dead by lifting the hood and hitting the red plastic cover on the left side of the battery!!!the last mechanic who came to get the car started said there was something wrong with the set-up or look of the left connection and that he only hit the cover and the car started!!! I took the car into a chevy dealer and was told they could do nothing as they have not sold enough captivas but they could check it out by replacing the connection for a mere $500.00, and there were no guarantees this would work...he never looked at the car....i wiped the sucker sign off my forehead and said i would continue to hit the plastic cover. The dying has gotten worse, i wrote a letter to chevrolet explaining this exciting news...saying it was unbelieveable that none of their team of engineers or all the resources they have at this finger tips could fix this problem...had 3 conversations with the powers that be and was told it was my fault i had not taken it to a dealer before...so there was nothing they could do....i should take the car to the mechanic from aaa and tell he he did not tighten the screw and nut on the left connection correctly!!!i said but the problem happened before the new battery was installed. But curtis insisted this was the problem...if i had taked the car into a dealer then he could give me a work order to have it fixed...or else i have to pay the $500.00....i said this is the last car i will ever own and for the next 5 years in rain, snow, heat and cold, lift lid and hit the red cover..i cannot afford to buy another car and i certainly cannot sell this lemon to anyone....i am telling my family (20 people) and friends and any one who will listen never buy any gm car...toyota and honda, ford, any other car but a gm. I

mtwoods61

I bought my used Chevy Captiva back in December 2012. Within a few months I staryed having electrical problems where the traction control fault would come into view and the radio would shut off. Most of the time it would be momentary, but eventually I would lose all power. I would have to disconnect the positive cable lead from the battery and reconnect it in order to have everything operating normally. Sometimes I would have to wait a few hours before the car would start again, sometimes a few minutes. Very frustrating. I had a friend who muscled the positive and negative leads to the battery tighter than I could. That seemed to have resolved the problem for the past six months. Unfortunately, the problem started again today. I hate this. M. Woods

Fmantunez

I'm having the same electrical issues. Has chevy had a recall for this issue yet. It's very dangerous. By now something should have been done. Right?

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brendar2047

Why is the battery cable issue in 2012 Chevy Captiva's not a recall? This is clearly a safety issue. My dealership said the cable was so hot he was surprised it didn't cause a fire.

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Ric Johnson

Sorry to all of you who bought this captiva, unfortunately we bought one to and all we have had is problems the exact same eletrelect issues had the wires and battery replaced and now the same issues on top of that it burns 1 quarter of oil per 800 miles gm claimed this was normal (however I know it's not) and magiclly after 100000 miles they admitted to there being a oil consumption issue and the piston rings need replaced plus whatever other damage has been caused from them ignoring the fact there was a issue. Well it's been a entire year now of calling gm and complain and asking for them to fix this but nope it's my problem. Dealer ship here in Topeka KS Ed bozarth are nothing but scammers. The finance guy even told me to drive it into a bad storm and get the insurance money on it.... Really gm you back these dealers? It's a joke your losing millions of sales doing what your doing by not handling your junk cars. And backing dealers that aren't worth a f*uck. A year of me trying over and over and over to get your help yet nothing.... Now there's a recall on my piston rings issues ohh wait except for it's on tons of models of vehicles with the 2.4 eco tech engine but they won't cover my 12 Captiva with the same junk Fu*kin engine.... Wtf is wrong with you people admit there's a issue and then only fix some card with that engine. Also allll these ppl getting f*ucked over with this but**sh*t electrical prob but you wont help now we are back in the same boat with the eltrical issues all over again... Thanks gm keep having customer service reps leaving there response to pm them so you can privtly not fix anyone's problem. Good luck to all of u dealing with these issue I am right with you maybe they'll care more when everyone stops buying there sh*t cause of them refusing to handle these issues

Jay Hernandez

I did a search on the symptoms of my car and I found this forum that literally reiterates it all. Radio stops, I get traction control warnings when I do a turn signal, check engine light comes on sometimes. Everything you guys are saying. Does this mean that I have to change the battery and wires? Regular shops don't know what to do. When these people are asked to PM customer service, did they actually get help?