Sputtering

[DRAGON31181]

Any One Have A Sputtering Problem When The Vehicle Sits For A While Maybe 5 Hours Or So. I Bought The Vehicle In March And I Have Taken The Vehicle Back 5 Times For The Same Problem. The Technicians Told Me The First 4 Times That It Was A Known Problem With The Vehicle And That Gm Did Not Know How To Fix It. They Also Told Me They Felt The Sputtering. Then On The 5th Time I Took It Back It Had Also Developed The Problem Of The Starting Keeps Cranking Even After You Stop Turning The Key. They Are Now Telling Me The Starter Thing Is Common, And They Do Not Feel The Sputtering And Have Never Heard Of The Problems With The Vehicles. Just Wondering If Anyone Else Had Or Heard Of This Problem. Because In My Book The Equinox Is The Biggest Piece Of Sh*t I Have Ever Owned.

[krippledkracker]

I only get sputtering in the mornings and it usually goes away within a few minutes. However, does your book tell you how to change the passenger air compartment filter? I do not know how to do this or where to start.

[PrixGT]

I have this same problem only in the morning has anyone heard of what it could be I was told its most likely fuel related like bad fuel or something. I just noticed the problem this morning otherwise it has been fine. let me know what you guys find out.

[halemcke]

I had the same sputtering problem awhile back. I also noticed my car was idling harder than other cars I had owned previously. It would jerk when the engine would kick in. Then I began having starting problems whenever I would fill the car up or if it sat in the short amounts of time as you described. Finally, the car was filling with this aweful smell of fuel! This was about the third time I had brought it back (only this time with increasing problems aside from the sputtering) and it turned out I needed to have some major fuel parts replaced. Unfortunately, it hasn't been quite a year and I am have problems starting my car after filling up the gas tank once again.

I have also had the shifter knob replaced twice, a new ignition barrel and key, windshield wiper replacements (not the blade, the wipers actually stopped working altogether during one of our worst winter storms while driving), the module for my onstar was bad and they had to reorder it, the sway bar bushings have been replaced, and now they are telling me there could be something wrong with some celenoid?? Typical, it is going back in again for some weird noise that it has been seen for three times already. I am seriously considering getting a lemon law lawyer because this has been absoultely rediculous!