I TOOK MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX IN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO LOOK MY VEHICLE OVER UP AN DOWN TO FIX ANYTHING THAT WAS POTENTIALLY WRONG WITH IT BEFORE MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80,000 MILES TO WHICH THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG! 3,000 MILES LATER MY OIL CHANGING GUYS WHOM I TRUST AND ALWAYS USE POINTED OUT THAT MY CARRIER BEARING IS COMPLETELY OBLITERATED AND ADVISED THE VEHICLE IS 100% UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS IS POTENTIALLY A FATAL PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF THE DRIVE TRAIN FALLS OUT MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T LET HIS DOG RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND FRUSTRATED THAT GM WOULD ALLOW THESE UNSAFE PROBLEMS TO OCCUR ON THEIR VEHICLES(SHAME ON YOU GM). *TR