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The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the front windshield wipers became inoperable. The contact's wife was driving at night while it was raining. The contact stated that after inspecting and researching the cause of the failure, he discovered that a failure with the windshield wiper transmission assembly. The contact became aware that the windshield wiper transmission assembly needed to be replaced. The contact stated that he would repair the vehicle himself. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,011.
while driving in a rain storm my wipers stopped working. Had to move from 3 lanes of traffic to the side of the road with zero visibility out of my front windshield. Wipers had no power, windshield wiper module failed.
The contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed during a hail storm, the windshield wipers were activated on high setting however, after wiping up and down twice, the wipers became inoperable. The contact stated that tony divino Toyota (777 w riverdale rd, riverdale, ut 84405) had repaired the wiper blades a year prior however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 123,000.
I've had countless issues from this vehicle since I've gotten it between a constant check engine light having to replace all the sensors and it goes away or oil like nobody's business I stay putting oil in it twice a week as of the past few days I was coming home from taking my brother to karate and my check engine light start flashing in my stability track came on and due to the oil leak it cause my engine to crack a ring so now my vehicle is basically totaled its heartbreaking cuz the amount of money and repairs are put into it it's been one problem after another I highly do not recommend this car to anybody
- Florence, MS, USA
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I've taken my Equinox to multiple mechanics and no one ever told me anything about it. My vehicle uses an excessive amount of engine oil after. My oil changes have to be every 3 weeks.. when turning on my vehicle it sounds like a tractor is ready to go. I have a small SUV that I know never made that loud noise.
I recently found my son's defrost was not working on his 2010 Equinox. As I was searching for troubleshooting information, I found there was a recall for this exact issue however my VIN was not covered in the recall. My assumption is they did nto accurately bookend this issue.
In 2016 the defroster, defogger, havc system started to making popping noises which would then switch the heat to cold air. To get the the system to provide heat in the vehicle you have to play with the buttons going back an forth heat to A/C. if your lucky you will get the heat back on. It also affects the illumination of the dash and radio lighting. It is a tremendous safety hazard in the winter to not have heat for the defrosters an heat for inside the vehicle. It continues to be a serious problem.
When the car is running and I put the heat or defroster on popping noises coming from control system and then it changes from heat to cool or cold air. I have to play with the system switching back an forth from A/C to heat to sometimes to get the heat back on. Sometimes it will not come back. It started in December of 2016 an continues till present date. The NHTSA complaint #09V49800 GM Chevrolet is saying 2010 Chevrolet Equinox are not included. But car has the same problem as their recall.
The other day it was raining slightly and I was at my friends house. Later when I left it was raining harder so I was using my wipers and when I had gotten 5 mins down the road my windshield wipers stopped working and it caused me to lose control because I could not see a thing. When that happened I hit something and was in the grass a bit. Now I have a chunk of my bumper gone and a headlight out cause of what I hit. Which I really don't know what it was I hit. Now my wipers don't work, a chunk of my bumper is gone, as well as some plastic under my car came off.
No defrost/heat. All electronics turn off it does not matter highway/city. When traction control engages dash will cut off and I have to restart. I have had my car just lose power for no reason highway or city. This thing is not safe! I know the date states 12/31/2019. However I have dealing with this since I got this thing.
My windshield wipers have just stopped working. You can hear the motor running but they do not move. I have read that the 2013 through 2019 have been recalled for this very problem. They just stopped working while I was on the highway in the pouring rain. I have seen numerous issues with this problem. I could have been killed. Why are they not fixing the 2010-2013 models? I do not feel that I should pay to have this fixed. Are they waiting for someone to lose their life before they add these other cars to this recall! please get back to me as to what I should do. I do not have the money to fix this now. I need my car!!!
Windshield wipers stopped working in the rain, this is the second time this happened. The first time it was the wiper motor, don't know what it is this time. Vehicle was in motion on a street
On 1/16/20, I used my windshield wipers to clear snow off of my windshield while the car was stationary. It wiped correctly a few times, but on the fourth wipe, I heard a 'thwack' type of noise, and the wipers stopped in an upright position by the driver's side. I tried to turn the wipers on again, but they would not move. I manually pushed the wipers down into the resting position, and then tried to turn the wipers on again. They still wouldn't move. I have tried turning the wipers on each day since the 16th, and each time, the wipers will not move. This is an extreme safety issue.
Changed windshied motors and the go right back to not working within a week.. here recently ive had to put a extreme amout of oil in it its losing oil out of no where can drive 5 miles down the road and then its gone now it has started to smoke really bad when I drive it after oil is in and has now got the car to start a small knkck it has been parked for the time being for scared of it doing worse its been parked since it started to smoke.. it will lose power at sum points and not let me drive faster then 25 mph then all the sudden pick back up and act just fine..the car will smoke so bad that another car behind me will have to stop completely and wait until smoke is clear.. all lights on the dash is also
February 2018 both of my wipers stopped working in the middle of a storm and I almost lost control of my vehicle with my kids in the car. I took my car to pep boys and they ordered the parts to replace in order for my wipers to work again. Here I am in December 2019 almost two years later with the same problem. The wipers in this vehicle are defective and someone is seriously going to get injured or killed if they do not recall the wipers for faulty motors that will quit working at any time. I am scared to drive this vehicle if it will possibly rain because I do not want to put my kids or my life in danger. Something needs to be done and GM needs to take responsibility for this huge issue!
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- South Lyon, MI, USA