This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My wipers stopped working in the middle of a downpour. I took my car to be fixed and was told that the ball bearing in the wipers was completely worn out. I got that fixed. Now 1 month later the exact same thing happened. I read that there was a recall on 2013 and older. I think there needs to be a wider recall to fix this problem.
Car was in motion and wipers were in use during rain and wiper just stopped! while driving one evening in the rain, driver's side wiper abruptly stopped mid-wipe and stuck upright on the windshield. I was forced to pull over and inch along to a service center as visibility was severely limited. Chevy dealer determined that the wiper motor and transmission had failed and that part recall had not yet been expanded to 2014 year in the us. I am furious to learn that the recall was expanded only to Canada! besides the $350 I am out for the repair I am disappointed that GM is not doing the right thing. Safety was the biggest factor in my decision to buy an Equinox and with a teen driver in the house, a failure like this could have been catastrophic!!
I was traveling on the interstate after dark in the rain at approximately 65 mph. I had my wipers set on high when they suddenly stopped working mid cycle. I could hear the wiper motor cycling but the wiper arms were not moving. I knew something was wrong with the linkage ( or transmission) from the motor to the wiper arms. The wiper transmission required replacing due to faulty bushings on the transmission links. The connecting arm fell off leaving the wipers inoperable.
Wiper transmission has broken 3 times in the last 12 months cost of $500 so far and I have appointment at garage again I was driving out of the parking lot, wipers were working, then a clunk and wipers quit
I had my wipers on because it was a rainy stormy night. When suddenly the driver side wiper flung completely to the left and stayed in an upright position and stopped working. I had thought something had hit my windshield then realized it didn't that my wiper had just stopped. The passenger side windshield wiper works just fine but the driver side one does not. I could not see. I was inches away from an accident had to pull to the side of the road
Went out to start my car, I started it up my wipers took 2 swipes over the front windshield, . I didn't even hit the switch " then they returned back down by base of windshield & never came back up to swipe my windshield again ? checked the fuse, it was fine ! I have yet to be able to use my car, do to this safety issue ?? what do I do ? was told that there is a recall investigation on the front windshield motor & arms ? I was setting idling in my driveway & warming up my car ? I am still unable to leave my driveway ? do to the wet, slushy weather & possibility of splashback on my windshield, that I couldn't clean off ? to allow me to see where I was going ? so, what do I do now ?"N
Wipers suddenly stopped working in a snow/sleet storm while driving, wiper motor still running, wiper transmission broken. Lucky no one was seriously hurt. Wiper transmission should be recalled as this is a very serious defect.
We were driving on the highway in the pouring rain when all of a sudden the wipers flew off the drivers side and got stuck. We nearly died and caused a large accident over thanksgiving. Why has GM not recalled this?
II was driving in a moderate to heavy rain storm on the interstate with heavy traffic with my wipers on, when they just failed in middle of windshield..now not only do I have to navigate to the shoulder in heavy traffic and pouring rain I also have to do it with limited visibility with wipers in my middle field of view 'finally made it to shoulder of road.,where I stopped waited for the rain to stop and moved the wipers from middle of windshield..thankfully I was not rear ended being stopped on a major interstate in the pouring down rain
While driving in the pouring down rain, aprox (45 mph) I had my wipers on high because it was raining really hard, all of a sudden they just stopped working. The arm on the drivers side kind of wrapped around the driver side of the car. I was able, by the grace of god to inch my way over on the shoulder from the fast lane. The wipers never would work again. I could hear the motor for them but they wouldn't move. Next day(when luckily it was not raining and was dry) I was able to get it to weber chev. Creve coeur and they worked me in their busy schedule. I was told it was the wiper transmission. There has already been a recall for this exact item for 367,800 terrains and equinoxes from 2013. There is an investigation for 2010-2016 recalls. This was a very dangerous situation I was in and luckily I was able to stick my head out the window in the pouring rain to inch my car a mile and a half home by way of the shoulder. Please consider a recall for all from 2010-2016
Wipers stopped working suddenly on my way home from a local mall with 3 children in the car, in a snow squall. It was pretty scary I had to pull over on the highway for 45 minutes until it stopped snowing.I could hear the motor still working but nothing was moving. Took to my mechanic to find out it need a new wiper transmission beacuse it had failed $370 bucks later their working again. Clearly this is a problem that GM has not been able to correct and these vehicles should have been recalled as well.
Driving home tonight on a highway in a major ice sleet snow storm my driver side windshield wiper suddenly stopped moving as a semi truck was passing. I could not see anything for 30 seconds. Luckily I was able to slow down just avoiding a major accident which could of killed my entire family and involved other vehicles.
When driving with the wipers on low, the wipers worked as expected. When the wipers were switched to high, the plastic connector points under the hood became disconnected and stopped working completely. This was at 65 mph with the visibility going from adequate to zero instantly. This has now happened three times, even with new connection points and then a new assembly.
The plastic cap that connects the wiper ball joint to the wiper control linkage on my 2014 Chevrolet Equinox broke during a rain while driving out of state. I was able to finish the last 10 or 12 miles of the trip by stopping every mile or two and operating the wipers by hand. Ridiculous and dangerous. Upon returning home I repaired the defect only to have it break again almost right away. I repaired it again, checking to be certain the repair parts were correct, they were, and this time it worked correctly for aprx a month, then a different cap and ball joint on the same mechanical part suffered the same failure. Once again I repaired the damage, which this time worked for a couple of months, until this morning, 11/01/2019, when it again malfunctioned before I left my driveway. I see there have been a number of other people reporting this same issue, and there was a recall for this problem on the 2013 model; I feel this is a manufacturing issue as I have only ever had to address this malfunction one other time in my life on a 20+ year old vehicle. But even that time it may have been my fault as I was working in this area of that vehicle and I believe I inadvertently stressed that mechanical connection. I'm an auto manufacturer retiree and have worked around cars, including a few years doing final line repair at the manufacturer, and feel quite convinced this is a manufacturer defect that needs to be addressed. As of now I'm left with little recourse except to replace the entire wiper assembly; something I am highly unsatisfied with bearing the expense and responsibility of doing.
At the end of February 2019 the transmission in my windshei6wipers went out. GM refused to fix the problem. I only had my car for 2 years. I was driving in the middle of a rain storm.
My husband was ⁵driving South on Wisconsin highway 43 on September 22, 2019 in heavy rain when both wipers suddenly whipped over to the left and stopped working. The driver's wiper stuck out to the left of the car window and the passenger wiper stayed on the windshield on the driver's side. We turned knobs and tried everything we could think of to start the wipers, to no avail. This was a dangerous situation with very limited visibility in fast moving, heavy traffic. We exited as soon as we could to reposition the wipers and attempt to turn them on again. They would not move. We were fortunate that the rain let up some as we continued home in this unsafe manner. This is a safety issue that should be addressed by General Motors with a recall and repair.
Driving down highway at 55 mph with windshield wipers on fast, during significant rainfall. Windshield wipers stopped in middle of windshield and did work again. Very dangerous as I could not see at all after blades stopped working. Stuck my head out window while driving on highway to try and see safe place to get off road. Very dangerous. Looked up online and see this has happened to many Equinox owners. Mechanic states that the plastic that holds the linkage broke. This is a repetitive problem. Please investigate I could have been killed.
While driving on the interstate during a rainstorm and using the wipers at high speed the wiper transmission linkage disengaged and operation immediately ceased. Visibility was completely zero and very nerve racking when you are driving at a higher rate of speed. While on the highway the vehicle went into limp home mode and the check engine light came on. The call shaft actuators had failed and were subsequently replaced. The 2.4L ecotec engine consumes an abnormal amount of oil. More than 1 quart per thousand miles. Milage is approximately 75,000 miles. Also has intermittent hesitation when accelerating with a distinct "jerk". accelerator position sensor failed at 35K miles.
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