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The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph in the rain, the windshield wipers failed to operate as designed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the windshield wiper transmission assembly was replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000.
While driving in a rainstorm on country roads, the wipers stopped working. The wiper motor still turns but the blades won't move. Super dangerous!! we had it repaired and 2 months later it did the same thing during a snowstorm. Apparently this is a common issue and they had a recall on a previous Equinox model but none since. Come on GM. Get this taken care of!!!
Turned the wipers on full speed during a downpour and they just stopped working. Lucky to survive on the interstate, pulled to the shoulder I think as I could not see.
- Roberts, WI, USA
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Front windshield wipers suddenly and without warning or any other signs of failure, stopped working. Vehicle was in motion and wipers were in use as backing out of personal driveway. No inductor lights are present.
The wipers in this SUV have stopped working 4-5 times now. My husband replaced the ball joints 3-4 times and then replaced the wiper transmission linkage. 2 of the times it was replaced they just stopped working while on the highway while raining heavily. Other times I noticed it in the driveway before leaving when I turned wipers on and they did not move. Today they again are not working, I noticed it in the driveway after clearing ice and snow from windshield before starting the car. The problem began around 30-40K miles. I'm currently at 97-98K
My wife was driving to work at 6:15am cst on Wednesday Dec. 16th. It was still dark and raining about 38 degrees on a hwy at 55mph, when for no reason and no warning the front windshield wipers went from a slow to medium speed to not working at all. They came up at about 90 degrees straight up. Then a lite 'pop' sound and they went all the way off the windshield hanging off the driver's side. She had to pull off the hwy and limped down the side to a safe parking area, then have her boss pick her up. So I researched it online. The internet was full of complaints about the same thing. But the strange part, they (Chevy) did a 'recall' on the 2013. Why not 2014 & 2015? needless to say my local Chevy dealership had plenty of them in stock for $144 for the whole wiper transmission part. I bought one and change it in the 40 degree rain. It has worked like new since.
1 Dec 20; 0715hrs; vehicle stationary; slight frost on windshield; activated windshield wipers with wash fluid; wipers operated correctly. Began vehicle motion for a few seconds and then activated windshield wipers with wash fluid again for a few seconds- driver-side wiper began to move erratically and then flopped over to driver side windshield pillar; passenger-side wiper continued to operate correctly. Fluid was 'blown off' by wind but had to stop vehicle and place windshield wiper arm back in rest position by cowl. Driver-side windshield wiper arm no longer operates. Unsafe vehicle operation will occur if inclement weather conditions arise.
Car was running and driving in the rain going about 30 mph on residential road and the wipers stopped working completely. The motor sounds like it is running but wipers don't move. I can move the wipers freely with my hand. I believe the wiper transmission arms have become disconnected.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph in the rain, the windshield wipers became inoperable. The contact took the vehicle to a certified mechanic who diagnosed that the windshield wiper linkage assembly had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. Consumer stated manufacture believes part was defective.
It started raining here in Chicago so I turned my wipers on. Nothing happened... I had to pull over on the express way because I couldn't see. I could hear the wipers but they weren't moving. I had to wait 2 hours for it to stop raining. I couldn't see because of this. This is a problem for my husband's 2014 Equinox so he drives my car but now, neither blades work properly. The dealership wants to charge $400
I was driving home in the evening hours and it was pouring down rain. Without warning, my wipers stopped working and I could not see anything. It was like a curtain was over the windshield. I immediately braked and slowed down and made it to a place where I could pull over. A 20 minute ride took me 1 1/2 hours to make because I could not see. I took it in to the dealership and on October 27, 2020, I was told that the wiper module was replaced.
October 23 2020 approximately 1530 hours on the interstate 69 while driving in the pouring rain with windshield wipers on high speed they (failed) stopped wiping. I finally pulled over at a gas station (after the rain stopped) pulled under the canopy and a man (in his 40S) approached me and asked; did your wipers quit running? me; yes him; mine quit in this rain also, that's why I pulled in here, I own that Equinox right their. After further investigating the problem; ( you can hear the wiper motor (GM84241847) still running but not wiping.( we both had the same problem) I got home, upon further inspection. (I found the nylon nut on the agitating arm has come off / lack of terminology) I snapped the nylon nut back on and the wipers worked as normal. (this nylon part is not worn out or broken) I have replaced the part (GM84241847) for peace of mind and safety reasons. I'm a 68 year old man I have over a million miles of driving on this interstate, the 20 seconds my wife and I experienced was purely terrifying. The thing that scares me the most is; (one of my kids or grandchildren could have been in this situtation / or yours) less experience driver.
On October 16, 2020 I was parked at walmart gettin ready to turn on my windshield wipers and drive my daughter and I home until when I turned on my windshield wipers they wouldn't work. So I then went back inside for some rain-X (which didn't help much cuz it was raining and rain-X is supposed to be applied to a dry windshield) just so I could get us and our groceries home. Thank the lord we made it home safe, groceries in tact!!! for the transmission problems....I change my fluids on a regular basis yet every week for the past bout 8 months now as I slow down going uphill to pull into my father in law's driveway the transmission jerks. There's 89,234 miles on my 2015 Chevy Equinox, I've been driving it since it had a little over 66,000 miles on it.
In June I was driving in the pouring down rain about to get on the highway and my windshield wipers shut off, my husband checked the fuses (not blown), checked a few other issues there was a lose nut, tightened it not time it rained the wipers shut off again, the linkage assembly needed to be replaced. 2 weeks ago when it poured down they stopped working as I was about to get on the highway. After checking the nut attaching the linkage assembly to the motor was lose. We tried to look up the part to replace the nut nothing comes up. I don't know what else to do. Tomorrow it is suppose to rain all day and need to get to work. I went and reviewed the issue with the car I have to see if anything came up and people are posting as close as 10/12/20 the same has happen to their wipers
I was driving along a highway at 55 mph in the rain and wipers stopped abruptly in the middle of my windshield. I pulled over as soon as I could as I could not see where I was going. I checked the wipers and manually put them down. There was no resistance to the wiper at all. This is a very dangerous thing to have happen when driving down the road and suddenly have no wipers. There should be a recall as I have seen many complaints on your website.
I was in the middle of driving home from work in the pouring rain with semi trucks on the road, when all of a sudden my windshield wipers just stopped.
I was driving with my grand daughter in the back seat and the wipers stopped working which is very dangerous it was raining very hard and I couldn't see anything I was driving on grand central parkway coming from the airport
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- St George's, DE, USA