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Plastic bushings used to hold wiper arm linkage continues to break loose. Have repaired several times with parts available in part stores. This design is very poor and is very dangerous as you can imagine when raining. These continue to pop loose or break. I would continue to hate to have this go out on my wife and kids!!
I was driving home in the rain and all of a sudden it started raining harder. I turn my windshield wipers on high, next thing I noticed, they quit working in the middle of the highway. Scariest day of my life. I pulled over and notice they were halfway off my windshield
The bushings that connect the wiper blades to the motor have broken 3 times in the last 2 weeks during a rainstorm causing me delays in driving due to loss of visibility. All 3 times I was not going more than 60 mph. This is absurd.
The bushings on the stabilizer bar pop off cause the wipers to stop working. But can move by had. In the last week I have had to have them put back on. And the parts that it calls for doesn't work very long. They are not snugg enough. They stopped working during the rain we have had and the 1st time I was on the interstate in middle of thunder storm.
- Eads, TN, USA
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Driving down the road in the rain and wiper linkage comes loose and wipers quit working. They are using a cheap plastic snap on bushing. Why has this not been recalled?
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph in a rain storm, the driver side windshield wiper suddenly broke off and dislodged from the vehicle and the passenger side wiper seized to operate. Smoke was also seen coming from the wiper area. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the wiper motor transmission kit and wiper motor had failed and needed to replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the failure was remedied. The local dealer el dorado Chevrolet located at 2300 N central expy, mckinney, tx 75070 was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 47,000.
Wipers stopped working while driving on highway, almost causing accident, after reviewing on line appears to be manufactures defect that is not being recalled.
The wipers on our Chevy stopped working. Come to find out that the ball joint rusted out. This was a known issue with the 2013 models and Chevy did not carry this recall to the 2015 to 2016 models that are also affected by this issue. Our unit is a 2016 and we just had this issue where the wiper blades stop working right in the middle of a heavy rain storm. We almost got in to a very bad car crash due to zero visibility as we was driving in a rain storm. The other issues we keep having with this car and the Chevy dealer says it's not a issue. Is when the car starts the engine vibrates and sputters a lot. An the engine delays when you need to excel going on the high way.
2015 Equinox had a windshield wiper failure during heavy rain making the vehicle unsafe to continue driving. After investigating found that the bushing on the wiper motor was filled with dirt and caused it to separate leaving the wipers inoperable.
While driving on the highway (approx. 55mph) in pouring rain, wipers were on high-speed and stopped in the upright position abruptly. Thankfully was only one exit away from my home but had to drive without wipers. Very dangerous!
Purchased car 11/2014. Car completely shut off twice between 11/2014 and 02/2015. Had car towed to dealership. Was told computer was bad and was replaced. From 02/2015 - 07/2020 car has shut off over 50 times. Had car repaired to replace numerous sensors - camshaft to oxygen. Car would just off in the middle of driving on busy city streets and interstate highway. Recently car shut off in the middle of a busy intersection and I was almost hit. Car shut off 2 weeks ago during a major rain storm and the windshield wipers stopped working on the interstate. Car is now in the shop and being told the computer must be replaced and windshield linkage need to be repaired. Total cost of over $1,000.
Own a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox. While driving approximately 70 mph in the rain, the windshield wipers failed to operate. The vehicle was repaired by an independent mechanic March 2019 for the same failure. The vehicle was currently at the same independent mechanic awaiting diagnostic testing and repairs. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000 the first time and 166000 the send time
Windshield wipers stopped working driving down the road in a rainstorm the bushing went out again this is the second time it's happened to me in a year
While driving in a heavy thunderstorm yesterday, 7/19/2020, our wipers stopped working in the upright position. We were unable to see the roadway and had to find a side street to pull on to until the rain subsided.
It started raining as we left a parked location so the wipers were turned on. Within a moment the wipers stopped in the up position. The wiper motor could still be heard running and the wipers were free to move by hand to any postion.
The wipers stopped working in the upright position while driving in the middle of a heavy rain storm. I pulled over to move them back down and tried to turn them on and the wipers would not move. We had to pull over until the rain let up.
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- Hickory, NC, USA