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2015 Chevy Equinox with 94,000 miles and the wiper transmission failed. I was driving in down pouring rain on the interstate and the wipers just quit working. I had to very quickly and carefully navigate to the shoulder and sit til it quit raining before I could get on my way. I took it to the Chevrolet dealer and they replaced the wiper transmission assembly and motor. They said this has been recalled on the 2013 Equinox but not the 2015.
On July 21, 2019 at approximately 5:15 pm I was driving my truck it was raining hard do hard that I could barely see my windshield wipers were on and working all of a sudden they stopped working and flipped all the way over to the driver's side window and stopped working no movement what so ever. It was very scary because traffic was moving pretty fast and I couldn't see. I had to let my window down in order to see to get to the other side of the road to pull over. I had to wait until it stopped raining for about 45 minutes so I could return home safely. I was on driving on hwy 231 North, in wetumpka Alabama.
Vehicle was in motion traveling 65 mph on I-95 at 10:00 pm at night. It was during a thunderstorm with heavy rain and low visibility when the windshield wipers abruptly stopped in the upright position blocking my vision of the highway. Wipers were on the lowest notch of the medium setting. This was very scary and I had to move over three lanes and luckily was right near a rest stop and was able to safely stop. I had to manual push the wipers down. I could hear the motor but the wipers did not move. I turned the car on and off, still did not work. I had to wait until the rain stopped. 70,000 miles. This was a very scary experience and this is clearly an issue. I hope this is addressed to protect others. This could cause major accidents and risk lives. I feel very lucky.
Was driving on the freeway at 9:45 pm and it started to pour heavily. I turned my windshield wipers on and initially they worked fine and then suddenly they stopped in the upright position. I had zero visibility and had to pull over beneath an overpass until the rain stopped. Needless to say, this a significant concern as the risk for accident and/or injury that could come about because of this is high. When doing an online search about this, I found numerous complaints about the same situation. This appears to be a common problem among Equinox vehicles. Why has this not been investigated? why should consumers have to pay for something that clearly began at the factory.
- White Bear Lake, MN, USA
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I was driving in a rain storm traveling on the highway from Arkansas to Missouri when my windshield wipers quit working. Luckily there was no one around. I had to pull over and wait for the storm to pass.
Windshield wipers stopped working suddenly while driving on a busy street in the pouring rain while I was on my way to the dealership for an oil consumption test (using too much oil.) I was told that I needed to have the wiper module assembly replaced ($246.78) I read an article that the same problem was happening with the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox. I have gotten no response from the dealership's service department.
While I was driving while it was raining, the windshield wipers stopped working. The wipers were still up when they stopped working. When I got home I checked the wiper motor and transmission to find the issue. The windshield wiper transmission assembly has an arm that disconnects from the rest of the assembly.
I was driving on a busy highway yesterday afternoon in the pouring rain and my front wiper blades suddenly quit working in the upright position. I could barely see to pull over because it was raining so hard. I turning the wipers on & off and even tried turning the car off & back on. They would not resume working. I waited out the downpour & slowly made my way home. Today I took the car to a autozone after several men in the family told me it was probably the fuse. The employee checked the fuses and they were all good. He told me that I was the 3rd person in this week with the exact same problem driving the same make & model Equinox. He said I would need to take it to a repair shop because it was a part defect & told me where to look up the other complaints just like mine. I haven't even owned this SUV a year and can't believe I'm going to have to pay over $300 to get it fixed when the problem is a $5 part. There needs to be a recall on this. Someone is going to either get killed driving in the rain & this happens to them.
I was driving home from the grocery with my daughter in the car. It was during a heavy thunderstorm and my windshield wipers just stopped working. Visibility was 0 at that point. We were on a state highway going approximately 45 mph. I had to try and get off the road to the right and almost hit another car. My husband changed the fuse and that was not the problem. The wipers are currently not working.
The windshield wipers failed during a rainstorm. They were on the second to highest setting, and they just stopped working in the middle of a busy intersection. I had to drive very slowly with my hazard lights to the nearest parking area to stop, because there was no shoulder. The plastic bushing failed in the wiper part, and Chevrolet does not sell just that part. We had to replace the whole wiper assembly.
My daughter who is learning to drive turned on the wipers on high due to raining and the wipers stopped in the middle. I the parent carefully got her to pull over to the side of the road so we would not get in a accident. This is a problem and people could be killed. This needs to be recalled.
I was driving on the interstate during a rainstorm. Wipers were set to high speed and then stopped. One was in the upright position blocking the driver view and the other was partially hanging off the driver side windshield. Had to change two lanes and pull off road with zero visibility. It was very scary. I was glad my kids weren't in the car. Turned car off and on, did not fix the problem. Had to wait on the side of the road until the rain stopped so that I could drive safely. Took to dealership and they said transmission module failed. $324 fix. Interestingly they said it was the fourth Equinox they fixed this month with this problem. This needs a recall.
Windshield wipers stopped working during rain storm while driving on the highway. Wiper blades stopped in the upright position partially blocking my field of vision. After exiting the highway and pulling off of the road I was able to manually push the wipers down. Restarting the vehicle did not fix the problem.
Driving on expressway at high speed in heavy downpour, wipers on high. Wipers stopped working stuck in middle of windshield. Could not see anything. Checking internet this is a known problem with this vehicle, plastic bearing goes.
For the 2nd time my wipers stopped working. The first time in January, in a snowstorm I turned on my wipers and they flew to the other side of the windshield and then stopped moving. It was determined to be the plastic bushing holding the wiper arm onto the wiper transmission assembly. It just happened again during a rainstorm. Both incidents but me an extremely dangerous situation and there's no reason for a wehicle this new to be having these sorts of issues. I've read about other people online having the same problem. Porter chervolet in newark, de is charging me another $330 to fix it and it's a $4 part that is failing.
The windshield wipers stopped working while driving during a rain storm. They just froze halfway though a sweep across the windshield. They still do not work after restarting the car.
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- Clinton, IL, USA