2014 Chevrolet Equinox complaints

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

IN THE WINTER OF 2018 AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE. THESE ECOTEC ENGINES ARE AFFECTED BY OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS, GM KNEW ABOUT THIS AND DIDN'T DECIDE TO DO A RECALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE THIS GROWLING OR GRINDING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, IT WOULD STALL ON ME WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR STOPLIGHT. THE ENGINE SEIZED ON ME WHEN I WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT NIGHT DURING A SNOWSTORM. THANKFULLY THERE WEREN'T REALLY ANY OTHERS DRIVING ON THE ROAD DURING THAT TIME. I HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE DROPPED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN 2019. AS TIME WENT ON AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE NEW ENGINE, AS OF RECENTLY I'M BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF WHICH I WAS HAVING BEFORE WHEN IT FIRST WENT OUT. IT WOULD JERK WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WOUND STALL OUT BUT CUT RIGHT BACK ON, AND IT IDLED/IDLES ROUGHLY. IN ORDER TO STOP THE STALLING AND JERKING ISSUE I WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK INTO DRIVE SO I WON'T HOLD UP THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE, I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ENGINE COULD GO OUT AS I'M DRIVING. GM KNEW ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND FAILED TO DO PROPER PROTOCOL. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND I'VE NOTICED I'M NOT THE ONLY AFFECTED BY THESE ISSUES.

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

LOSE POWER/SHUT DOWN IN TRAFFIC.DANGER TO DRIVE ON EXPRESSWAY

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.

ON JANUARY 21, 2019 MY 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX'S ENGINE FROZE. I LIVE IN MICHIGAN. IT WAS COLD. THE PRESSURE BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE AND FORCED THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL OUT. I ENDED UP ALSO HAVING TO REPLACE MY TIMING CHAIN, MANIFOLD AND SEVERAL SENSORS. MY TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME. GM ONLY ISSUES BULLETINS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLE NUMBERS BUT THEY ARE AWARE THAT THE ISSUE IS EFFECTING MANY MORE EQUINOX THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. IN FACT, THEY SWITCHED THE ENGINE IN 2015 DUE TO THE DESIGN FLAW. GM SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF A 2010-2014 CHEVY EQUINOX. RECALL14882 STATES MANY OF THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE 2010-2014 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH THE ECOTEC 2. 4L ENGINE. SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I TRAVEL OVER 25 MILES TO WORK. WHEN MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND EVERYTHING LOCKED UP, I WAS FORCED TO WAIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS FOR AAA TO GET A TOW TRUCK TO ME. MY HUSBAND RESCUED ME BEFORE I FROZE AS NOTHING WORKED IN MY TRUCK. SHAME ON GM AS I KNOW THIS TRUCK IS POPULAR FOR WOMEN AND MOTHERS. THANK GOD MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT WITH ME DURING THE INCIDENT. HOW DARE GM ALLOW US TO DRIVE AROUND IN A KNOWN FAULTY VEHICLE!

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 ENT

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.

THE ENGINE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL. I GOT REGULAR OIL CHANGES AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THE ENGINE BURNED MORE THAN 4 QTS OF OIL EVERY 5000 MILES. I ADDED OIL AS I WENT, 4 OR MORE QTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE ENGINE TO ALWAYS BE RUNNING HOT. AFTER BEING TURNED AWAY BY CHEVY, MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO GET APPROVAL THROUGH CHEVY CORPORATE TO DO AN ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AFTER ITS NEXT OIL CHANGE WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS PAST MONDAY, 10/14/2019. AFTER THE TEST, CHEVY HAD AGREED TO COVER THE REPAIR. HOWEVER, ON SUNDAY 10/13/2019, MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT DUE TO THE ENGINE BURNING OIL, CAUSING IT TO RUN HOT, THIS CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE (PLASTIC PART) TO BREAK, WHICH CAUSED ENOUGH DAMAGE AND DEBRIS TO WHERE THE WHOLE ENGINE NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THOUGH THE REASON THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IS DUE TO A KNOWN FLAW THAT THIS VEHICLES ENGINE BURNS OIL, CHEVY WON'T COVER IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL WHEN DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE SERPENTINE BELT FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DAN CUMMINS CHEVROLET BUICK (1020 M.L.K. JR BLVD, PARIS, KY 40361, 859-987-4345) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE CONTACT PAID $4,750.51 FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS CHARGED A DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND HAD THE FRONT AND REAR CRANK SEAL, PCV PORT, EXHAUST VALVE, CONVERTER, AND SEVERAL OTHER PARTS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,012. *PM CONSUMER STATED DEALER HAS RECOMMENDED A SECOND REPAIR BUT CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR IT.*JB

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.

THE 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX WILL STALL WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSEAN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN NUMEROUS TIMES AND SPENT OVER 2K ON REPAIRS. CURRENTLY MY VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO CODES. IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATING NORMALLY. IT IS NOT, I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I AM WORRIED THAT SHE COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I RECENTLY FOUND THAT GM HAD IDENTIFIED THAT THIS VEHICLE CONSUMES A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL AND IT CAUSING ISSUES SIMILAR TO WHAT I AM REPORTING. ONLY ISSUE IS THEY ARE REQUIRING A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST REQUIRING MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. IN THE MEAN TIME I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO STALL PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, PUTTING MY LIFE AND OTHERS LIFE AT RISK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A MANDATORY RECALL AND CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THE ATTACHED PICTURE SHOWS THE LAST TWO OIL CHANGES AND THE AMOUNT OF OIL RETRIEVED. MY MOST RECENT I HAD LESS THAN 2.5 QUARTS LEFT. THERE IS NO LEAK ON MY VEHICLE, AND I CHANGE MY OIL ABOUT EVERY 5K MILES PER MANUFACTURER SUGGESTIONS.

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.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT FUNCTIONING CAR WAS BOUGHT USED W/ APPROX 65K MILES. CURRENTLY HAS 78K MILES. IN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT FUNCTIONING DUE TO LINKAGE BUSHING FALLING OFF THE MOTOR BALL JOINT CONNECTION. LUCKILY WAS CLOSE TO HOME. CAN NOT ORDER JUST THE BUSHING FROM THE DEALER, ENTIRE LINKAGE MUST BE REPLACED. DEALER WOULD NOT COVER COST OF REPLACEMENT.

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN EXPRESSWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC IN A RAINSTORM WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FORCING US TO IMMEDIATELY GET TO THE SHOULDER. WE ALMOST CRASHED AND SPENT OVER AN HOUR STRANDED AND HOPING NO ONE WOULD CRASH INTO US UNTIL THE RAIN LET UP SO WE COULD DRIVE TO THE NEAREST EXIT. AT 54K MILES GM'S WIPER TRANSMISSION WITH PLASTIC USED IN THE MOVING PARTS FAILED. NTSHA ID16V582000 HAS BEEN ISSUED & NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED BEYOND THE LIMITED VEHICLES. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM!

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND A LOT OF NOISE. STOPED CHECK ENGINE, OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEADERS. NOW NEED NEW ENGINE, MAINTENANCE SHOP THINKS IT WAS CAUSED BY TIMING CHAIN.

OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE: MY CAR KEEPS LOSING OIL SHORTLY AFTER I GET AN OIL CHANGE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW ITS LOW UNTIL I HEAR MY ENGINE RATTLING. THE LAST TIME IT WAS CHECKED BY JIFFY LUBE, I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE OIL ADDED AND I'M NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE (AUG 8, 2019) UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST 2019. NO LIGHT OR INDICATOR COMES ON TO LET ME KNOW MY OIL IS LOW. I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER (JEFF WYLER- OHIO) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY YEAR AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE ME A PRICE ON INSERTING PISTON RINGS OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE. HOW AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE WHEN GM KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THE LAWSUIT COVERS EQUINOX FOR 2012-2017? HOWEVER, IT IS LOW EACH TIME THEY SERVICE MY CALL AND EVEN WHEN I JUST WENT TO HAVE A LIGHT BULB REPLACED, I WAS DOWN 2 QUARTS AND NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE FOR 2 MONTHS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2014 AND THERE IS NO WAY I SHOULD EVER BE SHORT ON OIL - MY OIL IS CHANGED AS REQUIRED TO BE COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. IF I WOULD OF KNOWN IT WAS A RECALL, I WOULD HAVE BEEN CONTACTED GM. DONT' WORRY I'LL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM VEHICLE AGAIN. ONLY EVIDENCE I HAVE IS MY RECEIPT FROM JIMMY LUBE AND EACH PRINT OUT I GET WHEN JEFF WYLER'S SERVICE CENTER PERFORMS MY OIL CHANGE

WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAIN STORM WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. LINKAGE CAME APART.

VEHICLE RPM SURGES WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. VEHICLE STALLED TODAY AND SHUT OFF BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IMMEDIATELY. VEHICLE HAS UNEXPLAINED OIL USAGE.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROZE IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION DURING A SEVERELY HEAVY RAINSTORM WHILE DRIVING WEST BOUND ON THE COLIN KELLY HIGHWAY AT 3:25 PM ON AUGUST 16, 2019. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING AT 55 MPH. MY GRANDSONS AND I WERE LUCKY AND DESPITE ZERO VISIBILITY WE WERE ABLE GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE THE CARS BEHIND US HIT US. WE WAITED OUT THE STORM AND RETURNED HOME WHERE WE CHECKED THE FUSE. THE FUSE WAS OK, AND YOU COULD HEAR THE WIPER MOTOR WORKING. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP IN MADISON FLORIDA. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION. AN ESTIMATE FOR A REPAIR IS $300. AN INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2010 THROUGH 2017 EQUINOX DUE TO A POOR DESIGN THAT USES PLASTIC BUSHINGS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO OURISMAN CHEVROLET OF BALTIMORE (6633 SECURITY BLVD, BALTIMORE, MD 21207, (410) 265-7777) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION VALVE WAS COLLECTING MOISTURE, WHICH FROZE AND BLEW OUT THE MAIN SEAL. ALSO, THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS FRACTURED AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

CHEVY EQUINOX 2014 ENGINE DIED WHEN IDLING OR AT A STOP. HAPPENED FREQUENTLY WHILE IN SLOW TRAFFIC. HAPPENED WHEN MAKING LEFT TURN ACROSS TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ERROR CODE P0010 AND P0011. PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED OPERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. SERRA CHEVROLET (1170 CENTER POINT PKWY, BIRMINGHAM, AL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AT 55MPH. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SWIPED LEFT AND STOPPED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY AND I ALMOST WRECKED IN ORDER TO MOVE OVER TO A SIDE STREET TO STOP DRIVING. I HAD NO VISIBILITY RESULTING IN A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION AND WILL NEED REPAIRS. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED DUE TO SAFETY ON THE ROAD!

ON JULY 14, 2019, I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE FROM OUT OF TOWN WHEN A HEAVY RAINSTORM CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I HAD MY TWO CHILDREN AND DOG IN THE CAR WITH ME. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND THEY WERE WORKING FINE. NOT EVEN FIVE MINUTES WENT BY AND THEY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINDOW AND WHILE ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT CAUSED IT AS I HAD NO ISSUES LEADING UP TO IT. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ALMOST HIT A MOTORCYCLIST UNDER A BRIDGE DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY. CHEVY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY. THE 2013 MODEL WAS RECALLED AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH MY SAME VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I PRAY NO ONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE OVER THIS ISSUE. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT CHEVY IS WAITING ON AS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COSTLY TO HAVE REPAIRED.

DUE TO THE BUMPER BEINV SO LOW IT CONSTANTLY HANGS UP ONCU ON CURBS. 2 WEEKS AFTER OWNING MY 2014 EQUINOX I PARKED AND EENT TI TO A STORE. I HEARD NOTHING WHEN I PARKED BUT AS I BACKED UP I HEARD A SCRAPPING SOUND. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THE BUMPER HAD BEEN STUCK ON THE CONCRETE PARKING BLOCK. BECAUSE THE WHOLE FRONT IS ONE PIECE IT HAD PULLED AWAY FROM THE LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS PIECE IS ATTACHED MAINLY BY LITTLE PLASTIC TEETH THAT FIT INTO LITTLE PLASTIC SQUARES. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD COST $400 TO REPLACE THE BUMPER BECAUSE THE LITTLE "TEETH" HAD BROKEN OFF. I COULD PUSH IT TOGETHER WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT. IT REMINDED ME OF THE PLASTIC MODEL CARS I USED TO BUILD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOM KELLEY BUICK GMC (633 AVE OF AUTOS, FORT WAYNE, IN, (260) 434-4600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIPER TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. *AS *TR

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION RESULTING IN CAR STALLING AND RATTLING OF ENGINE. OIL CHANGE REQUIRED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THE RECOMMENDED 3 MONTHS/3,000 MILES. ENGINE STALLED WHEN SWITCHING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. ENGINE RATTLED WHEN IDLE UNTIL OIL IS ADDED.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF A THUNDERSTORM. WIPERS HAD BEEN WORKING JUST FINE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WENT COMPLETELY OFF THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD, I HAD NO VISIBILITY, AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED WHEN THEY STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF A 3 LANE HIGHWAY AND WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED. I TOOK IT TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY WANTED $150 TO JUST LOOK AT THE CAR. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A COMMON ISSUE WITH CHEVY EQUINOX'S. THE WIPER TRANSMISSION LINK STOPPED WORKING. THE MOTOR ON THE WIPERS STILL WORKS JUST FINE.

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAVY RAIN STORM.

WIPERS WERE IN OPERATION DURING A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM AND THEY JUST STOPPED. VISIBILITY WAS ZERO AND TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY. FUSES WERE CHECKED AND THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE.

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T COME ON AND SOMETIMES IT DOES. IT'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR CLOSE TO 2 YEARS. PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS BEEN STICKING OFTEN. SOMETIMES I CAN BARLEY GET IT TO UNCLICK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS.

DRIVING IN RAINSTORM DOWN THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AROUND 70 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED AND STOPPED IN PLACE CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AFTER INSPECTION WIPER LINKAGE HAD SNAPPED. REPLACEMENT LINKAGE, ONLY ABLE TO BE RUN UNDER LOW SPEED.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE THRUWAY THERE WAS A RAIN STORM AND MY WIPERS WERE WORKING, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND I COULDN'T SEE A THING IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO DETERMINE WHERE I COULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE AND HOPED THE SPOT WAS SAFE ENOUGH. I PUT ON MY FOUR WAY FLASHERS SO I COULD BE SEEN BY OTHER DRIVERS. IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I EVER EXPERIENCED IN ALL MY YEARS OF DRIVING. WHY WOULD THE WIPERS JUST STOP WORKING!!

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING IN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR WHILE AT NORMAL WIPER SPEED. DEALER IS WANTING TO CHARGE 400 FOR AS THEY STATED IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PLASTIC HOUSING ON THE WIPER TRANSMISSION ARM JUST BREAKS

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHEN MY WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I HAD NO VISIBILITY IMMEDIATELY. THANKFULLY, I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. HAD MY CAR TOWED HOME.

I WAS RIDING DOWN A HIGHWAY THROUGH A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WHEN MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. MY REAR WIPERS REMAINED INTACT. I PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE FUSE AND FOUND THAT THE FUSE WAS NOT BLOWN. THEREFORE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE MOTOR. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE TO DISCOVER MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN A RAIN STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VISIBILITY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MILES AN HOUR IN POURING RAIN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. WAS UNABLE TO SEE. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHO FOUND THAT THE WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY CHARGED ME $328.00 TO REPLACE IT.

I WAS DRIVING HOME DURING A RAINSTORM AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST RANDOMLY STOPPED AND I COULD NOT SEE I HAVE ZERO VISIBILITY I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME AT 9 PM AT NIGHT IN THE DARK WITH NO WORKING WIPERS

THE CAR STUTTERS AND CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, THIS IS UNEXPECTED AND HAPPENS OFTEN.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN A TORRENTIAL RAIN STORM, MY WIPERS QUIT WORKING AND I HAD TO PULL WELL OFF THE ROAD (US23) AND WAIT OUT THE STORM. THE STORM FINALLY ABATED AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE HOME.

ON JUNE 8, 2019 MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN VERY HEAVILY. ABOUT THREE MINUTES INTO THE RAIN STORM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING AND STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAD ZERO VISIBILITY AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO PASS. IT TOOK ME TWO HOURS TO GET HOME BECAUSE I HAD TO CONSTANTLY FIND PLACES TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO SUBSIDE. USUALLY IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 25 MINUTES TO DRIVE HOME FROM THIS DESTINATION. IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE AND WE CAME CLOSE TO SERIOUSLY BEING HURT OR KILLED DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE WIPER FAILURE AND THE ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. I DID SOME INVESTIGATION AND FOUND WHERE GM HAD TO RECALL THE 2013 EQUINOX AND GMC TERRAIN MODELS DUE TO WINDSHIELD-WIPER FAILURE. I TOOK OUR EQUINOX TO OUR LOCAL CERTIFIED GM DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF THE WIPER ON JUNE 11, 2019. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME THAT THE WIPER TRANSMISSION ARM HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE WIPER MOTOR. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME CAUSE OF FAILURE THAT LED TO THE RECALL OF THE 2013 EQUINOX MODEL. OUR GM DEALER TOLD US THAT NO OFFICIAL RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR OUR 2014 EQUINOX. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2014 EQUINOX MODEL FOR THE SAME WIPER FAILURE OF THE 2013 EQUINOX MODEL!!! THE 2014 EQUINOX MODELS WERE RELEASED IN THE YEAR OF 2013. THEY HAVE THE SAME WIPER MODEL ON THEM AS THE 2013 MODELS. I HAVE THE OFFICIAL REPAIR INVOICE WITH

TAKATA RECALL. ON 5/9/2019 I WAS DRIVING 4 1/2 HOURS FROM MY HOME TO A CABIN FOR A MINI TRIP. IT WAS SUNNY UP UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR INTO MY TRIP THEN SUDDEN RAIN STARTED POURING. I TURNED MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS THEY MALFUNCTIONED AND STOPPED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE, HANGING ALMOST OFF OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS GOING APPROX 70 MILES AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE POURING RAIN WHEN THEY MALFUNCTIONED AND I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO TRY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE I HIT SOMETHING BUT THAT WAS HARD TO DO BECAUSE I HAD NO VISIBILITY OF WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME.

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND WENT INTO THE PARK POSITION. THE WIPERS WILL NOT OPERATE. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS THE WIPER TRANSMISSION CAME APART.