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2015 Chevrolet Equinox complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2015 record →

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Aug 18, 202064,700 milesGA

WIPERS STOPPED ABRUPTLY DURING A HEAVY DOWN POUR ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO NO VISIBILITY.

Engine
Filed Aug 17, 202072,000 milesKS

AFTER MULTIPLE OIL LEAK REPAIRS VEHICLE STILL LEAKS OIL WHILE STATIONARY. WHEN THE HEAT IS ON THE SMELL OF OIL COMES INTO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CHECKED FOR ANY RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE BUT NOT HAVE ARRIVED.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Aug 12, 202078,000 milesNY

WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT, AFTER REVIEWING ON LINE APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURES DEFECT THAT IS NOT BEING RECALLED.

Engine
Filed Aug 2, 202075,375 milesWI

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.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 27, 202092,000 milesWI

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.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 26, 202057,000 milesMN

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!

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 24, 202054,000 milesIL

WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE IN USE IN A RAINSTORM WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Jul 22, 202078,000 milesSC

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.

EngineCrash
Filed Jul 21, 202037,876 milesIN

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND WAS TOLD NOT COVERED. VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND I WAS REAR ENDED DUE TO ISSUE WITH POWER TRAIN

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 20, 202086,000 milesIN

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.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 20, 2020121,700 milesMI

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.

Engine
Filed Jul 20, 202062,000 milesOH

WITH NOT QUITE 63,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING IN AND I GET ALERTS FROM ON-STAR. MY MECHANIC LOOKED IT UP AND AN OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS YR. ITS A VALVE THAT SENDS OIL TO THE DUAL CAMS...IT HAD NO POWER AND WAS USING WAY MORE HAS AND OIL THAN USUAL...THIS IS THE 4TH TIME IN A MONTH IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT...IT ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE THE LURCHING TRANNY PROBLEM

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 20, 2020166,000 milesFL

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

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 20, 2020166,000 milesFL

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

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 19, 2020121,000 milesMI

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.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 18, 202068,000 milesMI

FRONT WIPER BLADE BUSHING EASILY COME APART. IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. DOING RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR REPAIR.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 10, 202085,554 milesWI

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DURING A SEVERE THUNDER STORM WARNING, I TURNED MY WIPER BLADES ONTO THE SECOND HIGHEST SETTING. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE THE WIPER BLADES STOPPED MOVING. VISIBILITY WAS ALREADY TERRIBLE WITH THE SHEETS OF RAIN, BUT WAS NOW INSTANTLY REDUCED TO ZERO WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH IN DECENTLY HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND LIMP MY WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE WIPER BLADE LINKAGE HAS BROKEN

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 10, 2020DE

I WAS DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAIN MY WIPERS STOPPED IN A UPRIGHT POSITION ON HEAVILY TRAVELED BACK ROADS WITH FLOODING LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BUT WAITED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR TO DRIVE HOME ALTHOUGH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AND I DID HAVE TO USE MY HAZARDS AND DRIVE 20 MINUTES TO MY HOUSE IN HEAVY RAIN VERY SCARY

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 8, 202080,250 milesMI

WHILE DRIVING EAST BOUND ON OHIO TURNPIKE I-80/90 ON 06/23/2020 DURING HEAVY RAIN, THE WIPERS MOTOR OR WIPER TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH THE WIPERS IN A VERTICAL POSITION. WITH DRASTICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND WHILE DRIVING IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION I WAS PLACED IN BY THE FAILURE. AT THE DEALER I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL COVERAGE FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS INDICATIVE THAT A LARGER PROBLEM EXISTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK BY NOT CHECKING AND REPAIRING ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS PART/ ASSEMBLY. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT JOE FIRMENT CHEVROLET IN AVON, OH. 866-675-5937. I DO NOT HAVE ANY PAPERWORK AS I HAD TO LEAVE QUICKLY AND COULD NOT WAIT FOR THE SERVICE ADVISOR WHO WAS ON A BREAK.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jul 7, 202095,000 milesMO

WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IT STARTED TO POUR DOWN RAIN, I TURNED MY WIPERS ON FULL SPEED AND THE WIPER STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW AND WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON AN INTERSTATE ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE OTHER TRAFFIC. WILL BE BRINGING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE.

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Jul 1, 202099,000 milesNE

ALWAYS HAD CAR SERVICED REGULARLY, OIL CHANGED. AT 99K, REDUCED ENGINE POWER, SERVICE STABLI TRACK, ENGINE MAKING CLICKING SOUND, ACCELERATING AT FIRST WOULD MAKE A STRANGE HUM SOUND AND THEN IT REDUCED ENGINE POWER WHEN I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC AND THEY SAID I NEED A NEW TIMING CHAIN, BONE DRY FOR OIL, SOLENOID VALVES IT NEEDED NEW ONES....END RESULT, PRETTY MUCH A WHOLE NEW ENGINE, COST ME ALMOST 3000 TO PAY. I HAD NO CHOICE BECAUSE IT WAS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND IM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 2 KIDS. READING OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINTS, THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND ONLY A RECALL FOR 2011-2013 ONLY?? HOW HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AS OF YET? I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO GM ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS UNTIL THE LAST SECOND WHEN MY CAR PRETTY MUCH STOPPED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR.

Air Bags
Filed Jun 24, 2020109,000 milesMS

THE AIRBAG MODULE NEEDS REPLACING AT 109000 MILES AND COST $1100.00. WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 21, 202046,300 milesOH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH IN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR. HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED. THE WIPERS WERE STUCK IN THE UP POSITION AND WERE EASILY PUSHED BACK DOWN IN ORDER TO SEE WHILE DRIVING HOME.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 21, 202060 milesTX

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND I WAS ON A MAJOR FREEWAY. IT WAS POURING DOWN RAINING AND I HIT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER GEAR TO SPEED IT UP BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. LUCKILY I DID NOT GET HURT ON THE FREEWAY. IT JUST SPEED UP AND STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN ON THE LEFT. IMMEDIATELY HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND HIT MY HAZARD LIGHT. I EVENTUALLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY TO FOLD THE WIPERS DOWN JUST TO SEE IF THEY ONLY GOT STUCK. NO LUCK.....THEY STOPPED WORKING. OH AND IM ALSO IN THE LINE CLOSEST TO THE EXIT. THERE WAS MODERATE TRAFFIC AND CAR WAS IN MOTION.

Engine
Filed Jun 18, 202050,000 milesIL

HEAD GASKET DEFECT. *TR

Unknown or Other
Filed Jun 17, 202094,559 milesMI

VEHICLE MAKING A RATTLING SOUND FOR A FEW DAYS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND STOPPED WHEN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON ALL ROADS. LOW OIL LIGHT NEVER INDICATED OIL WAS LOW. IT WAS STILL AT 8 PERCENT WHEN I TOOK IT IN AND HAD MILES TO GO UNTIL MY NEXT OIL CHANGE. I NEVER GO OVER THE MILES AND ALWAYS CHANGE MY OIL. THE MECHANIC INDICATED IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHEVY EQUINOX TO BURN EXCESSIVE OIL AND TO EVENTUALLY HAVE TO REPAIR THE PISTONS OR ENGINE. CALLED [XXX] WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND SEVERAL OTHER CHEVY SUVS AND THEY SAID MY VIN ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE 150000 WARRANTY FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. HE ADVISED IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE FACTORY THAT WAS KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM. I TOLD HIM THEIR IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND INDICATED VEHICLES FROM 2010 - 2017 ARE ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THAN, HE CHANGED HIS TUNE ON NOTHING HE COULD DO AND OFFERED TO MONITOR MY OIL EVERY 1000 MILES AND IF IT'S BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL AND NEEDS PISTONS OR A NEW ENGINE DUE TO THIS IT WILL BE MY COST. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 11, 2020118,000 milesMI

YESTERDAY, WHILE DRIVING HOME ON A ROAD DURING A DOWNPOUR, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WHICH WERE TURNED ON ABRUPTLY STOPPED. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM, BUT I'M HOPING TO FIGURE OUT SOON. THE WIPERS SOUND LIKE THEY'RE STARTING, BUT DON'T MOVE. I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY AN INVESTIGATION INTO 2013-2016 CHEVY WIPER ISSUES, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE INFORMED ABOUT MINE AS WELL. 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX. I CAN SUPPLEMENT IF NEED BE WHEN I GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 10, 2020139,000 milesMI

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING WHILE IT WAS RAINING. *TR

Engine
Filed Jun 9, 2020115,000 milesLA

END OF LAST YEAR MY CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING. IT HAD NO OIL. AFTER PUTTING OIL STILL WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS FROM CAR THAT IT WAS LOW ON OIL. IT WAS IN MIDDLE OF TIME FOR NEXT OIL CHANGE. I LOOKED UP RECALLS AND THERE WAS NONE. I PUT IN COMPLAINT. THERE WAS LIKE 9 COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE DESCRIBING THE EXACT SAME THING. I REPLACED MOTOR WITH A USED ONE CAUSE I AM ON DISABILITY AND THAT'S ALL I COULD AFFORD. MY FIRST MOTOR HAD 115,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER REPLACING MOTOR, I HAVE BEEN CHECKING OIL REGULARLY AFRAID WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE SAME TYPE MOTOR. SURE ENOUGH BEEN HAVING TO ADD 2 QUARTS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THERE IS NO TRACE OF OIL LEAKING LIKE LAST MOTOR, NONE ON CONCRETE IN DRIVEWAY. I DON'T DRIVE VERY MUCH, AVERAGE DISTANCE IS 20 MILES OR LESS ROUND TRIP FEW TIMES WEEK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL ON THIS MOTOR AND WHY NO NOTIFICATIONS THAT IT IS LOW ON OIL SINCE THERE ISN'T AN OIL GAUGE IN CAR. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 8, 202093,000 milesOK

BUSHING FAILED IN FRONT WIPER MECHANISM. WIPER STOPPED MID-CYCLE WHEN SWITCHED DOWN FROM HIGHEST SETTING. IN HEAVY RAIN. MECHANIC COULD NOT GET REPLACEMENT BUSHING TO FIT - ENTIRE MECHANISM MUST BE REPLACED (MOTOR CAN BE SALVAGED). MECHANIC'S ATTEMPT TO GET BUSHING TO FIT SEEMED TO FINALLY WORK, BUT FAILED ON FIRST TEST IN SAME WAY AS BEFORE. BIG HASSLE FOR SMALL PART. *TR

Engine
Filed Jun 4, 202095,600 milesMO

WENT ON 1,000 MILE TRIP AND CAR DIED. WAS ABLE TO JUMP IT EVERY TIME AND IT STARTED. RETURN TRIP OF ANOTHER 1,000 MILES. CAR WAS CHUGGING WHILE PARKED. LATER ENGINE WAS MAKING A RATTLING SOUND. PUT IT IN REVERSE TO PARK AND ENGINE DIED. MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE WHEN TRYING TO START IT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE TIMING CHAIN CAUSED ENGINE TO FAIL AND ALSO OIL WAS COMPLETELY DRY. I GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED REGULARLY BY RANDY REED CHEVROLET IN ST. JOSEPH, MO (FREE OF CHARGE SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO) WAS NEVER ONCE TOLD OF AN OIL BURNING ISSUE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FIND IT SHOCKING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE A FAILING ENGINE! NOW I'M STUCK MAKING PAYMENTS ON A CAR I CAN NOT EVEN USE WITH REPAIRS THAT COST AS MUCH AS ANOTHER CAR. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Jun 2, 202071,000 milesNY

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND CHILD AND SUDDENLY IT STARTED TO RAIN. IT WAS A DOWN POUR SO I TURNED ON THE WIPERS AND THEN AFTER A FEW SECS THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP DRIVING UNTIL THE RAIN CLEARED. LUCKILY I DIDN'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT BUT NOT TO SAY SOMEONE ELSE HASN'T DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed May 27, 2020AR

DURING HEAVY, HEAVY RAIN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AT 65MPH, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. I ALMOST GOT HIT TRYING TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I HAD NO VISIBILITY.*DT*JB

Electrical System
Filed May 27, 202083,000 milesNC

VEHICLE BATTERY DIES, CAR DIES. NO THEM OR REASON TO IT. IT WILL NOT START. BATTERY IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. TRY TO START THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING, NO INTERIOR LIGHTS RADIO, NOTHING. OTHER TIMES IT WILL LET THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON AND JUST CLICKS. THIS IS AFTER THE CAR HAS SAT FOR 2-3 DAYS AND NOT DRIVING OR GOING ANYWHERE DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS. WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY, STARTED FINE. WE EVEN TRIED JUMPING THE CAR OFF FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN CLICKED IT WAS TRYING TO START. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. RESULTING IN REPLACING THE BATTERY. NOW IT'S STILL HAPPENING AND THE BATTERY IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. *TR

Electrical System
Filed May 27, 202083,000 milesNC

WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE IF A STORM, THE WIPERS STOPPED IN THE UP POSITION. THIS WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS, EVEN TO JUST PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CHECKED THE FUSES AND NOTHING HAD BLOWN. CAN'T GET THEM WORKING AT ALL. HAVE SCHEDULED A VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP, PROVIDED IT'S NOT RAINING. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed May 20, 202078,900 milesTX

SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2013 EQUINOX. BUSHING HAS CORRODED AND BROKEN ON THE WIPER TRANSMISSION LINKAGE ASSEMBLY. NEITHER WIPER BLADES OPERATE. SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX VISIBILITY RECALL 16V582000. *TR

Air Bags
Filed May 16, 202070,000 milesSC

FIRST THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND NONE OF THE BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL WORK. NOW THE HORN IS CONTINUOUSLY BLOWING WHILE DRIVING, AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed May 12, 202090,000 milesLA

WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING DURING A STORM. TERRIFYING. ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR TRYING TO PULL OFF. COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. HAD TO GET HOME; HAD TO DRIVE VERY SLOW WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AFTER THE INITIAL NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. WE COULD HAVE DIED THAT DAY. DOES ACTUAL DEATH INITIATE A RECALL? IF SO, HOW MANY BEFORE IT'S IMPORTANT. I'VE SEEN ALL THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. PLEASE HELP. *TR

Air Bags
Filed May 8, 202077,119 milesSC

WHILE IN MY GARAGE I GO GET INTO MY 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX LTZ. I START IT UP AND THEN ON THE DIC A MESSAGE SHOWED SAYING SERVICE AIR BAG. *TR

Seats
Filed May 5, 202093,000 milesTX

POWER DRIVER SEAT MOTOR GOES OUT. DOOR SEALS NOT GOOD, WATER POURS OUT WHEN YOU OPEN DOOR AFTER IT RAINS. *TR

Visibility/Wiper
Filed May 1, 202043,400 milesNY

WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE UP POSITION. THIS OCCURRED WHEN IT WAS RAINING. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 30, 2020100,000 milesIN

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN A RAIN STORM MY WIPERS STOPED WORKING. MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE SAFELY. WIPERS WOULDN'T GO ON NO MATTER IF I TURNED THEM ON HIGH OR LOW.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 29, 202078,220 milesIN

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM CHICAGO TO INDIANA WHEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY DRIVING IN THE RAIN MY WIPER JUST STOPPED. SO I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER LUCKY I DIDNT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING HARD.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 23, 2020179,300 milesGA

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. IT'S RAINING HARD AND I CAN NO LONGER SEE.

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Apr 23, 202073,000 milesMI

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON GOT A NOTIFICATION FROM ONSTAR STATING THAT ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ISSUE HAS BEEN DETECTED. ALSO WHEN I SHUT DOWN MY VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT THE STARTER KEEP MAKING THIS SOUND LIKE IT WANTED TO START AND DID NOT THEN DID. THEN I GOT A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH POWER STEERING.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 21, 202091,000 milesTX

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ENGAGED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND THEY STOPPED WORKING. I CAN HEAR NOISE FROM THE WIPERS BUT THEY WON'T MOVE. I CAN EASILY MOVE THEM EITH MY HAND.

Electrical System
Filed Apr 20, 2020102,286 milesCA

MY VEHICLE HAD TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING IT SPUTTERED A BIT THE SHUT OFF.. I STARTED IT BACK UP THEN I DROVE HOME AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR ANYTHING EVER POPPED UP TO GIVING ANY WARNING. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A SOLENOID IDK IF I SPELLED THAT RIGHT. I HOPE ITS THE PROBLEM

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 18, 202044,476 milesPA

THE CAR RADIO SHUTS OFF AND COMES BACK ON AFTER ABOUT 10-15 SECONDS. SO FAR IT HASN'T CAUSED ANY PROBLEMS BUT WHEN WE TRAVEL I'VE COME TO DEPEND ON THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND WOULDN'T WANT IT TO DO THIS WHEN A DIRECTION COMES UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 3 TIMES WHEN I WAS DRIVING I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS EVER HAPPENED WITH MY WIFE. PLEASE HELP US. *TR

Engine
Filed Apr 10, 202055,300 milesIL

ON ~1/15/20 I WAS DRIVING ~40 MPH ON A SUBURBAN STREET, I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF A HIGHWAY, A WARNING APPEARED ON MY DASH STATING THAT MY VEHICLE HAD NO OIL AND TO STOP AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. I DROVE ONE BLOCK TO A GAS STATION AND PUT 2 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE BUT AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK, I SAW THAT A GREAT DEAL OF OIL LEAKED RIGHT ONTO THE GROUND. I MADE A SPLIT DECISION TO PUT ANOTHER QUART IN AND DRIVE ~2 MILES TO A NEARBY REPAIR SHOP I USE. MY TRUCK WAS ASSESSED AND I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A MAJOR OIL LEAK. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED ON 1/21/20. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK 8 DAYS TO REPAIR MY TRUCK AND HAD NO LOANER VEHICLE FOR ME TO USE DURING THE REPAIR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY TIMES BY OTHER CHEVY OWNERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL.

Engine
Filed Apr 3, 2020MI

TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND TRASHED THE ENGINE... 3 MONTHS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY BUT EVERYONE WE'VE TALKED TO FROM CAR DEALERSHIPS, RENTAL CAR COMPANIES, MECHANICS, TOW SHOPS ETC ALL SAID WHEN I TOLD THEM MY TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND TRASHED THE ENGINE YOU KNOW WHAT ALL OF THEM SAID? IS IT A CHEVY EQUINOX?

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