Abs activation at low speeds on dry pavement. This happens randomly and changes the vehicle breaking distance. It is also unknown how much it will change the distance. So it can potentially cause a low speed impact accident. This is due to not knowing where to break for proper stopping distance. Engine problem when starting vehicle. The vehicle turns over then stalls. Only way I have found to prevent it from happening is to press the gas pedal while turning it over. Wiper issue. My passenger side windshield wiper doesn't work. I live in an area where heavy snow fall happens. This is a danger to myself and others on the road. If my vehicle is on the road during a blizzard or heavy snow visibility is lost on half my windshield.
2006 Chevrolet Equinox visibility complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the defroster was activated, but failed to defrost the windshield. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the temperature control door fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 117,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system were not operating properly. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician stated that the failure was known by the manufacturer who diagnosed that the blower motor speed and mode selection continued to function; however, the heater would not be available. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer stated that the mileage surpassed the accepted mileage for customer satisfaction campaign number: 10044379-4513(equipment/visibility); therefore, the contact could not be assisted. The approximate failure mileage was 124,000. The VIN was unavailable.
I have no heat, yesterday, I did . This morning my heat will not work recirculation works fan controls work A/C works, after all of my hours of research, I know what the problem is, along with thousands of other equinox owners . Its the vent door and actuator, I narrowed all down at first coolant thermostat etc. I found my result for a cheap piece of plastic on the vent door that breaks so often sure its a 70$ part but as a single father , I cannot afford a 1500.00$ shop fee for that, this is something chevy knows is wrong , and can be a very liable hazard to accidents ! I live in north dakota where it gets pretty darn cold , you lose your heat on a way to a kids hockey game 100 miles away on a friday night when snowing and 30 below zero yes could cause fatalities !! Its widely spread across the board there are thousands of people with same problem , chevrolet knows this , they need to make it right before someone gets killed from it !
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that there was an intermittent electrical short in which the vent controls failed to work for heat or cold air. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician replaced the motor blower, resistor, blower and pit tail; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for further inspection. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 117,480.
The heating system suddenly failed and blows cold air affecting the vehicles windshield defrosting ability. This is a manufacturer's defect. The problem impacts the ability of the car to defrost. As noted in a letter from gm's director of product investigations and safety to the federal safety agency on december 23, 2009, the 2010 equinox was recalled since a manufacturer?s defect resulted in non-operational defrost systems that was a safety concern, could result in a crash, and violated federal motor vehicle safety standard 103. In other words, gm has admitted on another vehicle that manufacturer?s defects that cause in-operable defrost systems are their responsibility to replace. Chevrolet equinox drivers are at stake. Not having the ability to defrost your windshield could lead to traffic accidents vehicle damage, injury and possible death. I am requesting the federal safety agency to investigate this and order gm to replace the defected part / parts and refund repair cost to those of us who have or will have to pay for these expensive repairs.
The heater is blowing out cold air, it's is definitely a safety issue. I have to drive to work with a blanket on my lap, heavy jacket and gloves. The blanket on the lap is not the smartest choice but I can not afford to pay somewhere between $800 - $1000 to get this fixed. I also have to have my children bring blankets so they stay warm. We live in a southern state but we still get cold here. I can't imagine living up north and dealing with this problem. Needs to be fixed.
The heater blend door is broken. The cost of replacing the door is $1000 +. I cannot afford to get this problem fixed. This seems to be a very common problem in this model vehicle. I am so disappointed.
Heater and defroster are not working. Blower works great but in the winter cold air does not defrost windshield. There is no warm air at all. This makes driving conditions very difficult in the cold weather. My wife depends on this car to get to work every day. I understand that the issue is a part that costs abaut $65 but the labor cost is abaut $1000 we cannot afford to pay that. Chevrolet should step up and put a recall on for this issue.
The heater is currently blowing out cold air. I have tried every setting to try to see if any of the settings help but always blows out cool/cold air. Another costly repair to add to this vehicle. Ave had numerous problems with this vehicle, the worst chevy model I have ever owned. Have had this vehicle for 16 months have had numerous problems with this vehicle.
A little over a month ago, I began experiencing an issue with my 2006 chevy equinox. The heat stopped working. The fan would work and blow air - but no heat. I took my vehicle to a gm dealership to have them look at the issue. Immediately upon telling them the symptoms, they diagnosed my vehicle without even looking at it. The service rep told me that it was "known issue" with the equinox, that almost 4 out of 5 vehicles of that make/model/year have the same problem. He told me the good news was that the part to fix it was only $65, but the bad news was that the labor was $1000. I was told that the hinge on the temperature blend door" was broken at the actuator and that the entire dash assembly would have to be removed to get to the broken part. I took my vehicle to another dealership and had almost the same answer - although, to their credit, they did actually look at the vehicle before diagnosing it. Both of these gm/chevy dealerships shook their heads and almost laughed at me - saying that it was a "known issue". I decided that I shouldn't have to pay $1000 to fix a "known issue", so I called chevy customer service. Keep in mind that my vehicle is sitting at the dealership during all this. After more than a week, chevy tells me that my warranty expired (I was 20k miles over the warranty) and that there is nothing they can do about it. They convince the dealership to knock 10% off my bill. Gee... Thanks.
06 chevy equinox lt2, heat started blowing cold air. I didn't know the problem but fortunately I went into my onstar account to look for diagnosis but since service engine light did not come on it couldn't tell me. But while in my account it was showing active warranty. It showed me there was an active extended warranty from gm, covering actuator door default. All equinox owners are covered to 120,000 miles or 1/1/2016.....so if you have this issue with heat blowing cold take it to authorized chevy gm dealer because they have to take the whole dash out to fix a 10.00 part, the labor charge is $2600 my dealer told me. Also if you paid for this issue out of pocket they will reimburse you. Google this issue , there is a special bulletin number for this. Get that number and call your dealer!!!!! They won't tell you it's covered and charge you because most of the service managers don't even know it exists. Now that's not rite.....they should have been informed of this being covered, it's not fair to the consumer.
Heater / defrost system stopped working. Only blowing cold air. Live in idaho and temperatures get below zero. No way to defrost windshield causing a safety hazard. Chevy dealership quoted repair of the heater vent door actuator at $1200.00, since the entire dash board needs to be removed. History shows several issues with door actuator malfunction.
Tried to clear windshield of frost. Only cold air came out of vent. Same cold air on all HVAC settings.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the heater failed to defrost the windows. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The dealer stated that the blend door needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet equinox. While driving various speeds, the right turn signal mechanism would illuminate continuously when activated. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. In addition, the driver side power window failed to operate. The contact also mentioned that the driver side headlight bulb was replaced six times. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The VIN and failure mileage were unavailable.
Failure of the HVAC blend door [1] has made defrosting the forward windshield in cold temperatures impossible. This is a safety issue because of the limiting of visibility and in violation of standard 103 [2] from the u.s. Department of transportation. Gm has admitted a design flaw in the HVAC blend door actuator in that a dealer replacement uses an updated HVAC blend door actuator which more accurately limits the rotational travel. The failure of the HVAC blend door occurs because the original faulty designed HVAC blend door actuator travels too far causing structural stress on the blend door which eventually leads to premature failure of the blend door. This results in vent air not passing over the heat core, therefore making defrosting of the windshield not possible in cold conditions.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the ignition switch failed. The contact also stated that the A/C and heater was not activating properly. In addition, the sun roof would allow water to leak through when it was fully closed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 147,000. The VIN was not available.
Same as reported below, ABS issues, ignition switch, over heating, water sound in dash, blend door issues. Only have 80k on car but problems surpass value. Why are there no recalls for equinox?
Temp door actuator broke leaving me without heat to defrost windows. Repair cost of door $50.00 cost of labor $1200.00. The door is made of cheap plastic but the entire firewall must be remove to replace part. Then my engine blew 1 year later. Cost $1700.00. Now my engine blew again.
The blend door on the heated is broken. I see there have been numerous complaints concerning this. Is there a recall on this? If not why isn't there? I see you issued a recall on the 2010 equinox for this problem. My daughter who is a college students drives this car and can't afford the $1000+ to repair it.
Heater stopped working on vehicle making it impossible to defrost my front window. This creates a driving hazard due to foggy window. This can happen in cold or humid weather so it is an issue that needs to be addressed by gm, especially since they are aware of the problem.
The heater vent door has become inoperable resulting in no heat entering the cabin. I understand this is happening to many other people but yet no recalls have been issued by gm (only service bulletins). This is a flawed design and is a hazardous safety issue during an ice/snow event. The vehicle also began overheating for no apparent reason (even after replacing the water pump, thermostat & flushing the system). These symptoms all began shortly after the heating problem matured. Related or not, there are many other people out there that are experiencing similar problems with similar (major) expense in trying to resolve the issue(s). There is something flawed in the design of this coolant/heating system and gm should be held accountable!!
Vehicle has no heat or defrost. Took to shop. Shop stated blend door is broken and actuator needs replaced. Shop has to dissemble the entire vehicle dash to access and replace the 2 parts to the cost of $1030.00. Majority of costs $750 is labor to dissemble and reassemble the entire dash to replace 2 simple parts that total about $280 for gm. As I am finding out this is a recurring event with a substantial number of equinox vehicle owners.
I live in florida, so I don't need the heater that often. Last year when it got cold, I turned on the heater and got nothing but cold air blowing out. I took my vehicle to get it looked at and was told it would probably cost around $1000 - $1500 to fix. They would probably have to pull out the whole dash and it was very labor intensive. When I look on the internet, I see numerous people with the same problem. I would think chevrolet would do a recall. I guess if they ignore it, that is a lot of money they will be saving.
The heater started blowing cold air while driving not allowing the windshield to defrost and limiting visibility. I had to pull over multiple times to wipe windshield down to see so I could get home. Nearly caused an accident.
Heater is blowing cold air and defroster is not working. Went on-line and saw that hundreds of others are having this same issue. When it rains this poses as a safety issue due to the defroster not working. Can you please recall since there are so many with the same issue.
Heater is blowing cold air and defroster is also not working. Went on-line and see that hundreds of others have this costly but more importantly safety issue (can't see out of window because defroster doesn't work). I've been cutoff because I have no warranty but this seems to be a bigger problem such as a total recall.
The blend door broke and was replaced for only $50 due to carmax dealer warranty. Now my car has 115k miles on it and the heater is blowing cold air again. I believe it's the same problem, a broken blend door. I can't believe I have to replace it again! This needs to be addressed. This is a huge safety issue that needs to be recalled.
Blender door broke no heat to defrost windows.
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