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.
2015 Chevrolet Equinox visibility complaints
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Windshield wipers in rain storm stopped working while driving on highway. Repl transmission had to be replaced.
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.
During a torrential down pour the wipers went out.
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.
I was driving in the middle of the rain and the wiper stopped working. And purchased the vehicle 2 month before the incident.
On may 31, 2019 while driving in a heavy rain storm my wipers suddenly stopped in the upmost position causing zero visability on a busy road. After getting safely off the road I tried moving the wiper blades and can hear clunking when they move. The linkage has separated at the bushing. This is a very dangerous defect that needs to be resolved by gm.
Wipers stopped functioning while driving on a city street. This was during a heavy rain storm and visibility was completely reduced to nothing which nearly resulted in a collision with a semi and several other vehicles as there was no lane to pull over in.
On may 10 2019, while on vacation, I was driving thru rain on a 4 lane heavily traveled road. My wipers suddenly stopped working in the upmost position. I pulled to the side of the road as safely as I could, while turning the wipers on and off with no response. Since I was traveling alone, I sat and collected myself while waiting for the rain to subside. When I could I got out and gave the wipers a push , hoping they were "stuck". They went down and stayed . While the rain had slowed but not stopped, I made my way slowly about 5 miles to an auto zone. There they checked my fuses and relay switches which checked out fine. I was 4 hours away from home and within a large weather front. The auto zone people advised me to "rainx" my windshield , which I did. I then drove 36 miles to the nearest motel in west point miss. I had to stay the night as the weather front passed. After watching the weather radar, I left west point miss. At 4:45 a.m. On saturday morning to attempt to miss the next rain event predicted to arrive around 9:30. Thankfully I arrived home at 9;00 a.m. During sprinkling raiin. The auto zone employees had told me there was a recall on 2015 chevy equinox and upon arriving home , I called my dealership. My VIN # was not one that was in the recall. But upon researching this issue, I found my problem is not an isolated incident and many 2015 equinox owners have experienced this same extremely dangerous situation. As any time the wipers are needed in driving, to not be able to rely upon them is extremely frightening and dangerous. I feel gm motors is taking their car owners safety very lightly. Since I have owned numerous vehicles since 1972, and this being the first gm product I have ever owned. I will definitely have to take gm's lack of concern into consideration when purchasing my next vehicle.
While in motion and driving during a rain storm, I had the windshield wipers operating when all of a sudden they get stuck and stop working. Nothing collided with them, they simply stopped on their own. I could hear the motor that operated the wipers still functioning, but the wipers themselves wouldn't move. I searched on google and on youtube and this seems to be a common issue with this car model and this isn't the first time it has happened to this vehicle either.
While driving across the bay bridge, near baltimore, md. My windshield wipers stopped working! I was driving in a rain storm on the highway, and luckily for me, I was able to stick my arm out the drivers side window and manually move the wiper, back and forth, about 6 inches. The traffic was terrible and it took about 5 minutes before I could work my way to an exit. I took the vehicle to a napa repair shop and the owner told me that the windshield wiper motor assembly was broken. Up to this point, I never had any problems with the wipers. I was able to drive to lewes, de. Where I was headed initially, using my left arm to keep the windshield visable. The rain stopped about 40 minutes later. I took the vehicle to coastal towing, inc. To get it fixed the next day. The owner there told my the chevy has had problems with the design on the assembly (2-part) and are re-engineering a single part assembly. It cost me $350.98 to get it fixed! I could have been killed, or worse, killed someone else. A recall should be issued on this immediately!! (xxxx) parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I was driving in heavy rain. Front windshield wipers stopped working. Almost wrecked . This happened on 5/10/2019.
Traveling on the interstate during a torrential rain storm. The wipers were on high speed. The wipers started to run erratically. Bounced a few times on the windshield breaking it. Then the wipers came to rest hanging off the drivers side of the vehicle. This failure of an essential safety system should be analyzed. Due to luck or driving skill this equipment failure resulted in no accident or injury. The dealership replaced the windshield wiper motor at my cost.
While driving in downpour, my windshield wipers stopped working. Driving 65 on the highway in a downpour with no wipers is dangerous and I almost crashed a few times. The motor was fine. It was the assembly transmission that kept popping off the motor that was the problem. When I had it replaced, the mechanic showed me, it slipped off so easily, it's nuts that it lasted the 2 years I've had the car. There is a recall for this in can, why not in the us? I had my children in the car. We could have crashed and seriously been injured or killed. Again, the part did not break. It simple malfunctioned. It's a ball/joint type system. Must be better. Do better chevy. I defend your brand daily. Don't make me regret it. Just do better. Then I call chevy about replacing - I'm told it will cost upwards of $600. To replace a faulty part?! This can't be normal wear and tear. I had my 4 year old vw jetta for 10 years (14 year old car) before I sold it and didn't have to worry about the wiper blades or assembly once. I didn't even know it was a thing until this happened. Very sad. I hope you recall this part asap. People can seriously be hurt. Try driving in a downpour and have no wipers, while on the highway with your kids in the car.
Driving in the rain today and the wipers just stopped working and would not work. I had to pull over and turn off the car to see if they would come back on, but they wouldn't it was raining really hard this could have been bad
During a heavy rain, the driver side wiper suddenly swung past the stopping point of the edge of the windshield and forced the wiper motor arms and bushings to break apart. The force destroyed the bushings and bend the motor arms as well as stripped the threads between the wiper motor mount and the wiper arm
The windsheild motor broke while using wipers. It was repaired using a gmc part and the wiper motor broke again. Repaired were the ball joints in the wiper module I was driving on a interstate at the speed of 70mph when the wiper motor quit working. I had to pull to the side of the road and wait for the raid to stop. The rain was heavy.
Car was parked, started motor, it was raining, started wipers, could hear the wiper motor working, wipers failed to work, had to take it to a dealer, cost to repair $283, seems like this is starting to be reported more, should be recalled as mentioned in other complaints
Driving about 40mph in heavy rain with wipers on. It then sounded like I hit something in the road. I then look to notice my wipers was no longer working. I am finding this is happening with many 2015 chevy equinox. Why the customer have to pay to have it fixed.
I was travelling on the highway at 60 MPH in heavy rain when my windshield wipers suddenly shut down and would no longer work. I was able to safely slow down and stop, but this could have ended much differently as I was unable to see anything! This appears to be the same problem as many have reported with the bearings on the wiper transmission corroding and coming apart.
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