Traveling on hwy 61 south during heavy rain when windshield wipers stopped working out of the blue. Had to brake and move to inside lane shoulder. Wipers appeared to have over traveled all the way to the driver side edge of windshield. Had to take it in to local dealership.
2016 Chevrolet Equinox visibility complaints
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I was driving on the interstate at about 65 miles per hour. It was pouring down rain and there were semi trucks in front of me and to the left of me spraying water. There was also a semi behind me. My windshield wipers literally stopped working. After a nanosecond of panic, I turned my flashers on and pulled off to the side. I couldn't see anything. After considering for a few seconds, I decided it was not safe where I was, so I slowly and carefully drove several miles on the shoulder to make my way to the next exit. I then pulled into a business lot. My wipers were stopped on my windshield.....the left one was partially off the left side of the windshield. I picked it up and placed it back toward the center of windshield. Back inside the car, I tried to turn the wipers on again. I could hear mechanical noise that sound like they should work, but they did not move. The car is now at a dealer for service.
Yesterday, I was traveling on I-95 at 75mph when my wipers suddenly stopped working in the pouring down rain. I couldn't see five feet in front of me and was terrified. I pulled over at the nearest exit, tried turning the car off and on and also tried starting the wipers by hand but to no avail. I had no choice but continue my trip with little visibility as semi-trucks passed me splashing even more water on my windshield. I read that this was a recall on 2013 models, but apparently, it is on other models as well.
Driving in the rain home from near by town and windshield wipers were on they made a strange noise and suddenly stop working. Had to pull over could not see. Very scary. Thank goodness I was not on highway like the day before. It could of caused a accident
While driving on highway during a storm my wipers stopped working, they stopped right in the center of my windshield, my heart stopped as I had my kids with me. I had to pull over!!!! Call for help. This vehicle needs to be recalled
The wipers were working perfectly fine. We were traveling down the highway at 70 miles an hour and during a pouring rain storm and they immediately stopped working. They actually violently jerked out of position to where one wiper was actually hanging off the windshield by about a foot. They are not operating now
There have been recalls with chevrolet equinox's wiper components in recent years due to the wiper ball joint bushings corroding. As I was driving with my young son in the middle of a terrible storm, my wipers stopped working putting us in danger on a highway with cars traveling around us in speeds in excess of 70 MPH. I took my equinox to the local shop and was told it would be ~$500 to fix because chevy doesn't allow for the bushings to be purchased. You have to replace the entire linkage. There are so many complaints online about this and it is unfair for my car to not be apart of this recall when it is the same exact issue that others were experiencing in the recall. This is extremely dangerous and chevy needs to step up and fix this for all cars in the 2010-2016 range, not just some. Please help!!!!
A portion of the windshield wiper linkage broke. This is the second time that this piece has broken within two years. Once was in a thunderstorm with wipers on high. This time it was in snow but the window was already cleared off by hand. There's a loud pop and the windshield wipers do not work. Thankfully this happened in the driveway but does cause problems trying to get to a repair shop.this is especially troublesome in the winter when you have road spray.
Wiper linkage has failed and pcv valve froze and caused rear main seal failure
Driving on a dark road during a storm and they just stop.
Windshield wiper motor failure- complete failure middle of rain storm
While I was driving through the mountains in the rain, the windshield wipers stopped working. I attempted to turn them back on, but they would not move, but a sound could be heard like they were moving.
I was driving my vehicle on the new york state thruway in a rain storm when my wipers just stopped working. I had to pull over to the shoulder of the thruway and wait it out until the rain stopped. My father in law (retired automotive teacher) diagnosed the problem to be a ball joint on the wiper transmission had come apart disconnecting the wiper transmission from the wiper motor. He replaced the wiper motor assembly with a new unit from chevrolet parts department which was modified to include a deflector to keep the elements away from the wiper transmission ball joints. I learned gm had a recall on the 2013 model year equinox for the same issue but never extended it to the 2016 model year despite several complaints from owners.
2016 chevrolet equinox, 87,000 miles highway miles. While driving in the pouring rain this morning the wipers completely stopped. Had to immediately pull over since I could not drive in the rain without them. The motor was still ruining but the wipers were not moving. Called onstar to ask for them to run a diagnostic. The corporate response was the wiper system was not considered an essential function even tho it should be in situations like this. Had to get it towed to the shop since we are in a downpour right now and it could not be driven there. The shop said the motor was fine, it was the wiper transmission that is completely burnt out/shot! This car is 4 years old the wiper transmission should not be completely shot/burnt out.
During period of heavy rain, wipers stopped working while driving approx 60mph causing severe visibility issues. Had to pull car to side of road waiting for rain to stop before proceeding. Issue caused by faulty wiper transmission assembly. Vehicle has approx 74000 miles.
Windshield wipers stopped working while driving in the rain. Climate control switch is faulty.
2016 chevrolet equinox. Consumer writes in regard to defect with link ball socket in wiper transmissions. *as the consumer stated the vehicle should be repaired at no cost to the owner, before the knownfailure occurs.
The wiper assembly is faulty. The rings that attach the wipers to the motor assembly has broken 3 times. Contacted a gm dealer and they no longer repair the rings but have resorted to a whole new assembly, but it is the same assembly as the original and will most likely break again, just not as quickly. I have been in bad weather (rain,snow) situations including during medium snow on the highway when it gave out. I could barely see to even pull of the highway due to the falling snow and from semis and other vehicle spray. This is a safety issue that should be resolved immediately.
Received letter "some vehicles may have a condition where a link ball socket in the wiper transmission may separate. If this were to occur the driver would experience a sudden loss of wiper function"
We received a letter from gm saying the windshield wipers could fail, however they aren't fixing the issue unless they actually fail. How is this a safe situation? They have a know issue but won't fix it unless I'm driving down the highway in a storm and my wipers fail? Is this really acceptable? Attaching a copy of the letter.
While driving my equinox in the rain through town, the wipers stopped working. I was able to safely pull off the road and push them down without any resistance. The wiper motor was still running but the wiper blades did not move. I contacted my local chevy dealer and told them what happened. They gave me an appointment and said their was a recall to replace wiper transmission arm and it was covered under the extended warranty. This is the second transmission arm to be replaced on this vehicle.
The timing belt on my engine went out resulting in my vehicle dying whenever my car idled low. If I didn?t constantly give it some gas, the car would shut off. This would happen at red lights and stop sign where I couldn?t give the car gas, so I?d end up stopping in the middle of an intersection with incoming traffic. I had to get my car repaired and two different mechanics (one at a chevy dealership) said that timing belts are an issue with chevy equinox. This was the very first repair I needed done on my car and at only 77,000 miles. The mechanic at the dealership said I?d most likely only get another 50,000 miles out of the engine. That would be short of 130,000 miles. I think if timing belts are such and issue with this model of vehicle then there should be a recall on them.
Windshield wipers in front stopped working while driving in wet weather
My complaint & safety concern relates to the deep window tinting that is allowed in many of the southern states and it's impact on accidents -- pedestrian, bicyclists, and other motorists (motorcycles included). The amount of allowable tinting has to impact people's safety -- especially at night, during rainstorms, fog, etc. With more motorists on the roads, I should think it's time to revisit the tinting laws. Thank you!
Wipers suddenly stop working when driving
While driving early in the morning to work it was dark outside as time has not changed yet about 45 degrees. I dropped my daughter to elementary school about 10 minutes prior and it was raining the windshield wipers stopped working when I turned the corner onto two way highway and accelerated about 25-30 MPH. The windshield was not visible and I was unable to get off of road for about two minutes, nearly caused head on collision and side swiped cars. I had to drive and stop or pull over in a median to clear windshield and even hang out driver window to pull the wipers in order to get to a secure place. Chevrolet dealership stated windshield wiper transmission, later called to see if it would be covered and he told them it was fastener or ball joint to keep in place corroded and it would not be covered. The cost is about $565 to be replaced. Then the chevy service rep stated they dont have the part to be replaced, would take about a couple of days because of gm issues with strike. As well as chevy doesn't have any loaner cars while my equinox stayed at the dealer. It was also rain expected again during the day. Truly unacceptable when there have been precious issues with windshield wipers.
On 10/7/19 while driving my 2016 chevy equinox home from work on the highway, it began to rain torrentially. I turned my windshield wipers on high. Suddenly the left drivers side wiper flung to the left right off of the window hanging by the drivers side window and mirror. I was left with just one wiper in near darkness and pouring rain 10 miles from home. It was pretty scary. Once home, my husband an electrician looked and advised me that one of the plastic connectors on the wiper transmission just came apart. He feels it was poorly engineered. Needless to say, it created a very dangerous situation. It my safety in jeopardy as well as the people around me. Note: I only have a little over 50,000 miles on the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet equinox. While driving 45 MPH, the windshield wipers became inoperable. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact called hank graff chevrolet (800 n state rd, davison, mi 48423, (810) 412-0547), but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 134,000.
Driving down the highway in the rain and the windshield wiper stopped working. You can hear the wiper motor running, but the wipers do not move
Takata recall my wipers just stopped working in the middle of pouring rain you can hear the motor working but wipers just stopped driving in the city bringing the kids home from school city street traveling 25-29 MPH checked to fuse it was sok we had to pull over and wait then get a uber it was scary!!!!
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