2006 Chevrolet Equinox Visibility

2006 EQUINOX SUDDENLY BEGAN BLOWING ONLY COLD AIR, REGARDLESS OF THE HEAT/COLD SETTINGS, 100% OF THE TIME. THERE WERE NO NOTICEABLE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, THE DEFROST FUNCTION IS INOPERATIVE LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITY. OUT OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY PERIOD, THE QUOTES FOR REPAIR RANGE FROM $800 TO $1800. THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE AT THIS TIME, AND GIVEN ALL THE OTHER IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS FOUND ON THE INTERNET, I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE DUE TO THE SAFETY HAZARD RESULTING FROM DECREASED VISIBILITY. FOR REFERENCE, PLEASE SEE THESE FORUMS FOR ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS: HTTP://WWW.WEB2CARZ.COM/797/2006/CHEVROLET/EQUINOX/REVIEWS/OVERVIEW HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-EQUINOX/TNMHVCTE76U9HGTH4/P18 AFTER BRIEF BROWSING OF THESE FORUMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOWHERE NEAR UNIQUE TO MINE! *TR

2006 CHEVY EQUINOX LACK OF HEAT. THE HEATER DOOR VALVE MODULE ACTUATOR IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

THE BLEND DOOR FOR THE HEATER SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK THEY CRACK.$ 1200.00 TO REPAIR THE ITEM AS THEY REMOVE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD. WE CALLED GM AND THEY WOULD NOT OFFER US A PENNY. THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE AND THE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE POINT BEING HOW DO YOU DRIVE IN THE NORTHEAST OR ANY COLD CLIMATE AND SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD THIS WENT OUT AS WE WERE DRIVING IN SNOW CONDITIONS AND THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP WE HAD TO PULL OVER OFF THE HIGHWAY AS WE WOULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

THE HEATER ON OUR 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROAD TRIP IN THE WINTER. WE EXPERIENCED VISIBILITY ISSUES AND ENDURED COLD TEMPERATURES FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TRIP. TURN OUT THE HEATER BLEND ASSEMBLY DOOR BROKE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THOUSANDS OF 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX AND PONTIAC VIBE MODELS. THE BREAK HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AFTER OUR MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. GM HAS REFUSED TO GOODWILL THE FIX, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE PART IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT BREAKS. *TR

BLEND DOOR MALFUNCTION CAUSING NO HEAT IN 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. HEATER BLOWING COLD AIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX THAT HAS A BROKEN "HEATER BLENDER DOOR". APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO MY HEATER JUST STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY WANTED $1,000+ TO FIX IT. THEY SAID THE WHOLE DASH ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE REMOVED TO GET TO THE HVAC BOX UNDER THE DASH TO ACCESS THE PART (HEATER BLENDER DOOR). THIS WINTER I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD BECAUSE THERE IS NO HEAT TO DEFROST IT. WHEN IT RAINS THE WINDOWS FOG UP AND I CANNOT SEE. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC TO USE THE AIR CONDITIONER TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD BUT IT DOESN'T WORK IT JUST MAKES IT WORSE. ALSO USING THE AC DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT'S 32 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD CANNOT BE DEFROSTED WHICH CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED ASAP. *TR

I DRIVE A 06 CHEVY EQUINOX IT HAS 70,000 MILES NOW AND A FEW MONTHS AGO MY HEATER WENT OUT I LIVE IN COLORADO AND IT'S WINTER I HAVE A 1 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER MY CAR WILL NOT DEFROST IN THE MORNING ITS EXTREMELY COLD AND IT SUCKS TO DRIVE WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE BECAUSE IT FREEZES ON THE INSIDE AND OUT OF MY WINDOWS AND ITS SO COLD ITS RIDICULOUS....THIS WEBSITE I WENT TO PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS ITS VERY COMMON AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE THE I DON'T HAVE 1200 TO FIX THIS DUMB BLEND DOOR PART THEY MADE SO CHEAP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHY WONT THEY RECALL IT??? GO CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF ALL THE PROBLEMS THIS DUMB CAR IS CAUSING....HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-EQUINOX/TNMHVCTE76U9HGTH4/P9. *TR

I OWN A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. THIS MODEL ALSO HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM THAT THE 2010 MODEL HAS. THE HEAT DOES NOT WORK FOR THE CAR OR DEFROSTER. IT CAUSES POOR VISION AND CREATES UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A DOOR THAT IS DEFECTIVE THAT CONTROLS THE HEAT. THE WHOLE DASH HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER 800 DOLLARS. CHEVY KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT FAILS TO DO A RECALL. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ONLINE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. *TR

NO HEAT AS OF JANUARY 2010. CANNOT DEFROST WINDSHIELD, VERY LOW VISIBILITY. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED BROKEN MODE DOOR. $1211 TO REPAIR, PLUS PARTS AND TAXES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. HE STATED THAT THE DEFOG AND DEFROST SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHICH HAS CAUSED COLD AIR TO COME OUT OF THE VENTS. THE MALFUNCTION CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR HIS VEHICLE AND THAT WAS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE THE DASHBOARD APART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91000.

OWNED A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX WITH 34636 MILES, HEATER GAVE UP ON US, AND WENT TO FIND OUT THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT THAT THE HEATER CASE DOOR NEEDS REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATE OF $1500, WITH 9HRS OF LABOR. NO ACCIDENTS LEADING TO, OR INJURIES, AS OF YET, HOWEVER, THE INTERIOR WINDOWS DO FOG UP CAUSING, MY WIFE AND I, TO CLEAR THE INTERIOR FOG, AND THEN MOVE ON. *TR

NO HEAT, CAN'T DEFROST WINDSHIELD TO DRIVE AND SEE SAFELY.

2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX HEATER DOOR ASSEMBLY HAS GONE OUT, HAZARDS UNABLE TO DEFROST WINDOWS ADEQUATELY AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY FAMILY. THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON THIS MODEL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE HEATER FAILED AND BEGAN BLOWING COLD AIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE HEATHER VALVE DOOR AND THE HEATER VALVE DOOR. THE DASHBOARD WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $1,500. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,000.

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. THE HEAT IS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME THAT IT IS A HEATER BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR FAILURE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 72K MILES AND THIS PART SHOULDN'T BE FAILING ALREADY. IMAGINE THIS SCENARIO - A YOUNG COUPLE IN A REMOTE AREA OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE WINTER. AND, THEY HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT. THE HEATER BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR FAILS AND THEY ARE 200 HUNDRED MILES FROM THE NEAREST PLACE THEY CAN STOP FOR HEAT. THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE ALRIGHT WHEN THEY LEFT ON THEIR TRIP SINCE THE VEHICLE IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD. INSTEAD, THEY ARE FACED WITH A SITUATION THAT COULD BE FATAL. GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THIS SITUATION ON ALL CHEVY EQUINOXES AND PONTIAC TORRENTS. *TR

CAR HEAT STOPPED WORKING FOR NO REASON. CAR ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR AND WILL NOT DEFROST THE WINDOWS. IN ADDITION THE WINDOWS FOG WITH NO SOURCE TO DEFOG . *TR UPDATED 01/25/10 *BF UPDATED 01/26/10.*JB

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HEAT IN MY CAR STOPPED WORKING, BUT THE FAN WORKS. A CHEVY DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A FAILED HEATER DOOR, WHICH COSTS $900-$1300 TO FIX AS THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE DASH BOARD APART. I FOUND OUT THIS IS HAPPENING ON A LOT OF 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. CHEVY SHOULD RECALL THIS AND FIX IT AS IT'S A FAULTY PART. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FIX IT NOW AS I NEED HEAT IN MY CAR AND NEED A DEFROSTER. CHEVY SHOULD RECALL AND PAY TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND SHOULD REIMBURSE ANYONE THAT HAS ALREADY PAID. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO FOG AND IMPAIR HER VISION. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

2006 CHEVY EQUINOX HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR. *TR

2006 CHEVY EQUINOX BROKEN BLEND DOOR. NOTHING LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE IT JUST QUIT WORKING. I HAVEN'T HAD IT REPAIRED YET, CAN'T JUSTIFY $1500 TO REPLACE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WITH THE HEATING SYSTEM ACTIVATED, THE HEATING SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSPECTED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 69,986. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CAR STOPPED BLOWING HOT AIR, DEALER WANTED UPWARDS OF $1500 TO FIX. I TRADED THE CAR AS IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE A REPAIR BASED ON THE WORTH AND AGE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE CHEVY EQUINOX 2006 AND IT HAVE 63 THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND MY HEATER STOP WORKING AND I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BLEND DOOR AND I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY ADVISE ME THAT IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY TRUCK AND I DO NOT HAVE $1200 HUNDREDS DOLLARS TO FIX IT AND IT IS GETTING COLD WHERE I LIVE IN MARYLAND .THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND IT SHOULD BE A (RECALL) ON THEM I WILL BE CALLING THE GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE . *TR

I "TRIED" TO TURN ON THE HEATER TO HELP DEFOG MY WINDSHIELD DURING A RAIN STORM, ONLY TO DISCOVER THE HEATER WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. BECAUSE OF THE COLD AIR, MY WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP EVEN MORE! THIS CREATED A VIABILITY ISSUE, AND NEARLY RESULTED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AS I ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE I-17 TODAY (10/12/2009) I WAS INFORMED BY THE REPAIR SHOP I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO (2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX) THAT THE HVAC AIR TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR ASSEMBLY FAILED. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY MY REPAIR SHOP AND 2 CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS THAT GM HAS REDESIGNED THIS ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE, AND HAVE ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN, HOWEVER THEY HAVE YET TO ISSUE A RECALL. MY REPAIR SHOP IS CURRENTLY REPLACING THE AIR TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR ASSEMBLY. I WAS QUOTED THAT THIS IS A 9.5 HOUR PROCEDURE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DISABLE THE DASH TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ASSEMBLY. IF MY VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, THIS WOULD BE A ROUGHLY A $1,200 - $1,500 REPAIR. *TR

2006 EQUINOX ONLY BLOWING OUT EXTREMELY COLD AIR FOR THE DEFROSTER AND THE HEATER. *TR