2015 Chevrolet Equinox VISIBILITY/WIPER

OCTOBER 23 2020 APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS ON THE INTERSTATE 69 WHILE DRIVING IN THE POURING RAIN WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON HIGH SPEED THEY (FAILED) STOPPED WIPING. I FINALLY PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION (AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED) PULLED UNDER THE CANOPY AND A MAN (IN HIS 40S) APPROACHED ME AND ASKED; DID YOUR WIPERS QUIT RUNNING? ME; YES HIM; MINE QUIT IN THIS RAIN ALSO, THAT'S WHY I PULLED IN HERE, I OWN THAT EQUINOX RIGHT THEIR. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM; ( YOU CAN HEAR THE WIPER MOTOR (GM84241847) STILL RUNNING BUT NOT WIPING.( WE BOTH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM) I GOT HOME, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION. (I FOUND THE NYLON NUT ON THE AGITATING ARM HAS COME OFF / LACK OF TERMINOLOGY) I SNAPPED THE NYLON NUT BACK ON AND THE WIPERS WORKED AS NORMAL. (THIS NYLON PART IS NOT WORN OUT OR BROKEN) I HAVE REPLACED THE PART (GM84241847) FOR PEACE OF MIND AND SAFETY REASONS. I'M A 68 YEAR OLD MAN I HAVE OVER A MILLION MILES OF DRIVING ON THIS INTERSTATE, THE 20 SECONDS MY WIFE AND I EXPERIENCED WAS PURELY TERRIFYING. THE THING THAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS; (ONE OF MY KIDS OR GRANDCHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUTATION / OR YOURS) LESS EXPERIENCE DRIVER.

GOING DOWN THE ROAD IN POURING RAIN AND WIPERS QUIT WORKING. THEY HAVE A TERRIBLE BUSHING THAT POPS OFF AND IS AN EXTREME SAFETY CONCERN.

IN JUNE I WAS DRIVING IN THE POURING DOWN RAIN ABOUT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT OFF, MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE FUSES (NOT BLOWN), CHECKED A FEW OTHER ISSUES THERE WAS A LOSE NUT, TIGHTENED IT NOT TIME IT RAINED THE WIPERS SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE LINKAGE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN IT POURED DOWN THEY STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER CHECKING THE NUT ATTACHING THE LINKAGE ASSEMBLY TO THE MOTOR WAS LOSE. WE TRIED TO LOOK UP THE PART TO REPLACE THE NUT NOTHING COMES UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. TOMORROW IT IS SUPPOSE TO RAIN ALL DAY AND NEED TO GET TO WORK. I WENT AND REVIEWED THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR I HAVE TO SEE IF ANYTHING CAME UP AND PEOPLE ARE POSTING AS CLOSE AS 10/12/20 THE SAME HAS HAPPEN TO THEIR WIPERS

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH IN THE RAIN AND WIPERS STOPPED ABRUPTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINDSHIELD. I PULLED OVER AS SOON AS I COULD AS I COULD NOT SEE WHERE I WAS GOING. I CHECKED THE WIPERS AND MANUALLY PUT THEM DOWN. THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE TO THE WIPER AT ALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY HAVE NO WIPERS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE.

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

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

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE WHICH LIMITED THE VISIBILITY OF THE ROADWAY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT UNTIL THE RAIN WAS OVER. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED JIM PRICE AUTO GROUP LOCATED AT (2150 SEMINOLE TRAIL, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901), AND A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LINK BALL SOCKET IN THE WIPER TRANSMISSION SEPARATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,583.

THE BUSHINGS ON THE STABILIZER BAR POP OFF CAUSE THE WIPERS TO STOP WORKING. BUT CAN MOVE BY HAD. IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THEM PUT BACK ON. AND THE PARTS THAT IT CALLS FOR DOESN'T WORK VERY LONG. THEY ARE NOT SNUGG ENOUGH. THEY STOPPED WORKING DURING THE RAIN WE HAVE HAD AND THE 1ST TIME I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE IN MIDDLE OF THUNDER STORM.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THE RAIN AND WIPER LINKAGE COMES LOOSE AND WIPERS QUIT WORKING. THEY ARE USING A CHEAP PLASTIC SNAP ON BUSHING. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED?

THE CHEAP CLIPS THAT THEY PUT ON THE WIPER ARM KEEP BREAKING AND I CAN BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAIN STORM AND MY WIPER ARM POPS OFF AND WIPERS STOP .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IN A RAIN STORM, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER SUDDENLY BROKE OFF AND DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER SEIZED TO OPERATE. SMOKE WAS ALSO SEEN COMING FROM THE WIPER AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIPER MOTOR TRANSMISSION KIT AND WIPER MOTOR HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE LOCAL DEALER EL DORADO CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 2300 N CENTRAL EXPY, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.