2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

TAKATA RECALL: MY CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A 3 CAR CRASH AT THE CORNER OF 28TH AVE N AND 4TH ST. N ON DECEMBER 14, 2018. I WAS IN THE MEDIAN WAITING TO CROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN I PERCEIVED THE LANES WERE CLEAR AND PROCEEDED TO CROSS THE ROAD. I WAS T-BONED BY AN ONCOMING DODGE AVENGER, INTO THE FRONT END OF A JEEP WRANGLER AND PUSHED INTO A STOP SIGN. MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY BUT THE AVENGER'S PASSENGER AND DRIVER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.I WAS TAKEN TO BAYFRONT ER BY AMBULANCE AND ADMITTED TO TRAUMA DEPARTMENT SUFFERING A STERNUM FRACTURE AND COMPRESSED CHEST INJURIES. MY LEFT HAND ALSO SUFFERED A POSSIBLE FRACTURE. THE POLICE REPORT IS NOT FACTUAL. IT STATES MY AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED BUT FROM THE PICTURE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY WERE NOT AND THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER WILL TESTIFY THAT THEY WERE NOT DEPLOYED.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE (GOING 75MPH) IN MODERATE RAIN WHEN SUDDENLY OUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS OVER EXTENDED AND WOULD NO LONGER ENGAGE. WE HAD TO STOP BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEE. WE HAD TO MAKE OUR WAY OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TO A REPAIR SHOP TO GET THEM 'RIGGED' TO GET US BACK ON THE ROAD.

ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 22ND, 2018 DURING HEAVY RAIN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH ON THE FREEWAY (SOUTH ON I5 IN EVERETT, WA), THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN MID STROKE. WITH EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITY, WE MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY WE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT HOPING THIS WOULD RESET THE WIPERS, BUT THEY CONTINUED TO NOT FUNCTION. THE WIPER MOTOR CAN BE HEARD FUNCTIONING, HOWEVER, THE WIPER ARMS FAIL TO MOVE. WE WILL BE TAKING IT TO OUR DEALER FOR SERVICE, BUT SUSPECT THE BUSHINGS ON THE TRANSMISSION HAVE FAILED.

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING, WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC CAR WILL STALL WHEN BRAKE IS RELEASED AND WILL ALSO STALL WHILE PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR. STALLS WHILE IN DRIVE AND REVERSE.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY IN HEAVY RAIN WHEN SUDDENLY THE PASSENGER-SIDE WIPER STARTED MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS THE DRIVER-SIDE WIPER. IT FINALLY STOPPED DEAD AND I ONLY HAD THE DRIVER SIDE WIPER BUT THE BLADE WAS BADLY DAMAGED WHEN THEY WERE HITTING ONE ANOTHER SO I HAD VERY LIMITED VISION. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION.

DURING A SNOW STORM IN VIRGINIA 12/09/2018 MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO DRIVE REMAINDER OF THE 2 HOUR DRIVE HOME DURING A SNOW STORM, AT NIGHT IN TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS WITH NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS. I HAD TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP (TAPPAHANNOCK CHEVROLET) REPLACE THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY (WITH MOTOR) SIMPLY BECAUSE A PLASTIC TRANSMISSION ARM LOCK (POORLY DESIGNED PLASTIC BUTTON/BUSHING BROKE. TOTAL COST WAS $357.40 DUE TO A LOUSY DESIGN!

VEHICLE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH. HEAVY RAIN GOING ON WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOING ON. SUDDENLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED AND VISIBILITY WAS MINIMAL. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND THE EMERGENCY SHOULDER OF FREEWAY. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED SINCE IT COULD NOT BE DRIVEN IN THE RAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

LAST SATURDAY AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE TOLLWAY, MY WIPERS JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS POURING RAIN. TALK ABOUT BEING SCARED. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE NEXT EXIT AND GET OFF THE TOLLWAY AND PULL OVER ON A SIDE STREET. I HAD A SWEAT SHIRT IN THE CAR AND HAD TO SAFELY PULL OVER AT TIMES EVERY 3 BLOCKS TO CLEAR THE WINDOW. SOMETIMES THE RAIN SLOWED AND I COULD GO A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN SIDE STREETS. I MADE IT TO A GAS STATION WITH OF COURSE NO MECHANIC AND LOCATED THE WIPER FUSE AND SWITCHED THE REAR CAMERA FUSE WITH IT (SAME W), BUT IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. I BOUGHT PAPER TOWELS AND AGAIN KEPT STOPPING TO WIPE THE WINDOW. REALLY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. MIRACULOUSLY, ABOUT HALF WAY TO HOME FROM THERE IT STOPPED RAINING AND I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. RESEARCH SHOWS THIS WIPER PROBLEM IS A RECALL IN CANADA. IT SHOULD BE HERE, TOO. IT COST $595 TO REPAIR.

MY 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX HAS DEVELOPED A SPONGEY BRAKE PEDAL,THE CAR DOES STOP BUT THE PEDAL IS SPONGEY. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GM HAS A BIGGER PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES THAT ARE COVERED UNDER EXISTING RECALL?