2014 Chevrolet Equinox
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Engine is the leading concern among 548 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 9th highest complaint count among 21 Equinox model years with reports.
Of the 2014 reports, 23 involved a crash and 4 involved a fire. 11 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Visibility, windshield wiper/washer, motorMar 17, 2022
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2015 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles. The ball joints in the windshield wiper module may corrode, causing one or both windshield wipers to fail.
Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce visibility in certain driving conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.
Dealers will inspect the wiper module, and repair or replace it as necessary, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters informing owners of the safety risk were mailed on April 21, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed on October 25, 2022. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N212352530.
Campaign 22V165000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints
548 reports, newest first.
Power train, Fuel/propulsion system, Aug 7, 2019
CHEVY EQUINOX 2014 ENGINE DIED WHEN IDLING OR AT A STOP. HAPPENED FREQUENTLY WHILE IN SLOW TRAFFIC. HAPPENED WHEN MAKING LEFT TURN ACROSS TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ERROR CODE P0010 AND P0011. PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID VALVE.
Visibility/wiper, Aug 5, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED OPERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. SERRA CHEVROLET (1170 CENTER POINT PKWY, BIRMINGHAM, AL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
Visibility/wiper, Aug 3, 2019
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AT 55MPH. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SWIPED LEFT AND STOPPED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY AND I ALMOST WRECKED IN ORDER TO MOVE OVER TO A SIDE STREET TO STOP DRIVING. I HAD NO VISIBILITY RESULTING IN A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION AND WILL NEED REPAIRS. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED DUE TO SAFETY ON THE ROAD!
Visibility/wiper, Jul 31, 2019
ON JULY 14, 2019, I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE FROM OUT OF TOWN WHEN A HEAVY RAINSTORM CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I HAD MY TWO CHILDREN AND DOG IN THE CAR WITH ME. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND THEY WERE WORKING FINE. NOT EVEN FIVE MINUTES WENT BY AND THEY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINDOW AND WHILE ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT CAUSED IT AS I HAD NO ISSUES LEADING UP TO IT. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ALMOST HIT A MOTORCYCLIST UNDER A BRIDGE DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY. CHEVY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY. THE 2013 MODEL WAS RECALLED AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH MY SAME VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I PRAY NO ONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE OVER THIS ISSUE. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT CHEVY IS WAITING ON AS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COSTLY TO HAVE REPAIRED.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 26, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOM KELLEY BUICK GMC (633 AVE OF AUTOS, FORT WAYNE, IN, (260) 434-4600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIPER TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. *AS *TR
Structure, Jul 26, 2019
DUE TO THE BUMPER BEINV SO LOW IT CONSTANTLY HANGS UP ONCU ON CURBS. 2 WEEKS AFTER OWNING MY 2014 EQUINOX I PARKED AND EENT TI TO A STORE. I HEARD NOTHING WHEN I PARKED BUT AS I BACKED UP I HEARD A SCRAPPING SOUND. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THE BUMPER HAD BEEN STUCK ON THE CONCRETE PARKING BLOCK. BECAUSE THE WHOLE FRONT IS ONE PIECE IT HAD PULLED AWAY FROM THE LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS PIECE IS ATTACHED MAINLY BY LITTLE PLASTIC TEETH THAT FIT INTO LITTLE PLASTIC SQUARES. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD COST $400 TO REPLACE THE BUMPER BECAUSE THE LITTLE "TEETH" HAD BROKEN OFF. I COULD PUSH IT TOGETHER WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT. IT REMINDED ME OF THE PLASTIC MODEL CARS I USED TO BUILD.
Engine, Jul 25, 2019
EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION RESULTING IN CAR STALLING AND RATTLING OF ENGINE. OIL CHANGE REQUIRED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THE RECOMMENDED 3 MONTHS/3,000 MILES. ENGINE STALLED WHEN SWITCHING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. ENGINE RATTLED WHEN IDLE UNTIL OIL IS ADDED.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 24, 2019
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF A THUNDERSTORM. WIPERS HAD BEEN WORKING JUST FINE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WENT COMPLETELY OFF THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD, I HAD NO VISIBILITY, AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED WHEN THEY STOPPED WORKING. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF A 3 LANE HIGHWAY AND WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED. I TOOK IT TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY WANTED $150 TO JUST LOOK AT THE CAR. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A COMMON ISSUE WITH CHEVY EQUINOX'S. THE WIPER TRANSMISSION LINK STOPPED WORKING. THE MOTOR ON THE WIPERS STILL WORKS JUST FINE.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 22, 2019
FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAVY RAIN STORM.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 12, 2019
WIPERS WERE IN OPERATION DURING A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM AND THEY JUST STOPPED. VISIBILITY WAS ZERO AND TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY. FUSES WERE CHECKED AND THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE.
Air bags, Seat belts, Jul 11, 2019
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T COME ON AND SOMETIMES IT DOES. IT'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR CLOSE TO 2 YEARS. PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS BEEN STICKING OFTEN. SOMETIMES I CAN BARLEY GET IT TO UNCLICK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 9, 2019
DRIVING IN RAINSTORM DOWN THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AROUND 70 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED AND STOPPED IN PLACE CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AFTER INSPECTION WIPER LINKAGE HAD SNAPPED. REPLACEMENT LINKAGE, ONLY ABLE TO BE RUN UNDER LOW SPEED.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 8, 2019
WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE THRUWAY THERE WAS A RAIN STORM AND MY WIPERS WERE WORKING, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND I COULDN'T SEE A THING IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO DETERMINE WHERE I COULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE AND HOPED THE SPOT WAS SAFE ENOUGH. I PUT ON MY FOUR WAY FLASHERS SO I COULD BE SEEN BY OTHER DRIVERS. IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I EVER EXPERIENCED IN ALL MY YEARS OF DRIVING. WHY WOULD THE WIPERS JUST STOP WORKING!!
Visibility/wiper, Jul 3, 2019
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING IN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR WHILE AT NORMAL WIPER SPEED. DEALER IS WANTING TO CHARGE 400 FOR AS THEY STATED IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PLASTIC HOUSING ON THE WIPER TRANSMISSION ARM JUST BREAKS
Visibility/wiper, Jun 27, 2019
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHEN MY WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I HAD NO VISIBILITY IMMEDIATELY. THANKFULLY, I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. HAD MY CAR TOWED HOME.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 25, 2019
WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MILES AN HOUR IN POURING RAIN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. WAS UNABLE TO SEE. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHO FOUND THAT THE WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY CHARGED ME $328.00 TO REPLACE IT.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 25, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN A RAIN STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VISIBILITY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 25, 2019
I WAS RIDING DOWN A HIGHWAY THROUGH A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WHEN MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. MY REAR WIPERS REMAINED INTACT. I PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE FUSE AND FOUND THAT THE FUSE WAS NOT BLOWN. THEREFORE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE MOTOR. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE TO DISCOVER MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 21, 2019
I WAS DRIVING HOME DURING A RAINSTORM AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST RANDOMLY STOPPED AND I COULD NOT SEE I HAVE ZERO VISIBILITY I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME AT 9 PM AT NIGHT IN THE DARK WITH NO WORKING WIPERS
Engine, Jun 20, 2019
THE CAR STUTTERS AND CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, THIS IS UNEXPECTED AND HAPPENS OFTEN.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 18, 2019
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN A TORRENTIAL RAIN STORM, MY WIPERS QUIT WORKING AND I HAD TO PULL WELL OFF THE ROAD (US23) AND WAIT OUT THE STORM. THE STORM FINALLY ABATED AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE HOME.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 14, 2019
ON JUNE 8, 2019 MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN VERY HEAVILY. ABOUT THREE MINUTES INTO THE RAIN STORM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING AND STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAD ZERO VISIBILITY AND CAME VERY CLOSE TO CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO PASS. IT TOOK ME TWO HOURS TO GET HOME BECAUSE I HAD TO CONSTANTLY FIND PLACES TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO SUBSIDE. USUALLY IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 25 MINUTES TO DRIVE HOME FROM THIS DESTINATION. IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE AND WE CAME CLOSE TO SERIOUSLY BEING HURT OR KILLED DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE WIPER FAILURE AND THE ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. I DID SOME INVESTIGATION AND FOUND WHERE GM HAD TO RECALL THE 2013 EQUINOX AND GMC TERRAIN MODELS DUE TO WINDSHIELD-WIPER FAILURE. I TOOK OUR EQUINOX TO OUR LOCAL CERTIFIED GM DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF THE WIPER ON JUNE 11, 2019. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME THAT THE WIPER TRANSMISSION ARM HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE WIPER MOTOR. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME CAUSE OF FAILURE THAT LED TO THE RECALL OF THE 2013 EQUINOX MODEL. OUR GM DEALER TOLD US THAT NO OFFICIAL RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR OUR 2014 EQUINOX. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2014 EQUINOX MODEL FOR THE SAME WIPER FAILURE OF THE 2013 EQUINOX MODEL!!! THE 2014 EQUINOX MODELS WERE RELEASED IN THE YEAR OF 2013. THEY HAVE THE SAME WIPER MODEL ON THEM AS THE 2013 MODELS. I HAVE THE OFFICIAL REPAIR INVOICE WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WIPER FAILURE DIAGNOSED BY OUR GM SERVICE DEALER. I ALSO HAVE IN MY POSSESSION THE FAILED WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY THAT WAS REMOVED FROM MY EQUINOX. MY FAMILY AND I BEG YOU TO PLEASE INVESTIGATE THESE FAULTY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE 2014 EQUINOX AND REQUIRE GM TO RECALL THIS MODEL.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 10, 2019
TAKATA RECALL. ON 5/9/2019 I WAS DRIVING 4 1/2 HOURS FROM MY HOME TO A CABIN FOR A MINI TRIP. IT WAS SUNNY UP UNTIL ABOUT AN HOUR INTO MY TRIP THEN SUDDEN RAIN STARTED POURING. I TURNED MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS THEY MALFUNCTIONED AND STOPPED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE, HANGING ALMOST OFF OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS GOING APPROX 70 MILES AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE POURING RAIN WHEN THEY MALFUNCTIONED AND I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO TRY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE I HIT SOMETHING BUT THAT WAS HARD TO DO BECAUSE I HAD NO VISIBILITY OF WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME.
Other or unspecified, Jun 8, 2019
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND WENT INTO THE PARK POSITION. THE WIPERS WILL NOT OPERATE. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS THE WIPER TRANSMISSION CAME APART.
Power train, Engine, Jun 8, 2019
VEHICLE DIES INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT ALL DRIVING RANGES. FROM IDLING TO DRIVING AT ROAD SPEEDS. MULTIPLE TIMES IN A TRIP OR RANDOMLY.