2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Visibility Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, THE HEAT IN THE VEHICLE DID NOT WORK, AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO COULD NOT DIAGNOSIS THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

A CHEAP PLASTIC PART (AIR TEMPERATURE CONTROL DOOR ) BREAKS AND YOU LOSE ALL HEAT AND CANNOT DEFROST OR DEFOG WINDOWS, AND AS SUCH HAVE VIRTUALLY NO VISIBILTY, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ONE FREEZING COLD MORNING I TURNED ON THE HEAT IN MY CAR ONLY TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS BLOWING ONLY COLD AIR! I BROUGHT IT TO A CHEVY DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE FOR THE LACK OF HEAT AND THEY REPORTED THAT THE TEMP BLEND DOOR WAS BROKEN INSIDE THE HVAC CASE. IT IS VERY COSTLY TO FIX AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS WEBSITE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE...ON THE COLD RAINY MORNINGS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY VISIBILITY WITH A BROKEN HVAC SYSTEM AND NO DEFROST FOR THE WINDSHIELD NOT TO MENTION THE INABILITY TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD OF ICE AND SNOW IN THE WINTER MONTHS! THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND CHEVROLET HAS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND OFFER A...

ON 4/14/12, THE HEATER/DEFROSTER STARTED BLOWING COLD AIR ONLY. THIS CAUSED THE WINDOWS TO FOG AND LIMITED VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ONLINE, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF REPORT OF THE SAME FAILURE IN THE AIR TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR DATING BACK TO 2008. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONLY COLD AIR BLEW FROM THE VENTS. THE CONTACT HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VENT THAT SHIFTED BETWEEN HEAT HAD BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A SAFETY CONCERN WITH DEFROSTER FAILURE, BLEND DOOR AND ACTUATOR FAILURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BLEND DOOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A FAILED PLASTIC END PIECE THAT WAS SHEARED OFF THE DOOR BY THE ACTUATOR THAT CAUSED THE DOOR TO ROTATE WHICH MADE THE HEAT AND DEFROSTER INOPERABLE. THERE WAS VISIBLE BUBBLES IN THE PLASTIC PORTION THAT SHEARED OFF. *JB

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT NOT WORKING IN MY CAR. TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND AFTER THEY CHARGED ME $50.00 TO LOOK AT IT, DISCOVERED IT WAS THE BLEND AIR DOOR THAT WAS BROKEN. MECHANIC ALSO SAID IT WAS ODD THAT THE PART WAS IN STOCK. THIS IS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM TO HAVE. $40.00 PART FOR A $900.00-$1200.00 FIX. HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED AS WE NEED THE HEAT IN WI. ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN I DRIVE. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I AM NERVOUS TO EVEN USE MY HEAT AS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE, THIS IS HAPPENING OFTEN. I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO KEEP FIXING THIS.

HEATER STOPPED BLOWING HOT AIR WHICH CAUSES THE WINDOWS TO UNSAFELY FOG UP ON COLD SNOWY AND OR RAINY DAYS. ALL VISIBILITY IS GONE AS THE INSIDE FOGS UP WIPERS ARE UNABLE TO CLEAR THE GLASS. MAY CAUSE POTENTIAL SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. IT IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS IS HAPPENING WITH EVERY 2006 EQUINOX OUT THERE. THE ACTUATOR GOES OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING THE BLEND DOOR TO BREAK AND NOT ALLOW THE HEAT IN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLEND AIR DOOR WAS FRACTURED AND AS A RESULT, THE DEFROST SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,714 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

NO HEAT COMING IN THE SUV TO DEFROST WINDOWS OR TO WARM UP THE INSIDE. TOTAL REPAIR WILL BE $800.00 FOR A $30.00 PART. PLASTIC PLATE THAT CONTROLS THE AIR AND HEAT IS DEFECTIVE. APPARENTLY THE PART AFTER SOMETIME GET WEAK FROM HOT AND COLD CONDITIONS. ONLY WAY TO FIX IS TO TEAR COMPLETE DASH BOARD OUT TO REACH BLOWER ASSEMBLY, REPLACE VENT DOOR AND REASSEMBLE THE ENTIRE DASH BOARD. *KB

THE AIR TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE LOSS OF HEAT AND THE ABILITY TO DEFOG THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IS A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO THE LACK OF VISIBILITY. ALSO THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE BY CHEVY WITH THOUSANDS OF FAILURES REPORTED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ACROSS THE INTERNET. *TR

THE HEATING SYSTEM IN MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX FAILED. I SEE THAT THIS IS QUITE A COMMON ISSUE. WE BROUGHT OUR VEHICLE IN AND AFTER BEATING AROUND THE BUSH, THE DEALER IS QUOTING APPROX $1000 TO REPLACE THE BLEND DOOR MECHANISM. MOSTLY LABOR, I UNDERSTAND THE PART ITSELF IS RATHER IN EXPENSIVE. SINCE THE DEFROST ON THE FRONT WINDOW NO LONGER FUNCTIONS SHOULDN'T THIS PART BE RECALLED AS A SAFETY HAZARD??? *TR

THE DEFROSTER HAS GONE OUT. THE HEATER DOES NOT WORK. THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

2010 NOVEMBER 7 HEATER KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF, WEIRD TIMES, WHILE TURNING, SOMETIMES WHILE BRAKING HARD, ALSO LOST THE LIGHT FOR THE WINDOW SWITCHES AND HEATER CONTROL 8 HEATER NOT WORKING TODAY 9 HEATER KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF, WEIRD TIMES, WHILE TURNING, SOMETIMES WHILE BREAKING HARD, ALSO LOST THE LIGHT FOR THE WINDOW SWITCHES AND HEATER CONTROL 10 HEATER NOT WORKING TODAY 22 - MECHANIC FIXED MY BLOWER MOTOR; CAUSE WAS A LOOSE/BURNT CONNECTION IN THE BLACK CONNECTOR (RED/WHITE WIRE), UNDER THE TOE KICK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, 2011 JULY 18 TWICE AC FAN SHUTOFF WHILE DRIVING 19 AC FAN SHUTOFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 20 AC FAN SHUTOFF COMPLETELY 24 - MECHANIC FIXED AC FAN, JUMPED WIRES (RED/WHITE WIRE, FAN CONTROLLER) NOVEMBER 5 LOOKS LIKE THE REASON MY HEATER IS NOT WORKING, IT'S THE FAN DOOR' NOT OPERATING, MECHANIC IS INVESTIGATING MORE.. *TR

THE HEATER ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX IS NOT WORKING IT BLOWS COLD AIR. WE NOTICED IT ME AND MY FAMILY THAT IT STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED IN THE EVENING AND WE TURNED ON THE HEAT AND ONLY COLD AIR WAS BLOWING OUT, LUCKILY WE WERE CLOSE TO HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND TOLD ME THAT IT'S A COSTLY REPAIR AT THE DEALERSHIP. I LOOKED ON-LINE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS BUT NONE YET AND FOUND OUT BY NUMEROUS ON-LINE COMMENTS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. THE COST TO GET IT REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP IS ANYWHERE FROM $700 TO $1500 AND THAT IS WAY OUT MY POCKETS. THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE SAID THE COMMON PROBLEM IS THE "ACTUATOR" OR THE "HEATER CORE", BUT A LOT OF...

WITHOUT WARNING THE TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR FAILS AND THERE IS NO HEAT. THIS ALSO EFFECTS THE VISABILITY AS THE DEFROSTER DOES NOT PRODUCE AND HOT AIR AND IN A COLD CLIAMTE I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOWS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND GMC REDESIGNED THE BLEND DOOR ON THE 2007 CHEVY EQUINOX SO THAT ONLY THE 2006 WAS EFFECTED. GMC CERTAINLY KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AS THEY REDESIGNED THIS PART THE NEXT YEAR. THIS IS A WIDESPRED PROBLEM AS THE BLEND DOOR IS POORLY DESIGNED AS IS THE ACTUATOR. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER AND THE DEFROSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TEMPERATURE DOOR ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,585. UPDATED 11/16/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACTUATOR OVER ROTATED AND CRACKED THE BLEND DOOR. UPDATED 11/18/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE DURING COLD WEATHER, THE DEFROSTER WOULD NOT DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BLEND DOOR FAILED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR DURING COLD WEATHER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED A PARTIAL DISCOUNT ON THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. UPDATED 12/12/11*LJ UPDATED 12/14/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE PARKED THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE DEFROSTER AND NOTICED THAT THE HVAC SYSTEM ONLY EMITTED COLD AIR AND WOULD NOT CLEAR UP THE WINDOWS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BLENDOOR FOR THE HEATER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR TEMPERATURE CONTROL BLEND DOOR WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

VEHICLE NO LONGER BLOWS HOT AIR WHEN HEAT IS ON THEREFORE THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT BLOW HOT AIR AS WELL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD! IF WINDOWS ARE FOGGED OR ICED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER YOU CAN NOT SEE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN FATALITIES. I FOUND OVER 500 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH A PLASTIC TEMPERATURE DOOR VALVE (TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR) THAT IS BROKEN. ACCORDING TO OTHER CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AND THE SERVICE DEPT MANAGER AT OUR LOCAL GM DEALER, THE COST TO REPLACE THE FAULTY PART IS AROUND $1300 FOR $50-$80 METAL PART. FURTHERMORE, BY REPLACING THE PLASTIC PART PREVIOUSLY USED TO A METAL PART IN THE NEWER VEHICLES CLEARLY SUGGEST GM KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CRAPPY PLASTIC PART PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND GM NEED TO STEP TO THE PLATE AND RECALL THIS...

THE BLEND DOOR IN MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX LT IS BROKEN. THE KNOB THAT TURNS IT FROM COLD TO HOT IS CRACKED AND I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS PIECE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. IT IS ONLY BLOWING COLD AIR. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I CAN'T DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD ON A COLD DAY WITH COLD AIR. I HAVE DRIVEN WITH FOGGED WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD ALMOST HITTING OBJECTS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. THE REPAIRS ARE EXPENSIVE AND GM NEEDS TO PLACE A RECALL ON THIS. *TR

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX . THE CONTACT STATED THE DEFROSTER ON HIS VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. HE MENTIONED THAT WHEN HE TRIED TO PUT IT ON, IT WOULD NOT BLOW HOT AIR AND IT IMPAIRED HIS VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A FAULTY TEMPERATURE ACTUATOR BLENDOR NOB AND HAD TO BE REPLACE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DID NOT OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 40,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000. PM

MY CAR LOST ALL HEATING FUNCTION DUE TO A FAULTY HEATER BLEND DOOR AND ACTUATOR WHICH PREVENTED HOT AIR FLOW FROM COMING INTO VEHICLE. THIS DOOR WAS INSIDE THE DASH CONSOLE AND REQUIRED DISASSEMBLING THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD. WE WERE DRIVING AND UNABLE TO DEFROST OUR WINDSHIELD AS NO HEAT WAS COMING OUT OF VENTS AND ICE/FOG BUILD UP DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. THE VEHICLE BECAME A DANGER TO OTHER VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS AS WINDSHIELD VISIBILITY WAS LIMITED AND BLOCKED. DEALER AND GM CONSIDERED THIS A NON-SAFETY ISSUE AND REQUIRES AUTO OWNERS TO REPAIR THE FAULTY PARTS. *TR

YESTERDAY I GOT IN MY VEHICLE, TURNED ON THE HEAT AND DEFROSTERS. I ONLY GOT VERY COLD AIR, THE CAR NEVER WARMED UP, THE WINDOWS NEVER DEFROSTED, THEY ONLY BECAME FOGGY INSIDE. G.M. SAYS THEY HAVE NO RECORDS OF THIS PROBLEM. THE INTERNET RECORDS OVER 500 INCIDENTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX'S. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED, G.M. KNOWS THE PART (PLASTIC) FAILS BECAUSE ON LATER MODELS THEY BEGAN USING A METAL PART.

AS WITH WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED TO BE WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER EQUINOX OWNERS...WITH OUT WARNING OR PRIOR ISSUES, MY HEATER IS NO LONGER "HEATING" THE AIR. IT JUST BLOWS OUT COLD AIR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS THE ACTUATOR/BLEND DOOR (WHICH IS A PLASTIC PART) AND THAT TO CORRECT IT, REQUIRES THE ENTIRE DASH TO BE REMOVED, 8+ HOURS OF LABOR AND UPWARDS OF $1000 IN REPAIR COSTS. I ONLY HAVE 44,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS ISSUE SO EARLY INTO THE LIFE/OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE TO GET IT CORRECTED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT ALSO PREVENTS THE DEFROSTER FROM WORKING AS WELL. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN THE TEENS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW WHICH MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN...

I OWN A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. MY PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN I HAD APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES ON MY CAR. THIS PAST OCTOBER (2010), I NOTICED MY HEATER WAS NOT WORKING. NO WARM OR HOT AIR COMES OUT OF ANY VENT OR DEFROSTER AT ANY FAN SPEED. MY CAR HAS NO HEAT. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFROST WINDOWS TO DE-ICE OR REMOVE/PREVENT FOGGED WINDOWS WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN (AGES 2 AND 4 MONTHS) AND I MUST HAVE HEAT IN THE CARE FOR THEIR CARE AND SAFETY. AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND READING 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM, I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TEMPERATURE DOOR AND TEMPERATURE ACTUATOR WERE DEFECTED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST IS APPROXIMATELY $1500. THE INABILITY TO DEFROST AND DEFOG THE WINDOWS OF THIS...

TEMPERATURE HEATER DOOR BROKEN. DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK IN WINTER. *TR

HEAT BEGAN BLOWING ONLY COLD AIR, COULD NOT DEFROST WINDSHIELD. WAS ON A TRIP WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN. IT BECAME VERY COLD AND DIFFICULT TO SEE; DANGEROUS. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS IS A BROKEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL DOOR ACTUATOR. GM IS SO FAR UNWILLING TO AID IN REPAIR COST. *TR

DEFROSTER/ HEATER INOPERABLE CAR CAN'T BE DRIVEN IN WINTER. UPDATED IVOQ 03/14/11 *TR

IN OCTOBER OF 2010 MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX HEATER BEGAN BLOWING COLD AIR. I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND A LOT OF EQUINOX OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I WENT AND RECEIVED A DIAGNOSTICS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS THE TEMPERATURE DOOR AND THE REPAIR COST IS $1300. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS IF THERE IS A SNOW STORM OR JUST BEING TOO COLD. THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER I TURN ON THE HEAT AND MY CONCERN IS BEING ABLE TO SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD IF IT FOGS UP OR FREEZES. GMC HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE PART. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND THERE IS A WEBSITE WITH OVER 400 COMPLAINTS OF CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND THEIR VEHICLE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

HEATER NOT WORKING ON 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX CAUSING SAFETY AND VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. ONE DAY THE AC AND HEAT WERE WORKING FINE, THE NEXT DAY THE HEATER WOULD ONLY BLOW COLD AIR...NO HEAT AS WELL AS A NON-WORKING WINDOW DEFROSTER. THIS BEGAN IN EARLY NOVEMBER. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ACTUATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE TEMPERATURE DOOR (BLEND DOOR). COST IS $100 FOR THE ANALYSIS AND ABOUT $1,000 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. I HAVE A SECURENET EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THEY SAY THIS IS NOT COVERED. CAR IS AT DEALERSHIP NOW AWAITING MY APPROVAL TO DO THE WORK. I AM IN LIMBO AND LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SHOP WHO CAN MAYBE FIX IT CHEAPER. CONSIDERING THE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ONLINE ABOUT THIS, AND THE FACT THE PARTS WERE CHEAP AND SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING SO SOON, THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! *TR

LIKE HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS, OF OTHER 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX OWNERS, THE HEATER WILL ONLY BLOW COLD AIR OUT BECAUSE OF A FAULTY PART THAT WEARS OUT AND BREAKS AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2-3 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT GM IS REFUSING TO ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE, HOWEVER WHEN I AM DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND CANNOT SEE WHERE I AM DRIVING BECAUSE I CAN'T DEFROST MY WINDOWS, IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT MY CHILDREN ARE FREEZING. ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN THE DURING A MICHIGAN WINTER WE WILL RISK HYPOTHERMIA & FROSTBITE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS $900 TO FIX, WHICH LIKE MANY OTHERS I DON'T JUST HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY SITTING AROUND AND NOW HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE TO GET THE REPAIR MADE....

I OWN A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING. I BEGAN LOOKING ONLINE TO POSSIBLY SEE WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG WITH IT ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING MANY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING. APPARENTLY IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC BLEND DOOR PART AND ACTUATOR. THE TOTAL COST OF PARTS IS AROUND $150, HOWEVER THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR IS IN EXCESS OF $1000! THE REASON BEING IS THEY HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IN ORDER TO REACH THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CAR. I REALIZE WHEN OWNING A VEHICLE THAT ISSUES ARISE AND MUST BE DEALT WITH, BUT THE FRUSTRATING THING HERE IS CHEVY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL NOR A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE. I TEND TO DISAGREE. WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY DEFROST AND...

I TOOK MY 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX IN FOR REPAIR WHEN MY WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER DIDN'T WORK EFFECTIVELY AND I DISCOVERED MY HEAT WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP CHARGED OVER $1100 TO REPLACE THE TEMPERATURE VALVE ACTUATOR AND THE HVAC DOOR VALVE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MY CAR HAD ONLY 44,495 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE MALFUNCTION, AND WHEN I WENT ONLINE, I FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS COMPLAINED OF THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2006 EQUINOX. I WAS DISMAYED AT THE COST, BUT WAS MORE DISMAYED TO LEARN THEY REPLACED THE BROKEN PLASTIC PARTS WITH IDENTICAL PLASTIC PARTS ON WHICH THERE IS ONLY A 12-MONTH WARRANTY. I LEARNED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE 2010 CHEVY EQUINOX ON WHICH THEY REPLACED THE PLASTIC PARTS WITH METAL PARTS. THE 2006 EQUINOX SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED, SINCE A DEFROSTER WILL NOT CLEAR A WINDSHIELD IN WINTER WITH COLD...

I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. I HAD NO SYMPTOMS OR SIGNS OF THE FAILURE I HAD WITH MY HEATER. NO LEAKS OR SYMPTOMS LEAD UP TO THE ISSUE- IT SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING. BECAUSE GM (STARTING ROUGHLY IN 2005) STARTED MANUFACTURING VEHICLES WITH A PLASTIC BLEND DOOR FOR THE ACTUATOR- THE HEAT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND ONLY BLOWS EXTREMELY COOL AIR. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE THAT THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING. WE ARE UNABLE TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS AND SEE VISIBLY- THE ONLY RESPONSE FROM GM THAT WE ARE GETTING IS TO "ROLL A WINDOW DOWN" AND WITH 3 INFANTS IN THE CAR, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 900 TO 1800 TO FIX THIS PART (WHICH REQUIRES DISMANTLING THE ENTIRE DASH DOWN TO THE FIREWALL) WHICH ARGUABLY CAUSES A DOMINO EFFECT OF OTHER ISSUES TO THE VEHICLE. WITH NO VISIBILITY AND NOW WAY TO TRANSPORT MY INFANT...

THE HEATER IN MY EQUINOX WENT OUT AT ABOUT 45,000-50,000 MILES. I WAS UNABLE TO DEFROST MY WINDOW AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE DANGEROUS NOT ONLY TO ME BUT ALSO TO OTHER DRIVERS. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE PART FIXED AFTER ABOUT 1 YEAR OF DRIVING WITH NO HEAT. IT COST ME $1,035 AND OF COURSE HAPPENED NOT TOO LONG AFTER MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *TR

NOTHING CAUSED THE FAILURE. JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE HEAT QUIT BLOWING. JUST BLOWS COLD AIR NOW. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE I CAN NOT DEFROST MY WINDOWS AND I HAVE TO DRIVE MY 6 YEAR OLD HANDICAPPED SON SHIVERING IN THE BACK SEAT. GM KNOWS ABOUT THEIR DEFECT BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME AS MY WINDOWS FROST UP DRIVING. THE PART IS A CHEAP PLASTIC PIECE THAT GM USED THAT IS CAUSING THE TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR AND ACTUATOR TO BE FAULTY. TO ACCESS THIS PART THE WHOLE DASH HAS TO BE REMOVED, STEERING COLUMN AND ALL. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT IS THE MANUFACTURES PROBLEM. *TR

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

THE HEATING CONTROL ON MY VEHICLE HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THE PROBLEM IS PERMANENT. THERE IS NO INTERNAL HEAT. AS I LIVE IN A WINTER CLIMATE, THE LACK OF HEAT WITH MY BLOWER HAS MADE DEFROSTING MY VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AT LEAST SEVERAL HUNDRED VEHICLES OF MY MAKE AND MODEL. THE PROBLEM IS A HEATING DOOR MECHANISM THAT CONTROLS HOT AND COLD. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT CHEVROLET WOULD NOT PROVIDE A NON-DEALERSHIP THE PART TO FIX IT. CHEVROLET FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS ANY SAFETY CONCERN. THE DEALERSHIP IS OFFERING TO REPAIR IT FOR $1000. *TR

MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX STARTING BLOWING COLD AIR IN 2009. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED A PLASTIC PIECE KNOWN AS THE BLEND DOOR ASSEMBLY IS STUCK OR BROKEN AND IT WILL COST OVER $1000 TO REPAIR. WITHOUT HEAT MY WINDOWS WILL NOT DEFROST AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I WENT TO A SITE (HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-EQUINOX/TNMHVCTE76U9HGTH4/P5) AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF GM OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE FORCED GM TO RECALL THIS ITEM. *TR

HEATER QUIT WORKING, NOW NO DEFROST. *TR

IT IS NOW THE END OF OCTOBER IN PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS VERY COLD AT 32 DEGREES. I TURNED MY HEAT ON IN MY EQUINOX AND IT IS BLOWING COLD AIR. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, AND FOUND OUT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2006 EQUINOX ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DUE TO THE PLASTIC PIECE BRAKING ON THE HEATER BLEND DOOR. IT WILL COST $1,200 TO FIX. I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THEIR WAS A RECALL ON THEIS PART. I WAS TOLD BY GM THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE IT "IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE". NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? I AM UNABLE TO DEFROST MY WINDOWS SO I MAY SEE THE ROAD, PUTTING MY LIFE, MY CHILDREN'S LIVES AND THE LIVES OF EVERYONE ON THE ROAD IN DANGER. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM!

2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. HEATER ACTUATOR DOOR BROKE. THIS LEADS TO UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. WINDSHIELD CAN'T BE DEFROSTED DUE TO LACK OF HEAT CONTROL. 3 COLD SEASONS USE SHOULD PRESENT A RECALL. COMPLETELY FAILED CONSTRUCTION OF MAKEUP PARTS. THIS PRESENTS UNSAFE LACK OF VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER. *TR

I CANNOT UNFOG MY WINDSHIELD BECAUSE A HEATER FLAP HAS BROKEN. MY CAR BLOWS OUT ONLY COLD AIR BECAUSE OF THIS BROKEN PIECE (AS DIAGNOSED BY A GM REPAIR STATION). BRIGHT SUNLIGHT SHINING ON THE FOGGED (AND FROSTED BECAUSE OF THE COLD AIR BLOWING ON A WET, COLD WINDSHIELD) WINDSHIELD RESULTS IN ZERO VISIBILITY. *TR

HEAT DOES NOT WORK, HEATER TEMPERATURE VALVE HAS BROKEN. CAN NOT TURN HEAT TO HOT OR COLD. THE WINDSHIELD FOGS UP AND FREEZES WHEN BELOW 32, IT WAS A 15 HOUR PROJECT THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN 40,000 MILES IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED BY GM. *TR

THE HEATER/DEFROSTER ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX FAILED TO PRODUCE HEAT. AS A RESULT, I COULD NOT DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A PLASTIC AIR BLEND DOOR (PART# CH19130554) THAT IS CONTROLLED BY AN ELECTRIC ACTUATOR (PART# CH15781467). THE ACTUATOR IS NOT CALIBRATED APPROPRIATELY AND PLACES EXCESSIVE STRESS ON THE PLASTIC AIR BLEND DOOR CONNECTION. OVER TIME, THE PLASTIC BREAKS, DISABLING THE DOOR AND NOT ALLOWING HEAT TO BE DIRECTED INTO THE CABIN. THE REPAIR REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF THE DASHBOARD, DRIVING CONTROL CONSOLES AND STEERING COLUMN TO ACCESS THE BLEND DOOR. IT COST ME $1,145.08 TO REPLACE AND REQUIRED MY CAR TO BE IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR 2 DAYS. I LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEEDED THE REPAIR COMPLETED SO I COULD SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS IS...

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

HEATER BLOWING COLD AIR FOR 1 WEEK. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND ADVISED BLEND DOOR STUCK, IT AND ACTIVATOR NEED REPLACED. ESTIMATED APPROX. $1000.00. *TR

2006 CHEVY EQUINOX - THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE HEATER ACTUATOR OCCURRING ON MANY VEHICLES. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE PROBLEM UNTIL SEARCHING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB AND TALKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THE FAILURE OF THE HEATER ACTUATOR CAUSED ONLY COLD AIR TO BLOW. THIS PREVENTS WARM AIR FROM BEING DIRECTED TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO PREVENT BUILDUP OF FROST. DEPENDING ON WEATHER FRONTS PASSING THROUGH AND TIME OF DAY, THIS IS BECOMING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME. ONE WOULD ASK: WHY NOT GET IT FIXED? I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALER AND THE RELATIVELY CHEAP REPLACEMENT PART REQUIRES $1200.00+ TO HAVE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD REMOVED. IT IS NOT PRACTICAL IN MOST CASES TO PAY THIS AMOUNT FOR A SIMPLE PART REPAIR, AND IN MOST CASED TO COMPLEX FOR A DO-IT-YOURSELF MECHANIC. HUNDREDS OF CAR PART FAILURES ARE OCCURRING, AS APPARENT FROM COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB....