2014 Chevrolet Equinox · symptom sheet
Windshield cracks or distorts
- 115owner reports
- 81,000median miles
- $350median quote
- 2involved a crash
Newest report Jan 7, 2023 · checked Oct 2, 2026
193 of the 530 complaints on this car are about the windshield and wipers. 115 of those describe windshield. Only wiper failure is reported more often on this car.
Tick what matches of 115 reports
Windshield on other Equinox years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Many windshield complaints are about cracks owners can't explain: a line that starts at the edge of the glass, or a small chip that spreads. Nearly one in five of these complaints mentions it happening again or a second windshield.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the windshield (115 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the windshield and wipers covers the 2014 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The ball joints in the windshield wiper module may corrode, causing one or both windshield wipers to fail.
The recall on the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the windshield and wipers on the Equinox
Front wiper transmission inoperative. Closed nov 28, 2022, led to recall 22V-165.
Windshield wiper transmission failure. Closed dec 19, 2019.
What owners paid
13 of the 115 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $200 to $447.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 63,000 and 106,000 miles, from the 90 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 10 service bulletins or notices for the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have may a helicopter type noise when a rear window is lowered.
This Bulletin provides procedures to correct a condition of Power Foldaway Mirror Glass Shake, Flutter at Normal Driving Speeds
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the wiper transmission and wiper motor to correct a customer concern that the windshield wipers are inoperative caused by to the wiper transmission linkage separating as a result of corrosion at the ball ...
THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON A NORMAL CONDITION ON TEMPERED GLASS OF SPOTS SHOWING ON THE REAR AND SIDE WINDOWS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SUNLIGHT.
6 more on the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox page.
What owners wrote
“Stopped to get gas turned off the vehicle. when turned back on heat did not work, blowers are blowing cold air. can not defrost the windshield.”
Filed Jan 7, 2023
“I seen the recall and drivetime refuse to fix the windshield wipers and it went out. It cause me to be rear ended from the back. Also, I paid 720.00 to get the windshield wipers pump replace my pep boys. I will like a refund for what I paid to get it fix.”
Filed Dec 1, 2022
“Windshield wipers stopped working while driving. Read online that this happens to a lot of Equinoxâs.”
Filed Oct 25, 2021
“While I was driving in heavy rain my windshield wipers popped and stopped working, later I found that the windshield wiper motor had fail. I've never had this happen to any vehicle I've owned.”
Filed Oct 11, 2021
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 2 of 115 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Windshield wipers stop working 159 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 87 reports
- Burns oil or oil level rises 75 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 58 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 54 reports
- Timing chain or cam phaser rattles 37 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 27 reports