2006 Chevrolet Equinox

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX AND NOW THAT WINTER IS HERE, MY HEATER AND DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK. I GET A POPPING SOUND WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATER AND ALL I GET IS COLD AIR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR 2005, 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX'S. I CAN'T DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD AND THAT MAKES DRIVING A HAZARD. CHEVY HAD TOLD ME ITS MY PROBLEM AND THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR MANY AMERICANS AND CHEVY GETS THE PASS AND DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

THE HEATER IN MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX DOES NOT WORK. IT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR AND THE REPAIRS ARE IN UPWARDS OF $1200. WITHOUT HEAT, THE WINDOWS CAN FOG UP VERY QUICKLY LEAVING ME UNABLE TO SEE WHILE DRIVING, THUS CAUSING A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. IT IS WINTER AND TEMPERATURES IN MY AREA REACH AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES, WITH CHILDREN, THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND WARM. IT SEEMS FROM OTHERS RESPONSES THAT THIS IS AN ASTRONOMICAL ISSUE WITH MANY CHEVY EQUINOX OWNERS AND WE ARE ALL OUTRAGED AT THE LACK OF CONCERN FROM GM TO RECALL THIS ISSUE. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAFETY WITH ALL COMPANIES, GM SHOULD NOT TURN THE OTHER CHEEK TO THIS HAZARD. IT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY AND FROM THE PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES, IT SEEMS A RECALL IS PAST DUE. *TR

NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. THE HEATER/DEFROST WORKED FINE ONE DAY, THEN THE NEXT DAY WE TURNED IT ON AND IT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING HOT, SO WE DETERMINED IT IS NOT THE WATER PUMP. WE REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK. WE REPLENISHED THE ANTI-FREEZE, BUT STILL NO WARM AIR. THE HEATER IS ONE THING, BUT THE DEFROST NOT WORKING IS A COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

MY 2006 CHEVY. EQUINOX HEATER IS BLOWING COLD AIR AND I WAS TOLD ITS THE ACTUATOR AND THE BLEND DOOR. THERE ARE OVER 150 COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-EQUINOX/TNMHVCTE76U9HGTH4/P8#LASTPOST . IT IS THE BEGINNING OF WINTER AND I CAN NOT GO ALL WINTER WITHOUT A HEATER AND IF THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM THEN US CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED!!!!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. THE TRUCK AS 51K MILES. THE CAR HEATER BEGAN NOT WORKING LAST WEEK. THIS MORNING, IN KENTUCKY IT WAS 45 DEGREES, I COULD NOT GET THE WINDSHIELD CLEARED FOR ANYTHING. I HAD TO PULL OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PHYSICALLY WIPE THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE I HAVE NO HEAT ON A 3 YEAR OLD CAR. I HAVE SEEN SO MANY OTHERS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, SPENDING 1,000 OR MORE FOR THE REPAIRS. PLEASE RECALL!!!!! *TR