2016 Chevrolet Equinox

US Recalls

NHTSA Recall US

• 16V449000 2016-06-21

  Recall 16V449000

  General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles manufactured October 16, 2015. The certification labels may have incorrect tire/rim size and cold tire pressure information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."

  Recorded model years: 2016

A further 31 records exist for the Chevrolet Equinox where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Campaign applicability can depend on build date, equipment and market, and a remedy may already have been completed. Confirm any campaign against the official record using the VIN.

Manufacturer Bulletins

NHTSA Manufacturer Communication US

• 11035340 2026-07-21

  PIT5099J

  PI to help diagnose A/C concern

  Recorded model years: 2016

• 11032947 2026-05-19

  PIP6113

  This document provides the technician with a diagnostic tip if the vehicle stalls and set diagnostic trouble code P0191 and may also set P0172. The diagnostic tip has the technician inspect the high pressure fuel pump body markings to confirm it is an original manufacture part. If it is not an original manufacture part, they should install one and evaluate…

  Recorded model years: 2016

• 11030974 2026-04-01

  PIT3271Q

  This preliminary information communicates information about how to determine if a wheel and tires size change is available.

  Recorded model years: 2016

Showing 3 of 1,242 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 4,200 records exist for the Chevrolet Equinox where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

A manufacturer communication is service guidance issued to dealers. It is not a safety recall, and its existence does not mean this vehicle has the described condition.

Investigations

NHTSA Investigation US

• EA19005 2019-12-13

  Front Wiper Transmission Inoperative

  On December 13, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) upgraded RQ18-002 to an Engineering Analysis (EA19-005) to further assess the MY2010-2016 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain windshield wiper failures. Due to a prior recall, 16V-582, addressing this issue in the MY2013 subject vehicles, MY2013 was not included in the analysis. To date, ODI had received 998 complaints with allegations…

  Recorded model years: 2016

• RQ18002 2018-11-02

  Windshield Wiper Transmission Failure

  On November 2, 2018, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Recall Query (RQ18-002) to assess the scope of Recall 16V-582.General Motors (GM) initiated Safety Recall 16V-582 on August 3, 2016 to address windshield wiper failure in the Model Year (MY) 2013 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. Failures were attributed to water and debris intrusion into the windshield wiper…

  Recorded model years: 2016

A further 3 records exist for the Chevrolet Equinox where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

An investigation records that a regulator reviewed a suspected defect. It is not itself a finding of defect and not a recall.

Canada Recalls

Transport Canada Recall CA

• 2019420 2019-08-21

  Transport Canada recall 2019420

  Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

  Recorded model years: 2016

• 2018137 2018-03-16

  Transport Canada recall 2018137

  In certain vehicles, water may drain from the windshield cowl area onto the windshield wiper transmission link joints. Over time, this could result in corrosion and/or wear to the joint, which could result in the separation of the wiper link ball from its corresponding socket. If separation were to occur, the windshield wipers could become inoperative, which could limit the…

  Recorded model years: 2016

• 2016318 2016-06-22

  Transport Canada recall 2016318

  In certain vehicles registered and operated in areas where road salt is used on the roadways during winter months for extended time periods (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland-Labrador), water may drain from the windshield cowl area onto one of the windshield wiper transmission link joints. Over time, this could result in corrosion and/or wear…

  Recorded model years: 2016

Showing 3 of 4 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 25 records exist for the Chevrolet Equinox where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Canadian campaigns are recorded separately from US campaigns and do not imply one another.

Consumer Complaints

NHTSA Complaint US

395 complaint records in the dataset for this vehicle and year.

Outcomes stated in those reports

• reports mentioning a crash 14
• reports mentioning a fire 3
• reported injuries 22

Outcomes as stated by the person who filed the report. They are not verified, not adjudicated, and carry no exposure denominator, so they cannot be turned into a rate.

By system

• Engine208 (42.2%)
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)119 (24.1%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2007–2018.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)26 (5.3%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2005–2020.
• Electrical system23 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2010–2013.
• Fuel system21 (4.3%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2007–2022.
• Air bags (restraint system)12 (2.4%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2007–2023.
• Speed control & accelerator9 (1.8%)
• Steering7 (1.4%)

Other / uncategorized: 32 classifications (6.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

A single report can name several systems, so these figures overlap and must not be added together — their sum is larger than the report total above.

A further 9,086 complaint records exist for this vehicle where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

These are owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects. Counts are record counts in the dataset. No exposure denominator exists, so no failure rate or reliability score can be derived from them.