Chevrolet Equinox — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 25,452 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine6,138 (24.1%)
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)2,742 (10.8%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2007–2018.
• Electrical system2,442 (9.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2010–2013.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)2,176 (8.5%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2005–2020.
• Fuel system2,118 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2007–2022.
• Brakes1,516 (6.0%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2018–2020.

Other / uncategorized: 1,572 classifications (6.2%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (18,172 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (78 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), fuel system and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (77 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, fuel system and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (27,087 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 11,892reports included a mileage
• 77,889average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2005 1,265 records for 2005 1,265
2. 2006 1,387 records for 2006 1,387
3. 2007 1,528 records for 2007 1,528
4. 2008 1,340 records for 2008 1,340
5. 2009 1,120 records for 2009 1,120
6. 2010 2,484 records for 2010 2,484
7. 2011 2,557 records for 2011 2,557
8. 2012 2,537 records for 2012 2,537
9. 2013 2,696 records for 2013 2,696
10. 2014 2,244 records for 2014 2,244
11. 2015 2,265 records for 2015 2,265
12. 2016 1,644 records for 2016 1,644
13. 2017 1,351 records for 2017 1,351
14. 2018 1,745 records for 2018 1,745
15. 2019 1,310 records for 2019 1,310
16. 2020 1,158 records for 2020 1,158
17. 2021 789 records for 2021 789
18. 2022 824 records for 2022 824
19. 2023 566 records for 2023 566
20. 2024 450 records for 2024 450
21. 2025 597 records for 2025 597
22. 2026 230 records for 2026 230

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 722mention a crash
• 186mention a fire
• 670mention an injury
• 10mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 78
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 27,087
• Investigations NHTSA 18
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 77
• Owner complaints NHTSA 18,172

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0300 in 148 records · 2005–2024
• P0016 in 76 records · 2008–2017
• P0442 in 76 records · 2005–2023
• P0008 in 74 records · 2008–2017
• P0017 in 74 records · 2008–2017
• P0018 in 74 records · 2008–2017
• P0019 in 44 records · 2008–2017
• P2097 in 43 records · 2008–2017
• P0299 in 35 records · 2018–2022
• P1101 in 35 records · 2018–2022
• P0009 in 30 records · 2008–2012
• P228C in 30 records · 2011–2023

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.