2018 Chevrolet Equinox — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 1,745 evidence records for the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 590 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Brakes133 (22.5%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2018–2020.
  • Engine91 (15.4%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)65 (11.0%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2005–2020.
  • Electrical system59 (10.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2010–2013.
  • Fuel system41 (6.9%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2007–2022.
  • Driver-assistance systems23 (3.9%)

Other / uncategorized: 56 classifications (9.5%) 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

  • 189reports included a mileage
  • 42,769average 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
  2. 2006 1,387 records for 2006
  3. 2007 1,528 records for 2007
  4. 2008 1,340 records for 2008
  5. 2009 1,120 records for 2009
  6. 2010 2,484 records for 2010
  7. 2011 2,557 records for 2011
  8. 2012 2,537 records for 2012
  9. 2013 2,696 records for 2013
  10. 2014 2,244 records for 2014
  11. 2015 2,265 records for 2015
  12. 2016 1,644 records for 2016
  13. 2017 1,351 records for 2017
  14. 2018 1,745 records for 2018
  15. 2019 1,310 records for 2019
  16. 2020 1,158 records for 2020
  17. 2021 789 records for 2021
  18. 2022 824 records for 2022
  19. 2023 566 records for 2023
  20. 2024 450 records for 2024
  21. 2025 597 records for 2025
  22. 2026 230 records for 2026

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

  • 23mention a crash
  • 4mention a fire
  • 30mention an injury
  • 1mention 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 5
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,334
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 403

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.

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.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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