Chevrolet Equinox
Owners filed 9,216 complaints across 23 model years of the Chevrolet Equinox. The 2010 drew the most (784).
Which Chevrolet Equinox years should you avoid?
Going by 9,216 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Equinox years to avoid are 2020, 2019 and 2018.
- 20203.5× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (7 fires, 21 crashes, 1 death).
- 20192.9× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (7 fires, 23 crashes).
- 20182.2× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (4 fires, 23 crashes, 1 death).
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2021 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Equinox model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 1 | 0 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2026Too new | 79 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 241 | 0 | — | 11 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2024 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 99 | 3 | — | 5 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 186 | 6 | 3 | 14 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 100 | 4 | — | 6 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2020Avoid | 318 | 4 | 7 | 21 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2019Avoid | 310 | 4 | 7 | 23 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2018Avoid | 410 | 5 | 4 | 23 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2017 | 276 | 0 | 4 | 18 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2016 | 399 | 1 | 3 | 14 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2015 | 680 | 2 | 6 | 24 | Visibility/Wiper | Above average | |
| 2014 | 549 | 1 | 4 | 23 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2013 | 751 | 2 | 5 | 20 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2012 | 685 | 3 | 6 | 16 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2011 | 782 | 3 | 3 | 30 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2010 | 784 | 3 | 9 | 15 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2009 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 370 | 0 | 1 | 9 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2007 | 685 | 4 | 6 | 11 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Above average | |
| 2006 | 695 | 0 | 9 | 16 | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 638 | 1 | 13 | 56 | Electrical System | High concern |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.