2025 Chevrolet Equinox problems
Owners have filed 379 complaints about the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 20.6% of them, the clear leader, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 11.6%.
Complaints379
Crashes24
Fires0
Injuries13
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 20.6% · 78
Unknown or other 13.2% · 50
Forward collision avoidance 11.6% · 44
Power train 9.2% · 35
Visibility/wiper 7.4% · 28
Service brakes 6.9% · 26
Engine 6.1% · 23
Exterior lighting 3.7% · 14
Severity
Of those complaints, 24 describe a crash and 13 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 22 model years of the Chevrolet Equinox in this data, 2025 sits 15th by complaint volume. 2011 draws the most.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 8,700 miles.
In owners' own words
I was driving my car and a "service high voltage battery" message appeared on the screen and a message to reduce charging the car to 68%. The message coincided with the car having no cabin heat and no ability to defrost the windshield. The dealership says that the cabin heat and AC use the same cooling system as the battery and that any failure in the battery cooling system can cause a no heat/AC situation Electrical system
The screen for the radio goes blank and then the dash goes blank this happend a few times randomly but this time it was longer and then it told me there was no key found in car while driving and I was at a light the car in front moved forward and I started and went forward and my car braked unexpectedly I adjusted the gap settings but I donât believe this should have happened the car seemed far Electrical system
One time (so far) the screen behind the steering wheel that shows the gear and speedometer did not turn on when we started the car. We were able to back the car out of the garage and park it in our driveway. This is a safety concern because we could have driven the car in that condition - without a working speedometer. We are worried that the screen will turn off while we are driving. Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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Other Chevrolet Equinox years
2020 509 complaints · 19.4% service brakes 2021 139 complaints · 13.7% fuel/propulsion system 2022 250 complaints · 31.2% fuel/propulsion system 2023 147 complaints · 31.3% fuel/propulsion system 2024 138 complaints · 16.7% fuel/propulsion system 2026 133 complaints · 18.8% forward collision avoidance