2021 Chevrolet Equinox
This year drew an ordinary 89 complaints for a Chevrolet Equinox — the model's median is 392. What they were about is the unusual part: 9% of them mention fuel system, against 2.9% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Chevrolet Equinox, which began in 2018 and ran to 2024. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 89 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 392 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 27.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel system — 9% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: fuel system, failed restart.
- belt — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: belt, seat belt, only 000, hard also.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
the horn was intermittently inoperable while driving. The contact stated that the failure progressively worsened, causing the horn to become permanently inoperable. Additionally, the seat belt warning light was illuminated. The dealer was notified of the failu…
We were involved in a car accident. We ran into the back of a pickup truck that suddenly stopped on the toll road for another car that was in an accident. Our front end of the car was heavily damaged. Our concern is that our air bags did not deploy. With the a…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V811000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V612000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 23V013000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V339000 CHILD SEAT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Equinox was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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