2022 Chevrolet Equinox
This year drew an ordinary 160 complaints for a Chevrolet Equinox — the model's median is 392. What they were about is the unusual part: 53.1% of them mention fuel, against 16.5% 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 | 160 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 392 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 27.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 53.1% of this year's complaints, against 16.5% across the other years of this generation (3.2×).
- vin — 20.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.8% across the other years of this generation (3×).
- died — 7.5% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the other years of this generation (7.2×).
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
08/22 car with 3800 miles died slowly while driving. Fuel pump replaced. 06/23 with 11,700 miles died slowly while crossing major highway at peak travel time. Fuel pump failed again. Crash / fatality risk.
Driving on the highway at 65 mph when engine stalked and died. Engine light came on trying to get the vehicle to the right shoulder lane with a hard time braking with engine off and steering problem also. Engine dx code P129F from O'Reilly auto parts store. Th…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V612000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 22V359000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V724000 SEATS 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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