2026 Chevrolet Equinox
This year drew an ordinary 58 complaints for a Chevrolet Equinox — the model's median is 392. What they were about is the unusual part: 12.1% of them mention alert, against 1.3% across the model's other years.
Generation 4 of the Chevrolet Equinox, which began in 2025. 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 | 58 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 392 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 26.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- alert — 12.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the model's other years (9.5×). Owners wrote it as: alert, automatically.
- seat — 15.5% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the model's other years (4.8×).
- becomes — 12.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the model's other years (6.4×). Owners wrote it as: becomes, near, alerts.
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
Vehicle went into Brake Assist Failure and would roll in neutral but no drivetrain power or brakes. Dealer took 3 months to find part. Acceleration jerky at stop or while driving. Pedal too sensitive. Constant traction loss from stop at lights and stop signs i…
Blind spot indicator malfunction. Seat sensors alert for no reason. Cruise control stops working. Vehicle automatically brakes for no reason. Information screen malfunction and goes black at random.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 26V114000 EQUIPMENT 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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