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Chevrolet Equinox by model year

12,900 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Chevrolet Equinox across 23 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Chevrolet Equinox 0 750 1,500 2005: 950 '05 2006: 950 2007: 950 '07 2008: 535 2009: 151 '09 2010: 1,118 2011: 1,140 '11 2012: 947 2013: 991 '13 2014: 703 2015: 846 '15 2016: 498 2017: 376 '17 2018: 598 2019: 429 '19 2020: 515 2021: 140 '21 2022: 253 2023: 150 '23 2024: 140 2025: 380 '25 2026: 137 2027: 3 '27
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
2005950
2006950
2007950
2008535
2009151
20101,118
20111,140
2012947
2013991
2014703
2015846
2016498
2017376
2018598
2019429
2020515
2021140
2022253
2023150
2024140
2025380
2026137
20273

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2027 3 26 to 27
2026 137 Forward collision avoidance (20%) 1 26 to 27
2025 380 Electrical system (21%) 26 to 27
2024 140 Fuel system (18%) 1 26 to 28
2023 150 Fuel system (35%) 3 26 to 28 5 stars
2022 253 Fuel system (46%) 6 27 to 28 5 stars
2021 140 Fuel system (18%) 4 27 to 28 5 stars
2020 515 Brakes (23%) 4 24 to 28 5 stars
2019 429 Engine (25%) 4 24 to 32 5 stars
2018 598 Brakes (22%) 5 24 to 32 4 to 5 stars
2017 376 Engine (52%) 18 to 25 4 stars
2016 498 Engine (43%) 1 18 to 26 4 stars
2015 846 Wipers, windshield & visibility (33%) 2 19 to 26 4 stars
2014 703 Engine (33%) 1 19 to 26 4 stars
2013 991 Engine (43%) 2 19 to 26 4 stars
2012 947 Engine (38%) 3 19 to 26 4 stars
2011 1,140 Engine (37%) 3 19 to 26 4 stars
2010 1,118 Engine (27%) 3 20 to 26
2009 151 Air bags (17%) 19 to 20
2008 535 Air bags (21%) 19
2007 950 Fuel system (27%) 4 19 to 20
2006 950 Wipers, windshield & visibility (30%) 18 to 19
2005 950 Electrical system (18%) 1 19