2014 Chevrolet Equinox electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 46 complaints for the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox, 7% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 46 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 64,000 miles 36 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 2
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 36 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	12
20k to 40k miles	3
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	6
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	6
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 36 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

I put my phone charger to charge and a fire ignited I quickly pull the plug out. It is the 6 charge I have damaged. And the ignition key at time get over heated. Anything that get plugged into the USB also eventually get over heated. My phone get mess up from it. Help please. Thanks

Reported at 7,000 miles, June 2014 Fire

When turning the steering wheel left or right at low speed or stopped, groaning or rubbing noise is emitted from front tires. Car is 1 month old, has approx. 5000 miles on it now and problem still continues after 2 attempts for dealer to repair it. During fill ups, the gas pump would click/stop and fuel would splash back out of tank and down side of car. This happened whether you set the automatic fill up switch on the fuel pump, or if manually filling the car myself.

Reported at 2,800 miles, July 2013

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Chevrolet models