Fourth generation (D2XX/VSS, S) · first-year watch
2025 Chevrolet Equinox, day 718
- 228complaints since Oct 14, 2024
- 0recalls
- 10involved a crash
- 8,000median miles at failure
Newest report Sep 28, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Changed since August
- 11 new complaints in September, mostly about transmission and drivetrain, brakes and engine.
- Nothing filed yet on sticky steering, transmission failure, engine failure or fire.
- 8th most complaints of the 36 2025 models on this site.
What is your Equinox doing?
Each one opens a sheet built from the owner reports of that problem on the 2025 model year.
What's been reported
NHTSA's own component codes. One report can cite several.
- Electrical76
- Other49
- Collision avoidance40
- Transmission and drivetrain34
- Windshield and wipers28
- Brakes28
- Engine25
- Exterior Lighting14
Problems so far
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 45 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 27 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 23 reports
- Windshield cracks or distorts 23 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 19 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 11 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 11 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 11 reports
Recent reports
“Both passenger side tires, front and back, have bulging on sidewall. Nothing was hit or damaged. Tires: 275/40 R21 107 H. These tires have 10,600 miles on them.”
Filed Sep 14, 2026
“Under 13k miles the tire developed a bubble on the sidewall. The week is 3824 which is just two weeks prior to the 4024 tire run that was recalled.”
Filed Jun 11, 2026
“The car vibrates hard, like being on the rumble strip, but only while driving about 1.7 rpm to 2 rpm and only sometimes. The transmission light came on. The dealer said it was leaking and fixed it. A few days later, the vibrating is back. It's at the dealer again. Still don't know what's wrong. I only have 4,500 miles on the car so far.”
Filed Apr 21, 2025
“There are 2 big and long distortions in the windshield that effect the view. Viewing out of the windshield is hindered by causing objects to look distorted and different than reality. There is one on the right and left side of the windshield effecting the view of both sides.”
Filed Mar 6, 2025
At a glance
- Next to the 2024
- The 2025 is too new for a fair per-year comparison. It has 228 complaints so far; the 2024, on sale longer, has 79.
- Top problem
- No problem dominates. The largest, infotainment, covers 45 of the 228 complaints (20%), and brake wear is next with 27 (one complaint can fall under more than one problem, so these overlap). Too few of the infotainment reports give a mileage to say when it starts.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 12 of the 228 complaints (5%) report a crash, a fire or an injury, about the 6% typical of vehicles on this site. Counted separately (one report can carry more than one), 10 reports mention a crash and 4 people were hurt. The most crash reports, 3 of 10, fall under brake wear.
- Recalls behind the top problems
- There's no recall on file for this model year, so the problems above are owner complaints with no campaign behind them.
- When owners filed
- Complaints are still climbing. 2025 brought 103, the most of any year so far. So far in 2026, 119 more have come in.
Service bulletins for the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox
Chevrolet filed 386 bulletins and other notices with NHTSA that list the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox. 22 of them deal with a problem owners have reported on this car. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 11 bulletins · 45 complaints
•Fixes to help prevent battery drain. •Fixes to responsiveness issues with Wi-Fi, Navigation, Super Cruise, and OnStar. •Improvements to software updates. •Improvements to OnStar emergency calls. •Fixes to address cellular connectivity issues.
This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of Radio Software Update W23E-178.1.2-M174-SQBR6-93.3.
9 more on this problem
This Preliminary Information is to inform the customer and service technicians on how to reset the radio/reboot and it will be corrected and to not replace any parts for this concern.
This Preliminary information communicates an issue with a false Service Brakes Now message displayed on the radio. There will be no other symptoms with the vehicle and the brake system will be fully functional with no issues. There will be no related DTCs.
This Preliminary information communicates if a customer and service tech encounter a gear display after a radio update, to replace the A11 radio for this concern.
This Preliminary information communicates to GM technicians to not replace any parts at this time if they come across this concern to reset the radio at this time. The PI will be updated or replaced with TSB once a determination has been made.
This Preliminary information communicates to GM technicians to not replace any parts at this time if they come across this concern. It is due to software and will need to reprogram the A11 radio module to correct this.
This preliminary information communicates to dealership technicians various radio concerns are all related to software and Engineering is currently working on a design improvement.
Certain vehicles may have a condition where the customer was charged for an uninstalled garage door opener. Dealers will provide the customer with a reimbursement check in the amount of $250.00 USD and reprogram the radio to enable the virtual garage door ...
This service bulletin provides repair information on software release Update W52E-176.1.2-M170-SQBR5-250.2 to correct customer concern of radio software issues.
This preliminary information discusses a possible scenario where the rear camera signal cuts out intermittently due to a software concern.
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 1 bulletin · 27 complaints
Service Update. Certain vehicles listed above may have a condition in which braking performance is reduced, vehicle top speed is limited, and MIL notification is provided to the customer. Dealers are to replace the brake master cylinder assembly.
Battery dies or the car will not start 1 bulletin · 23 complaints
This bulletin provides a procedure on how to check for a battery drain utilizing the Picoscope and how to measure the load on the system that may be causing a drain.
Check engine light or misfire 4 bulletins · 19 complaints
This Preliminary Information communicates a intermittent rough idle on initial cold start and potential CEL/SES Light more on inclement weather and Engineering is investigating.
This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of DTC P0601 Missing from Vehicle, Setting DTC P2101 Instead.
2 more on this problem
This Preliminary information communicates the possibility of reduced power with dtc P0237 and/or p0299 due to damaged Charge Air Inlet Pipe connection at Turbocharger.
This service bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with DTCs, and explains how Top Tier fuels should be used to reduce ...
Engine stalls or loses power while driving 1 bulletin · 11 complaints
This preliminary information discusses a possible stall or no crank condition caused by a loose ground.
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 1 bulletin · 11 complaints
This service bulletin provides information for the technicians to use a Customer Concern Verification sheet to facilitate the questions needing to be answered by the customer regarding Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) issues.
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 1 bulletin · 8 complaints
This service bulletin provides information on some vehicles that may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise.
Wheel bearing, tires or wheels 2 bulletins · 7 complaints
This service bulletin provides a procedure on how to clean and resurface aluminum wheel bead seats for vehicles that have the condition of Tire Slowly Goes Flat, Tire Air Loss, Low Tire Pressure Warning Light Illuminated, Aluminum Wheel Bead Seat Corrosion.
This service bulletin provides information on Chemical Staining, Pitting, Corrosion and/or Spotted Appearance of Chromed Aluminum Wheels.
Recalls
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
No recalls on file for this model year.
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The log
Complaints by the month NHTSA received them, newest first. Blue bars mark a month with a recall or an investigation.
Questions
What is the most common problem on the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox?
Infotainment, with 45 of the 228 complaints.
At what mileage do 2025 Chevrolet Equinox problems start?
Of the 41 complaints that give a mileage, a quarter came by about 3,000 miles and half by about 8,000.
How many 2025 Chevrolet Equinox complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
12 of them (5%). The typical vehicle on this site is at 6%.
Is there a recall for infotainment on the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox?
No recall on file for the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox is on the same system as infotainment. Another recall may still cover your car, so check its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.