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Model years to avoid

Chevrolet Equinox

What it says about you

Opinion

Nothing about this was a statement and that was the appeal. It does the job, the payment was manageable, and you have thought about it approximately twice since buying it.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

23 model years on record, 9,037 complaints filed. No year stood out against this model's own history — which means it has not drawn unusual complaints, not that it is a good car.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 1 recall 58 complaints
  3. 2025 0 recalls 212 complaints
  4. 2024 1 recall 71 complaints
  5. 2023 3 recalls 91 complaints
  6. 2022 5 recalls 160 complaints
  7. 2021 4 recalls 89 complaints
  8. 2020 4 recalls 299 complaints
  9. 2019 4 recalls 295 complaints
  10. 2018 5 recalls 396 complaints
  11. 2017 0 recalls 271 complaints
  12. 2016 1 recall 392 complaints
  13. 2015 2 recalls 679 complaints
  14. 2014 1 recall 546 complaints
  15. 2013 2 recalls 749 complaints
  16. 2012 3 recalls 682 complaints
  17. 2011 3 recalls 781 complaints
  18. 2010 3 recalls 784 complaints
  19. 2009 0 recalls 94 complaints
  20. 2008 0 recalls 370 complaints
  21. 2007 4 recalls 685 complaints
  22. 2006 0 recalls 695 complaints
  23. 2005 1 recall 638 complaints

What does a Chevrolet Equinox say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.