1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2016 Chevrolet Equinox. Owners have filed 398 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Chevrolet dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Equinox. Check your Equinox by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 398 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Chevrolet Equinox, reporting 14 crashes, 3 fires, 22 injuries. Chevrolet has issued at least 1,245 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Chevrolet Equinox owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 2 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 398 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Chevrolet Equinox. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“This car used so much oil that I had to put it in constantly. Eventually the time belt broke, and the car stopped because it literally had no oil in it causing the engine to blow. This is a known problem I found out later on.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11698268
“Coming home from a trip without any warning our 2016 equinox scared me when it made a terrible sound lost power and stopped working. We're 100's miles away from home on the side of a road in the dark. We called for towing to a dealer payed for a hotel waited till the next day for it to be looked at.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11673065
“My son was driving when the steering "locked" into one position which caused him to leave the interstate, cross the median, across oncoming traffic and roll the vehicle three times. He suffered a lower back injury and his passenger only encountered minor cuts.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11665365
“Was in a small accident the air bags never deployed but the seat belts locked saying that I needed to service my air bag system. As I did. The seat belts are no longer locked but the light is still on and the car is telling me to servic we the airbag system”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11554109
“The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated while the vehicle gear was in park; he switched from the driver's seat to the passenger seat with his wife. His wife was taking over to become the driver. While attempting to change drivers, the vehicle inadvertently reversed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11476178
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2016 Chevrolet Equinox is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Chevrolet dealer.