NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Equinox Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Equinox has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on June 30, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Equinox. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 638
- Crashes reported
- 56
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 04V302000
- Reported
- June 30, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 132
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox
2005 Chevrolet Equinox complaints by year
NHTSA has received 638 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, the newest on March 3, 2023. Of these, 56 describe a crash (9%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 40 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the power train (18%) and the engine and engine cooling (17%).
The 2005 Chevrolet Equinox's only recall also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Equinox owners gave the mileage (507 complaints), the median was 69,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System159
- Power Train114
- Engine And Engine Cooling111
- Suspension57
- Engine55
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic52
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 44 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 31 | |
| 2008 | 45 | |
| 2009 | 62 | |
| 2010 | 63 | |
| 2011 | 54 | |
| 2012 | 38 | |
| 2013 | 39 | |
| 2014 | 85 | |
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 85. 26% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Equinox year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 638 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Equinox are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Equinox by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 3, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted