NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Chevrolet Equinox Recalls
The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 5, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 784
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 16V502000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2013 Equinox, 6 other models
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 14V447000
- Reported
- July 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 414,333
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Equinox, 5 other models
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system
- Campaign
- 09V489000
- Reported
- December 23, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 59,031
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 103, windshield defrosting and defogging
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2010 Chevrolet Equinox complaints by year
NHTSA has received 784 owner complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, the newest on March 27, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (2%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, the component group named most often is the engine (35%), followed by the power train (23%) and the visibility/wiper (17%).
None of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2010 Chevrolet Equinox owners gave the mileage (647 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine271
- Power Train182
- Visibility/Wiper132
- Electrical System81
- Air Bags57
- Unknown Or Other52
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 | |
| 2011 | 31 | |
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 88 | |
| 2015 | 64 | |
| 2016 | 90 | |
| 2017 | 90 | |
| 2018 | 88 | |
| 2019 | 107 | |
| 2020 | 56 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 107. 18% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Equinox year in the same window: 4th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 784 complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Equinox by model year
Other 2010 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: March 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted