NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Equinox Recalls
The 2012 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 2012 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
- 685
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 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 2010–2011, 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 2010–2011 Equinox, 5 other models
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 11V511000
- Reported
- October 19, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,964
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Chevrolet Equinox complaints by year
NHTSA has received 685 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox, the newest on September 20, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox, the component group named most often is the engine (52%), followed by the visibility/wiper (18%) and the power train (12%).
None of the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Equinox owners gave the mileage (499 complaints), the median was 81,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine355
- Visibility/Wiper121
- Power Train84
- Electrical System70
- Fuel/Propulsion System54
- Unknown Or Other53
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 38 | |
| 2016 | 39 | |
| 2017 | 86 | |
| 2018 | 117 | |
| 2019 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 83 | |
| 2021 | 54 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 14 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 117. 15% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Equinox year in the same window: 10th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 685 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Equinox by model year
Other 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted