NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Chevrolet Equinox Recalls
The 2013 Chevrolet Equinox has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 4, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Chevrolet Equinox. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 751
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 16V582000
- Reported
- August 4, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 367,808
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2010–2012 Equinox, 6 other models
2013 Chevrolet Equinox complaints by year
NHTSA has received 751 owner complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, the newest on September 9, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (3%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, the component group named most often is the engine (55%), followed by the visibility/wiper (19%) and the power train (11%).
None of the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Chevrolet Equinox owners gave the mileage (514 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine412
- Visibility/Wiper144
- Power Train80
- Electrical System69
- Unknown Or Other63
- Fuel/Propulsion System43
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 87 | |
| 2017 | 101 | |
| 2018 | 95 | |
| 2019 | 106 | |
| 2020 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 66 | |
| 2022 | 36 | |
| 2023 | 50 | |
| 2024 | 30 | |
| 2025 | 21 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 106. 21% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Equinox year in the same window: 6th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 751 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Equinox by model year
Other 2013 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted