NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Chevrolet Equinox Recalls
The 2018 Chevrolet Equinox has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 29, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 410
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V668000
- Reported
- October 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,105
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Equinox, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V576000
- Reported
- August 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 210,628
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Equinox, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 18V358000
- Reported
- May 31, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 895
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Visibility
- Campaign
- 18V252000
- Reported
- April 19, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 379
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 205, glazing materials
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 17V516000
- Reported
- August 22, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,905
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2018 Chevrolet Equinox complaints by year
NHTSA has received 410 owner complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, the component group named most often is the service brakes (29%), followed by the engine (21%) and the power train (16%).
2 of the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox's 5 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2018 Chevrolet Equinox owners gave the mileage (188 complaints), the median was 21,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes118
- Engine86
- Power Train66
- Electrical System61
- Unknown Or Other56
- Fuel/Propulsion System33
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 48 | |
| 2019 | 44 | |
| 2020 | 45 | |
| 2021 | 37 | |
| 2022 | 42 | |
| 2023 | 41 | |
| 2024 | 48 | |
| 2025 | 35 | |
| 2026 | 61 |
Complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 61. 45% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Equinox year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 410 complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Equinox by model year
Other 2018 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted