NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Chevrolet Equinox Recalls
The 2020 Chevrolet Equinox has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 11, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Chevrolet Equinox. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 318
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox
Child seat: vehicle latch anchor
- Campaign
- 23V339000
- Reported
- May 11, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 668,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2023 Equinox, 1 other model
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 2018–2019 Equinox, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 19V704000
- Reported
- October 3, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 19V667000
- Reported
- September 19, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 301
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Equinox
2020 Chevrolet Equinox complaints by year
NHTSA has received 318 owner complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 21 describe a crash (7%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox, the component group named most often is the service brakes (32%), followed by the engine (29%) and the fuel/propulsion system (16%).
None of the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox's 4 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2020 Chevrolet Equinox owners gave the mileage (85 complaints), the median was 13,990 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes102
- Engine93
- Fuel/Propulsion System51
- Unknown Or Other44
- Electrical System43
- Power Train40
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 27 | |
| 2023 | 40 | |
| 2024 | 54 | |
| 2025 | 61 | |
| 2026 | 73 |
Complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 73. 41% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Equinox year in the same window: 5th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 318 complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Equinox by model year
Other 2020 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted