NHTSA Campaign 25V878000
BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
NHTSA campaign 25V878000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the back over prevention: warnings: external/pedestrian alert. The repair is free.
General Motors, LLC filed the report for 25V878000 with NHTSA on December 18, 2025; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 25V878000, NHTSA lists up to 81,177 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 22, 2024 and August 12, 2025.
The 25V878000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 25V878000 were scheduled from January 29, 2026, 42 days after the report.
25V878000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2025.
By potentially affected vehicles, 25V878000 ranks 33 of 165 General Motors, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 25V878000, General Motors, LLC has 5 other recalls on the back over prevention on this site; the one before 25V878000 was 22V868000, reported on November 23, 2022.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Equinox EV vehicles. The pedestrian alert sound system may not produce a sufficient change in volume between the vehicle being stopped and moving at low speeds. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."
- The risk
- A vehicle that does not emit sufficient sound may fail to alert pedestrians of a moving vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- The fix
- The body control module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 29, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252530690. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 18, 2025.
Reported December 18, 2025
Vehicles covered by 25V878000 (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 25V878000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: December 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted