6 complaints reported

2022 Chevrolet Equinox UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
6
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
1

Complaint Timeline

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Mar 2025

I had purchased a brand new 2022 chevy equinox from a local dealer in July 2022. Since then, my car had to be towed twice for the infamous shift to park issue. Both times, I was left without a car for over a week. When the shift to park issue happens, the car cannot be turned off. Both times this issue happened, the dealership had to unplug the battery because they could not get the car to shut off. Both times, the dealerships refused to fix the problem despite the car being under warranty. This most recently happened on [XXX]. The car was towed to the Courtesy Chevy Dealership in San Diego. There were two service representatives looking at the car when I dropped it off. They both could not figure how to get the car to turn off, so they proceeded to remove the battery. After a long wait of many days (despite the dealership promising to have an answer in 2 days), they told me they could not find anything wrong with the car. I was told since they could not replicate the issue, they could not do anything about it. This is a big problem for a few reasons: 1.) This shift to park issue is very well known for GM models. There were even multiple service bulletins instructing GM dealerships on how to fix the issue. I brought this up with the service team and the representative noted that this fix was probably what the car needed, but could not be done because the problem was not replicated in the dealership. 2.) The shift to park issue cannot be manually replicated. The service team is aware of this, but kept using this excuse. The two service representatives saw the issue themselves when the car was towed to their location. 3.) The service team said they could not run any diagnostics on the check engine light because the battery was disconnected, which was done by the staff at the service center. 4.) The car is <3 years old with <20k miles. This should be covered under the warranty. 5.) I have been stranded twice and it will happen again as Chevy won't fix it. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2025
Dec 2024 Crash

Parked car and got out was bumped by car as it shifted to reverse by it self knocked me down and dragged me about 80 feet I let go as I seen it heading for tree it hit the tree stopping and damaging front door which was open. Repaired at local dealer which said they checked it and said they could not find any reason the same thing happened one year ago.talked to another person who said he had same thing happen.no I am afraid to drive it car has only 10000 miles am very afraid for family’s safety was not injured but I very well could have been.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2023
Feb 2024

When I would start my car in the morning, it would stall/sputter and make clanking noises. The check engine light came on, and I took it to the dealership for repair. They replaced a fuel injector and then the next day I had the same issue and took it back to the dealership. They replaced another fuel injector and when I got it home and tried to start it a few days later, the same issue persisted. I took it back to the dealership and asked they keep it a few days to test their repairs and they’ve had the car almost 4 months now. They don’t know what the issue is. They’ve brought in engineers from GM and still can’t identify the issue.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2023
Nov 2023 Injury

Was in park and the engine off. The car rode backwards with my wife in the car with 1 foot still on the car, and 1 foot on my driveway, the car drove backwards, dragged my wife about 15 feet the door crushed her ribs break five of them, and she has many soft tissue injuries and the left front wheel ran over both of her shins on her legs.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2023
Apr 2023

JUST LEFT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. THOUGHT IT WAS A BLOWOUT THE SECOND IT HAPPENED BUT SOON REALIZED IT WAS THE GLASS ABOVE ME.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2023
Jul 2022

After driving an arriving at home, I open the hood to let the heat out. Heat coming from cat. converter. or eng. not sure. It is so hot , I cannot put hand anywhere. My point is, I believe all those rubber hoses are going to wear out fast. Dash temp. gage is below half way. All that heat , battery wear etc.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2022 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2022

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The 2022 Chevrolet Equinox has 6 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.