16V502000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the key is removed without the transmission in PARK, the vehicle may rollaway as occupants are exiting, increasing the risk of injury.
2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
3 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 943 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints943
Complaints citing a crash22
Complaints citing a fire8
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
14V447000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
If the driver's seat unexpectedly drops, the distraction and altered seat position may affect the drivers' control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
11V511000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
UNDERINFLATED TIRES CAN RESULT IN TIRE OVERLOADING AND OVERHEATING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A BLOWOUT AND POSSIBLE CRASH. THE RESULTING CRASH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. UNDERINFLATED TIRES CAN ALSO RESULT IN PREMATURE OR IRREGULAR WEAR, POOR HANDLING, AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY.
What owners report most
- 354ENGINE
- 121VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 82POWER TRAIN
- 66ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 54FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 53UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 36STEERING
- 26ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOXs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.