2015 Chevrolet Equinox: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 678 complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Equinox and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is visibility/wiper, named in 250 of them.

678
Complaints
2
Recalls
24
Crash reports
6
Fire reports
19
Injuries
41.9
Severity index

Severity index 41.9 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 41.9p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2015 Chevrolet Equinox sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 143 2015 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2015 Chevrolet Equinox ranks 109 of 143 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 24% of its model-year peers. See the full 2015 ranking.

What actually fails

Visibility/WiperVisibility/Wiper: 250 complaints (36.9%)250 37%EngineEngine: 227 complaints (33.5%)227 33%Power TrainPower Train: 63 complaints (9.3%)63 9%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 54 complaints (8.0%)54 8%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 45 complaints (6.6%)45 7%Air BagsAir Bags: 37 complaints (5.5%)37 5%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 30 complaints (4.4%)30 4%VisibilityVisibility: 29 complaints (4.3%)29 4%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
VISIBILITY/WIPER25036.9%
ENGINE22733.5%
POWER TRAIN639.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER548.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM456.6%
AIR BAGS375.5%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM304.4%
VISIBILITY294.3%

Complaints filed per year

0651302015: 102016: 162017: 252018: 702019: 1302020: 1172021: 772022: 962023: 522024: 412025: 302026: 14 (partial year)151617181913020212223242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
201510
201616
201725
201870
2019130
2020117
202177
202296
202352
202441
202530
2026 (year to date)14
Complaint volume is declining, consistent with a defect that was addressed by recall or that affected early builds.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
15V66600016/10/2015AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOWGeneral Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac XTS, Chevrolet Camaro, Equinox, Malibu, and GMC Terrain vehicles. The affected vehicles have front seat-mounted side impact air bags whose inflator may rupture upon its deployment.
22V16500017/03/2022VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTORGeneral Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2015 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles. The ball joints in the windshield wiper module may corrode, causing one or both windshield wipers to fail.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.