2014 Chevrolet Equinox

Typical pattern

4.5% of complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2014 vehicle — around the middle of the 195 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is engine (217 complaints), typically at 7.3 yr or about 95,000 miles.

Complaints: 696
Median age at failure: 6.3 yr
Median mileage: 78,000 n=468
Crash / fire / tow: 8.8% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

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Engine

217 reports · 95,000 mi

7.3 yr

7.4%

Visibility / wipers

167 reports · 80,000 mi

5.8 yr

2.4%

Electrical system

44 reports · 65,112 mi

5.1 yr

4.5%

Other

41 reports · 60,000 mi

7.3 yr

14.6%

Power train

40 reports · 75,000 mi

6.3 yr

7.5%

Fuel / propulsion

33 reports · 80,000 mi

6.3 yr

6.1%

Air bags

29 reports · 40,000 mi

4.7 yr

55.2%

Visibility

20 reports · 80,000 mi

8.7 yr

Speed control

18 reports · 62,000 mi

4.6 yr

5.6%

Steering

17 reports · 40,000 mi

6.8 yr

5.9%

Electronic stability control (esc)

15 reports · 56,550 mi

4.4 yr

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

22V165000 2022-03-17

Visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor

General 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.

Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce visibility in certain driving conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.

In owners’ own words

Engine 640 mi 7 mo in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT ENGINE SEAL WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 640.

Engine 10 mi 6 mo in service

IGNITION KEY DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND DIFFICULT TO TURN ENGINE OVER; IGNITION KEY STICKS BOTH OFF AND ON??? I KNOW OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. ONGOING PROBLEM WITH GM??? *TR

Engine 4,500 mi 1.2 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER THE REDUCE ENGINE POWER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECM FUSE WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500. UPDATED 1/13/15*CN UPDATED 01/15/15*JB

Steering 861 mi 7 mo in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK POWER STEERING FLUID WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 861.

Other Equinox model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.