What is the best year for the Chevrolet Equinox?
No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.
Model-year matrix
Chevrolet Equinox
which year?
Compare every Chevrolet Equinox model year the EPA recorded, 2005 to 2027. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.
Evidence-led answer
Looking for the best Chevrolet Equinox year—or years to avoid?
The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.
Which Chevrolet Equinox years should you avoid?
The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.
01 · More reports to inspect2010
784 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.
Open the 2010 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2011781 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.
Open the 2011 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2013749 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.
Open the 2013 dossier →Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.
Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.
Direct comparison
Compare two Chevrolet Equinox model years.
Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.
2026 Chevrolet Equinox
- NHTSA complaint allegations
- 60
- Combined EPA economy
- 26–108 mpg/MPGe
- EPA configurations
- 5
- Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate
- $700–2,350
- Fuel labels
- Electricity · Regular Gasoline
Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 23power train 13service brakes 13
Open the 2026 evidence dossier →2027 Chevrolet Equinox
- NHTSA complaint allegations
- 0
- Combined EPA economy
- 26–103 mpg/MPGe
- EPA configurations
- 3
- Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate
- $750–2,350
- Fuel labels
- Electricity · Regular Gasoline
Most-reported component labelsNo component label indexed
Open the 2027 evidence dossier →Observed complaint-record difference
2027 has 60 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2026.
This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.Side by side
Chevrolet Equinox by year.
Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.
| Year | Complaints | Most-reported components | Combined MPG | EPA configs | Annual fuel cost | Dossier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 | — | 26–103 | 3 | $750–2,350 | Dossier → |
| 2026 | 60 | forward collision avoidance 23power train 13service brakes 13 | 26–108 | 5 | $700–2,350 | Dossier → |
| 2025 | 214 | electrical system 75unknown or other 49forward collision avoidance 39 | 26–109 | 5 | $700–2,350 | Dossier → |
| 2024 | 72 | fuel/propulsion system 20electrical system 15engine 14 | 26–108 | 4 | $700–2,350 | Dossier → |
| 2023 | 92 | fuel/propulsion system 42unknown or other 16engine 15 | 26–28 | 2 | $2,200–2,350 | Dossier → |
| 2022 | 161 | fuel/propulsion system 67fuel system, gasoline 30engine 25 | 27–28 | 2 | $2,200–2,300 | Dossier → |
| 2021 | 91 | electrical system 17power train 17unknown or other 16 | 27–28 | 2 | $2,200–2,300 | Dossier → |
| 2020 | 301 | service brakes 96engine 85fuel/propulsion system 50 | 24–28 | 4 | $2,200–3,150 | Dossier → |
| 2019 | 297 | engine 99service brakes 67electrical system 43 | 24–32 | 6 | $2,200–3,150 | Dossier → |
| 2018 | 398 | service brakes 115engine 85power train 65 | 24–32 | 6 | $2,200–3,150 | Dossier → |
| 2017 | 271 | engine 178unknown or other 35power train 32 | 18–25 | 6 | $2,450–3,400 | Dossier → |
| 2016 | 393 | engine 200visibility/wiper 112unknown or other 32 | 18–26 | 6 | $2,350–3,400 | Dossier → |
| 2015 | 679 | visibility/wiper 250engine 227power train 63 | 19–26 | 6 | $2,350–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2014 | 546 | engine 217visibility/wiper 167electrical system 45 | 19–26 | 8 | $2,350–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2013 | 749 | engine 411visibility/wiper 144power train 80 | 19–26 | 8 | $2,350–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2012 | 682 | engine 354visibility/wiper 121power train 84 | 19–26 | 8 | $2,350–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2011 | 781 | engine 386power train 145electrical system 74 | 19–26 | 6 | $2,350–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2010 | 784 | engine 271power train 182visibility/wiper 132 | 20–26 | 4 | $2,350–3,100 | Dossier → |
| 2009 | 94 | air bags 26electrical system 24engine 18 | 19–20 | 4 | $3,100–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2008 | 370 | air bags 112electrical system 66electronic stability control (esc) 46 | 19 | 4 | $3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2007 | 685 | fuel/propulsion system 156air bags 149electrical system 104 | 19–20 | 2 | $3,100–3,250 | Dossier → |
| 2006 | 695 | visibility 250electrical system 144engine 68 | 18–19 | 2 | $3,250–3,400 | Dossier → |
| 2005 | 638 | electrical system 167power train 117engine and engine cooling 113 | 19 | 2 | $3,250 | Dossier → |
Evidence snapshot generated . “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.