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Chevrolet Equinox 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.83 per 1,000

2.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 98 complaints filed in the first three years, of 784 ever. 95% lower bound 0.67.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.40	27
2009	0.08	6
2010	0.83	98
2011	0.64	109
2012	0.32	66
2013	0.31	70
2014	0.22	53
2015	0.20	51
2016	0.18	46
2017	0.12	31
2018	0.47	146
2019	0.33	111
2020	0.29	89
2021	0.16	35
2022	0.48	91
2023	0.33	70

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 271 complaints

consumption	59	22%
oil consumption	58	22%
timing	52	19%
chain	45	17%
chevy	43	16%
timing chain	38	14%

Power Train 182 complaints

chevy	28	16%
plate	25	14%
wave	23	13%
wave plate	22	12%
oil consumption	22	12%
consumption	22	12%

Visibility/Wiper 132 complaints

transmission	29	22%
wipers stopped	28	21%
wiper transmission	20	15%
chevy	16	12%
linkage	11	9%

When it breaks

16% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 80,000 miles, from 649 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 97 complaints about this component over roughly 113 months before an investigation opened.

Front Wiper Transmission Inoperative

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10287306 · 10288675 · 10299745 · 10303169 · 10304769 · 10305267

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.