Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Subframe rust ? my 2006 chev eq , has only 50, 000 mile on it and the sub frame is rust out ? I check for recall but s… |
| 2023-02-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Bent driveshaft |
| 2022-11-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | I just got the car on Thursday, 11/3/2022. around 1:00 pm. On 11/3/2022 around 3:30 pm, the following happened: The equ… |
| 2022-10-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Both front frame mounts that hold the engine suspension crossmember rusted away. What is even worse GM discontinued the… |
| 2021-02-19 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | My 2006 Chevrolet Equinox blows cold air will not defrost windshield. And while driving I push the gas pedal and it’s l… |
| 2021-02-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Vehicle keeps over heating fixed everything that can cause it to overheat and the problem still consists read many comp… |
| 2021-01-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CAR WAS IN MOTION TRIED TO STOP AT LIGHT OR STOP SIGN REALLY HAD TO PUMP BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON TC / TBS. IF CARS WERE CLO… |
| 2020-10-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL YOU GET CONSTANT VIBRATION CAUSING YOU TO SKID. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR GOING STRAIGHT OR… |
| 2020-08-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS SEIZED UP. OVER-HEATING DUE TO EXCESSIVE FRICTION FROM BRAKES LOCKING. FRONT END STARTED SHAKING D… |
| 2020-03-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR KEEPS OVERHEATING REPLACED EVERYTHING STILL OVERHEATING |
| 2020-01-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLING, SMOKE SUDDENLY WAS PRESENT COMING … |
| 2020-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR STALLS NO MATTER IF I'M AM NOT MOVING OR GOIN 65 MILE AN HOUR,WITHOUT WARNING, I LIVE IN RURAL AREA LOT OF CURVY RO… |
| 2019-11-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 11/3/19, WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK THERE WAS A HORRIBLE THUMPING AND VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING OR TURNING … |
| 2019-10-21 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE PLASTIC BLEND ARM FOR THE HEATER SELECTOR MOTOR BROKE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING ON THE EQUINOX CARS. IT CAUSES T… |
| 2019-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT IS HAVING A SHORTAGE. SEAT MOVED ALL THE WAY BACK AND DOES NOT MOVE ANYMORE. THE MOTOR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE… |
| 2019-08-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE KEY SLIDES OUT THE IGNITION & THE IGNITION CAN SLIP FROM THE "RUN" TO THE "ACCESSORY" OR "OFF" POSITION WHILE I'M D… |
| 2019-08-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS RUSTING WHERE THE SUBFRAME CONNECT TO THE CAR TO THE POINT WHERE THE SUBFRAME ISN'T REALLY CONNECTED ANYMO… |
| 2019-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX AND THE FLOORBOARD IS STAYING WET, LIKE STANDING WATER. I'VE RESEARCHED THE … |
| 2019-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL STARTED VIBRATING ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP SO I HAD BRAKE PADS REPLACED. WHEN I PICKED… |
| 2019-05-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMERGING F… |
| 2019-04-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO FROM A USED DEALER SHIP AFTER THE CAR TURNED 12 MONTHS THE CAR STARTED SAYING IT … |
| 2019-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SMOKE EMERGED FROM BEHIND THE STEERI… |
| 2019-03-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MIST FROM THE HEATER BLEW INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND… |
| 2019-02-05 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | WEAK PLASTIC IN THE BLEND DOOR OF THE HVAC SYSTEM CAUSES DOOR TO BREAK AND GET STUCK IN THE "COLD" POSITION. NO HEAT IN… |
| 2019-01-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. WHEN YOU DRIVE THE CAR LONGER THEN 5 MINUTES IT OVER HEATS AND YOU LET IT COOL DOWN AND START TO DRIVE T… |
| 2019-01-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT IS THAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR IT HAS TO DO WITH MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL.. I THOUGHT THE BRA… |
| 2018-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE TURNING ON THE CAR AND DRIVING THE TC, BRAKE LIGHT, ABS, ENGINE, AND AIR BAG LIGHTS TURN ON AND THE CAR TURNS OFF… |
| 2018-10-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WATER IS FLOODING INTO THE CABIN. SEEMS TO DO SO AFTER DECENT ABOUT OF RAIN. |
| 2018-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AS I WAS AT STOP LIGHT 3 DAYS AGO AND AT A LOW SPEED AND ABOUT TO STOP MY ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT ANY INDI… |
| 2018-09-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | RAN HOT .BLOWN HEAD GASGET |
| 2018-08-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES LOCKING IN THE 20-35 MPH RANGE. LOCKS WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND VAN SMELLS VEHICLE GETTING HOT. HAVE TAKEN TO A FIR… |
| 2018-07-28 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE GAS TANK IS LEAKING FUEL A FARE AMOUNT. IT BEGAN THIS SUMMER HERE IN MESA AZ. WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN JUNE OF 2017 AND… |
| 2018-07-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ON-STAR CODES ARE P0137 AND P0128. I HAVE 81,368 MILES/130948,843750 KM. I WAS DRIVING. |
| 2018-06-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN APRIL OF 2015 I PURCHASED A 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX FROM SID DILLION CHEVY DEALERSHIP. APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AFTER HAVING… |
| 2018-06-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | AT A LOW SPEED BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT STOPPING. IT SEEMED AS IF THE ABS SYS… |
| 2018-03-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ONE WIPER BLADE QUIT FUNCTIONING AND CAUSES SEVERE DANGER TO THE DRIVER. HEATER QUIT WORKING CAUSING FOGGING ISSUES AN… |
| 2018-03-05 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 1. MY ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COME ON ALMOST EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE CAR. MOST OF THE TIME THEY COME ON FOR NO REA… |
| 2018-02-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL NOT START! PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN KEY FOB UNLOCK BUTTON WOULD NOT WORK, SO KEY WAS USED TO OPEN DOOR, ALARM AC… |
| 2018-02-06 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, TH… |
| 2018-01-09 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | LOSS CONTROL OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING STABILIZER LIGHT CAME ON COULDN'T TURN STEERING WHEEL. |
| 2018-01-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE DOES NOT GET WARM. BLOWS COLD AIR. |
| 2017-12-18 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | MY HEATER ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. WHEN MY WINDSHIELD HAS A LAYER OF FROST OR SNOW ON IT,… |
| 2017-12-04 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER BLOWER ONLY BLEW OUT COLD AIR A… |
| 2017-11-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | BROUGHT VEHICLE IN DUE TO NO HEAT - THEY INFORMED ME THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THE 200 EQUINOX FOR THE HEATER CORE - A… |
| 2017-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WITHIN THE LAST MONTH WHILE I AM DRIVING MY TRUCK WOULD JUST CUT OFF WITH OUT ANY WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I H… |
| 2017-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | A FEW WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLES ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON, RIGHT AFTER THAT THE BRAKES HAVE STA… |
| 2017-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR CAN CAUSE ACCIDENT CAUSE IT WON'T DEFROST WINDOWS |
| 2017-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING OR WHILE IN ANY OTHER POSITION. THERE WAS A RECAL… |
| 2017-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BOUGHT MY 06 EQINOX IN MAY OF 2015. DAY 2, BATTERY DIED. DEALER PUT NEW BATTERY IN. NEXT WEEK, BATTERY DEAD AND TOOK OU… |
| 2017-04-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS, MAKES BRAKE PEDAL VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND DIFFICULT TO STOP VEHICLE. (THIS OCCURS REGA… |