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Chevrolet Equinox 2011

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

0.64 per 1,000

2.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 109 complaints filed in the first three years, of 781 ever. 95% lower bound 0.52.

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 386 complaints

oil	207	54%
consumption	96	25%
oil consumption	95	25%
timing	82	21%
chain	80	21%
chevy	68	18%

Power Train 145 complaints

oil	44	30%
chevy	32	22%
chain	18	13%
timing	16	11%
oil consumption	14	10%
consumption	14	10%

Electrical System 74 complaints

chevy	10	14%
oil	10	14%

When it breaks

19% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 80,000 miles, from 632 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:

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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.