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Chevrolet Equinox 2016

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

0.18 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 46 complaints filed in the first three years, of 398 ever. 95% lower bound 0.13.

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 203 complaints

oil	147	72%
seal	46	23%
rear	43	21%
chevy	41	20%
main	38	19%
main seal	33	16%

Visibility/Wiper 114 complaints

suddenly stopped	14	12%
wipers suddenly	14	12%
pouring	14	12%
ball	12	11%

When it breaks

22% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 65,000 miles, from 172 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

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

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:

10780205 · 10820198 · 10862571 · 10865740 · 10865785 · 10870530

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.