Chevrolet Equinox Seat Belts Problems
- 55
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 13
- Years with records
- 2005–2018
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 55 stored complaint records:
- 17 indicate a crash
- 12 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- seat belt · 45 records
- seat belts · 10 records
- passenger side · 9 records
- steering wheel · 9 records
- failure mileage · 8 records
- side seat · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 14 |
| 30–60k mi | 14 |
| 1–30k mi | 7 |
| 100–150k mi | 5 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
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Air Bags · Body · Seat Belts
Estava saliendo del freeway 99 y vaje ala calle north in fresno ca y yo pare porq la calle norte los carros seguian en movimiento y esperava a q pasaran para yo incorporarme al trafico yo estava en alto cuando un trailer de fedex me inpacto por detras llevava mi bebe y mi esposa y las bolsas de aire no explotaron solo aparesio el sensor de bolsas de aire en el tablero
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 11217678
Seat Belts · Service Brakes
The brakes pad became hard and failed to stop the car almost hit 5 cars coming down a street that was a hill in lewiston ny rpust 104 east
ODI 11173195
Air Bags · Seat Belts
The lights keep coming on even though stuff was replaced
ODI 11161263
Seat Belts
Even when my seatbelts are connected the warning chimes continue to go off. During motion, on a city street and even on the highway it periodically makes the sound as if the seatbelt is not connected.
ODI 11152214
Seat Belts
The current locked-in wall-mounted shoulder safety straps are very uncomfortable and possibly dangerous for a short person. Previously we owned a 2012 equinox, and being under 5'2" tall, i used the wall-mounted shoulder strap "slider" adjustment to comfortably adjust the seat belt height in both the driver and front passenger seats. We now own a 2018 equinox, and it no longer has the "slider" height adjustment…
ODI 11132774
Air Bags · Seat Belts
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet equinox. While driving 24 mph on an exit ramp, the vehicle inadvertently drove off the side of the ramp and crashed. The air bags failed to deploy and the seat belt failed to restrain the contact. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact sustained minor injuries to the head and hips that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11127938
Air Bags · Exterior Lighting · Seat Belts
A semi tire bounced and hit the front of my car and cracked my grill. My hazard lights popped on, my dome lights came on, and seatbelts locked up and car filled with smoke. It took all i had to unbuckle my seatbelt and it locked up. No one was in passengers side and that seat belt locked as well. Service airbag warning light came on and stays on and still the smell of airbags in the car. Now unable to buckle up, and…
Crash reported
ODI 11111955
Seat Belts
The seat belts are designed such that a shorter person must wear the belt across their neck when buckled in. The adjustment to raise and lower the seatbelt from the wall of the vehicle is no longer included in the vehicle. I believe this has become a safety issue for the shorter driver (including student drivers). If an incident were to occur that required the seatbelt, i believe additional injury could result to…
ODI 11112738