Chevrolet Equinox Frontal Problems
- 29
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 5
- Years with records
- 2005–2010
- 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 29 stored complaint records:
- 15 indicate a crash
- 9 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- passenger side · 7 records
- passenger seat · 7 records
- front passenger · 5 records
- airbags deploy · 4 records
- failure mileage · 4 records
- taken authorized · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 12 |
| 1–30k mi | 10 |
| 60–100k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Frontal
I was blindside struck at the rear right side of my vehicle by a person driving a car went through a red light at appox. 45mph. My vehicle spun, airbags deployed, flipped and slid 150 feet, and the front airbags did not deploy. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10403759
Frontal
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the front passenger air bag sensor failed while driving 5 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that there were no recalls for the failure and the air bag sensor could be replaced at the contacts expense of $600. The manufacturer was contacted who offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 50,000.
ODI 10396043
Frontal
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated the air bag light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told the air bag sensor failed. The contact found nhtsa recall campaign id number: 07v344000 (airbags: frontal: sensor/control module), but the manufacturer said their vehicle was not included. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 54,000.
ODI 10401482
Frontal
On jan 17th,2011 my vehicle was wrecked by the dealer on site of dealership. The whole front end was caved in on center. The driver a mechanic at don woods chevrolet was driving at a higher then normal speed. He hit a pole dead center and the air bag did not deploy. The driver was injured to what extent i am not sure, but i am not wanting this car back feeling the airbag may deploy at anytime due to the hit it took…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10383428
Frontal
Automobile accident at roughly 20 miles an hour in a 2007 chevy equinox mostly front end and driver side damage. The air bags did not deploy. Major front end damage sustained. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10370521
Frontal
2006 chevy equinox air bags did not deploy in my daughter's front crash accident. Her car was totaled. She hit a mailbox and in a spin on the driver's front side hit a telephone pole. She hit her head on the steering wheel and hurt her back. The rear windshield was also shattered and also had a back flat tire. I called our local gm dealer and they told me to call gm. She called gm but they got her upset and she in…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10342436
Frontal
While driving a 2008 chevy equinox, it was noticed passenger side airbag was not operating, it has operated when the vehicle was new then spontaneously quite, failure is intermittent in nature , the consequences could be serious injury or death of passenger. Passenger side has a presence detection module and may or may not detect someone who weighs around 112 lbs. This violates federal law safety standard number208,…
ODI 10346421
Frontal
2007 chevrolet equinox airbag sensor, the right air bag light only comes on half of the time. I have taken this vehicle in four times so far and it still doesn't work, gm rep says they will not replace any parts unless it shows error codes. What happens when someone face hits the dash or the windshield? I guess general motors doesn't care!!!!!!!! *tr
ODI 10339400