The Used Car Index

2008 Chevrolet Equinox problems

NHTSA lists 370 complaints for the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox, 9 of them mention a crash and 1 mention a fire. 8 complaints mention an injury, with 12 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as CHEVROLET EQUINOX.

At a glance

Complaints
370
With crash
9
With fire
1
With injury (complaints)
8
Injuries
12
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
969

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. The available sales group does not match this vehicle variant.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
AIR BAGS11029.7%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM6517.6%
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)4612.4%
STEERING4411.9%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM3910.5%
STRUCTURE338.9%
ENGINE277.3%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING225.9%
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES184.9%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER184.9%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints
STRUCTUREBODY29
AIR BAGSFRONTAL4
VISIBILITYPOWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS4
POWER TRAINAUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION3
SUSPENSIONFRONT3
VISIBILITYREAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMIGNITION2
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROLAUTOMATIC (ASC)2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGENGINE2
EQUIPMENTAPPLIANCE2

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

969 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
EQUIPMENT442
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM184
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING113
POWER TRAIN81
ENGINE77
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY70
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE45
WHEELS39

11023091

Date: 2025-09-09. Type: Other. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

New Vehicle Monitoring Programs Section in IVH

11021792

Date: 2025-08-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes B3055, B3060, B3935, C0750, C0755, C0760, C0765, and/o

11020816

Date: 2025-07-18. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC.

11019072

Date: 2025-05-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads.

11019073

Date: 2025-05-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads.

11019074

Date: 2025-05-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads.

11017783

Date: 2025-05-29. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Code P2097 or P2099. Technician will need to perform an injector balance or Active Fuel Injector Tes

11017270

Date: 2025-04-16. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary information communicates to dealership technicians that they will need to perform this step prior to performing any programming on replacement radios.A

11014455

Date: 2025-02-20. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get record a sound clip or take a video of the noise for assessment by engineering. Technician will need to

11011782

Date: 2024-12-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the latest test probe released for checking tension or probing the .64 series terminals. The test probe

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
EQUINOX370

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