2025 Chevrolet Equinox

Bought vehicle in October 2024. About 5 hours after we purchased vehicle the check engine light came on, dealership did reset and everything checked out to be safe and sent us on our way. Fast forward to January (do not remember date) check engine light came on again, this time took it to auto zone to hook the car up to the scanner, it did give an error code of P04FB which is a crankcase ventilation sensor. From auto zone we did take it back to the dealership and the had the same code as auto zone. Dealer ship did reset and acknowledged that Chevy was “working on it” but no fix is available. Everything seemed to be ok until 6/5/2025 and the another time in June when the check engine light came back on and again the dealership reset it. Since June we have had the vehicle into the dealership once a month, July (not sure of date) and 3 times in August 8/26 8/27 & 8/29. The check engine light came back on and now we have to take it back to the dealership 9/2/2025. This is super frustrating and an inconvenience to have to take a brand new vehicle to the dealership every day. We have had the vehicle into the dealership a total of 8 times so far with a 9th visit on 9/2/2025 for the SAME issue when will chevy get this figured out?

I leased this vehicle brand new. At around 500 miles, the vehicle had occasionally a humming noice, at 1900 miles the humming noice is loud with vibration. My suspicion is a structural defect, my fear is to end up with half a vehicle on one lane, the other half in the other lane at the expressway. I have recorded several of the occurrences, provided a GM dealership with the recordings, contacted GM Executive offices, and have not been able to resolve or advance, meanwhile my household is without a vehicle. Neither GM nor the dealership is willing to provide a courtesy vehicle. The dealership was unable to duplicate my complaint, GM executive office agent recommended me to take the vehicle to a different dealership for a "second opinion". This is depriving me of work, transportation and giving me additional work.

8 speed transmission will not shift to 8th gear at highway speeds. It will shift at a lower speed which makes merging onto an interstate dangerous. The vehicle gets better fuel mileage if it will use 8th gear. For it to use 8th gear on the interstate you must merge onto the road at a much slower speed than posted speed limit and then very slowly accelerate to posted speed limit which puts driver at greater risk of an accident.

The onstar module installed originally from manufacturer was faulty, causing electrical issues. This ended up draining the battery unexpectedly. No warning that the battery was low. Only had .03 volts left when tested at dealership. The onstar button was experiencing issues such as blinking and loss of connection. Onstar Support was no help, and the car manufacturer ignored issues as my phones software problem, until new battery was drained and issues persisted while driving. Ultimately this left the OnStar not working for weeks leading up to the drained battery which was unsafe in case of accident as well.

I purchased my 2025 chevy equinox in January of 25. In March I noticed some distortion on the passenger side of my window while making a right turn. I have had the windshield replaced twice by chevy/gm. Both replacements have the same issue. The dealership pulled up a new 25 or 26 equinox to find it has the same issue. The local chevy/gm rep claims, even without seeing my vehicle, that this is with tolerances/spec. This is a safety issue as it distorts my vision.

Vehicle may be involved in GM Service Update N252494220 , Reduced Brake Performance. I cannot get a response from Chevrolet if the vehicle is part of the brake problem issue. Based on the information provided, this should be escalated to a recall. I also have not been able to get an answer from the selling dealer. Per the information in the Service Update bulletin, the vehicle was not to be sold until it was inspected for the problem.

We purchased the vehicle New. Within approx. 300 miles started to hear a bearing noise intermittently while driving. We returned to the dealership to have it diagnosed. We were advised that the could not duplicate it. A few days later the noise was brominate while driving at highway speeds. Returned to the dealer. We were told that it was caused by the Active Noise Cancelling system and that they performed an update(per GM service bulletin) to the control module to correct it. Picked up the vehicle. Driving around town no issue. Driving at highway speeds the noise would come and go. On June 14, 2025. while driving on the highway at 70 MPH the engine shut down. My wife and daughter were in the vehicle in the middle lane of a busy highway. The dash displayed "Automatic Braking Engaged! WHILE TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD. The vehicle brought itself to a COMPLETE STOP. On The HIGHWAY and Engaged the Parking Brake Automatically. This is unbelievable and extremely Dangerous. How or why did some engineer think this was good idea for the vehicle to Lock Itself down ON THE ROAD!

FIRST INCIDENT: On uncertain date between 10/10/2024 (vehicle purchase date) and 04/22/2024 (initial service date), on a Sunday, 6:30 a.m., Infotainment and dash display went blank/dark on Sawyer County Highway B. Recovery within 30 seconds. Dark conditions, operating at recommended speed of 55 MPH. Fortunately no surrounding traffic at the time. Issue brought to attention of Don Johnson Motors Service Department at initial oil/filter/tire rotation on 04/22/2025. Mileage at time was 3287. SECOND INCIDENT: 07/15/2025 at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sawyer County Highway N, Infotainment and dash display went blank/dark. Recovery within 15-20 seconds. Operating at recommended speed of 55 MPH. Fortunately no surrounding traffic at the time. Mileage at time of incident just over 7200. Have not contacted above dealership, but will do so shortly. This defect renders the vehicle out of the driver's control similar to a pilot losing engine power on an aircraft. Checked online to locate possible sources for the problem. Determined this is a known issue.