Boonsboro, MD
SERVICE BRAKES
Driving at 50 mph car applies brakes for no reason
NHTSA complaint #11747131 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV brake problems
11 of the 147 complaints about the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV are about the braking system — 7% of everything reported for this model year.
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Complaints
1
Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
Exactly what failed
Service Brakes
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What owners said
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
Union Bridge, MD
SERVICE BRAKES
We have occasional issues with the car coming to a very abrupt stop for no apparent reason. Typically this will happen when going through an intersection or pulling into our garage. Auto braking has been disabled in the system settings for quite some time, and in fact, each time we get in the car we see a warning that forward anti-collision braking is off. This has happened twice withing the past 4 days and we have concerns that if it continues to be a more frequent issue it will cause an accident. I recently spoke with another GM owner who told me they are experiencing the same issue so I thought I should log a complaint to hopefully help instigate a recall/fix.
NHTSA complaint #11727089 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Taylors, SC
SERVICE BRAKES
Automatic emergency breaking engaged while driving through an intersection when there was no danger or incoming car or need for it. If the car behind us was not paying attention they could have rear ended us.
NHTSA complaint #11722528 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Marble Hill, MO
SERVICE BRAKES
I was driving South on interstate 55 near Arnold Missouri in adaptive cruise control mode at approximately 65 mph when the car braked suddenly and came to a complete stop on the interstate. Car would not go forward after stopping. Turned the car off and restarted and the car now would drive normally. Have not used ACC since and car has behaved normally. Took the car to dealership in Farmington, MO and they reported no error codes and no recalls. I had driven over 13,000 miles in the car without any incidents previously.
NHTSA complaint #11706698 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Los Angeles, CA
SERVICE BRAKES
The contact owns a 2024 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving and attempting to reverse, the brakes unexpectedly engaged. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V639000 (Forward Collision Avoidance). The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
NHTSA complaint #11701736 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Thompsons Station, TN
SERVICE BRAKES
Backing out of a parking spot, no one around the car slams on the brakes and starts screeching! Scared the crap out of me and nearly gave me whiplash.
NHTSA complaint #11696741 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Mount Vernon, MO
SERVICE BRAKES
The vehicle will randomly brake on its own. I can be doing 70 on the interstate with no one around and it will disengage cruise and brake hard. It has nearly caused one accident when i had someone following me too closely.
NHTSA complaint #11687745 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Boynton Beach, FL
SERVICE BRAKES
Front or rear sensors Slamming on breaks multi times called on star not able to get in for service sometimes car for would have many error message systems not available key not in car while driving - cameras not working while on atleast 25 calls to on star and 4 or 5 hours on hold with chevy ev department Because of this CAR was traded in financial loss was over $18,000
NHTSA complaint #11640200 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Littleton, CO
SERVICE BRAKES
The Equinox EV has rear Automatic Emergency Braking. On multiple occasions while backing up the vehicle's AEB has activated by slamming on the parking brake. A check of the rear camera and sensor system shows the vehicle detected nothing. A visual check also shows nothing behind the vehicle that's outside the sensor system's field of view. When this happens it feels like you just backed into a wall - hard. Latest incident was this morning while backing into a spot in a parking garage.
NHTSA complaint #11638716 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Mt Pleasant, SC
SERVICE BRAKES
This was new vehicle in the dealer parking lot with 215 miles on it. I took it for a test drive with the sales person in the city next to me on the passenger seat.I was on the interstate with adaptive cruise control on. When the electric breaks failed and all kinds of information popped up on the screen. The display screen toggled between, "Brake System Failure - 62 MPH Top Speed" and "Service ESC". Fortunately, interstate was not too crowded. I could sense that it took a great deal of effort effort to slow down the vehicle. So luckily there was an exit coming soon. So exited the interstate and found a shopping center parking lot. Was able to slow slowly pull into the parking lot And pull into a spot with great difficulty. Turn the car off and turn the car back on and the arrow is disappeared, and the car began to function normally.
NHTSA complaint #11631673 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Dunn, NC
Crash
SERVICE BRAKES
I was in a parking lot and parking at an EV charger. As I attempted the brake, the vehicle did not respond, so I tried to pump the brake and still no response. It eventually made contact with the barrier in front of the charger. It caused some damage to the front end and several lights are lit up on the dash that aren't normally lit. This took place over the course of maybe 2-3 seconds, so minimal time to react to the brakes failing. The vehicle went over 3k miles earlier that day and leased back in Sept 24, so still fairly new. Have tried calling two Chevrolet service departments and there have been either scheduling issues or they say they do not have an EV tech. Contacted Chevrolet about where to take it to be checked out and they are supposed to get back to me.
NHTSA complaint #11629243 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.