Three problems related to warnings have been reported for the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox based on all problems reported for the 2026 Equinox.
On Saturday, August 29, 2026, at approximately 12:00 pm, I was driving my 2026 Chevrolet Equinox ev rs on the highway at about 65 mph. The weather conditions were clear and sunny. Without warning, the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (aeb) system abruptly engaged with full force, causing a severe and sudden deceleration. There were no vehicles, pedestrians, or obstacles in front of my vehicle at the time. There was active traffic trailing my vehicle. Fortunately, the driver directly behind me had enough following distance to react in time and avoid a severe rear-end collision. Today, August 31, 2026, I spoke directly with my Chevrolet dealership, and they confirmed that my vehicle's software had already been updated to be compliant with gm TSB #n252521591 (image processing module / unwanted integrated brake assist) prior to this event. This phantom braking event occurred despite the vehicle already having the official software patch applied, indicating that the safety hazard persists.
I was on the way back home from the office driving [xxx]. Speed limit of the road was 45mph and I was driving around 40 mph. There was a traffice light and it changed to yellow. The card in front of me stopped but the brake was slipping and my vehicle couldn't stop, ended up hitting vehicle in front of me. My vehecle equipped with automatic emegency brake and front collison warning but no warning popped up and automatic brake didn't work. I pushed brake so hard but it was slipping. I was holding steering wheel with both hand and stepping on the brake. And triied to avoid crash by turning vehicle to the right. But couldn't avoid crash and hit the passenger side of the vehicle in front of me with my driver side corner. Brake did not work and none of the emergency features equiped in the vehicle responded, information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
While driving south bound on an early morning drive in bright sun, the forward collision avoidance/alert system and adaptive cruise control kept intermittently disabling itself. This continued to happen for 20 minutes.