Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Chevrolet Equinox

Chevrolet Equinox owners have reported 131 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 5 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (64 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (33 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Chevrolet Equinox


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Chevrolet Equinox

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

I was driving down my neighborhood road about 20mph there were no other cars around on the road at all only mailboxes and cars parked in driveways. The car suddenly slams the brakes hard enough the tires were squealing and threw us forward thankfully me and my child had our seat belts on.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Driving in the freeway at 70 miles per hour with adaptive cruise control on car went crazy with emergency lights and braking the vehicle in middle of freeway no accident also lane asíst is not working   Read details...

The Warnings problem

On multiple occasions my vehicle (2019 Equinox lt) that I bought just over 30 days ago has falsely activated the forward collision feature and slammed on its own brakes followed by “service esc” and “service brake assist” with traction control lights and stability control   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

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).   Read details...

The Dynamic Brake Support/brake Assist problem

The contact owns a 2022 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at 60mph, the brakes failed to operate causing her to strike the vehicle in front of her. The entire front of the vehicle was damaged.   Read details...




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