Electrical System Problems of Chevrolet Equinox - part 2

The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while attempting to use the vehicle, there was an automatic update alert. The contact's wife's cellphone had alerted her to the update; however, she was unable to access the vehicle for 15 minutes. The contact stated that while attempting to reverse, the transmission failed to respond as needed. The contact stated that the reverse symbol was displayed on the instrument panel, and there was an abnormal clunking sound coming from the vehicle. The local dealer was contacted, and informed the contact that the automatic update was normal. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 999.

Car sensors don’t work as intended. Stay on and continue flashing. While driving on free way sensor shut off and cause vehicle not be able to detect lane or vehicle next to it.

While driving, all my displays which includes speed and car warning indicators, went blank and the red light (collision warning) started flashing as if there was something in front of my car, but my car acted fine. I pulled over and then everything slowly came back on. The car continued to run just fine. It was just both displays went totally black and then the red collision warning lights were flashing. Car never turned off. Never had to restart car. No resets performed. Displays came back on after a short period of time. Interesting, the radio and volume had to be turned back on. Acted as if displays rebooted, but did not affect car mobility.

Vehicle experienced derating. Check engine light on. Called mobile repair service. 20 year mechanic. Replaced pedal sensor. Fail. Second visit replaced throttle body. Fail. He advised better to take it to a reputable shop. Did. Shop worked on it for 2 months and ended up replacing ecm. I finally had the unit towed to an electrical specialist in longmont colorado. They replaced wiring loom between pedal sensor and car worked again. Drove car to kansas and after about 300 miles, loud boom and messages on display. Ecm engaged electric emergency brake hard at 79 mph. Was on cruise. At 20 mph car stopped messaging, and resumed normal operation. Pulled over, checked car. 50 miles from nearest city. Cautiously drove about 20mph, then 30, then more until up to speed limit again. Worked fine 140 miles (needed a population center to get car fixed)) and it happened again. Limped car a few miles to repair in salina, kansas. Ecm erased all miles, messages, etc. They could find nothing. My research showed the 2025 Equinox ev recall (we had replaced ecm and reprogrammed). I went to get car and risked driving, but without cruise. Warnings would come up, but car ran. No more emergency stops, but plenty of warnings. $3k in repairs and still problem. I believe current problem is electrical that Equinox is known for. The ecm/reprogramming problem that activated the brake is the issue here and previously reported by many. Extremely dangerous! car has 50k miles. Was flawless driver until now. Note: unit was rebuilt salvage. I bought at 1460 miles. Hit right rear, replaced right rear sheet metal, rear driveline on right side (genuine gm parts), replaced hatch door. Inspected by state of michigan. Reputable rebuilder. Zero bad reviews. Hundreds of excellent reviews. P. S. Cannot take to Chevrolet - they universally refuse to work on car - not to even change oil.

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While driving my 2025 Chevrolet Equinox, both the digital instrument cluster and infotainment screen suddenly turned off without warning. This blackout lasted for several seconds before both systems rebooted and returned to normal. This has happened multiple times and does not seem related to any specific driving condition, speed, or weather. The vehicle itself continues to operate normally during the blackout, but the sudden loss of all visual information — including speed, alerts, and navigation — poses a serious safety risk. No warning lights or error messages appeared before or during the incident. This issue started shortly after receiving an over-the-air software update labeled gm n25-f172ae. The problem has not yet been confirmed or resolved by a dealer, and the vehicle has not been inspected by police or insurance.

Center screen went black and is completely inoperational. Cannot utilize any center screen functions including headlights and rear backup camera. Took vehicle to dealer and they diagnosed as a bad display control unit, which is on backorder.

On two separate occasions, the dash and radio restarted while we were driving. Whole driving down the highway, the speakers stopped working, both screens would go blank and the red pre collision lights would turn on. This causes the inability to see your speedometer or other required information while driving. I am unsure if this affects any other safety equipment from functioning if there was a crash during this timeframe. This lasted for several seconds while the system essentially restarted itself. Once everything turned back on, everything worked as it should. It went into the dealer for the first time it did this and they did a software update to prevent this but it did not apparently fix the issue.

Component malfunction and availability for inspection: the vehicle’s infotainment system is critically malfunctioning and poses a serious safety threat. The issue has persisted despite four service attempts, and gm refuses to repair it. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. Safety risk: this malfunction creates an extremely hazardous driving condition. While traveling at highway speeds in unfamiliar, high-traffic areas, the system has suddenly frozen, pixelated, emitted loud static from the speakers, and disabled all controls. In one incident during chicago rush hour (65 mph zone), I lost navigation, audio controls, and screen functionality simultaneously. The sudden, jarring noise and visual failure distracted me and left me unaware of my location. With no safe exits, I had to dangerously operate my phone while steering through speeding traffic just to regain directions—putting my life and others at risk. This wasn’t a choice, it was a desperate action forced by a system failure. This situation was terrifying, disorienting, and could have easily resulted in a crash. Reproduction/confirmation of the problem: the issue has not been successfully reproduced by the dealer, despite recurring complaints and multiple service visits. It occurs regardless of whether a device is connected via bluetooth or usb, and with different users' phones. Inspection by others: the manufacturer has failed to correct the issue after repeated attempts. The vehicle has not been inspected by the police or insurance representatives. Warning signs and timeline: no warning lamps or messages appear before the failure. It strikes without notice. The system shows severe symptoms: frozen screen, distorted sound, mismatched song info, unresponsive buttons, and audio continuing after the car is shut off. Restarting the vehicle does not fix it. The randomness and severity of these failures make the vehicle unsafe to operate, especially in high-speed or unfamiliar driving conditions.

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One computer shorted out of 22 on the car cause major repairs.

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The screen for the radio goes blank and then the dash goes blank this happend a few times randomly but this time it was longer and then it told me there was no key found in car while driving and I was at a light the car in front moved forward and I started and went forward and my car braked unexpectedly I adjusted the gap settings but I don’t believe this should have happened the car seemed far.

Started the car . I noticed the their was no door chime with the door open, no radio , radio display dear, no seat belt warning chime, no rear backup display camera. I drove car down to corner stopped and made right turn and everything was all right ,everything worked ok. This morning got into the car and no door chime,no seat belt chime no radio or display no back up camera, no on star . Called my friend over and he checked the fuses . He checked fuse #9 radio fuse ok except for little tarnish on legs,checked display fuse #15 checked ok tarnish on fuse legs, checked the amplifier fuse #31 checked ok. But he replaced the fuses anyway, with new fuses. Started car same problem as above o difference , one can drive the car lights ,turn signal bulbs ok.

Service stabilitrak, power steering light, check engine light. Door locks lock and unlock continuously. Randomly has no acceleration, causes jolting at a low speed. Available for inspection ASAP. The code “uo101” comes up in a diagnostic test. Overall, the car basically shuts down while driving at no specific speed. Safety of myself and others is at risk because this can cause an accident resulting in being rear ended/collision with car and other vehicles as it randomly happens when driving. I took my car to the dealership on 3/5/25 and expressed this issue and they could not diagnose it as it was not physically happening after I dropped it off to them. They had the car for 4 days and couldn’t duplicate the issue. They gave back the car and told me there was no issue with the vehicle and it is continuing to happen again. They told me to get proof of the incident on video when it happens again. (I was able to get a video today 4/3/25) there is no warning before this event happens. It will go away and not happen for a few days and then the next day it is not drivable. I am concerned for the safety of myself and others and would like to find the cause of this once and for all. I’d like for the dealership to not send me away without a reason why this is happening or fixing my vehicle.

Abs and breaks exploded at 67k miles and at 78k miles car shut off in middle of the street with no warning. Electric issues confirmed by mechanic.

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In Feb 2025, I was driving, a day after a snow storm, on the highway when without warning my car stopped accelerating, and just shut down. The mechanic said my oil was all over the ground. He also stated that there's a defect in the 2. 4l ecotec motors and the pistons broke on my vehicle. Now I have to pay $3500 to rebuild my motor. He stated that the vehicle has a higher oil consumption rate/ leaks and you will never know.

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On February 25,2025 I first noticed my engine light was blinking constantly while my service esc light and tc light was on while driving on the freeway. When I exited the freeway all lights went off. I had my mechanic check it out and he suspected a misfire because he ran the VIN and said my vehicle had a history of a misfire. I was unaware of that because I wasn't given that information when I bought the vehicle a little over a year ago. I drove the vehicle approximately a month just around town and on March 26 2025 I was driving on the freeway and again the service escaped light came back on as well as the tc light with a line across the letters tc. The engine light did not come on on this occasion. I've read stories with many people with my same vehicle having the very same issue however I've searched my VIN and there's no recall listed for my particular vehicle and I think there should be. I find it strange that the lights only come on if I'm on the freeway and I don't feel safe driving the vehicle with my son in the car while traveling outside of the city. I'm still. Under warranty but I'm unsure if this issue is covered under my warranty.

It failed inspection after repairs secondary air injection pump tcm pmc . Check engine light came back on after it passed .

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I was driving down the road and my engine stopped. It stopped so suddenly that I did not have time to get out of the road and my safety was put at risk. When I took it to a certified Chevrolet dealership, they told me that the vacuum pump failure caused extensive damage to the motor and I needed to have my entire motor replaced. When I asked them what I could have done to prevent such catastrophic failure, they stated that there was nothing to prevent it. I did not have any warning on my dash at the time of the incident. This was at least the 2nd vacuum pump failure on this vehicle since I've owned it. I got it replaced at a certified Chevrolet dealership in 05/2022 when my brakes went out. In 05/22, the brakes went out but I was in a driveway and I did not feel my safety was a concern at that time. Now it's not even been 3 years and the vacuum pump failure risked my safety and caused catastrophic damage to engine to be replaced.

It burns oil excessively stalls out while driving stability traction control comes on timing chain has to be replaced now fuel pump needs replacement all this happened at same time my cost is 2700. 00.

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Snowy conditions. All of the traction control, stabilitrak, and abs systems are working normally. Sometimes when I accelerate and the wheels start to spin the whole infotainment console turns off. Its almost like the battery is dead for a few seconds then everything turns back on.

Unknown.

Rear mail oil leak engine gone timing chain failure allowed the engine pistons to contact the engine valves thereby damaging the valves and pistons.

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Both the speedometer/digital information center and radio went black while driving. I had no access to either of these for about 5-7 seconds. I had cruise control set at the time, and it did not affect my speed. I heard a “click” after everything went black and after restarting, it was normal. My red indicator above the steering wheel flashed a couple times and the radio came on first, then the speedometer. It would be available for inspection upon request. This put both mine and others’ safety at risk. I had no way to see my speed, cruise setting, or access any of my tools that uses either this or the radio to function. This has not happened again, I have reported the issue to the dealership the next day with no contact back. It has not been inspected, and there were no warning lamps or indication of the problem before it happened.

On December 15, 2024 my car stalled out. On the middle of the road nearly causing me a collison. My vehicle for. The last month has been - what I assume is having electrical problems , my car is only 4 years old so im uncertain as to why it would be stalling out , this is also the first time that this has happen . I called my insurance company to file a report about my vehicle stalling out on a busy traffic road and all that was said was unless im in a collison there is nothing they can. Do and if the car stallls out and I am in a accident it would be me at fault . I have one car which is the chevy Equinox 2020. I cant afford to die nor be in accident that can potential put me in danger for a car that is only 4 years old .

Wireless charging overheats - causes burns potential phone damage.

Infotainment and main driver information center blank. While driving on highway infotainments screen went blank followed by the main driver information center. Problem only lasted for 2 seconds before screens reappeared.

My car alerts shift to park when it is already parked and will not shut off. The battery has to be disconnected to turn the car off. It won't start and the dash displays multiple lights park, check engine lights, tire lights and more.

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I just purchased a 2019 chevy Equinox premier and I found water in the spare time wheel well. After some investigation, I found there is a water leak causing water to spill on the fuse box located in the back panel on the driver's side. This is certainly a safety issue if the fuse panel shorts out, especially if it happens while driving.

When purchase vehicle there was only 9,567 miles on it . I had the car for 1 year when lane changing warning and front camera went out. Also effected my car started. Dont know when it was first purchase and they say warranty is up. It could of been the end of 2024 but they say 1/2024. . Miles is under 36000 and the end of 2024 is 3year. My bill they stat is over 1500. I can afford it in this economy. And chevy should honor the bumper to bumper warranty. Im disappointed in chevy, that there electronics go in less then 3 years. I hope that chevy for a large corporation will make this right. Cause right now im not happy with chevy vehicle [xxx] [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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My trunk unlocked every time I put my vehicle in park. This has happened a few months ago as well.

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While driving, warning "service restraint system" popped up on the speedometer display, followed by "auto stop" something, then "reduced engine power", and symbols lit up including the service engine and traction control symbols. I pulled over, saw what I thought was steam emanating from the passenger side of the hood. I popped the hood intending to investigate and saw flames. 3 firemen and 2 mechanics told me based on my description, the engine was on fire before I even pulled off the road.

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The contact's wife owns a 2024 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while taking out the trash in the middle of the night, a strong, burnt rubber odor could be smelled in the air. Soon after, the contact stated that the front, passenger side window shattered as flames began to emit from the vehicle. The contact immediately rushed to move his other vehicle away from the burning vehicle while on the phone with the authorities. There were no occupants inside the vehicle at the time of the failure. The authorities arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed; however, the contact never received a copy of the report. Police were also present at the scene of the fire but was not certain if a report was filed. Per the fire investigation, it was determined that the fire was caused by the driver-side seat warmer. No physical injuries were reported; however, both the contact and his wife suffered severe emotional distress. No property damage was reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent tow yard were it remained in their possession. The vehicle had yet to labeled as destroyed by the contact's insurance company. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 16,989.

My car is chewing through oil, about 1 quart every 500 miles. There are no leaks, I change oil regularly. It went into limp mode, to then discover the 2. 4 4 cylinder chevys and gmcs are having massive issues. It almost stranded me on the side of the road coming home from work.

Was driving down the road with a sudden loss of power to the infotainment system plus dashboard resulting in all black and being unable to see your speed/turn signals. The steering wheel lights suddenly flashed then shut off and won’t turn back on.

Driving down a 4 lane busy highway. Going 65 when the car made a pop sound. We pulled over. Car caught on fire 5 mins after we were out.

After I engage the right turn signal and complete a right turn, it occasionally bounces the turn signal back too hard and then the "soft" (not fully clicked in) and lights up my left signal about three times. This has happened multiple times since we leased it in early September.