Skip to content
Forward collision avoidancePart report

2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
44about this part
Share
27%of 166 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 44 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV, 27% of the 166 complaints for this model year. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“When I activate adaptive cruise control with cruise braking my car will follow the the car ahead of me as it speeds up or slows down. But if that car slows down to a stop light, my car will not slow down enough before the red collision warning activates and I need to apply the brakes immediately to avoid impact. Happens every time at any gap distance or set speed.”

NHTSA complaint #11634092, filed 2025-01

“I have had multiple times where my car kicks in the automatic emergency brake because it things I’m about to hit something. All those instances that it has happened, I was not about to hit something and the car short stops and stops in the middle of the street which is so dangerous because then I quickly have to start my car so that someone doesn’t crash into me since I’m stopped in middle of the road”

NHTSA complaint #11748656, filed 2026-07

“I was waiting behind 2 cars at a red light to turn left. Once the light turned green, I slowly started to accelerate and turn, the car then came to an immediate stop in the middle of the intersection. The HUD indicated the front automatic braking was enabled. Luckily there was no one behind me so I wasn’t rear ended. This was at night time. This was a completely empty intersection besides the 2 in front of me.”

NHTSA complaint #11710823, filed 2026-01

“Every car I’ve ever owned the cruise control disengages once you touch the brakes and does not reengage without pushing the button to say resume. On several occasions, this car has reengaged sometimes many minutes after I’ve touched the brakes multiple times such as in a parking lot or parking garage going around the corner The car resumes cruise, and rapidly accelerates, which is very dangerous in a parking lot or parking garage”

NHTSA complaint #11668230, filed 2025-06

“Automatic emergency braking engaged when there was no risk of a collision. I was in a roundabout (traffic circle) when the brakes suddenly engaged, nearly stopping my car. There was a car yielding to roundabout traffic ahead of me (waiting for me to clear before entering the roundabout). I was nearly rear ended by another car due to the sudden braking. I then disabled the automatic emergency braking feature to avoid similar “phantom” collision detections.”

NHTSA complaint #11687691, filed 2025-09

Related recalls

Related service bulletins

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20261083%
20254427%
20242624%

Other parts of the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV

Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
81 complaints
Other or unknown
26 complaints
Brakes
22 complaints
Electrical system
17 complaints
Vehicle speed control
5 complaints
Exterior lighting
4 complaints
Body and structure
4 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaints
Steering
3 complaints
Lane departure
2 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
2 complaints
Fuel system
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology