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2020 Chevrolet Equinox Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
14about this part
Share
4%of 318 total for the year
Median mileage
6,700miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 14 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox, 4% of the 318 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 6,700 miles. 4 of these say a crash was involved and 2 a fire, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

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

“Driving 75 miles per hour on interstate while passing two vehicles and one car behind me the car made a dinging noise, the adaptive cruise not available light illuminated and the car decelerated causing the car behind me to have to brake. If I had not stepped on the accelerator the car behind may have hit me. This has happened on four different dates and on one trip it happened 8 times in 80 miles. This is a safety hazard that could cause rear end collision at high speed. The repair shop at my chevy dealer in town says there are no error codes and the adaptive cruise is working as designed. …”

NHTSA complaint #11384814, filed 2020-12, 4,900 miles

“While driving vehicle, received service ESC warning on the dashboard with 4 lights on the dashboard. Abs light, traction control light, stability control, and parking brake light. Lane keep assist has been disabled, front collision warning has been disabled, and front pedestrian braking has been disabled. All of these lights turn on and off continuously while driving and sometimes will turn off for a couple of hours and turn back on.”

NHTSA complaint #11404169, filed 2021-03, 29,133 miles

“Complaint: owner states adaptive cruise control malfunctions without notice. Owner brought vehicle to local GM service department and vehicle was returned to customer as an unfounded complaint. Reporter found the following; all ipc indicators are functioning during self test, no ipc warning lights/messages present, distance following system appears to be functioning as designed and recognizes vehicles in its zone of influence. Reporter test drove vehicle with customers adas settings as dropped off. Adaptive cruise control did malfunction as customer indicated. …”

NHTSA complaint #11389747, filed 2021-01, 8,500 miles

“I have 149,000 miles in this car. In my lifetime of being the one owner and purchasing this car brand new the vacuum pump has failed five times. Twice now resulting in blown engines. And still no recalls.”

NHTSA complaint #11612080, filed 2024-09

“Our car has just around 77,000 miles and the brakes stopped working while driving. To our luck my husband quickly thought to use the e brake to prevent a car crash. We took it into our mechanic who diagnosed a brake pump failure. It looks as though the 2020 equinox has recalls for brake issues but our vin number was not listed. This is very dangerous and could have caused a deadly or serious injury crash. We had no prior warning to this happening. The shop owner is fixing the issue and we are holding onto receipts if this becomes a recall available on our vehicle. …”

NHTSA complaint #11648275, filed 2025-03

Related service bulletins

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20262127%
20253515%
20241113%
202366%
202263%
202122%
2020144%
201972%
2018164%
201710%
201610%
201510%
201420%
201351%
201220%
201110%

Other parts of the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox

Brakes
113 complaints
Engine
93 complaints
Fuel system
58 complaints
Other or unknown
47 complaints
Electrical system
43 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
40 complaints
Vehicle speed control
15 complaints
Steering
13 complaints
Suspension
11 complaints
Engine cooling
9 complaints
Air bags
8 complaints
Wheels
7 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 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