2014 Chevrolet Equinox Driver assistance Problems

Safety Complaint: Engine Stall/Loss of Power at Highway Speeds – 2014 Chevy Equinox Incident Details: • The Failure: While driving, the vehicle suddenly stopped responding to the accelerator. I was forced to navigate through highway traffic to the shoulder with no engine power. Once stopped, the vehicle would not restart. • Warning Signs: Leading up to the event, the Check Engine light and Battery light flickered intermittently. • Diagnostic History: Prior to the breakdown, a technician replaced the starter and checked the battery, yet the Check Engine light remained on. The engine exhibited high RPMs (reaching 3,000+) during normal acceleration before the total failure. • Safety Risk: This defect caused a complete loss of propulsion in high-speed traffic, placing myself and my infant in immediate danger of a high-speed rear-end collision.

NHTSA ID

11708538

Incident

Jan 1, 2026

The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while reversing, the rearview camera image was black. The contact stated that upon shifting from reverse(R) to drive(D), the rearview camera remained engaged for an extended period. Additionally, the contact stated that while reversing on one occasion, the failure recurred, causing the rear end of the vehicle to strike an unoccupied parked vehicle. There was no injury sustained. The rear end of the vehicle sustained minor damage. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000.

NHTSA ID

11688128

Incident

Sep 18, 2025

Mileage

145,000 mi

I have had several codes pop up on my Equinox, such as P0016, P0017, P0089 and P228D. All of these codes are between the Crankshaft position, variable timing position and high pressure fuel issues. I almost wrecked my SUV because of these 3 factors and I have seen thousands of videos on YouTube with other people having the same issues. This is beyond dangerous to be out on the road driving and these codes pop up causing "Reduce Speed" warnings and "Stabilitrak". This will be the 2nd time I've had to replace the Crankshaft position sensor and Variable Timing Solenoid, along with a brand new timing kit that I had put on right after I bought the car over a year ago, that is now in need of repair. There has to be some way that Chevrolet can fix these issues for those of us who buy their vehicles. They are supposed to be safe, dependable, durable and last longer than what they do before they start having all of these issues. I have had so many problems with the last 2 Equinox's that I have owned and each one of them have all had the same error messages pop up within a year or less of driving them, some have lasted over a year. I as a vehicle owner should not be held responsible for these kinds of issues going on in a vehicle that I still owe for. Chevrolet needs to understand and take care of their customers to prevent accidents from happening, vehicles from breaking down after short periods of time and replace/repair these malfunctions at their cost so that people like me don't keep going out here spending hundreds of dollars for the same fix after a year or 2 replacing, and it sometimes still not even fix the problem. There are so many others out here with the same exact issues that I am having, P0016, P0017, P0089 and 228D codes all dealing with fuel, vehicle speed, Stabilitrak, etc. Something has to be done about this and there has to be a way where they can be fixed for longer than 50,000 miles

NHTSA ID

11618668

Incident

Oct 4, 2024

While driving down the interstate at approximately 70 mph the equinox would locks would start to cycle and at the same time the service stabiltrak and service power steering line would come on and the vehicle would drastically slow to around 30-40 mph, almost causing an accident. This is a well known issue with Chevrolet and they have not tried to resolve the issue. This is going to cause major issues when someone gets in a wreck. There is no definite fix out there for this issue and Chevrolet needs to be held accountable for this and fix this issue.

NHTSA ID

11600529

Incident

May 30, 2024

Service Stabilitrak & Power Steering light comes on after initial start up or in the middle of driving intermittently cause car to jolt back & forth while driving which can cause an accident if someone or car is near, could hear that car was attempting to lock & unlock doors while errors appear on dash. When changing gears a jolt and loud knock sounds occurs, now check engine light appears, this has caused a new issue now code states to replace transmission valve body assembly…Unable to locate part anywhere & I’m not clear what may be causing issue since it happens intermittently. Changed battery, msgs stopped appearing on dash for a week. Boom hopes were high now msgs are there again….Total nightmare. I just bought this car!!!

NHTSA ID

11552147

Incident

Sep 1, 2023

My vehicle has all symptoms of the timing chain slipping or being loose. Just as millions of others who owns a chevy equinox with a 2.4 motor. Drives like crap, stalls out unexpectedly, which is very dangerous, exhaust fumes enter cabin of vehicle, toxicity to lungs. Extreme fuel intake consumption, erotic idle issues, extreme oil consumption all these issues have progressively gotten worse. This is very much a safety hazard in more than ONE way! GM needs to be held responsible and FIX THEIR problem selling such faulty and pitiful parts to their customers. After this I will NEVER own a chevy again. HIGHLY disappointed! Fixing a timing chain issue is NOT cheap, nor should it be the responsibility of any chevy equinox owner seeing as how there are so many other people who share the SAME issue, like duh. obviously, this is a manufacturer defect. HOW HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET??????? This issue is a safety risk hazard to the customers of this vehicle. Obviously, the timing chains in these 2.4 motors of all years of equinox's are defective and GMC are the ones who need to be held responsible and fix THEIR mistakes, this is ridiculous, how has a recall not happened, there are millions of people with the SAME COMPLAINT???

NHTSA ID

11545357

Incident

Jan 1, 2017

Mileage

134,972 mi

VEHICLE HAS 55000 MILES AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. IN SCANNING THE CAR I WAS TOLD THAT P0010 THE INTAKE POSITIONS ACTUATOR CIRCUIT AND P0013 EXHAUST CAMSHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR CIRCUIT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED TO THE TUNE OF BETWEEN 1200.00 AND 1500.00 DOLLARS WHICH IS NORMAL FOR THESE CARS I. THINK THIS IS BS I HAVE OIL CHANGED EVERY 2000 MILES OR 3 MONTHS WITH CASTROL DEXOS 5W30 AND LUCAS OIL STABILIZER. SOUNDS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY YHE MANUFACTURER.

NHTSA ID

11403341

Incident

Mar 11, 2021

Mileage

55,933 mi

I STAR HEARING AS QUICK NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND AFTER A DAY THE ENGEEN IS NO LONGER GOOD ,I I'M PAYING A MECHANIC TO REPLACE ENGINE

NHTSA ID

11400145

Incident

Mar 1, 2021

THE STABILI TRACK IS MESSED UP. WHEN U GIVE IT GAS IT JUST BOGGS THE STABILI TRACK LIGHY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THIS ALL HAPPEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED WHICH MADE THE CAR JUST ABOUT UNCONTROLLABLE. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT HAS BEEN ON OTHER MODELS

NHTSA ID

11378192

Incident

Dec 5, 2020

Mileage

75,000 mi

FRONT CRANKSHAFT SEAL HAS A LEAK THAT SPRAYS ONTO SERPENTINE BELT CAUSING BELT FAILURE AND MAJOR OIL LEAK. THE SEAL HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. I HAVE GONE THROUGH 5 BELTS IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND TOO MUCH OIL TO TRACK. ALSO UNKNOWN AIRBAG AND STABILITRAC WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON AND CAUSE CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.

NHTSA ID

11372869

Incident

Oct 6, 2020

Mileage

130,000 mi

STABILITY SERVICE TRACK LIGHT ON AND POWER STEERING GOES OFF AND ON OUT OF NO WHERE

NHTSA ID

11341304

Incident

Jul 20, 2020

Mileage

75,000 mi

STABILITRAK LIGHT, POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ON AND ALL THE GAUGES START TO GO UP AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

11324024

Incident

Mar 10, 2020

Mileage

43,000 mi

THE VEHICLE BURNS OIL AT A VERY FAST PACE, THE VEHICLE ALSO GOES INTO POWER REDUCED MORNING WITH A VEHICLE CAN ONLY GO TO 20 MPH, WHEN CUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF IT HESITATES TO TURN OFF AND SHAKES WANTS THE ENGINE FULLY SHUT DOWN.

NHTSA ID

11318165

Incident

Jan 18, 2020

Mileage

105,879 mi

THE 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX WILL STALL WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSEAN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN NUMEROUS TIMES AND SPENT OVER 2K ON REPAIRS. CURRENTLY MY VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO CODES. IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATING NORMALLY. IT IS NOT, I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I AM WORRIED THAT SHE COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I RECENTLY FOUND THAT GM HAD IDENTIFIED THAT THIS VEHICLE CONSUMES A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL AND IT CAUSING ISSUES SIMILAR TO WHAT I AM REPORTING. ONLY ISSUE IS THEY ARE REQUIRING A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST REQUIRING MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. IN THE MEAN TIME I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO STALL PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, PUTTING MY LIFE AND OTHERS LIFE AT RISK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A MANDATORY RECALL AND CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THE ATTACHED PICTURE SHOWS THE LAST TWO OIL CHANGES AND THE AMOUNT OF OIL RETRIEVED. MY MOST RECENT I HAD LESS THAN 2.5 QUARTS LEFT. THERE IS NO LEAK ON MY VEHICLE, AND I CHANGE MY OIL ABOUT EVERY 5K MILES PER MANUFACTURER SUGGESTIONS.

NHTSA ID

11257217

Incident

Sep 21, 2019

Mileage

104,000 mi

THERE IS A ABOUT 3 MILES WHERE I USE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN GOING TO STORE . WHEN ENGAGING CRUSIE CONTROL AT AROUND 30 MPH MOTOR WOULD REV. UP , TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE . WENT TO DEALER , THEY SAID WITH OUT CODES THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING . NO ENGINE LIGHT BUT DON'T KNOW IF CODES MAY BE THERE , DEALER DID NOT CHECK .

NHTSA ID

11181282

Incident

Sep 9, 2018

Mileage

25,000 mi

PURCHASED MY PRE-DRIVEN SUV 88 DAYS AGO. AFTER PUMPING GAS, I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR & IT WOULDN'T START. I TURNED OFF THE RADIO, TRIED AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS COLD OUT IT STARTED BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY THE 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' CANMR ON. WHILE IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT LESS THAN A MIN LATER, IT CUT-OFF AGAIN! ANOTHER CAR WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME. I TURNED ON MY FLASHERS & STARTED UP AGAIN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AT MY NEXT STOP, IT CUT-OFF AGAIN! I RESTARTED MY CAR, KEPT MY FLASHERS ON AND PRAYED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TRYING TO ARRIVE HOME TO BEAT THE EXPECTED 'ICESTORM' I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT BUT THEY WERE CLOSED BUT WOULD CALL BACK. THE NEXT MORNING I HAD MY CAR TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER - 13 MILES AWAY. THE SERVICE DEPT. HAS HAD HAD MY CAR FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS & COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY EVENTUALLY SAID THE ERROR CODE WAS P0010. THE PART NEEDED WAS: CAM SHAFT POSITION ACUATOR. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT THE DEALER SUGGESTED & I PAID FOR, REFUSED TO COVER PARTS, LABOR OR RENTAL REIMBURSEMENT EVEN AFTER ARGUING WITH THE SERVICE MGR. JUDGING BY THE COMMENTS/COMPLAINTS THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE EQUINOX, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I AM A WIDOW, ON DISABILITY & NEED A RELIABLE VEHICLE BUT THIS DEFECT HAS PLACED ME IN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. I COULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED OR MUCH WORSE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THIS IS DANGEROUS! THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REMEDIED ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL. I HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OR I WOULDN'T HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR! ( I WAS ASKED TO VERIFY THE TYPE OF GAS - REGULAR UNLEADED NOT DIESEL & I HAVE MY RECEIPT OF PURCHASE.)

NHTSA ID

11175113

Incident

Feb 5, 2019

Mileage

56,200 mi

FIRST TWO DAYS OF HAVING VEHICLE WITH 36K MILES AND I'M AT A RED LIGHT AND THE THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF. ALL THE LIGHT WERE ON AND THE GAS NEEDLE NEVER MOVED. I HAD TO CUT CAR OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON. AT THIS POINT IT WOULD CONTINUE TO SHUT OF IF I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I GOOGLED MY ISSUE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY BY PUTTING CAR IN NEUTRAL EVERY TIME I HAD TO STOP. A CHIP WAS REPLACED. NOW I'M ALMOST AT 75K MILES AND THE STABILITRAK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SOMETIMES WITH A LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 5 TIMES IN ONE WEEK. TOOK TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE. WAITED FOUR HOURS FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND ALL LIGHTS ARE OFF AND TO DRIVE UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS. THIS OCCURS IF I'M TURNING OR BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER WAITING 15 SECONDS TO RESTART CAR, IT HAS TROUBLE TURNING OVER. I LET SIT FOR ANOTHER 15 SECONDS AND IT'S FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT THE CHECK ENGINE REMAINS ON BUT WILL BE OFF IN THE MORNING. LOSING POWER ON A CONGESTED 6 LANE HIGHWAY WOULD NOT BE GOOD BUSINESS FOR CHEVROLET.

NHTSA ID

11150432

Incident

Nov 9, 2018

Mileage

74,000 mi

SPUDDERS MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN TRYING TO GO THEN DIES AS SOON AS I GIVE IT GAS. DIES MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY BUT TURNS RIGHT BACK ON. DIED TRYING TO CROSS A HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS.

NHTSA ID

11112281

Incident

Jul 8, 2018

Mileage

61,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE TURNED OFF IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,974.

NHTSA ID

11088414

Incident

Apr 14, 2018

Mileage

73,974 mi

CAR SHUT OFF 3 TIMES WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT APPEARS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BASED ON A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH SO IT SEEMS ABSURD THERE WOULDN'T BE AN OPEN RECALL TO FIX IT

NHTSA ID

11084437

Incident

Apr 10, 2018

Mileage

43,000 mi

THIS IS THE 4TH INCIDENT. WHILE DRIVING A WARNING "SERVICE POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE STABILITY TRACK". ENGINE REDUCED POWER TO BELOW 25MPH WHILE ON AN INTERSTATE. AFTER PULLING OVER AND TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD IT TOWED HOME. IT RESTARTED A FEW HOURS LATER WITH NO CODES EVEN THOUGH I DID NOTHING TO FIX IT.

NHTSA ID

11074030

Incident

Feb 20, 2018

Mileage

93,000 mi

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT COMES ON, ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL COMES ON CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CAR SLOWS FROM 70MPH TO 20MPH. STARTS SMELLING VERY HOT.

NHTSA ID

11063268

Incident

Jan 17, 2018

Mileage

95,600 mi

THE THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHTS WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS "REDUCED POWER." THIS WAS WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY GETTING UP TO SPEED. HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN GOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER, I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP DRIVING. PARKED THE CAR FOR 3 HOURS THEN IT WAS FINE. STILL NOT CLEAR AS TO WHAT CAUSED THIS. ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON.

NHTSA ID

11057706

Incident

Dec 27, 2017

Mileage

72,000 mi

MY VEHILCLE JUST SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND IT DOES IT ON A CONSTANT BASIS LIKE WHEN IM BACKING UP OR LOW ACCELERATION. I GOT A DIAGNOSTICS DONE AND I GOT ERROR CODE P0011 AND P0010 WHICH IS INTAKE CAMSHAFT POSITIONING TIMING IS OVER ADVANCED. IVE ONLY OWNED THIS CAR SINCE MARCH 2017 AND IT IS OCT. 2017 AND IVE HAD THE ISSUE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSIE OCCURED BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11031435

Incident

Sep 20, 2017

Mileage

56,550 mi

VEHICLE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 130 MPH ON SPEEDOMETER WITH ENGINE REVING TO THAT SPEED SOUND . VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY . I PULLED OFF ROAD ON EACH OCCASION TURNED OF ENGINE AND RESTARTED AS I WAS HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM HOME. HAD CAR TOWED TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP AT DESTINATION. AS THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE ISSUE THEY WILL NOT REPAIR EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY VEHICLE NOW REMAINS IN 5 HRS AWAY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IS WRONG. THIS PUTS MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK ON THE HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID

10993314

Incident

Jun 2, 2017

Mileage

30,000 mi