2014 Chevrolet Equinox
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Engine is the leading concern among 548 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 9th highest complaint count among 21 Equinox model years with reports.
Of the 2014 reports, 23 involved a crash and 4 involved a fire. 11 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Visibility, windshield wiper/washer, motorMar 17, 2022
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2015 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles. The ball joints in the windshield wiper module may corrode, causing one or both windshield wipers to fail.
Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce visibility in certain driving conditions, increasing the risk of a crash.
Dealers will inspect the wiper module, and repair or replace it as necessary, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters informing owners of the safety risk were mailed on April 21, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed on October 25, 2022. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N212352530.
Campaign 22V165000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: engine
229 reports, newest first. Show all
Engine, Fuel/propulsion system, Feb 6, 2021
NO OIL IN VEHICLE. NO OIL LIGHT WARNING. DID NOT START. TOWED TO CHEVY DEALER THEY REPLACED TIMING CHAIN AND OIL LOSS ISSUE NEVER SOLVED. WAS RECOMMENDED TO SPEAK TO SENIOR ADVISORS. BUT ALL THEY EVER SAY IS THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD NO RECALLS. WHEN CHECKING DIFFERENT WEBSITES I FIND THIS IS A BIG ISSUE WITH EQUINOX'S FROM 2014-2017. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY DRAW THE LINE ON WHAT GETS RECALLED AND WHAT DOESN'T. THIS VEHICLE FALLS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS AND YEARS THAT GM HAD THIS PROBLEM. CAN'T GET ANY ANSWERS FROM THEM. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. GREW UP AND ALWAYS HAD A GM AUTO. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST.
Other or unspecified, Engine, Feb 5, 2021
ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION. VEHICLE IS CONSUMING 4 QUARTS OF OIL PER WEEK. THIS RESULTS IN A LOUD VEHICLE, AND SHAKING DURING A STOP. THERE IS NO LEAK IN THE OIL CANISTER, FOR I HAVE SPENT $1100 ON IT RECENTLY. THE ENGINE IS BURNING THE OIL AT AN UNREASONABLE RATE.
Engine, Feb 1, 2021
ENGINE WAS BURNING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE, WAS STARTING TO STALL WHENEVER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHILE IN DRIVE, AND WAS LOUDER THAN NORMAL. SENT VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THE PVC MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WAS ALSO TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE TOTAL COST WAS $812.00 WITH PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE. THE CAR HAS UNDER 100K MILES AND APPARENTLY GM WILL NOT COVER THE COST IN ANYWAY. WAS ALSO TOLD THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSED MY ENGINE TO BLOW IF NOT CAUGHT IN ENOUGH TIME.
Engine, Jan 27, 2021
PCV VALVE FAILED; ALLOWED PRESSURE BUILD UP IN CRANK CASE WHICH THEN BLEW THE REAR MAIN SEAL. $1,600 BILL FOR THIS. A LOOK ONLINE SHOWS THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT NO RECALL ISSUED BY MANUFACTURER AND NO COMPENSATION FOR THE REPAIRS
Engine, Jan 9, 2021
2.4L 4CYL. MOTOR RAN OUT OF OIL, NO OIL ON DIP STICK. NO LOW OIL LIGHT OR PRESSURE NOTIFICATION AND UNDER RECOMMENDED MILEAGE FOR OIL CHANGE. PCV TUBE TO AIR INTAKE FILLED WITH MILKY OIL. REFLECTS ISSUE FOR 2010-2013 MODELS. THE ISSUE WAS FOUND AFTER STALLING AT STOP LIGHT ON BUSY STATE ROAD.
Engine, Dec 29, 2020
2014 MODEL YEAR CHEVY EQUINOX. MY CAR WAS PRODUCED IN 9-2013, AND HAS HAD CONTINUOUS HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION SINCE PURCHASE. EVERY FEW WEEKS IT IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AFTER START UP, AND I AM HAVING TO ADD OIL (3 QTS YESTERDAY OF THE 5W-30 DEXRON OIL AS LISTED ON THE CAP).
Engine, Dec 23, 2020
I WON A 2014 CHEVY EQUINOX AND I STARTED TO SMELL EXHAUST BUT MY CAR PASSED EMISSIONS. FOUND OUT LATER THIS ENGINE IS KNOWN FOR CRACKING IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. NOW MY VEHICLES ENGINE IS REALLY LOUD, THE SMELL OF EXHAUST IS REALLY BAD WHEN IDLING AND DRIVING, ALSO NOW MY KIDS AND MYSELF ARE HAVE BREATHING PROBLEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR MY FAMILIES SAFETY.
Engine, Dec 17, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A TRAIL OF OIL IN HER REARVIEW MIRROR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS OIL ON THE DRIVEWAY PAVEMENT OF HER RESIDENCE. NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SHAKOPEE CHEVROLET INC (1206 1ST AVE E, SHAKOPEE, MN 55379, (952) 955-6285) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PCV MANIFOLD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WAS STILL PENDING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER: 14882 (ENGINE) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000.
Engine, Dec 16, 2020
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP HILL AT 55 MPH, THERE WAS A LOAD HUMMING SOUND AND THERE WAS ALSO A HESITATION IN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WEST-HERR CHEVROLET OF ORCHARD PARK (3575 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD, ORCHARD PARK, NY 14127, (716) 662-9775) HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE. THE DEALER ESCALATED THE CASE TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO HAD THE CASE SENT TO A SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE. THE CONTACT ALSO SENT A VIDEO OF THE FAILURE TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED THAT THE TECHNICIAN AND SERVICE MANAGER PERFORM A ROAD TEST TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COOPERATE AND THE MANUFACTURER CLOSED OUT THE CASE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Engine, Dec 7, 2020
GM HAD A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THEM FOR THE 2010 - 2013 CHEVY EQUINOX FOR EXCESSIVELY BURNING OIL IN 2.4 ENGINE. THIS IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH EQUINOX. I HAVE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT GM AND ALL THEY DID WAS REFER ME TO THE DEALER WHICH I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE REGULAR OIL CHANGE ON 11/6/20 - MILAGE ON VEHICLE IS 111144. I REPORTED HEARING A RATTLE SOUND. IT WAS DETERMINE THAT THE TIMING CHAINS WERE LOOSE AND THE TENSIONER FOR THE CHAIN IS MAXED OUT. THEY CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AND FOUND THERE IS NO OIL ON THE STICK. FILLED WITH 3 QUARTS OF OIL BEFORE OIL WOULD SHOW ON THE STICK. THEY DETERMINED ENGINE IS EXCESSIVELY BURNING OIL AND WILL NEED THE PISTON RINGS AND ENGINE CHAINS REPLACED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING THE OIL LEVELS WEEKLY. I JUST WENT ON VACATION AND OIL LEVEL WAS FINE WHEN WE LEFT. BEFORE RETURNING HOME, I HAD TO PUT A QUART OF OIL IN THE CAR -- THIS IS ONLY AFTER DRIVING 1441 FROM THE LAST OIL CHANGE. ALSO, SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED, THERE HAS BEEN A RATTLE ON START UP. I PREVIOUSLY LOCATED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT STATED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GASKET AROUND THE OIL PAN UNTIL THE OIL STARTS FLOWING. THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE FOUND IS WHEN I AM STOPPED, THE CAR WILL ACT THAT IT IS GOING TO ACCELERATE SO I MUST GO INTO NEUTRAL UNTIL IT IS TIME TO DRIVE AGAIN.
Engine, Nov 20, 2020
THE MOTOR IS CONSUMING A LOT OF OIL AND IT'S NOT GIVING A WARNING WHEN OIL IS LOW
Engine, Nov 12, 2020
I HAVE A 2.4 LT ECOTEC ENGINE. MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. EVERY WEEK TO TWO WEEKS OIL IS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE FROM ENGINE. OIL LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. O LY WARNING SIGN THERE IS AN ISSUE IS THE CAR STARTS KNOCK AND HESITATING THIS USUALLY HAPPENS ON START UP AND WHEN IN IDLE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR AND NOW FOUND THIS IS A LAWSUIT REGARDING THESE ENGINES THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE MY YEAR BUT I AM HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES.
Air bags, Electronic stability control (ESC), Engine, Nov 3, 2020
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.
Engine, Oct 26, 2020
GOES THROUGH OIL LIKE NO TOMORROW. I JUST GOT AN OIL CHANGE LAST MONTH. IT'S AT 73% OIL LIFE AND MY ENGINE IS STARTING TO MAKE NOISE FROM NO OIL. I AM COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL. MY ENGINE IS LOUD WHEN YOU TURN IT ON AND YOU CAN HEAR THE GEARS HITTING EACH OTHER FROM NO OIL. I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL TURN ON MY CAR AND MY ENGINE BLOWS UP. I ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH AND I SEE THEY'VE BEEN SUED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. I GOT MY CAR LOOKED AT AND THERE IS NO OIL LEAKS. IT'S ALSO DAMAGE MY ENGINE FROM GOING THROUGH SO MUCH OIL IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
Engine, Sep 30, 2020
ENGINE IS EXPERIENCING HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION (1 QT EVERY 500 MILES OR LESS). SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 ALTHOUGH THEY SAY THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY ENGINE. SERVICE BULLETIN ALSO STATES 2010-2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX WHICH MY VEHICLE IS A 2014 EQUINOX.
Electrical system, Engine, Sep 5, 2020
MY 14 EQUINOX ATTEMPTED TO START ON IT'S OWN WHILE VEHICLE OFF BUT KEY IN IGNITION. I WAS WAITING FOR A FRIEND TO COME OUT OF STORE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND STATIONARY. SOLENOIDS ND MODULES KEEP NEEDING REPLACED
Engine, Aug 9, 2020
HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AND TIMING CHAIN. PUTTING IN 1-2 QUARTS AN OIL EACH WEEK TO OIL BURNING. WHICH LED TO THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED REPLACED A SECOND TIME WHEN THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT AGAIN DUE TO THE HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WE HAVE BEEN IN MOTION BOTH IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY.
Engine, Visibility/wiper, Jul 8, 2020
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TWICE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, MOST RECENT REPAIR WAS JUNE 20, 2020, BOTH DURING A RAIN EVENT. REPLACED PLASTIC BALL JOINTS TWICE, FAILED TODAY JULY 8, 2020. SECOND COMPLAINT, EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, 3 QUARTS LOW AND NEVER SET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, VEHICLE HAS 98K MILES
Engine, Jun 28, 2020
THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THIS VEHICLE, THE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NORMAL. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, IT WENT THROUGH OIL LIKE CRAZY. I GET OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES, AND IT WAS NEAR DRY WHEN I WOULD BRING IT BACK IN. MY MECHANIC BEGAN TELLING ME TO STOP IN AFTER ABOUT 1000-1500 MILES TO GET IT TOPPED OFF. WHICH WAS DONE, BUT THEN I BEGAN HAVING CHUGGING HAPPEN. I WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE'S OIL CONSUMPTION AND WOULD CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. IT DEFINITELY GOT WORSE UNTIL THE MOTOR DIED. NOW I HAVE TO REBUILD A MOTOR OR SCRAP THE CAR. THE ENGINE RECALL SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED MY CAR.
Electrical system, Engine, May 17, 2020
BOUGHT THE CAR IN DEC 2018. JUST GOT THE OIL CHANGED AND MECHANIC SAID THE SEALS WERE LEAKING REALLY BAD. OIL WAS ALL UNDERNEATH MY CAR. ALSO MY DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LIGHT KEPT GOING OUT AND MELTING THE WIRING. THEN MY POWER SEATS STOPPED WORKING. BOTTOM LINE IS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH MY GRANDKIDS AND MY AIR WENT OUT BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND ALL OTHER LIGHTS ABS, ETC. I COULD HARDLY STEER THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.
Engine, May 7, 2020
MY VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL, ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND LARGE OIL SPOTS BELOW.. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR FEAR WE WILL BLOW THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL. THE ISSUE IS THOUGHT TO BE THE PCV VALVE. I LOOKED UP MY COMPLAINT THAT I WAS HAVING ON THE INTERNET AND CAME ACROSS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS (A HECK OF A LOT) OF PEOPLE AND FOUND GM BULLETIN NUMBER 14882 THAT SPECIFIES THE SAME COMPLAINT THAT I HAD. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND THEY EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THIS BULLETIN IS VIN SPECIFIC AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY NOT WHEN IT'S THE SAME ENGINE, YEAR.. ETC. ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE (WHO I HAVE READ COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT IT) WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE ARE BEING TOLD THE SAME THING....VIN NOT COVERED. IF ALL THESE VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WHY ARE THEY SAYING NOT COVERED? I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT THE OTHERS DID AND FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB. I CAN NOT UPLOAD A PHOTO, MY VEHICLE STILL SITS AT THE GM REPAIR SHOP. *TR
Engine, Apr 29, 2020
MY CAR RUNS ROUGH AND SHUTS OFF WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING AT STOP SIGNS AND RED LIGHTS. MY CAR HAS 112,000 MILES AND WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 100,000. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE IS P0010. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR THE EQUINOX AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS. THE OLDER MODELS HAVE RECALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT CHEVERLET SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
Air bags, Structure, Engine, Apr 14, 2020, crash
IN MY 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, NOONTIME, SUNDAY, SITTING AT RED LIGHT POINTED WEST, THREE LANE ROAD, WAITING TO CROSS 7 LANE ROAD, GOT THE GREEN LIGHT, PROCEEDED FORWARD UP TO MAYBE 10MPH AND GOT TO ABOUT 2ND LANE OF 7 TO CROSS INTERSECTION, THEN WHAM, I AM HIT IN THE INTERSECTION, LEFT SIDE JUST IN FRONT OF FRONT WHEEL, BY CAR THAT RAN RED LIGHT AT FULL SPEED GOING NORTH, BASICALLY TOOK FRONT OF MY CAR OFF, SPUN ME 1 3/4 TIMES TO NOW FACE SOUTH, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, MY BODY LEFT SIDE HEAD, SHOULDER AND HIP HIT THE LEFT SIDE INTERIOR EVEN THOUGH MY SEAT BEAT WAS ON (WAS DAZED AND HAD HELP GETTING BELT OFF) AND RECEIVED CONCUSSION, NECK INJURY, HEARING DIFFICULTY, ACCELERATED MEMORY LOSS ISSUES, DAMAGED SHOULDER, HIP TROUBLES, BOUTS OF UNEXPLAINED OUTBURSTS FROM LITTLE ANXIETY STIMULUS, HEIGHTENED STARTLE RESPONSE, NIGHTMARES, AND SEVERE TROUBLE CONTROLLING ANXIETY THAT WERE ALL NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE CAR WAS TOTALED IMMEDIATELY BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND EVEN THOUGH WITNESSES SAW THAT I HAD THE GREEN AND THAT THE CAR THAT HIT ME AT A 90 DEGREE AND ESTIMATED TO BE DOING 35-50MPH WHILE RUNNING THE RED LIGHT, THE ATTORNEY WAS UNABLE TO BLOCK THE QUICK DISAPPEAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE POLICE INVESTIGATORS CRASH SITE NOTES AND REPORT WAS VERY INCOMPLETE AND WRONGLY DOCUMENTED THE ACCIDENT. MY CONCERN IS THAT I HAVE LINGERING PAINS, HIP TROUBLE, STILL LOW PAIN LEFT SIDE HEAD, NECK TENSIONS, NEW MEMORY ISSUES, SEVERE ANXIETY ATTACKS THAT CAUSE OVER 220 BP AND PANIC BREATHING ISSUES, AND NEW STRUGGLES WITH MOBILITY I DID NOT HAVE BEFORE THE CRASH, AND THAT WITH HORRIFIC IMPACT THAT SPUN ME NEARLY 2 TIMES AROUND, TOOK THE FRONT OF CAR, DECLARED TOTAL LOSS -- WHY DID NONE OF AIR BAGS GO OFF IN THIS 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX THIS ACCIDENT CRASH JUNE 24, 2018 ??? ATTACHED 5 PICS MY VEHICLE NEXT DAY +CRASH SKETCH +FLORIDA DHSMV CRASH REPORT ME&MY CAR. J.F.A. *TR
Power train, Service brakes, Engine, Mar 20, 2020
MY 2014 EQUINOX USES 1.5 TO 2.0 OTS. OF OIL EVERY 1500 - 2000 MILES. THE ENGINE OIL SENSOR DOES NOT INDICATE ANY PROBLEMS OR LOW OIL CAPICATY. MY 2014 EQUINOX MAKES A LOUD ROARING NOISE FROM THE REAR END ON BOTH SIDES AND NOW WILL START TO SHAKE SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING, WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES IT MAKES A BUMPING SOUND
Electrical system, Vehicle speed control, Engine, Mar 15, 2020
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.