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Reliability report · 2022 Chevrolet Equinox · Updated July 2026 · ~$2,200/yr fuel · what it costs to keep →

Reads noisier than it is — most of the extra file is chip-shortage feature glitches, not broken engines.

The 2022's 152 complaints look worse than 2021 or 2023, but the reason is mostly the semiconductor shortage: GM shipped 2022 (and some 2023) cars with heated/ventilated seats or the side-blind-zone alert temporarily disabled, and ran customer-satisfaction programs to restore them. Those feature complaints, plus reports tied to the fuel-pump and seat recalls, inflate the count without a new mechanical failure behind it.

The underlying car is the settled late third-gen 1.5T — the loud 2018–2020 brake-vacuum and reduced-power patterns have largely quieted. What's left to check is a fuel-pump-module stall recall, two driver-seat-weld recalls, a tire recall, and the LATCH recall. Confirm those and the feature-restoration work, and it's a sound used SUV that just photographs badly in the complaint data.

Evidence: 152 NHTSA complaints · 5 recall campaigns · 6 mechanic & forum sources

Canary status

Calm

What that means: Mechanically a settled late-gen car. The 152 federal complaints — a bump above its quiet neighbors — trace mostly to semiconductor-shortage builds with missing features and to recall populations, not to new mechanical failures. Five recalls, all free fixes.

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152

Federal complaints

5

Recalls

Federal crash tests

5-star scale
Overall
Frontal crash
Side crash
Rollover

Tested variant: 2022 Chevrolet Equinox SUV FWD (NHTSA VehicleId 16014)

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) →

Known issues

Ranked by the cost of ignoring them. Every claim carries its source.

Fuel pump module can stall the engine — recall 23V013

moderate
  • 1.5L turbo I4

The most consequential mechanical item on a 2022 is recall 23V013: the fuel pump module may not consistently deliver enough fuel and can stall the engine. GM replaces the module free on 2021–2022 Equinox. A stall in traffic is the one genuinely serious pattern on an otherwise settled year, so confirm this recall is closed by VIN before anything else.

This is a 1.5L turbo I4 problem. The 2.4L Ecotec I4, 2.0L turbo I4, and 1.6L turbodiesel don’t share it.

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Under recall 23V013

$0

Sources: NHTSA complaint database, 2022 Equinox · NHTSA manufacturer communications (recall 23V013; seat recalls 22V359/22V724; chip-shortage feature CSPs; recall documents) + independent gen-3 mechanic transcripts

Chip-shortage feature outages — heated seats and blind-zone alertminor

A large share of the 2022 complaint bump is not mechanical: during the semiconductor shortage GM built some 2022–2023 Equinox with the front heated/ventilated seats, heated rear seats, or the side blind-zone alert not functional, and issued customer-satisfaction programs to restore the features. If a 2022 is missing heated seats or blind-spot warning, this is why — ask whether the restoration program was completed rather than assuming a broken module. It's an annoyance, not a reliability defect.

Sources: NHTSA complaint database, 2022 Equinox · NHTSA manufacturer communications (recall 23V013; seat recalls 22V359/22V724; chip-shortage feature CSPs; recall documents) + independent gen-3 mechanic transcripts

Driver-seat frame welds and bolts — two recallsmoderate

The 2022 carries two driver-seat safety recalls: 22V359 for an improper weld in the power tilt-adjustment mechanism, and 22V724 for a stripped or loose bolt at the seat-frame height-adjust pivot. Both mean the driver's seat may not properly restrain the occupant in a crash, and both are free inspect-and-repair. Confirm both are closed — they're the kind of recall that's easy to overlook because the seat feels fine day to day.

Sources: NHTSA complaint database, 2022 Equinox · NHTSA manufacturer communications (recall 23V013; seat recalls 22V359/22V724; chip-shortage feature CSPs; recall documents) + independent gen-3 mechanic transcripts

$0

Under recalls 22V359 / 22V724

The gen-3 patterns, mostly quiet by nowminor

  • 1.5L turbo I4

The 1.5T's earlier issues — reduced-power charge-air-cooler condition, hard-brake-pedal vacuum pump, cooling wear — are the same hardware but no longer dominate the file. Treat them as test-drive checks rather than expected failures: a reduced-power message, a firm pedal, or a rising temperature gauge still points to the known culprits, but on a 2022 they're the exception.

Sources: NHTSA complaint database, 2022 Equinox

The heated seats and blind-zone alert didn't work from new — the dealer said it was the chip shortage.
6 mechanic & owner sources

Open recalls

Free fixes at any Chevrolet dealer. Run the VIN — “completed” isn’t always completed.

  1. 23V013Fuel pump module may not deliver enough fuel — engine stall risk. Free fuel pump module replacement, 2021–2022 (GM N222372310).open
  2. 22V359Driver's seat cushion frame may have an improper weld in the power tilt-adjustment mechanism — reduced crash restraint. Free inspect/replace (GM N212356050).open
  3. 22V724Driver's seat may have a stripped or loose bolt at the height-adjust pivot — reduced crash restraint. Free inspect/replace, 2022–2023 (GM N222377890).open
  4. 21V612Certain Hankook tires made with insufficient curative agent can suffer tread separation. Dealers inspect DOT numbers and replace affected tires free, 2021–2022 (GM N212343560).open
  5. 23V339Rear child-seat LATCH anchor bars may have excess powder coating that blocks child-seat attachment (FMVSS 225). Dealers refinish the anchors free, 2020–2023 (GM N232403240).open

What it costs to keep

The purchase price is what you negotiate. These are the numbers you live with afterward — each one sourced, none of them blended into a fake total.

The ownership picture — 2022 Equinox

Four sourced numbers. No fake total.

Fuel

28 MPG combined (26 city / 31 highway) for the FWD, 1.5L turbo on the EPA federal fuel-economy test.

Source: FuelEconomy.gov (EPA) — EPA’s federal fuel-economy test, recomputed with current gas prices. EPA record 43985 (Equinox FWD).
Other builds EPA lists: AWD, 1.5L turbo 27 MPG.

$2,200/yr

at $4.15/gal · 15,000 mi/yr · 55/45 city/hwy · pulled Jul 12, 2026

Crash losses

Collision losses run about average here. Neither a red flag nor a discount at the insurer.

Source: HLDI — the insurance industry’s loss-data institute — HLDI collision losses, 2020–22 models, published April 2023 (report R-23). 100 = the all-vehicle average. Series read: Chevrolet Equinox 4dr.
Other series: Chevrolet Equinox 4dr 4WD 85, where 100 = average.

90 vs 100

10% below average

Theft

Stolen about 71% less often than the average vehicle. One less thing to price into coverage.

Source: HLDI — HLDI whole vehicle theft losses, 2022–24 models, published May 2025 (report WT-24). 100 = the all-vehicle average. Series read: Chevrolet Equinox 4dr.
Other series: Chevrolet Equinox 4dr 4WD 22, where 100 = average.

29 vs 100

71% below average

Repair risk

What this specific year is known to need. Pulled from the issues above — the repairs owners actually report, at the costs they report them. Averages from other sites blend every year together; these are this year’s own numbers.

Source: this report — 01 Known issues.

Under recall 23V013$0
Under recalls 22V359 / 22V724$0
Why there’s no single “cost to own” number: sites that promise one are guessing at your insurance quote, your annual miles, and your luck. These are the numbers we can actually source — and each one carries its receipt.

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Before you buy

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  1. 01Confirm recall 23V013 (fuel-pump-module stall) is closed — the must-verify mechanical item.
  2. 02Run the VIN for both seat recalls (22V359 weld, 22V724 bolt) plus 21V612 tires and 23V339 LATCH.
  3. 03If heated seats or blind-zone alert seem missing, ask whether the chip-shortage restoration program was completed — that's the source of the complaint bump.
  4. 04Drive from stops and at speed to confirm no reduced-power message or hard brake pedal on this settled year.
  5. 05Check the tires' DOT dates against the 21V612 population if original.
  6. 06Otherwise treat this as a standard late-gen pre-purchase inspection.

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