2019 Chevrolet Equinox engine problems
105 of the 302 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox name the engine (NHTSA’s “Engine” heading — the engine and its cooling system). Filed under the same heading: 287 manufacturer bulletins. Every figure below is a document in a federal file, linked; none is a failure rate, and none is a verdict on any one car.
What owners filed about the engine
Source: NHTSA complaint database3 of the 105 reports a crash · 3 a fire · 0 injuries. Self-reported, unverified.
Filed per year: 2018: 1 · 2019: 35 · 2020: 9 · 2021: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2026: 13
Half of the 55 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the engine problem between 2,000 and 37,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.
302 complaints in all about the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox, 13 filed in 2026. The whole picture, every system →
Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Engine” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.
Across model years: Chevrolet Equinox engine problems, every year on file →
In owners’ own words
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the engine. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.
The turbo cooler tube pops off when you accelerate. This causes the check engine light to come on and the vehicle to go into engine reduce power mode. Vehicle max speed will then be set to 45 - 55 miles an hour. I was able to push the tube back into place, it ran fine for another 100 miles than popped off again.
The duct from my turbo to the throttle body exploded while I was driving. Vehicle went to "reduced power mode". Speed was limited to 45 MPH. This issue is according to the dealer a "known problem". Someone is going to get killed by this problem. Thank god I was on a local road not a freeway. The service dept.
Bought Equinox with 9 miles o it on monday 05/27/2019 and on friday 5/31/2019 on the way home from going to dinner, with only 213 miles on the vehicle, the check engine light came on and the engine power is reduced warning light came on. Looked up the error code on line, because the owner's manual is not that easy.
After leaving the dealership to have them put on the plate, the check engine light came on. I drove it to a secure location so I could get someone to follow me back to the dealership for service. The car did not have full power. When I went to pull out of the secure location , I took my foot off the brake and the car stopped.
The turbo cooler tube pops off when you accelerate. This causes the check engine light to come on and the vehicle to go into engine reduce power mode. Vehicle max speed will then be set to 55 miles an hour. Engine and engine compartment gets hot due to no proper cooling.
What is on file about the engine
Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications287 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading
The 0 newest are listed; every one is on the model year’s page. Quote the document number at a service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.
Trouble codes named on this system
P0299 P0300 P1101 P2227 P0172 P0101 P0506 P0747
Codes a bulletin or an owner’s complaint about the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox names on this model year; a code with a record of its own links it.
Other systems with a record on the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox
Source: the same files- brake problems 80 complaints
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communicationsAre engine problems common on the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox?
They are documented: NHTSA holds 105 owner complaints naming the engine on this model year (35% of everything owners filed about it), and 287 manufacturer bulletins are filed under the same heading. Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count, and a count says nothing about how many were sold.
Is there a recall for the engine on the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox?
No recall campaign is filed under this heading for this model year (there are 4 filed under other headings). A bulletin is not a recall: it carries no federal duty to repair for free.
When do engine problems show up on the 2019 Chevrolet Equinox?
Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 5,938 miles; half of them between 2,000 and 37,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.
What does NHTSA's "Engine" heading cover?
The engine and its cooling system. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.