2020 Chevrolet Equinox
Small SUV · gas
Kerb weight
—8
How much to run it8.4 L/100 km · C$2,190 / yr
Fuel, per year
C$2,1903NRCan · StatCanestimate · C$10,949 over five years
estimate — 15,000 km at 8.4 L/100 km, C$1.738 per litre (Statistics Canada, August 2026)
How it performs170 hp
How safe5 of 5 ★ · 4 recalls
Crash rating
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings — a US rating, carried with its publisher named · as of 2026-09-10
4 campaigns, what and when
- 2019-09-19Fuel system, gasoline · storage · tank assembly — A fuel leak in the presence of the ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. 19V667000
- 2019-10-03Service brakes, hydraulic · foundation components · disc · caliper — Brake drag may result in overheating of the brake pads, affecting the braking ability and increasing the risk of a crash. 19V704000
- 2020-10-29Power train · automatic transmission — Missing bolts on the start-stop accumulator endcap could result in a transmission oil leak and may progress to a loss of propulsion, increasing the risk of a crash. A transmission fluid leak in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of fire. 20V668000
- 2023-05-11Child seat · vehicle latch anchor — The inability to install a child seat with the LATCH anchorage bars could result in an unsecured child seat, increasing the risk of injury in a crash. 23V339000
Complaints per 10,000 built
computed here: 306 US complaints ÷ 351,800 built (NHTSA early-warning production, 2026 Q1); no publisher states the rate
What owners complain about
Service brakes97Engine87Fuel/propulsion system50Unspecified43Electrical system40
How bigSmall SUV
Notes and sources
- Fuel economy: Natural Resources Canada's combined rating for the Equinox, 8.4 L/100 km (28 mpg, US gallons). The NRCan file is dated 2026-09-15, the Last-Modified sent by the server with nrcan_2015-2024.csv.↩
- CO₂: NRCan's tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle — 196 g/km, or 315 g/mi.↩
- Fuel cost: an estimate — 15,000 km a year at 8.4 L/100 km, priced at C$1.738 per litre, Statistics Canada's Canada-wide average for regular unleaded at self-service stations, August 2026 (Table 18-10-0001-01). Five years: C$10,949. The record carries US$7,993 at 0.73 (rate of 2026-09-13). No publisher states this figure.↩
- Power: 170 hp is the rated figure, from NHTSA's CAFE market data. NHTSA is the US regulator.↩
- Crash rating: NHTSA's overall rating for the 2020 Equinox — frontal 5, side 5, rollover 4 stars. NHTSA is the US regulator; its rating is carried here with its publisher named. NHTSA data as of 2026-09-10.↩
- Recall campaigns: NHTSA's count for this nameplate (EQUINOX), as of 2026-09-10 — a US register. Each is repaired free of charge by dealers.↩
- Complaints per 10,000 built: computed here from NHTSA's complaint count for the Equinox nameplate (306, of which 25 describe a crash, fire, injury or death) and the 351,800 vehicles NHTSA's own early-warning production reports place on it (2026 Q1). US data. No publisher states the rate itself.↩
- Kerb weight: not published. This car's kerb weight is published on its record (1,577 kg, from the NHTSA crash-test file), but not used to order cars by weight, because the NHTSA crash-test file is the only source that states this car's weight; no second source confirms it, and nothing else we hold contradicts it. The pipeline recorded this in curb_weight_uncorroborated_reason.↩
- Warranty: 3 years or 60,000 km, from Chevrolet's published 2020 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table.↩
- Registrations: 18,140 Equinoxs of this model year on New York's roads, from the NY DMV registration file as of 2026-09-02.↩
- This car is measured on the petrol scale: litres per 100 km, the tailpipe CO₂ rating and whole-car horsepower. MPGe and charge-weighted CO₂ are electric-scale quantities and do not apply to it.↩
- Price: no free, resellable source publishes a price for any 2020 car sold in Canada, so none is shown for any car in this market.↩
Sources: NRCan · NHTSA · EPA — about these sources →