GM Recalls More Than 2,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV Units In The US, What's The Reason?

JAKARTA - The safety regulator in the United States (US), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that General Motors (GM) made a recall involving 2,890 Chevrolet Equinox EV units.

Launching from Reuters, Thursday, January 23, the recall was due to concerns about the adaptive cruise control feature involving the 2025 model's Equinox EV model.

According to the safety agency, the adaptive cruise control feature in this car has the potential to fail in activating braking due to errors in the brake module software system. Thus, this increases the risk of unwanted accidents.

The owner of the vehicle affected by this problem can take his car to the nearest dealer to update the software calibration in the brake system control module for free. To date, NHTSA has not received any reports involving the matter.

This adds to the unpleasant trend that exists in the model under the auspices of GM this year. Previously, NHTSA opened an investigation into 877,710 units of Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC cars.

This independent authority began conducting an investigation after receiving reports that several vehicles had engine failure.

The investigations include pickup truck and SUV vehicles, namely Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade from the 2019-2024 model with the L87 V8 engine.

According to the agency, the reporting party informed that there was a failure in the bearing which had the potential to cause the engine to stall or break the engine block by connecting rods.

This malfunction can result in the loss of propulsion in vehicles, thereby increasing the risk of accidents. However, NHTSA has not received any reports of any accidents or fires that resulted in the incident.

NHTSA has received 39 complaint reports and a number of field reports from early warning reports from vehicle owners, who also said there was no detection before engine failure.

The investigation, referred to as the "early evaluation", was opened by the NHTSA investigation section, namely the Office of Protects Investigation to determine the scope and severity of potential problems and fully assess the potential related to safety.