PlainRecordsCHEVROLET EQUINOX EV: BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
- What can happen
- A vehicle that does not emit sufficient sound may fail to alert pedestrians of a moving vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- Remedy
- The body control module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 29, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for…
- Potentially affected
- 81177
Completion rate: 95.2% of the 81,177 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- Dec. 18, 2025
- Filed by
- General Motors, LLC
- Vehicles
- CHEVROLET EQUINOX EV (2025, 2026)
- Component
- BACK OVER PREVENTION › WARNINGS › EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
- Description of the defect
- General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Equinox EV vehicles. The pedestrian alert sound system may not produce a sufficient change in volume between the vehicle being stopped and moving at low speeds. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."
- Potentially affected
- 81177
- What can happen
- A vehicle that does not emit sufficient sound may fail to alert pedestrians of a moving vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- Remedy
- The body control module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 29, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252530690. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 18, 2025.
- Owner notification date
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- N252530690
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- FMVSS
- 141
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- MODULE, PEDESTRIAN SND ALERT · Pedestrian Alert Sound Control Module · 13553593
- Recall number
- 25V878000
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Equinox EV vehicles. The pedestrian alert sound system may not produce a sufficient change in volume between the vehicle being stopped and moving at low speeds. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles."”CHEVROLET BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT recall, NHTSA recall record, 2025-12-18. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- CHEVROLET: 67 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from Dec. 19, 2022).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 25V878000, Dec. 18, 2025. PlainRecords' title: "CHEVROLET EQUINOX EV: BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/25v878000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections