2020 CHEVROLET EQUINOX — Complaint #2172257
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV) filed February 2, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2172257 (ODI reference 11714896) concerns a 2020 CHEVROLET EQUINOX and was filed on February 2, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 29, 2026. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:crankcase (pcv), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET EQUINOX cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:crankcase (pcv) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2020 CHEVROLET EQUINOX shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving approximately 58 MPH, the message âEngine Power Reducedâ was displayed, and the vehicle unintendedly decelerated to 30 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the nearest exit and to the nearest gas station. The contact waited for a while before driving to the residence, while not exceeding 30 MPH. The vehicle was taken to a certified mechanic, who diagnosed that the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) valve, bypass tube, the injector seal set, an unspecified plug, and the vacuum pump seal had failed, and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2172257 |
| ODI Number | 11714896 |
| Date Filed | February 2, 2026 |
| Failure Date | January 29, 2026 |
| VIN | 2GNAXUEV6L6 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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