8.5

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
37,600 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. dealer said no problem (2 reports)
  2. not sure (2 reports)
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problem #4

Jan 012012

Equinox blue

  • Automatic transmission
  • 87,000 miles

Our newer vehicle gets awful gas mileage. We can only Het 4 trips to work

- Lilly H., Kentland, IN, US

problem #3

Jan 082007

Equinox LT 3.15

  • Automatic transmission
  • 52,000 miles

I thought I was getting a SUV that was cheap to operate.Boy was I wrong.

I get better mileage from my 1975 Ford pickup with a 360 engine.

I have yet to get 200 miles per 17 gallon tank on my Equinox.

- Chas J., Fairbanks, AK, US

problem #2

Oct 032006

(reported on)

Equinox LT

  • 11,000 miles

Horrific problem with gas mileage!!! I don't even get 200 miles to a 17 gallon tank. 2 different dealerships have been unable to help me. Also, the gas lights comes off and on and I am told there is nothing they can do. One of the dealerships tried changing the instrument cluster, yeah... that didn't work at all. The dealer I bought it from, Pittsburgh, PA, got the car from OH. I just want it fixed, I really like the car other than that. My next step might be to use the lemon law.

- Kristin N., Glenshaw, PA, US

problem #1

Jun 222006

(reported on)

Equinox LS

  • 280 miles

From day one of having this piece of junk that has been in the shop 3 times and only has a total of 3,200 miles on it (I've had it just over 3 months) this thing has had bad bad gas mileage. It gets a whopping 10 or sometimes 12 miles to the gallon city when chevy boasts its 18-20 mpg/city... highway is only 18 mpg when it boats 25... dealer says there is no problem... I had a full sized ford expedition eddie bauer with all the extras that I traded in to get a smaller suv with better mileage... I chose wrong. I'm spending as much in gas on the smaller equinox as I did my expedition and it was nicer and bigger. I got better gas mileage in that big expedition. I feel like chevy ripped me off.

- csams, Hamilton, OH, US