Federal complaint record · Chevrolet Equinox · model year 2006

2006 Chevrolet Equinox

Owners submitted 695 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 77th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2004 to 2008 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is visibility. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Visibility · 30% · group n = 284Electrical · 15% · group n = 144Engine · 14% · group n = 132Other · 10% · group n = 97Brakes · 9% · group n = 85
695
Complaint records on file
72,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 601 complaints reported mileage
30%
Of classified component reports name visibility · group n = 284
77th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 33 model years

Visibility · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Visibility30%

Visibility reports

Chevrolet Equinox · model year 2006

Reports in this group284
Share of classified reports30%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2005
0.3complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
638 matched incidents
This car
2006
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
695 matched incidents
2007
0.5complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
685 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 83 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32006 Chevrolet Equinox
Fire or smoke · 38 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 2 of 32006 Chevrolet Equinox
Stalling or shutdown · 38 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32006 Chevrolet Equinox

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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