Common Motors is recalling all-wheel drive variations of the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV due to adaptive cruise management techniques which will fail to have interaction the brakes when wanted.
The recall of two,890 electrical automobiles is available in response to a software program difficulty, in accordance with the NHTSA. An “incorrect software program calibration” of the brake management module prevents adaptive cruise management from making use of the brakes. The system should attempt to gradual the car by slicing energy, however that will not be enough to keep away from a crash.
Drivers can nonetheless apply the brakes manually, however they might not obtain sufficient warning to gradual the car in time to keep away from a collision, the NHTSA famous. Drivers of affected automobiles ought to thus be additional vigilant when utilizing adaptive cruise management, and be able to hit the brake pedal.
2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV
The recall covers 2025 fashions with all-wheel drive that should not have the extra superior Tremendous Cruise system, which steps up automation sufficient to permit hands-free driving on sufficiently-mapped stretches of highway. GM instructed the NHTSA that it’s not conscious of any crashes or accidents associated to the software program difficulty in affected automobiles.
Sellers will set up up to date brake management module software program to repair the issue, freed from cost. GM famous that some unsold automobiles will even obtain the software program replace over-the-air, including that each one affected automobiles stay below guarantee, so no buyer reimbursement ought to be mandatory.
2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV
GM expects to inform homeowners through the mail beginning Mar. 3. Within the meantime, homeowners can even name Chevy’s customer support division at 800-222-1020, and point out recall quantity N242481530 for extra data.
That is the second latest recall for the 2025 Equinox EV. In December 2024, GM recalled 7,606 of the electrical crossovers as a result of their federally mandated pedestrian warning techniques could be too quiet. The Equinox EV launched as a 2024 mannequin, however the 2025 mannequin yr introduced extra configurations, together with a $34,995 model with 319 miles of EPA vary that lastly fulfilled the crossover’s worth promise.
