Normal Motors is recalling all-wheel drive variations of the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV due to adaptive cruise management methods which will fail to have interaction the brakes when wanted.
The recall of two,890 electrical autos is available in response to a software program concern, in response to 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 still attempt to gradual the car by reducing energy, however that might not be ample 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 autos ought to thus be further 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 advised the NHTSA that it’s not conscious of any crashes or accidents associated to the software program concern in affected autos.
Sellers will set up up to date brake management module software program to repair the issue, freed from cost. GM famous that some unsold autos will even obtain the software program replace over-the-air, including that each one affected autos stay below guarantee, so no buyer reimbursement needs to be obligatory.
2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV
GM expects to inform house owners through the mail beginning Mar. 3. Within the meantime, house owners may name Chevy’s customer support division at 800-222-1020, and point out recall quantity N242481530 for extra info.
That is the second current 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 methods is likely to 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.
