Illinois I-94 Westbound near Torrence Ave. Exit 5:35/5:36AM 2/5/2025 cruise set at 70mph, passing 18 wheeler on my right and a car was passing me on my left. No car in front of or behind me in my lane of travel. Vehicle braked hard all by itself. I had to cancel the cruise control to stop the braking. This could have been bad had there actually been another vehicle directly behind me when this happened. It has happened before but I did not record the details. I will be making a written record of this failure and reporting it every time it happens.
2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV driver assistance complaints
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I was traveling on a two lane road at about 50mph and the car applied full strength regenerative braking without warning, quickly slowing down to about 40mph when I took over the throttle. I can’t remember if I was using adaptive cruise control but I believe I was. No other beeps or alerts were present (as with AEB events). There was NO other traffic present and it was middle of the afternoon with no weather except a bit cloudy. I have no idea what hazard the car could have been reacting to.
My car which is FWD, not AWD, is exhibiting the same behavior that the recall for the AWD Equinox has. With Adaptive Cruise engaged the car does not slow down or brake when approaching vehicles in front of it. I have to intervene and apply the brakes to prevent hitting the vehicle in front. Also, with ACC on the vehicle will accelerate on its own. I have to intervene to slow the vehicle down. For example, I set the ACC to 68 mph, all of a sudden it starts speeding up. I had to intervene when it hit 73 mph as it approached vehicles in front of me without slowing down.
The adaptive cruise control does not come to a stop when the cars ahead do. It works at high speeds as expected, but when traffic slows to a stop, it will not brake enough to prevent you from hitting the vehicle in front of you.
When I activate adaptive cruise control with cruise braking my car will follow the the car ahead of me as it speeds up or slows down. But if that car slows down to a stop light, my car will not slow down enough before the red collision warning activates and I need to apply the brakes immediately to avoid impact. Happens every time at any gap distance or set speed.
Does not adapt to front vehicles speed, just stays at the speed it is set at. I have to hit the brakes to disconnect ACC.
ACC works ok at normal highway speeds but when the vehicle in front slows to under about 25mph the ACC doesn't slow down anymore. Then the vehicle alerts with the emergency breaking light and you need to stomp on the breaks to avoid a collision. It has been like this since I bought the car and Chevrolet doesn't seem to know what the problem is
Brand new Chevrolet Equinox EV. When Adaptive Cruise Control is engaged, vehicle will accelerate or coast to mach speed of vehicle ahead, but will not engage brakes. ACC would collide with vehicle ahead unless driver acts. Problem is ongoing. Not one-time. Have scheduled dealer service.
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