# NHTSA recall 25V012000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 25V012000
- Manufacturer's number: N242481530
- Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
- Reported: 2025\-01\-16
- Owners notified: 2025\-02\-13
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 2890
- Part numbers: 85819826.AB, 85837935.AB

## What is wrong

General Motors, LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV all\-wheel drive electric vehicles.  The adaptive cruise control may fail to engage the brakes as expected, due to incorrect brake module software.


## What can happen

A vehicle that does not automatically brake as expected increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the software calibration in the brake system control module, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed February 13, 2025.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is N242481530.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\) or go to nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-21
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2890
- Reported remedied: 2787 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2025 CHEVROLET EQUINOX EV](/makes/chevrolet/equinox/2025/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [25\-NA\-060](/bulletins/11017004.md), 2025-04-15, Service bulletin
- [24\-NA\-034](/bulletins/11010575.md), 2024-11-16, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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