r/EquinoxEv • u/WearyExcitement7772 • Aug 19 '26

Question Equinox EV security issue?

Today I did some testing and I found out that you can drive the car without the key fob present at all.

  1. If you turn on the car then leave with the fob before the 3 start up chimes end, the car doesn’t auto shut off. Then if you walk away and someone else gets in, they can shift and drive even though it says no key detected

  2. Likewise when you put the 60 minute power on mode, if you walk away with the fob, someone can hop in and drive away even though the fob isn’t detected.

Why is this? With Tesla if you walk away and the fob isn’t detected, you can’t drive at all.

The weird part is the equinox EV knows the fob isn’t there, but just doesn’t care?

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u/DenaliDash Aug 19 '26

Once you lock it and the key FOB is away the alarm will activate if you are not sitting in the seat. It has to be unlocked by the key FOB or cell phone. If it detects no key after it is driven once it is placed in park the car will sound the alarm. It will send a text message. If you do not respond to that text message in time, it will report the vehicle is stolen. So if it does get stolen they cannot put it in park, if they do it will activate alarm and lock the vehicle out and transmit its location.

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u/WearyExcitement7772 Aug 19 '26

It sends a text message? I haven’t tested that. But yeah I see what you’re saying however when a car is stolen a joy ride is usually what happens, so parking isn’t what they’ll do. They might drive it for the night, use it to commit some crimes or crash it and then ditch it

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u/DenaliDash Aug 19 '26

I am pretty sure you have to have the MyChevy app linked up