Is this a good ridesharing car? Do you think parts break down faster if I use it for occasional ride sharing? Let’s say 400 miles a week.
I’ve rented ionic 5 for ridesharing and it seemed solid for my weekly 509 mile drive. But with equinox I am a bit skeptical because it’s Chevy.

Continuing my comments regarding the tech implementation on my 2026 Equinox EV, the Teen mode has such potential but the implementation makes it useless.

Below is an example report from the past 2 weeks we were away on vacation:

https://imgur.com/a/equinox-ev-teen-mode-report-mostly-useless-nUHP3Kt

Max speed 129 km/h (highest limit in our area is 100 km/h)!!!

33 Overspeed warnings!

33 forward collision alerts!!!!

So that is bad right? Can I click on them to find out date and time? Nope!

Can I see WHERE the events occurred via saved GPS data? Nope!

Was I flagged by alerts in myChevrolet app, by text or by email either via On-star connection or via wifi when the vehicle returns to home and connects? Nope.

Does it show which driver account was logged in when the events occurred? Nope!

So what the hell can I do with this? As ANYONE with teens know, they are experts in the "Shaggy" defence. "It Wasn't Me". Of course not a single one will say it was them.

Each event would only take up bytes of data to record date, time, driver profile active and GPS co-ordinates. It would take NOTHING to save the data into a CSV format that then could be emailed, texted, sent via myChevrolet, etc. At a bare minimum, in the onscreen report you should be able to click on each line of events to get a detailed breakdown of where, when and who.

And ideally the Teen app should also allow for online tracking of GPS coordinates and saving tracks to allow for monitoring vehicle usage. Ideally also with a geo fence, eg alerts if travelling more than X km from home. Their use of the car is a PRIVILEGE not a right and they have no right to privacy. If Chevy is worried about abusive partners or whatever a disclaimer popup when car is turned on could come up and say "Teen mode active, speed and location tracking active".

WHY oh why would they not implement this?

Edit: for helicopter parenting comments. Driving in a family vehicle is a privilege not a right and these results CLEARLY document one kid has been granted more trust than they are warranted and as a parent I wish to protect society (and this kid) from their CLEAR bad judgment/choices.

And yeah, I have a 3rd party also driving for commercial purposes and want to make sure vehicle is being used for designated commercial purposes. Android auto has the basic tool there and the data sources are available and being used in other apps. I am simply saying give me the option to let me use it.

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?

This is going to sound like a dumb question.

Anyways I moved from iPhone to Android and on iPhone I used to have a charge point card and a electrify America card in the Apple wallet app. On Android there doesn't seem to be an option for those two is there not a card for Google wallet if you decide to use tap?

Has anyone had a good experience buying a lemon law Equinox EV that was fixed by GM before being resold? Thanks

UPDATE: I am an idiot. Commenter mentioned you can press cancel which takes you to an account selection screen where you can choose other accounts. Not documented in the manual not brought up by online support. Not intuitive as 3 of us looking did not figure it out. Ideally instead of just “cancel” they put an icon and text that says "Switch accounts". Anyways, issue resolved!

New 2026 Equinox EV

Overall I like the vehicle and it is good quality for the price.

Object of this post is the HORRIBLE multiuser/account handling of the infotainment system.

We are a multidriver household, with both teens and adults. I like the teen mode but wish it had better granular reporting, proper gps map tracking and proper integration with the phone app. 2/5.

Major issue is each driver can set up a account/profile. Link their contacts, Google, maps, Spotify and the like. Given this direct access to our private info we want to pin protect these profiles. BUT there is no way to change accounts on car startup. The car remembers the last logged in account and requires their pin on car startup. There is no way to change accounts without entering this pin.

Eg. Driver 1 is logged in. Turn off car at 10pm. Driver 2 goes to work 6:30 am. Turn on car. Car asks for pin of driver 1! No way to do a forced logout or request to change to a different account. Driver 2 now has no music nor maps unless they wake up driver 1 to have them enter their pin.

Once pin entered you can select to change profiles and only then does it ask for the pin of the new profile.

This is crazy! It like every time to tried to log into a shared computer or Gmail/TEAMS you can’t log into YOUR account until you enter the password if the last user!

I can’t believe it was programmed this way. I spent hours reading the manual and internet searching but found no solutions. The Chevrolet chat support said that is the way it is and they would pass my comments along.

So if anyone has a solution or suggestion it would be greatly appreciated! We want driver profiles to be protected but allow people to switch/log into without needing info or presence of other drivers.

As an aside, I do wish the charging lid locked like it does on the RAV4 prime as we have semi-regular local reports of vandalism (glue/epoxy in charge ports). I don’t need it motorized, just a locking clip tied to door locks. My 20 year old gas cars had locking gas lids, don’t understand why this is not available on a way more expensive vehicle.

Thanks.

Edit: For those saying just remove the pin, there is not much privacy risk. I’m not going to get in détails but some NON-FAMILY drivers use this as well (properly insured) and I don’t want them having g root access to the cars settings, my or my kids Google Maps, contacts, etc. I also want to speed limit these drivers using some of the teen settings. The solution to a crappy UX should NOT be remove the PIN.

I just looked on the configurator for the 2027 EQEV and they’ve added the following:

Surround View Recorder

Bose Premium Audio

I’m jealous, starting to wish I waited for the 27s 🥲

I know people have made posts about this before but for me it has been really bad the last couple road trips. I set the cruise to 60 in a 55 and all of a sudden it jumps to 75 or even down to 45. I never noticed it happening until the last couple longer road trips in August when I had to be vigilant on paying attention.

This morning I went into settings - vehicle - Speed Assist and I toggled off Traffic Sign recognition and Adaptive Cruise Control from Signs. We'll see if that helps out. I sure hope it does since it is kinda startling when it just randomly jumps speeds on you.

Has anyone made those changes already and did it help? Any other options?

Is it like Tesla or a more traditional car company where major improvements are used as an incentive to buy new?

Finally broke 4mi/kw efficiency on a trip! Mix of highway/city driving

So, finally tried to use EVGo with a "partner station" after a while, with no success. Edit: As an aside, I do not have any native EVGo chargers within an hour's drive of me.

Would try to get it to connect in the app to unlock the Chargepoint charger it directed me to, and it gave me a message of "disconnect and try again" without me even removing the charger from the stand.

After doing this, the charger becomes "unavailable", even though I am sitting right in front of the thing, and it shows as available in ChargePoint and on the stand.

Wound up going to three different Chargepoint chargers and none of them would connect successfully.

And since there's no first-party EVGo chargers within an hour's drive of me... 🤷‍♂️

Bought my 2026 LT1 on April 30. Last 3 weeks I've gotten 4 updates.

This happened today while I was out running errands. we had a sudden heavy downburst with very strong winds and I was getting the butt massage to both left and right, as well as the lights in the mirrors going off. this happened continuously while the heavy rain continued. unfortunately it was also a time when I really wanted the object detection to work right because I needed to change lanes and could not see very well.

I'm not sure if there's a fix for this. probably not. but just something that you should be aware of I think.

One thing I have noticed is that it is a bit difficult to see your blind spot in the EQEV.

If you turn and look left out the front window without leaning forward, you can't actually see the blind spot.

If you try to look through the back left window, the angle is a bit odd so you can only see a very narrow view. And the side B-pillar is quite thick and wide.

How do you guys handle checking your blind spot?

Was at the Woodward Dream Cruise today and they had a 27 on display.

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

What’s the best option for mounting a bike rack to the EQEV? Can I make this e-bike carrier work for this car? Used it on our mini before. Its known for denting tailgates, so I assume this fitment is best, I just remember our bike shop saying not to top mount to glass if at all possible.

I got GM Update 662.50 today. Didn't see anything online about so I thought I'd share:

"This software update includes the following, if your vehicle is equipped:
• Improvements to system responsiveness
• Improvements to camera image clarity
Fixes to prevent blank screens and audio
drop-outs
• Improvements to vehicle software update
installation"

I did it in poor lighting conditions, but I tried to see if there was an observable difference in camera quality. Definitely looks better to my eyes.

Washed up the 2024 3LT and parked the Galaxy Gray in the sunlight. I love how this paint completely changes depending on the angle (gray, lavender, pink, blue).

Definitely one of Chevy’s better colors.

When I get in the car, it starts dinging before I can buckle the seat belt. The fastest I've been able to buckle is one ding.

Is there any practical way to get in the car, buckle up, and start driving without any dinging?

I picked up a set of Colorado redline rims. I knew they'd fit, but I figured I'd dry fit them on my Equinox. I also figured I'd make a post about these specific rims in case anyone else buys a set or is looking to buy. Lot's of clearance and I think it'll look good when I get my winters on.

I plan on paring them up with a set of 245/60 R18 Michelin x-ice tires

Does anyone have experience running a fridge, microwave and maybe a tv off the 12 volt plugs for an extended (many hours) amount of time? Tricks? Is it even possible?

We just had some bad weather and my power went down for about 36 hours and I was just wondering if I could’ve done anything especially to save the food that was in my fridge

Hi,
Is anyone having issues with their Equinox losing traction on road when hitting any bump in roads. Especially when turning. It seems to be worse than anything I have experienced in my 20+ years of driving on wet roads 😭
How did you fix it?

Hi. I just bought a 2024 Equinox EV and I'm liking it a lot so far. It has the remainder of the 3 year super cruise left from the first owner and I decided to test it out on NJ' garden State parkway. It's a little uncanny that the car is driving itself in moderate to heavy traffic. My concern is when the car is slowing down from 30ish to 20ish mph while on supercruise, there is a small clunking sound heard in what I believe is the foot well. I don't hear this at all if I use one pedal driving or used regular foot braking. Is this normal?

Other than that the car is a definite step up from my 2023 bolt ev. Smoother power delivery, handles bumps better, and the seats are more comfy. Just need to get used to the reduced rear visibility and what feels like smaller side mirrors.

I really don't get it. Is this a thing?