Chevrolet Equinox vs Jeep Renegade: which is more reliable?
The Chevrolet Equinox is clearly ahead of the Jeep Renegade on the federal record: 76/100 against 65/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Chevrolet Equinox
- 15 model years scored
- 5,754 owner complaints on record
- about 56 complaints per year on the road
- 38 recall campaigns, 15 safety-critical
- best year 2017 (90/100) · worst 2025 (46/100)
Jeep Renegade
- 9 model years scored
- 2,196 owner complaints on record
- about 28 complaints per year on the road
- 24 recall campaigns, 13 safety-critical
- best year 2022 (89/100) · worst 2017 (40/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Equinox against Renegade
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Chevrolet Equinox
- Engine — 2,316 complaints
- Visibility/Wiper — 891 complaints
- Power Train — 668 complaints
Jeep Renegade
- Engine — 847 complaints
- Electrical System — 615 complaints
- Power Train — 421 complaints
Both nameplates have Engine as their largest complaint group, so the choice between them is about how often, not about what.
Years to avoid on each
Chevrolet Equinox — avoid: 2025.
Jeep Renegade — avoid: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Chevrolet Equinox prices at about $30,500 and a Jeep Renegade at about $27,900 — the Jeep Renegade is roughly $2,600 less, and they return 26.0 against 26.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Chevrolet Equinox or the Jeep Renegade more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Chevrolet Equinox scores 76/100 against the Jeep Renegade's 65/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Chevrolet Equinox carries about 56 complaints per year on the road against 28 for the Jeep Renegade.
Which Chevrolet Equinox and Jeep Renegade years should I avoid?
Chevrolet Equinox: 2025. Jeep Renegade: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Chevrolet Equinox and the Jeep Renegade?
The largest complaint group on the Chevrolet Equinox is Engine (2,316 complaints); on the Jeep Renegade it is Engine (847).
Is the Chevrolet Equinox or the Jeep Renegade cheaper to own?
A recent used Chevrolet Equinox prices at about $30,500 and a Jeep Renegade at about $27,900, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.