Nissan Rogue vs Chevrolet Equinox: which is more reliable?
The Chevrolet Equinox is clearly ahead of the Nissan Rogue on the federal record: 76/100 against 65/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Nissan Rogue
- 15 model years scored
- 6,107 owner complaints on record
- about 79 complaints per year on the road
- 72 recall campaigns, 40 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (88/100) · worst 2023 (34/100)
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)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Rogue against Equinox
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.
| Year | Rogue | Equinox | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 AVOID | 46 AVOID | -5 |
| 2024 | 58 CAUTION | 85 BUY | -27 |
| 2023 | 34 AVOID | 84 BUY | -50 |
| 2022 | 66 CAUTION | 78 BUY | -12 |
| 2021 | 61 CAUTION | 84 BUY | -23 |
| 2020 | 88 BUY | 72 BUY | +16 |
| 2019 | 80 BUY | 76 BUY | +4 |
| 2018 | 66 CAUTION | 71 BUY | -5 |
| 2017 | 65 CAUTION | 90 BUY | -25 |
| 2016 | 67 CAUTION | 85 BUY | -18 |
| 2015 | 65 CAUTION | 69 CAUTION | -4 |
| 2014 | 70 BUY | 82 BUY | -12 |
| 2013 | 83 BUY | 71 BUY | +12 |
| 2012 | 87 BUY | 76 BUY | +11 |
| 2011 | 85 BUY | 72 BUY | +13 |
What owners actually complain about
Nissan Rogue
- Power Train — 1,389 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 1,166 complaints
- Engine — 938 complaints
Chevrolet Equinox
- Engine — 2,316 complaints
- Visibility/Wiper — 891 complaints
- Power Train — 668 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Rogue's complaints concentrate in Power Train, the Equinox's in Engine. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Nissan Rogue — avoid: 2023, 2025.
Chevrolet Equinox — avoid: 2025.
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 Nissan Rogue prices at about $30,500 and a Chevrolet Equinox at about $30,500 — they price within $1 of each other, which at this level is the same money, and they return 31.0 against 26.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Nissan Rogue or the Chevrolet Equinox more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Chevrolet Equinox scores 76/100 against the Nissan Rogue's 65/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Chevrolet Equinox carries about 56 complaints per year on the road against 79 for the Nissan Rogue.
Which Nissan Rogue and Chevrolet Equinox years should I avoid?
Nissan Rogue: 2023, 2025. Chevrolet Equinox: 2025. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Nissan Rogue and the Chevrolet Equinox?
The largest complaint group on the Nissan Rogue is Power Train (1,389 complaints); on the Chevrolet Equinox it is Engine (2,316).
Is the Nissan Rogue or the Chevrolet Equinox cheaper to own?
A recent used Nissan Rogue prices at about $30,500 and a Chevrolet Equinox at about $30,500, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.