r/EquinoxEv

I bought my Equinox EV AWD LT1 and home wall charger in March this year. The charger was professionally installed inside my garage, and I haven’t had any charging issues until now.

Today, the car starts charging but stops after a while and displays: “Unable to charge. Try a different cord.” The OnStar app hasn’t shown anything helpful. I reset my breaker to try again, but got the same results.

I tried calling the EV Concierge, but they’re closed for the weekend. Has anyone run into this? Is it more likely to be an issue with the car or the charger? Can EV Concierge usually help troubleshoot over the phone, or should I expect a back-and-forth with the dealership?

Between the dash and the windshield this foam strip has popped out. Do you suppose I should ask the dealer, just shove it back with a plastic putty knife, or pull it out? Thinking shoving it back to be the right answer but wanted to consult the reddit hivemind.

Hi everyone,

I'm Thierry, the developer of (Re)Link. Today I'm opening the beta of a new app, wattata.

Everything (Re)Link shows comes from Honda's servers. That means OnStar, a Honda account, and only the snapshots Honda chooses to share: no trip history, no per-trip efficiency, no charging curves. So I stopped asking Honda's cloud and went to the source, the car itself.

wattata has a companion app in the car, from the Google Play Store. It reads the vehicle data as you drive and charge, and sends it to your iPhone in real time over Bluetooth. There's no account, no OnStar required, and everything is computed on the device.

wattata does not replace (Re)Link. (Re)Link gives you remote status and commands from anywhere. wattata gives you the detail of every trip and charge when you're near the car. Many people will want both.

The beta: I'm looking for Prologue owners with an iPhone, ideally a mix of Android 12 and 14, FWD and AWD. If that's you, DM me with your trim and Android version.

More at https://wattata.app

Thanks ⚡
Thierry, from Québec

Edit: I received more messages than one person can handle. Sorry if I cannot reply to every one. I have sufficient testers for now.

This boggles my mind. Like, how?
https://electrek.co/2026/10/01/chevy-equinox-ev-sales-plunge-92-cadillacs-suvs-take-over/

Anyone else had this experience. Dealers wants in for recalls. Nothing shows on official sites. Chevrolet says no need. I wouldn’t mind to go for service but both dealers sucks at service EVs.

I had openlane inspection of our lease ending in December yesterday. The inspector asked me if I had the owner manual and I told him it didn't come with owners manual or charging cord. In the inspection report which says GM financial at the top, there is a line for missing charging cord $470 and another one for missing manual.

I have a cloudy copy of window sticker that I had downloaded during lease discussion that shows NO charging cord and salesman has said no printed owner manual. 2025 EQEV did not have charging cord included unless it was in the window sticker.

I had a wheel curb rash that was repaired and painted and not really visible unless you sit in front of the wheel. It is being called out and $85 assigned to it. A six inch scratch is $126 and 1 inch chip is $45. I thought those should be normal wear and tear per GM financial guidelines.

I plan to take pictures and video at the return dealership location.

Posting for others who may face similar charges.

Those of you who already returned the lease, let us know what was your experience at the end of the lease. Does the dealer taking the return inspect it or someone else does it? Should I contest the openlane inspection report now???

Temps finally broke about halfway through September, and Trip 2 is my driving for the whole month. Ever since about the 15th, only once or twice did a day’s driving didn’t hit 5 mi/kWh.

About 75% surface streets at the speed limit, 25% highway driving with about 25% of the highway driving in heavy rush hour traffic. OPD used.

Morning runs of about 17 miles round trip to get my son to school are often at 5.4-5.7 miles/kWh, when temps are in the 50s and 60s.

This is in Denver so SOME ups and downs for elevation changes.

Today while driving I noticed that the radio started making this static sound when listening to FM radio regardless of what radio station was playing. Anyone experience this with their equinox EV?

Found this under the rubber pad on my 25 LS. Is this a space for the factory wireless charger? If so, has anyone installed one?