Other brake problem on the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox
When other brake problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox report other brake problem at a median of 55,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 100 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 16th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 10 miles at the tenth percentile to 160,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 159,990 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
45% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 miles | 80 miles | 54,000 miles | 105,868 miles | 160,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $300–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 16 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2026, at a median of 200 miles, and latest on the 2010 at 100,000 miles.
By volume the 2018 carries the most reports, with 68; the 2007 has 13. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the brakes squeaked excessively when the pedal was depressed. The dealer could not remedy the failure. He is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 10 and current mileage was 5,284.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the very first day he took the vehicle home, it broke down. All the instrument panel lights illuminated and flickered, and the vehicle would stall. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle would completely shut down and lost all power steering and braking ability. The computer would reset itself and then restart. The failure would occur intermittently. He took the vehicle to the dealer approximately 14-15 times and they attempted to repair the failure, but it was never remedied. After he stated that the vehicle was a lemon, the dealer stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. He consulted the manufacturer and was informed that if the dealer could not duplicate the failure. The current mileage was 6,025 and failure mileage was approximately 10.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the contact heard a loud noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. The vehicle was driven to the dealer and they stated that the front passenger side hub bearings were defective. The vehicle was repaired. Approximately two months later, she noticed that the ABS indicator was illuminating on the instrument control panel. The vehicle was driven to the dealer and they stated that the box for the all-wheel drive was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired again. Recently, while driving approximately 3-4 MPH, the contact heard a popping noise while making a right turn. The vehicle also began to vibrate. When she applied pressure to the accelerator pedal, the vehicle would not gain speed and began vibrating uncontrollably. She pulled over to the side of the road and the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The contact was informed that there were no defects with the vehicle. The vehicle has not been repaired for the latest failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was 39,006 and failure…
Also reported on the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox
Fuel pump failure
Other electrical problem
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
Other fuel system problem
Other steering problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 13 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other brake problem happen on the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 55,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 100 miles and a quarter after 105,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other brake problem on the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox?
13 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.7 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed