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2026 Chevrolet Equinox Safety Features

Gardner GM’s Guide to New 2026 Chevrolet Equinox Safety & Driver Assistant Features

The 2026 Chevrolet Equinox enhances your on-road safety with brand new Intersection Automatic Emergency Braking, Reverse Automatic Braking, and Available HD Surround Vision new on board for this year. What’s more, the Chevrolet Safety Assist suite comes standard on the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox, complete with Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking, Lane Keep Assist & Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision Alert, and a Following Distance Indicator. Finally, the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox rounds out its safety & driver selection tools with a wealth of standard and available features designed to keep you safe in downtown Hope, on the highway, and wherever you go:

  • Side Bicyclist Alert
  • Adaptive Cruise Control
  • Rear Park Assist
  • HD Rear Vision Camera
  • Rear Cross Traffic Braking
  • Rear Pedestrian Alert
  • Traffic Sign Recognition
  • Rear Camera Mirror

Keep reading as our experts at Gardner Chevrolet Buick GMC lay out the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox’s complete smart safety & driver assistance features, and get in touch to schedule your test drive in Hope, BC to experience the 2026 Equinox’s smooth, steady handling for yourself!

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Is the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox a Safe SUV?

The 2026 Chevrolet Equinox is a very safe SUV with a robust selection of safety features on board across its standard Chevrolet Safety Assist suite and range of additional standard and available features:

Standard Chevrolet Safety Assist

The 2026 Chevrolet Equinox comes loaded with standard Chevrolet Safety Assist, which features 6 cutting-edge tools designed to assist with emergency braking, lane-keeping, collision avoidance, and high-beam control:

  • Automatic Emergency Braking
  • Front Pedestrian Braking
  • Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning
  • Forward Collision Alert
  • Following Distance Indicator
  • IntelliBeam

Newly Added Safety & Driver Assistance Features for 2026

In addition to its standard Chevrolet Safety Assist suite, the Chevrolet Equinox adds brand new Intersection Automatic Emergency Braking, Reverse Automatic Braking, and available HD Surround Vision for 2026 to help you sidestep collisions and broaden your awareness while parking and maneuvering:

  • Intersection Automatic Emergency Braking detects oncoming cross-traffic vehicles while navigating intersections to reduce or prevent a side-on collision.
  • Reverse Automatic Braking issues audio visual alerts when a potential front- or back-end collision is detected, and automatically provides hard emergency braking to help you stop short of an accident.
  • Available HD Surround Vision streams real-time footage from various angles across your vehicle directly to the dashboard touchscreen of your 2026 Chevrolet Equinox, complete with guidelines estimating your vehicle’s trajectory while maneuvering.

Additional Standard and Available Safety & Driver Assistance for the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox

Finally, the 2026 Chevrolet Equinox tops off its safety & driver assistance offerings with a selection of standard and available features like HD Rear Vision, additional bicyclist & pedestrian alerts, Rear Parking Assist, and more, ensuring you’ll feel comfortable behind the wheel in downtown Hope, on the highway, or in a brand new city:

  • Side Bicyclist Alert
  • Adaptive Cruise Control
  • Rear Park Assist
  • HD Rear Vision Camera
  • Rear Cross Traffic Braking
  • Rear Pedestrian Alert
  • Traffic Sign Recognition
  • Rear Camera Mirror