The 2022 Chevy Equinox is now available with Automatic Parking Assist, GM Authority has learned.
The 2022 Chevy Equinox will offer Automatic Parking Assist on the range-topping Premier trim level only. The technology will be bundled as part of the Driver Confidence III package, which is automatically added to Premier trim models that are equipped with the $1,745 Confidence & Convenience II package.
Automatic Parking Assist helps drivers easily reverse or maneuver into parking spaces. The system works in the following sequence:
- Driver presses the Automatic Park Assist button, activating the system to search for a parallel parking space
- Press and hold the same button to switch between parallel and perpendicular parking modes
- System automatically looks for parking spots on the right
- To find a parking spot on the left, the driver must activate the left turn signal
- System provides step-by-step using beeps and instructions in the instrument cluster, such as “stop”, “drive in reverse”, and “parking complete”
- The vehicle does all the necessary steering
- The driver shifts into Forward and Reverse gears and applies throttle
- During the parking process, the system continues to display object detection warnings (such as distance to object messages) and, if equipped, pulses from the Safety Alert Seat (or low-pitched beeps)
In short, Automatic Parking Assist takes care of the steering aspect of the parking process, while the driver is responsible for braking, acceleration and gear shifting as needed. The user manual for the 2022 Chevy Equinox also makes it clear that drivers “must always be prepared to apply braking or additional acceleration, as needed,” when using the system.
The 2022 Chevy Equinox represents the first model year of the mid-cycle enhancement for the compact crossover. The refreshed Chevy Equinox was originally set to arrive for the 2021 model year, but complications stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic forced GM to push back the facelifted model’s arrival to the 2022 model year. In addition to the revised exterior styling, the 2022 Chevy Equinox will also introduce a sporty new RS trim level.
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This feature is late for GM because Ford offers it in most vehicles since 2013 or earlier. Now the Ford feature can do the braking, acceleration, and shifting by itself, too.
GM had this feature in Cadillacs since the 2014 MY and Chevy since at least 2016, so it’s not new to GM. The Equinox’s sister car, the GMC Terrain, currently has self-parking, so it makes sense that the Equinox Premier is getting it too.
They are still late bringing it to the Equinox though. Even the Renegade (Jeeps cheapest vehicle) has this already.
You have to remember it’s just Ford and Lincoln… GM has two luxury brands Cadillac and Buick, also GMC is semi luxury, Chevy is the value brand… Case and point my friends wife 2018 Equinox is an LT with cloth seats, and not every feature available. It’s a pecking order the higher the sub model the more you get… Like my 2010 Equinox LTZ it’s loaded with everything for the price when it was new if you added all of the features to an LT you would spend the same if not more. Also GM is always behind waiting to see if new models and technology actually sell… The Camaro came after the mustang, the Silverado ZR2 is late, as was the new Blazer… But they are always good too notch vehicles.Good things come to those who wait.
If a driver cannot find a parking space and park their car without computer assistance, they should not be driving.
It’s a safety feature where you want other people to use it: it makes parallel parking faster, reducing traffic delays, and reduces the risk of them hitting your parked car. (Go to a big city and look how many cars have the left rear bumper corner dented. That’s from others pulling in and out behind you.)
Also, people in the US at least, are too lazy to back into a perpendicular space on their own. Auto park does this for you. This is well-known to be safer, which is why companies like UPS mandate it.