[daveg]

We have had 2021, 2023 and now a 2024 Equinox's.
Zero trouble.

2021 got hit in driver's door at 56 mph by a 2020 GMC 1500 4d 4wd.
In a 35-mph speed zone.
Curtain and seat air bags saved me.
Look at windshield post.
That was his hood hitting there and the only thing between his hood and my head was the air bag.
Seat bag saved my rib cage, and my pelvis broke the door panel also.
Dash was crushed also.
See pics.
I was driving and Ann was in pass seat.
She got 2 broken ribs from my pelvis bending- breaking console to the right 3 ".
No broken bones for me.

Very sturdy car.

Friends' wife has a 2019 with 187,000 on it.
Brakes, tires and battery the only repairs needed so far.

We have factory trailer hitches on ours.
They work fine.

Personal experience tells us you have a somewhat isolated problem.

Another indicator is the number of used 2018- newer engines available.
Pages and pages with some in OH having only 6- 12 miles on them.
Cheap also.
The super low mile ones are out of test cars that were damaged.
They cannot be sold complete- only parted out.
Very different story with 2017 and older.
ADDING
All that said I am not schilling for GM and would get really aggressive like Pete suggested as what they are doing is pure BS.

ADDING-
the "A" pillar [where front door bolts to body] is by far the sturdiest point of side of vehicle.
Crushed it [and the "B" pillar [where rear door bolts to body] but did not let the front of the pickup enter passenger compartment.

Both did their job.