2013 Chevrolet Equinox

I WAS DRIVING MY EQUINOX ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, A 30 MINUTE COMMUTE. MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING SOME TICKING NOISES WHEN I WAS 5 MINUTES FROM HOME. I MADE IT ABOUT ANOTHER MILE AND MY ENGINE STARTED CLANKING, I TRIED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. IT WAS BITTERLY COLD AND I HAD TO PICK UP MY GIRLS FROM DAYCARE, SO I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC AND FOUND A RIDE. TURNS OUT, MY ENGINE HAD A HGH OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM DUE TO PLUGGED PCV/INTAKE SYSTEM CAUSED ENGINE TO RUN DRY OF OIL DURING OPERATION. NO ENGINE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NO OTHER WARNING SIGNS. THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AT REAR CRANKCASE SEAL/REAR MAIN. IT HAD 97,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS COMMON IN SOME GMC/CHEVY VEHICLES, HOWEVER MY VIN ISN'T SPECIFICALLY COVERED. I HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO CHEVY REGARDING MY COMPLAINT, HOWEVER THEY ARE OF NO HELP. I'M AWARE OF SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THIS SAME ISSUE (#14882, DOCUMENT ID 4098165), BUT WITHOUT MY VIN BEING INCLUDED, I AM GETTING NO ASSISTANCE FROM CHEVY REGARDING A KNOWN ISSUE IN SOME OF THEIR EQUNIOXES. PLEASE HELP. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM EFFECTING THEIR ENGINES, AND WITHOUT A WARNING LIGHT TELLING OF THE OIL PRESSURE/LEVEL PROBLEM. THERE'S A CHANCE MANY MORE DRIVERS WILL BE LEFT STRANDED AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

ON 12/25/2017 MY ENGINE FAILED AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ALMOST RE-ENDED BY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME DUE TO THE RAPID DECELERATION OF MY VEHICLE BUT MANAGED TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHERE WE WAITED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE IN -20 WINDCHILLS. THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FROZEN PCV VALVE ORIFICE WHICH PRESSURIZED THE CRANKCASE AND BLEW THE MAIN SEAL. AFTER REPLACING THE MAIN SEAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. MY VEHICLE ENGINE AND YEAR MATCHES THE GROUP COVERED BY SPECIAL SERVICE ADJUSTMENT 14882 BUT MY VIN, LIKE SO MANY LISTED ON THIS SITE, WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL COVERAGE DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE EXACT DEFECT DEFINED IN BULLETIN 14882.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE . I HAD TO HAVE THE DEALER CHECK THE OIL CONSUMPTION EVERY 1000 MI FOR 3000 MI FOR DOCUMENTATION. AT THE END OF THAT 3000 MI THE CAR WAS LOW 4.5 QUARTS OF OIL. PER GM THAT IS WITHIN THEIR 'SPECS' AND WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS NEEDED IE; PISTONS AND PISTON RINGS AT THIS POINT.. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN GM ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE. THE CAR SHAKES AND DIES WHEN STOPPING AND IDLING. RUNS TERRIBLE AND YOU CAN HEAR THE RATTLES IN THE ENGINE. NO OIL LIGHT HAS EVER COME ON IN THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE TIMES IT WAS CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT. SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION OF SERVICE DOCUMENTATION BELOW. I ALSO HAVE A SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER OF SR 8-355-8368066 WITHIN GM WHICH HAS BEEN ESCALATED AND CLOSED. I CALLED GM AGAIN AND WAS GIVEN A NEW SERVICE REQUEST TO BE ASSIGNED TO A NEW SR SERVICE ADVISER, 8-391-1491891. #13-06-01-003H: EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ' PERFORM OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AND/OR INSTALL PISTON AND PISTON RING KIT ' (FEB 9, 2016)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE WARNING FLASH DISPLAYED TO "SHUT ENGINE OFF DUE TO NO OIL". THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER (MATTHEW HARGREAVES, 2000 E. 12 MILE RD, ROYAL OAK MI) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR MAIN ENGINE SEAL AND CYLINDER HEAD WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000. *TT *TR

ON A COLD WINTER DAY APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES, I EXITED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. UPON COMING TO A STOP AT THE TOLL PLAZA, THE CAR BEGAN MAKING A HORRIBLE CLANKING NOISE, THE 'ENGINE REDUCED POWER' NOTIFICATION APPEARED AS WELL AS THE TRACTION ACTIVATION. THE CAR DIED BUT STARTED BACK UP TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THE PCV SYSTEM FROZE UP AND BLEW THE REAR MAIN SEAL. THE CAR HAD 103K MILES ON IT AT THE TIME AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. NEVER HAD A SINGLE PROBLEM WITH IT AND ALWAYS WE'LL MAINTAINED. ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE MOTOR TO THE TUNE OF $5,575. LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER PICKING IT UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP, IT WOULD NOT START. THE STABILITRACK AND POWER STEERING LIGHTS CAME ON AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP.

I CAR IS CONSUMING EXCESSIVE OIL. MY CAR WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL 2 WEEKS AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, THE CAR WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND HESITATING WHEN YOU STEPPED ON THE GAS. THE PISTON RINGS AND SEALS ARE BAD. I AM 19,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY. GM IS COVERING THE 2011&2012 MODEL UP TO 120000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE DID AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. THEY CALLED CHEVY AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT. THEY OFFERED TO PAY 10% OF THE REPAIR. I OWE A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR, IT IS A KNOWN FAILURE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND LOW POWER WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOU LARICHE CHEVROLET (40875 PLYMOUTH RD, PLYMOUTH, MI 48170) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,400. *TT *TR

I CHANGED MY OIL WHEN THERE WAS 5% LEFT ON THE OIL LIFE GAUGE ON 12/17/17. THE USED OIL WAS BLACK AND THICK AND ONLY 2.5 QTS CAME OUT. I PUT IN 5 QTS HIGH MILEAGE FULL SYNTHETIC OIL AND CHANGED THE FILTER. THERE HAD BEEN NO PRIOR SIGNS THAT ANYTHING HAD BEEN GOING WRONG AND MY USUAL MECHANIC HADN'T TOLD ME THAT HE SAW ANYTHING WRONG LAST OIL CHANGE. THE CAR STARTED MAKING ROUGH NOISES, GRINDING AND LURCHING THE WEEK OF 1/15/18. I TOOK IT INTO THE AUTO SHOP 1/22/18 SINCE IT STARTED TO SOUND LIKE REALLY ROUGH GRINDING AND STARTED LURCHING HARD WHILE STOPPED. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD NO OIL IN ANY PART OF THE ENGINE. THEY FLUSHED THE ENGINE AND DID AN OIL CHANGE AND SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY LEAKAGE FROM ANYWHERE. ON 2/2/18, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, MY CAR DID A SHORT JERK AND MADE A SHORT GRINDING SOUND, BUT THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE FINE. WHILE STOPPED, I WOULD START TO SMELL AN OILY SCENT, BUT IT WOULD GO AWAY WHEN I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. ROUGHLY 13 MILES LATER, I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX. 70 MPH WHEN MY RPM WENT FROM HOVERING ABOVE 2 TO JUST ABOVE 3 AND STARTED DEACCELERATING. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY GEAR SHIFTING. I PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND TOOK OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND STARTED FOR THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGH WAY (ALL WITHOUT USING MY BRAKE). THE CAR JERKED A FEW MORE TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. I PARKED IT AND TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WENT TO CHECK MY OIL LEVEL. AFTER TAKING OUT THE DIP STICK, I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE OPENING. I WIPED AND REPLACED THE DIP STICK AND IT CAME OUT CLEAN, NO OIL. I MOVED TO THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED FRESH DRIPS. I DROPPED DOWN AND LOOKED UNDER MY CAR WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND SAW OIL EVERYWHERE. I GOT IT TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE REAR SEAL WAS BUSTED AND THAT I WOULD NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. MY CAR HAS 114,465 MILES ON IT.

COLD WEATHER CAUSED THE PVC VENT LINE TO FREEZE SHUT. THIS FREEZING CAUSES EXCESS CRANK CASE PRESSURE. THIS PRESSURE BLEW THE REAR MAIN SEAL OF THE ENGINE. WE WERE DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE CAUGHT IT BEFORE THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM LACK OF OIL BUT NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATORS CAME ON. WITHIN SECONDS OF PARKING THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE OIL IN THE ENGINE HAD DRAINED OUT. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE SEIZED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION IMMEDIATELY. GM IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE 2.4L ECOTEC MOTORS AND HAS A BULLETIN OUT FOR IT. THERE ARE NO FIXES FOR THE ISSUE AND IF DRIVERS ARE UNAWARE OF IT THEY WILL BLOW UP THEIR MOTORS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE DRIVEN IN COLD CLIMATES. NOT JUST A BULLETIN THAT YOU WILL ONLY FIND OUT AFTER THE ENGINE HAS SEIZED. ATTACHED IS A PICTURE OF THE OIL LEAKING FROM THE REAR MAIN SEAL.