2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

THE SUV SOUNDS LIKE ITS TRYING TO START ITS SELF. WE LEAVE OUR KEYS IN THE RIG. DURING THE DAY WE CAN HEAR THIS CLICKING SOUND. WE GO OUT TO THE RIG AND THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON AND MUSIC PLAYING IN THE RIG. THE SOUND THAT IT MAKES SOUNDS LIKE WHEN A RIG IS ALREADY STARTED AND TRYS TO START AGAIN. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. FOUND NO INFO ONLINE ABOUT OTHER RIGS HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

ENGINE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION SOUNDING LIKE A DIESEL WHEN RUNNING. THEN WHILE LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE WITH THE PLACE WE CHANGE OUR OIL AT, ALL OF A SUDDEN NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON AT ALL AND IT STALLS AT AN INTERSECTION TO FIND OUT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND NOW THE WHOLE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

VEHICLE HAD BEEN STALLING AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS TO GO. IT HAS TURNED OFF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR RED LIGHT AT THE POINT I STEP ON THE GAS. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLES ENGINE SOUNDS FORCED AND TREMBLES ON IT OWN ON A DAILY BASIS, EVEN WHEN IN PARK MODE.

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING DUE TO NO OIL. NO DASH INDICATORS, LIGHTS, AUDIBLE TONES OR OTHER WARNINGS WERE EVIDENT TO INDICATE ANY PROBLEMS WITH OIL LEVEL, OR OIL PRESSURE. TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED, LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY. GENERAL MOTORS' "2.4L ECOTEC" MOTORS ARE KNOWN TO EXHIBIT SEVERE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, DUE TO FAULTY PISTON RINGS. A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS SETTLED IN 2019, SEE 2.4 LITER OIL CONSUMPTION LITIGATION C/O ANALYTICS CONSULTING LLC P.O. BOX 2003 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-2003

2012 EQUINOX HAS BEEN USING MORE OIL THAN IT SHOULD. TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL THIS WEEK, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, REPLACED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. ENGINE WOULD LOSE POWER WHEN I SLOWED DOWN OR TRIED TO ACCELERATE. TOOK IT BACK IN, SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID I MY TIMING CHAINS ARE STRETCHED, THE CHAINS, GUIDES AND ACTUATORS NEED TO BE REPLACED ASAP BEFORE MY ENGINE STOPS FOR GOOD. SERVICE PERSON STATED THEY CONTACTED GM AND THEY WILL NOT HELP WITH THE COST TO FIX IT. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN APRIL 2019, IT HAS 89,441 MILES ON IT.

THE ENGINE EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION DUE TO FAULTY PISTON RINGS, THE PCV SYSTEM SUCKING OIL INTO THE INTAKE, AND THE OIL SPRAY JETS FORCING MORE OIL PAST THE FAULTY PISTON RINGS.

HIGH ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE PISTON RING WEAR LEADING TO TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT AND EVENTUAL COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 75,831 MILES

REAR CAMERA NOT WORKING. WENT BLACK AND FUSES REPLACED STILL NO CAMERA VIEW. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND STILL NO CAMERA EVEN WHEN YOU PUT IN REVERSE. CAMERA DOESN'T COME ON..ITS JUST BLACK. I HAVE THE DISPLAY ON FOR CAMERA AS WELL STILL DON'T WORK

DUE TO FAULTY PISTON RINGS. MY CAR BURNS OIL LIKE CRAZY. THEY HAVEN'T EVEN ISSUED OUT A RECALL OR EVEN BOUGHT BACK THESE CARS WITH THE FAULTY ENGINE. I COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY ENGINE COULD GO OUT AT ANY MOMENT. I GO THROUGH MAYBE A QUART OF OIL PER WEEK. I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT AND CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS ISSUE.

MULTIPLE TIMES, I WOULD CHECK MY OIL PREPARING FOR LONG DRIVES, AND I WOULD HAVE TO ADD A QUART OR 2 OF OIL BECAUSE THE DIPSTICK WAS DRY. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT AT THE DEALERSHIP, FOX MOTOR'S NEGAUNEE, I WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD THEY WERE KNOWN FOR OIL CONSUMPTION. THE LAST TIME WE DROVE IT, WE WERE DRIVING IN MARQUETTE MI, WHEN STARTED TO SOUND AND RUN AS IF IT'S A DIESEL MOTOR AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED AND RAN LIKE IT WAS AT HALF POWER. IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY NO HIGHER THAN 35 MPH. WE DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP; THEY BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE AND DISCOVERED THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ONCE INTO SERVICE THEY DISCOVERED THE RINGS HAD FAILED, IT ONLY HAD JUST OVER 84,000 MILES, WAY TOO SOON TO HAVE A TIMING BELT FAILURE, OR AN ENGINE FAILURE. AT NO TIME DID THE DEALERSHIP MENTION GETTING OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS AT OUR OIL CHANGES, WHEN THE CONSUMPTION WAS BROUGHT UP, NOR WERE WE ADVISED THERE WERE SERVICE BULLETINS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THIS IS NOT A RARE INSTANCE, BUT HAS BECOME A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE FAILURE HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE TO CONSUMERS GETTING THEIR MOTORS REBUILT ONLY TO EXPERIENCE FAILURE ANOTHER TIME.