2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

I USE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND NOW MY MOTOR IS ACTING UP I HAVE TO PUT TWO QUARTS IN A WEEK AND WAS NOT TOLD AT PURCHASE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE JANUARY OF 2019 I'M UNDER THE 120 000 MILES THIS I NOTICED ABOUT 2WEEKS I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE IN THE SAME WEEK I BOUGHT IT CAUSE OF ISSUES AND IT WAS A 2000 REPAIR AFTER I ALREADY PAID 13,000 FOR IT. I LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT MY MOTOR IS KNOCKS AND IT'S GETTING WORSE

A YEAR AND HALF AGO I LOST ALL OF MY OIL AND IT BLEW OUT MY TIMING CHAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE BAD PISTON RINGS AND THAT THE ECOTEC ENGINES WITH THAT YEAR WEAR OUT VERY FAST. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE PISTON RINGS REPLACED SO I TOLD THE MECHANIC TO JUST REPLACE EVERYTHING BUT THE PISTON RINGS. HE JUST SAID THAT I NEED TO WATCH THE OIL LEVEL AND THAT I COULD ADD SOME IF I STARTED TO BURN OIL AGAIN. ANOTHER YEAR WENT BY AND AS I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY, I GOT AN ERROR MESSAGE ON MY DASHBOARD SAYING THE ENGINE WAS "POWERING DOWN" AND I STARTED LOOSING SPEED VERY FAST. I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND CHECKED MY OIL LEVEL AND SURE ENOUGH, I HAD VERY LITTLE OIL. SO I POURED SOME IN AND THAT SEEM TO BE OK. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, MY EQUINOX STARTED TO SMOKE WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND POPPED THE HOOD TO SEE OIL SPILLING ONTO THE MANIFOLD. I LET THE CAR COOL DOWN AND ADDED SOME MORE OIL SO I COULD GET TO WORK. A CO-WORKER OF MINE HELPED ME INVESTIGATE AND NOTICED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD ATE THROUGH THE GUARDING WHICH CAUSED THE OIL TO SPILL OUT OF THE TOP OF THE GUARDING.

RECENTLY REALIZED OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS I'VE HAD TO CHANGE AND/OR ADD MOTOR OIL TO MY ENGINE EVERY 1500 MILES WITH THE MOST RECENT ADDING OF 3 QTS OF OIL BEING TODAY AUG 25 2020 I'VE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF MY 2.4 ECOTEC ENGINE INVOLVING THE DESIGN OF THE PISTON RINGS I ALSO SAW THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING THIS MATTER AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY A RECALL HASN'T BEEN ISSUED?? THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IT'S DANGEROUS AS A FIRST RESPONDER I TAKE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY ESPECIALLY WHEN MY FAMILY IS IN THE CAR WITH ME WHAT IF MY ENGINE SUDDENLY SEIZED AND CAUSED US TO GET INTO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED US, OTHERS OR WORSE I WILL BE CONTACTING MY DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT THE COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE AS I'M SURE THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AND I WILL EXPECT THEM TO FIX THIS ISSUE AT NO COST TO ME ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM YOUR END WOULD BE APPRECIATED THANK YOU

2013 CHEVY EQUINOX, 2.4L 4. 128K MILES, MASSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. ONCE A WEEK, ENGINE LIFTERS CHATTER, AND OIL NEEDS TO BE ADDED. THIS TIME CAR DIED, AND GARAGE SAYS CALL THE DEALERSHIP, THEY DONT WANT TO TOUCH IT FOR UNDER $7K. IS THERE ANY ACTION I HAVE TO CORRECT THIS??

ENGINE IS CONSUMING OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE AND WE HAVE TO ADD OIL FREQUENTLY (APPROXIMATELY EVERY 800-1000 MILES). THERE IS ALSO A FAILURE WITH THE OIL LIGHT, AS IT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE OIL IS LOW. WE JUST HAPPENED TO CHECK IT WHEN THERE WAS A SLIGHT TICKING SOUND. THERE IS AN APPARENT RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT IT ONLY COVERS VEHICLES WITHIN 7 YEAR 6 MONTHS OF IT BEING PUT INTO SERVICE OR 120,000 MILES. IT HAS 129,000 CURRENTLY. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED AND WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY GM OF THE RECALL UNTIL IT WAS ALREADY PAST THE CUT-OFF DATE AND MILEAGE. THIS IS A TERRIBLE PROBLEM, AND THERE HAS BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH. I CALLED THE NUMBER ON THE RECALL CLAIM AND THEY SAID TO CONTACT A LOCAL DEALER. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID TO CONTACT GM. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE. SO I'M NOW CONTACTING THE ATTORNEY LISTED ON THE RECALL TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME HELP WITH SOME SORT OF EXTENSION. GM NEEDS TO DO BETTER.

THE 2.4L ECOTEC ENGINE IN CHEVY TERAIN AND EQUINOX FROM 2010-2013 HAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PISTON RINGS WHICH CAUSES EXTREME OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH DAMAGES THE REST OF THE ENGINE. INSTEAD OF ISSUING A NATIONWIDE RECALL OF THESE FAULTY ENGINES, THEY PUSHED IT OVER TO THE NHTSB TO ISSUE THE RECALL. THEY EXPECT OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS FOR THEIR KNOWN FAULTY ENGINE. CHEVROLET/GM WAS SUED OVER THIS BY VEHICLE OWNERS TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THEIR EXPENSES AND EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY TO 120,000 MILES, BUT VEHICLE OWNERS WEREN'T NOTIFIED. THEY HAVE NO PLANS OR WAY TO NOTIFY OWNERS WHO ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, USED CAR DEALERS, OR PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES FROM PRIVATE SALE.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. NO OIL LOW WARNING LITE EVER CAME ON. JUST CHANGES OIL LESS THAN 500 MILES PRIOR TO THE ENGINE BEING LOCKED UP OR WILL JOT RUN. NEWER BATTERY AND TIMING CHAIN.

ENGINE IS BURNING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL, WITH IN A WEEK IT BURNED A MINIMUM OF A QUART OF OIL (I DROVE ABOUT 500 MILES). A WEEK PRIOR TO 8/3/2020 THE CAM SHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR FAILED DUE TO NO OIL SHOWING UP ON THE DIP STICK, VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT ON 7/13/2020 AND HAD AN OIL CHANGE AT 145,000 MILES.

I BOUGHT MY EQUINOX IN 2018, THE WIPER PASSENGER SIDE STOPPED WORKING THEY STATED THE RECALL WAS DONE IN 2017 I DIDN'T OWN THE VECHILE AND 295.00 TO FIX IT IS WRONG. ITS ONLY BEEN 2 YEARS IT STOPPED WORKING THE FIRST MONTH I HAD IT THEY FIXED IT. NOW ITS NOT WORKING AT ALL PASSENGER SIDE. NO WARRANTIES OR ANYTHING ON THE VECHILE AT THIS TIME. I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE WHEN IT STOPPED WORKING PRE COVID-19 HAD AN APPT HOWEVER HAD TO CANCEL SO TRIED TO GET TO TAKEN CARE OF WHICH IT SHOULDN'T COST ME.

MY CAR MADE AN AGGRESSIVE RIGHT TURN ON ITS OWN. BACK STORY: I STARTED UP MY CAR AND STARTED SLOWLY DRIVING STRAIGHT OUT OF A STREET PARKING SPOT. I NOTICED THE STEERING WAS SLIGHTLY RESISTING ME. I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS PULLING SOME TO THE RIGHT (I ACTIVELY HAD TO COUNTER IT). ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE BLOCK MY CAR MADE AN AGGRESSIVE RIGHT TURN ON ITS OWN (THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED 90 DEGREES BEFORE I COULD FIGHT IT BACK AND COME TO A STOP FROM ~20MPH). WHILE STOPPED I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AND BACK TO CENTER. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND CHECKED ALL TIRES. THERE WAS NO FLATS OR ISSUES WITH THE TIRES, TIRE PRESSURE GAGES WERE READING NORMAL. I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND THE CAR WAS STILL FIGHTING ME. THINKING IT COULD BE THE BANKED ROAD (BUT NEVER HAS BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE), I TURNED RIGHT ONTO A FLAT STREET. THE CAR STILL WAS TRYING TO PULL ME TO RIGHT ON A FLAT STREET FOR ABOUT 2 BLOCKS AND THEN IT EASED UP AND DROVE NORMALLY AGAIN. TWO DAYS LATER THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" WARNING APPEARED FOR 30-60 SECONDS UPON STARTING MY CAR THEN DISAPPEARS ON ITS OWN. STEERING PROBLEMS HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE AND HAS NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE PAST 4 DAYS WITH MINIMAL DRIVING. THE WARNING TO SERVICE POWER STEERING IS NOT CONSISTENT UPON STARTING MY CAR AND HAS NEVER APPEARED PRIOR TO THE CAR STEERING ON ITS OWN.