2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

PVC VALVE FROZE. BLEW REAR MAIN SEAL. WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME. PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY,WARNING LIGHTS DID COME ON. CAR HAS ONLY 35,000. MILES ON IT.

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

INTAKE PCV PORT FROZE-INTERNAL OIL PRESSURE IN MOTION SLOWED THEN STOPPED THEN I WOULD RESTART CONTINUALLY.

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.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT COSTS 105.00 TO DIAGNOSE THAT THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE NEEDS REPLACED BECAUSE THERE IS A SHORT IN IT AND IT WILL COST ANOTHER 656.00+TAX THE LIGHT COMES ON AS SOON AS I START THE CAR.

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.

MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 117K MILES. THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. ULTIMATELY, THIS WILL END IN A $1000 REPAIR. THE REAR MAIN SEAL HAS WORN PREMATURELY AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED AS A POTENTIAL RECALL. JERRY HAAG, A GM DEALERSHIP IN HILLSBORO OHIO, STATED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE GM IS HAVING WITH THE CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN I CONTACTED GM, THEY ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS PART. AT THIS POINT, I AM WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS I NEED MY VEHICLE. HOWEVER, I WANT THIS TO BE NOTED AS A COMPLAINT FOR THIS PART. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE. WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS VERY ALARMING, GM HAS SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE EQUINOX AND OIL LOSS FROM THE REAR MAIN SEAL AND EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. HOWEVER, THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS THEIR ISSUE? I HAVE CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AND PHONE. WHAT I GET IS DEFLECTION TO MY QUESTIONS AND A GENERAL LACK OF CONCERN.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 1/16/2018 ON THE INTERSTATE, MY EQUINOX STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE. I MADE MY WAY TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND IT SHUT DOWN ON ME AS I WAS PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT CAME ON. I WAS VERY COLD AS I WAITED FOR HELP AND DID NOT FEEL SAFE AS I HAD THE GUARDRAIL ON ONE SIDE AND CARS FLYING BY ON THE LEFT. A LOCAL MECHANIC GAVE US A BULLETIN ON THE ISSUE AND, AFTER CALLING AROUND TO SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS AND DEALERSHIPS, FOUND OUT OF 17 OTHERS THAT HAD COME IN AFTER BREAKING DOWN THE SAME NIGHT THAT I DID.

DRIVING ALONG ON A CITY STREET ALL THE SUDDEN ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, RUNNING ON LOW POWER MODE LIGHT ETC ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO DIE (WHICH EVENTUALLY IT DID) TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE WHERE HE TOLD ME THE REAL SEAL IS GONE AND PVC FROZE THERE WAS A LOT OF FLUID IN BETWEEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND DUE TO THE SUB BELOW ZERO WEATHER / CALLED GM THEY SAY MY VIN # IS NOT COVERED WHICH IS BULL. I READ BULLETIN #14882 (PER MY REPAIR MAN ) THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I HAVE 78,000 MILES ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP THAT I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE OF IF NOT RECTIFIED. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THE SAME THING "THERE VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED". IF YOUR CAR FITS INTO THE MODEL AND YEAR OF THE BULLETIN THEN IT SHOULD BE COVERED. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GM.