2017 Chevrolet Equinox

MY CAR HAS 63000 MILES ON IT. I KEEP UP WITH ALL OIL CHANGES. I HAVE A 30 MIN HWY DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK DAILY. I WAS DRIVING HONE FROM WORK ON SUPER COLD DAY BELOW ZERO IN ILLINOIS. HALFWAY THREW MY RIDE HOME CAR SAID REDUCED ENGINE POWER 50 PERCENT. YOU CAN TELL CAR WAS DRIVING ROUGH. THEN EXITED ON MY EXIT AND SLOWED DOWN TO PULL OVER AND CAR SAID LOW OIL TURN OFF ENGINE CAR SHOOK AND SHUT DOWN. MY HUSBAND CHECKED OIL IT WAS EMPTY!!! WE FILLED IT AND BROUGHT TO CHEVY DEALER. THEY GOT BACK TO US TOLD US WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE PISTON RING BROKE AND NEED TO FIX FOR 2200. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM WITH NO HELP TO SEE IF THEY WILL HONOR THIER VEHICLE DEFECT THAT CLEARLY IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIER VEHICLES. IT IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT DEALER BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY SAID MY YEAR IS NOT RECALLED YET!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OIL WOULD LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AS THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD AS THE SERVICE STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ONE DAY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ADDING OIL INTO THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK UNCONTROLLABLY AND A BLUEISH SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE ENGINE. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO EAST HILLS CHEVROLET OF ROSLYN( 1036 NORTHERN BLVD, ROSLYN, NY 11576) WHERE AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT HER ENGINE SEALS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200.

I WAS IN A MCDONALDS DRIVE THRU WHEN I NOTICED A STRONG PETROLEUM SMELL. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND FOUND OIL GUSHING FROM THE ENGINE. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE PCV SYSTEM HAD CLOGGED AND CAUSED THE CRANKCASE TO PRESSURIZE, THEREBY BLOWING THE REAL MAIN SEAL. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OR I COULD HAVE LOST ALL THE OIL AND SUFFERED AN ENGINE SEIZURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I GOT NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM OTHER THAN SMELL AND VISUAL EXAMINATION. THE REPAIRS WERE QUOTED AT $2320. AFTER COMPLAINING TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY PROVIDED COST ASSISTANCE WHICH REDUCED THE PRICE TO $954 PLUS TAX. ON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2010-2014 CHEVY EQUINOX FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES. THE 2015-2017 CHEVY EQUINOX HAS THE SAME 2.4 LITER ECOTEC ENGINE BUT GM HAS NOT SEEN FIT TO EXTEND THE RECALL TO THOSE YEARS. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I HAD 83,773 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND ALWAYS HAD IT SERVICED AT THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM, SARCHIONE CHEVROLET IN RANDOLPH, OHIO. FURTHER CONTACT WITH GM GOT THEM TO PAY ANOTHER $400 (WHICH I HAVE NOT RECEIVED YET) BUT THEY REFUSED TO PAY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT GM IS AWARE OF BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGING BY EXTENDING THE RECALL FOR THE ADDITIONAL 3 YEARS THAT THIS ENGINE WAS AVAILABLE IN THE EQUINOX.

I LIVE IN A STATE THAT HAS COLD WEATHER, DIPPING WELL BELOW FREEZING. I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE WHEN MY CAR PROMPTED ME, AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE MECHANICS FOUND A SEVERE OIL LEAK. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ANY LONGER AND TO HAVE IT TOWED IMMEDIATELY TO A REPAIR SHOP. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM, AND THEIR MECHANIC JUST CALLED ME. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE PCV HAD MOISTURE IN IT THAT FROZE, CAUSING AIR PRESSURE BUILD UP THAT BURST AND DAMAGE A MAJOR OIL VALVE. HE STATED THAT THE PCV HOLE ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO AVOID THESE ISSUES, AND THAT ONCE THEY REPAIR IT, THEY WILL DRILL THE HOLE TO MAKE IT BIGGER SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. MY CONCERN IS, IF THESE VEHICLES ARE SOLD NATIONWIDE, AND ARE SO POPULAR, WHY ARE THEY NOT THINKING OF THESE POSSIBLE ISSUES? OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY OVER $2100 FOR A REPAIR DUE TO AN ISSUE IN MANUFACTURING!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER WITH OIL LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER SHELTON BUICK GMC, INC (855 S ROCHESTER RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48307, (248)266-2156) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE ENGINE SEAL TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000.

WE LIVE IN MN AND WENT OUT TO START OUR 2.4 EQUINOX AND IT STARTED AND THEN DIED. THIS WAS SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND WAS IN PARK WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT THERE WAS A PCV FREEZE UP WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN SEAL TO BLOW LOOSING THE OIL. THIS CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO FAIL. WE REACHED OUT TO GM AND THEY STATED THIS IS OUT OF WARRANTEE AND THAT 2017 WHERE NOT EFFECTED EVEN THOU IT IS THE SAME MOTOR AS THE OTHERS THAT ARE AFFECTED. WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING THAT BECAUSE THE CAR HAS 80,000 MILES WE ARE OUT OF THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTEE.

I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. COUNTLESS TIMES I'VE HAD OIL LEAKING, INCREASED OIL CONSUMPTION, AND FREQUENT OIL CHANGES. THIS PAST TIME HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE, AND WHEN GETTING TO WORK THIS MORNING I NOTED SOUNDS COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND CHECKED THE OIL TO FIND NO OIL LEFT. ONE MONTH, AND IT CONSUMED 5 QUARTS OF OIL. WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE HITCH, AS WELL AS WHEN ACCELERATING UP A HILL, ALONG WITH A SLIGHT KNOCK IN THE ENGINE WHEN OIL RUNS OUT.

HAD A ROUGH IDLE WAS DRIVING FINE. DRIVING HOME FROM REGULAR STREETS TO THENHIGHWAY AND ON THEBHIGHWAY THE ON BOARD COMPUTER SAID STABILITRAC NEEDS SERVICE SOON, ENGINE PEFERFORMANCE REDUCED. TRIED TO GET TO AN OFF RAMP THERE WAS A POP UNDER THE HOOD WHITE SMOKE OUT THE BACK AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALER THEY HAVE INFORMED ME IT WAS CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.