2013 GMC Terrain

OUT OF NOWHERE MY CAR JUST DIED WHEN I GOT TO WORK, AND THEN AGAIN TWICE ON MY WAY HOME. I TOOK IT TO GET TESTED THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. I DROVE IT 3 BLOCKS TO A DEALERSHIP, AND ON THE WAY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. PRIOR TO THIS, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS OF ANY KIND CAME ON, NO STRANGE NOISES, NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. WITH ONLY 92,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, MY ENGINE IS NOW RUINED (WITH NO WARNING AT ALL), AND I HAVE TO COME UP WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. HOW HAS THIS NOT BEEN A RECALL SITUATION AT THIS POINT GIVEN ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME THING - SUDDEN ENGINE ISSUES RESULTING IN ENGINE REPLACEMENT WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. GM PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.

STARTED MY CAR IN THE MORNING BEFORE WORK AND IT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND KNOCK. MESSAGE STATING REDUCED ENGINE POWER NOTED ON CONTROL CENTER. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO 25 MPH. FELT LIKE OIL WAS LOW SO ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE TO GET OIL CHECKED AND WHILE ON THE WAY THERE THE CAR QUIT WORKING AND I HAD TO COAST INTO A LOCAL BUSINESS PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER BUT I STILL HAD BATTERY POWER. HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO JUST NOTIFIED ME THAT MY ENGINE WAS BURNED UP AND THEY HAD TO PUT 4 QUARTS OF OIL IN FOR IT TO JUST REGISTER ON THE DIPSTICK. MY CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY FINE UP UNTIL THAT MORNING. I GET MY OIL CHANGED AS I SHOULD. INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BLOWN GASKET BUT IT WAS MUCH WORSE. I HAVE LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE.

I LEFT THE HOUSE AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING LOUD JACK HAMMER NOISES, THE WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ENGINE POWER REDUCED . THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS BELOW ZERO THAT DAY , HOWEVER, I HAD NO OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DASH BEFORE THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT . THE ENGINE SUDDENLY BECAME VERY VERY LOUD AND STOPPED FUNCTIONING. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR MANIFOLD FAILED AND "BLEW" OUT OF THE VEHICLE . UPON REVIEW OF THE WEBSITE CARCOMPLAINTA.COM I DISCOVERED THAT FOR MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF . THERE IS A GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 THAT COVERS THIS ISSUE AND THAT I NEEDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU . I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE NO WAY TO AFFORD THIS AND IF GM IS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION THEY NEED TO MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIRS

DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE VEHICLE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, THEN IT PROCEEDED TO TELL ME TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WHICH I DID AND TURN IT BACK ON. THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND STARTED TO SPURT UNTIL I MADE IT HOME. LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING WAS PART OF RECALL 14882, BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE LIST TO BE REPAIRED.

I BEGAN DRIVING MY 2013 GMC TERRAIN DOWN THE STREET AND MY CAR BEGAN TO FEEL AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE ENGINE BLEW WITH 126,000 MILES ON THE CAR. PRIOR TO THIS DAY, THE CAR HAD BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT ANY ISSUES AND NO WARNING LIGHTS HAD COME ON. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN & THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW & WAS THE ONLY OWNER & RELIGIOUSLY CHANGED MY OIL EVERY 5,000 MILES & WAS NOT YET DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE IN REGARD TO OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES & THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. THIS POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING AN OIL WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON NOR, DID ANY WARNING LIGHTS UNTIL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ENGINE BLOWING.

REAR MAIN SEAL FAILED DUE TO CLOGGED PCV VALVE. ONE DAY THE CAR SEAMED FINE, NO VISABLE OIL LEAKS, THE NEXT DAY, DAUGHTER BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER HER VEHICLE. SHE DIDN'T SEE THE PUDDLE, ALL THE OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE, NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO SHOP, $1200 ESTIMATE TO REPAIR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM.