2013 GMC Terrain

MY CAR IS CONSUMING OIL FASTER THAN NORMAL.MY CAR WAS RATTLING AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, HE SAID THE GMC TERRAINS AND CHEVY EQUINOX IS CONSUMING MORE OIL THAN NORMAL. MY OIL INDICATOR SAID THE OIL WAS FINE, BUT HE SAID THE OIL WAS VERY LOW. HE TOLD ME TO CHECK THE OIL EVERY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. HE ALSO GAVE ME TWO EXTRA QUARTS OF OIL. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY CAR NEEDS AN OIL CHANGE QUITE OFTEN. WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY CAR, THE CAR WAS RATTLING AND WAS LURCHING FOWARD AT A STOP LIGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, BUT IT IS THE OIL BEING CONSUMED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN NORMAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE SPEED DRASTICALLY REDUCED. TAYLOR CHEVROLET (734-287-2600, LOCATED AT 13801 S TELEGRAPH RD, TAYLOR, MI 48180) INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY CAR SINCE DAY ONE STEERING WHEELS LOCKS UP CONSTANTLY, THE BRAKES DO NOT STOP YOU THE WORST IS THE ENGINES BATTERY WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE SEAT CONSTANTLY SAYS I HAVE NO POWER IT WILL TURN ON SEVERAL CODES AND THE START IDLING THE RPMS GO UP LIKE YOUR PRESS G THE GAS BUT YOU NOT THEN YOU STALL YOU CAN BE GOING 70 OR 20 MPH AND IT WILL JUST STALL WITH NO WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL AND I LOSE TRACTION IN REGULAR ROADS IN PERFECT WEATHER. I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE MY AIRBAGS I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICES A MILLION TIMES THEY ALWAYS SAY NOTHING IS WRONG ALSO WHEN THE RPMS OR GOING UP.AND DOWN I LOSE ALL HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT NIGHT SO MANY TIMES. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALMOST KILLED ME SO MANY TIMES I LOST COUNT I TAKE IT TO SERVICE THERE IS NEVER AN ISSUE. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO END UP IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT SOON THE BRAKE PEDAL STICKS AND I CAN'T PRESS IT DOWN I HAD TO PULL INTO GRASS ONE TIME TO AVOID A CAR.

I PURCHASED MY 2013 GMC TERRAIN ON NOV 2, 2018. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LATER. ON DEC 9, 2018, AFTER LEAVING CHURCH, MY HUSBAND & I STOPPED AT THE STORE. WHEN WE GOT READY TO LEAVE, I STARTED MY CAR & IT MADE A LOUD NOISE SO I TURNED IT OFF. I TRIED TO CRANK IT AGAIN & IT WOULD JUST SPIN. MY HUSBAND GOT OUT TO CHECK THE OIL & FOUND NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. IT WAS 2 QRTS LOW. NO WARNING OR ANYTHING. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED, TWICE, WE ARE BEING TOLD IT HAS JUMPED TIME. NOT ONLY WOULD WE NEED TO REPLACING THE TIMING CHANGE, BUT POSSIBLY THE VALVES AS WELL. MY HUSBAND CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP & WAS TOLD, DUE TO COMPLAINTS, THE DEALERSHIP CAN REPLACE THE MOTOR & GMC WILL PAY THEM BACK. HOWEVER, MY CAR IS 1,000 MILES OVER THE MOTOR WARRANTY OR WHATEVER. THEY ARE RECOMMENDING ME GET ANOTHER ENGINE TO PUT IT. SO, WITH THE ENGINE, PLUS LABOR, I AM LOOKING AT $4.000 I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND. MY 2ND PAYMENT JUST CAME OUT OF MY ACCOUNT FOR A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE, NOR HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX. THE OIL LEVEL IS MOST LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING. OBVIOUSLY GMC KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM & THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MY CAR WAS SOLD AS IS, NO ADDITIONAL WARRANTY. LOVE THE CAR & WOULD RATHER HAVE IT FIXED, BUT MAY BE LETTING TO GO BACK & GO AGAINST MY CREDIT, BECAUSE OF THIS. VERY DISAPPOINTED GMC.

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE 2013 GMC TERRAIN ON 9/6/18 AT 93,100 THERE HAVE BEEN 2 OIL CHANGES AND TWO 2QT TOP OFFS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 1QT ADDED EVERY 1,000 MILES. THE SECOND TOP OFF SHOWED A WHITE SUBSTANCE INDICATING A POSSIBLE ISSUE RELATED TO PISTON RING WEAR. ON 12/5/18 REPAIRS WERE ASSESSED BY A LICENSED MECHANIC WHO FOUND NO OIL LEAK. BEFORE OIL TOP OFFS NO OIL CAN LIGHT ILLUMINATION WAS PRESENT AND CAR SHOWED OVER 50% OIL LIFE. MECHANIC STATED THAT REPAIRS WOULD NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO FIX THE MASSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE.

POTENTIAL OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. IN MAY 2018 NOTICED A KNOCKING/RATTLING IN ENGINE WHILE ACCELERATING AT SLOW SPEEDS. NOISE GREW LOUDER AND MORE CONSISTENT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ON BOARD COMPUTER STATED REMAINING OIL LIVE WAS OVER 30%, HOWEVER NO OIL REGISTERED ON DIPSTICK. ADD OIL AND NOISE STOPPED. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT (JUNE) WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE ISSUE INVESTIGATED. THEY TOLD ME IF IT OCCURS AGAIN, NOT TO ADD OIL, RATHER BRING IT IN FOR A CONSUMPTION TEST. THEY DID NOT TELL ME HOW LOW MY OIL LEVEL WAS. NOVEMBER 2018 THE NOISE RETURNED. IMMEDIATELY TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECOMMENDED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. INFORM BY DEALER THAT VEHICLE WAS NO, LONGER COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY, THEY COULD NOT DO THE TEST. OIL CHANGED (EVEN THOUGH ON BOARD COMPUTER STATED 48% OIL LIFE REMAINING). READING OTHER REPORTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE, WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE.