![]() Excessive burning of engine oil: The 2016 Equinox has a consistent issue of extra oil consumption.00 to fix it - unreal.Chevrolet Equinox user complaints and problems Engine problems 1 year I owned the vehicle, and I either have to use it as a lawn ornament - or pay $8,100. How can you be ok with this, and allow people to continue purchase these vehicles? no at chevy, gm, nor at the dealership seem willing to help in any sense and it is really sad, we have been buying chevy since as long as I can remember, and it looks like I may have to start looking at Nissan or even Ford because at least they care about their customers. In conditions that the pcv rear seal system cannot handle and you all know this, but refuse to take action. As I was driving down a busy highway my vehicle died in the middle of the road in -55 degree weather. I have maintained my vehicle that I have only had 1 year and now because of your "special" bulletin and bullcrap that it wasn't built in a special plant I have to spend more then what the truck is worth to put a brand new motor in my SUV. This part is hazardous, and has cost way too many people alot of money. Your gm bulletin 14882 should be a complete recall for all Equinox's. This type of stuff has gone on for far too long with automotive manufacturers. All because they don't want to fix their faulty design. But they have also endangered the tow truck driver. Then come to find out they know this a problem?! but are only covering certain vehicles. A used engine would be cheaper but we'd run the risk of getting one that consumes too much oil. $7000 for a remanufactured engine installed is the quote he gave me. And due to the knocking that the engine is making. And the engine is toast because there's a lot of metal shavings on the dipstick. The mechanic looks it over and tells me that the rear main seal has blew out of the engine due to a frozen pcv valve. He calls another tow truck to the scene to block traffic so he dosen't get hit. He gets backed up starts to get out and is almost sideswiped by another driver. The tow truck gets there and is almost immediately rear ended by a distracted driver. Another 10 yards and it would've been blocking a lane of traffic on the bridge. There is very little room to pull off the road where it broke down at. I dropped her off and went back to the car to wait on the tow truck. Luckily she had a blanket and an extra coat to cover up with. Hypothermia can take affect in that amount of time. She had to wait in a freezer basically until I got there. The temperature outside was in the negatives. Just before the broadway bridge crossing the missouri river entering downtown kansas city mo literally right before the bridge on the southbound side of 169 highway. My wife was driving to work when her car broke down on a very very busy highway. She said I should of taken it to the nearest dealer - however on a Saturday night most of them are not open - nor was I familiar with the area. I called the number on the bulletin and the person there said that my VIN is not covered under the bulletin. They did the best they could and I was able to drive it back home. They believed the issue was the pcv issue in bulletin #14882. With my son being with me and being out of town I figured I would get it towed to the nearest mechanic to asses the situation. I got out I looked underneath and all of the oil was just dumping out of the car like a faucet. As I pulled into my destination (thankfully I was not on the highway or a bridge) my car just shut off and was able to glide into the parking lot. I was driving it and when I would press on the gas pedal the engine seemed to "sputter" now and again. I can not upload a photo, my vehicle still sits at the gm repair shop. If all these vehicles are having the same issue why are they saying not covered? I guess I will have to do what the others did and file a complaint with the bbb. All the other people (who I have read complaints online about it) who have the same issue are being told the same thing. ![]() Can not understand why not when it's the same engine, year. I brought this up to the manufacturing company and they explain to me that this bulletin is VIN specific and it would not be covered. I looked up my complaint that I was having on the internet and came across similar complaints from numerous (a heck of a lot) of people and found gm bulletin number 14882 that specifies the same complaint that I had. The issue is thought to be the pcv valve. I have been unable to drive my car for fear we will blow the rear main oil seal. My vehicle is leaking oil, oil all over the top of the engine and large oil spots below. ![]()
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