2013 Buick Verano: excessive oil consumption

Filed Sep 7, 2024 · Engine · WV

Vehicle is consuming oil at an excessive rate (with still less than 70000 miles on the odometer) and I have had to keep a close watch on the levels. It is burning a quart right now about every 1400 miles and the problem is only likely to get worse with time. This could cause the engine to fail or catch fire while operating the vehicle, which is quite dangerous, especially at interstate speeds or on mountain roads. Buick has not issued a recall, and yet there is a service bulletin dating from 2016 (Bulletin No.: 13-06-01-003H). I have also read many complaints from other Verano owners about this problem. An engine is one of the most expensive parts of any vehicle, and if Buick will not voluntarily recall this model year to make the needed repairs, the NTSB ought to take a hand in getting a recall of affected vehicles. I don't want to risk my life on the road if this engine fails while the vehicle is in operation.

Filed Oct 16, 2023 · MO

In checking, my oil found that the oil was low but I’ve had no leaks concerned about where the oil is going and the oil consumption. I change my oil about twice a year. The car only has 45,000 miles on it..

Filed Jun 21, 2023 · Engine · MD

My Buick Verano keeps running out of oil despite consistent oil changes. It ran out of oil, 3000 miles before my next oil change was due. There are many reports online of other owners of the same vehicle having the same issue. Recently, my car cut off in the middle of the street Without any warning due to no oil in the engine. The low oil warning light never came on. This is the second time that this has occurred. The first time the mechanic just said it was low on oil. Now my car will not restart. Again my next oil change was not due for another 3000 miles.

Filed Sep 18, 2022 · Engine · FL

I purchased this used vehicle in March 2022 $8500 cash. I have had problems with oil consumption since I purchased. The car stalls and turns off when the oil is low. I am literally putting a quart of oil in the car every 40-50 miles. I have 6 children to get to school and I also work. At this time I can't afford another vehicle so I'm hoping that others come forth so this car can be recalled or fixed. Life is hard enough

Filed Sep 8, 2021 · Airbags, Engine · MA

2013 Buick Verano engine ceased after excessive oil consumption (which was NOT indicated by the oil light). Multiple lawsuits have been filed for cars with the SAME engine, but my specific car has not been included - and GM shut down my car-specific lawsuits due to "design" flaws that they don't take credit for. NO warning signs, and my car stopped in the middle of the road, putting my safety at risk. Oil change notification DID NOT work, and oil light did not come on at all. In addition, a "service passenger airbag" light comes on whenever anyone sits in the passenger seat (I have seen recalls regarding this as well, but are not specific to my car). Very disappointed.

Filed Apr 7, 2020 · Engine · 3 miles · PA

Since I bought the car it consumes an excessive amount of oil, it makes it clicking noise if it gets slow talk to the dealership at least twice and was told that this is just what these engines sound like after doing research I've noticed that there are multiple complaints about the same issue, now I'm having a problem with the car just shutting off especially if I am coming to a stop or at a red light, today I was making a left over a four-lane highway to get onto my road the car just shut off and I almost got keep on buying an oncoming car because it stopped in the middle of the road, after doing some online searching this is a common problem apparently, it is out of warranty and dealership told me nothing they can do unless I want to pay for it, there's 54,000 mi on the car so this should not be happening, when I bought the car they told me that the engine is supposed to sound like that even though my gut told me otherwise but hey they are the pros right, also the first time I took it to the dealership they told me that the excessive oil consumption was not a problem, just to keep an eye on it and top it off if it gets low...what's completely contradicts what they told me when I bought it because they told me because it's full synthetic that I would not have often, me almost getting t-boned because my car owed is in my opinion a serious safety concern and the manufacturer of this car ignoring the problem is going to cause somebody to get killed

Filed Feb 19, 2020 · Engine · 91,000 miles · WI

The car started burning oil at a rate of 1 quart every 1,000 miles at 86,000 miles and so I took it to the dealership where I purchased it new and also had it do all of the routine maintenance as well. This was at mike juneau brookfield gmc buick and they told me to bring it in everytime it got a quart low and that there was no concern with me continuing to drive it as long as I monitored the oil. The timing chain broke while driving at 40 MPH and ruined the entire engine 4 months later at 91,000 miles. This is a known common issue with these gm engines and I beleive some are even recalled when in chevy vehicles. The dealership and manufacturer have acknowledged the problem.

Filed Jan 8, 2020 · Engine · 100,000 miles · OH

Excessive oil consumption problem. I own a 2013 buick verano with a 2.4l engine, approximately 100,000 miles. We have recently noticed when checking the oil in-between oil changes that there was no oil on the dipstick. E.g.., at 40 or 50% life left for oil change, there was no oil on the dipstick. In the past the car has never used or leaked a drop of oil. In doing some additional research, this is a common problem with other buick's with the same engine.. Buick has acknowledged this issue with other similar buick vehicles with the same engine by issuing a technical service bulletin 13-06-01-003h for other models of buicks with the details on how to rebuild the engine and fix the problem. We called the buick dealer and they indicated there is no recall for the verano but recognize it is a problem with the car.

Filed May 23, 2019 · Engine · 90,130 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 buick verano. The contact noticed that the vehicle was losing oil. The vehicle was taken to jack winegardner chevrolet (11001 indian head hwy, fort washington, md 20744) where an oil consumption test was performed. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure persisted, which caused the vehicle to shut down. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was metal in the oil that may cause the engine to shut down. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,130.