Vehicle had excessive oil consumption due to piston ring wear. This lead to a bevy of other issues, icluding timing chain damage, manifold damage, selenoid damage, piston damage. Documents not available for upload due to originals being with class action attorneys
2011 Chevrolet Equinox engine complaints
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Many 2011 equinoxs have had their timing chain recalls. Mine is at 9000 miles and needs a new timing chain
Engine failure due to excessive oil consumption. Timing chain failure causing major damage to engine, fuel pump failure, catalytic converter failure due to excessive oil consumption .
The engine oil has been burning excessively having to put oil in it a week after oil change the engine now has died
2011 equinox has excessive oil consumption and is getting worse. This vehicle has a recall that is vague which is to say it is a popular issue with no direct resolution.
1) seatbelt light comes on despite having seatbelts secured. It happens when you start the car and stays on throughout all aspects of driving until the car is turned off. 2) service stabilitrac light intermittently flickers on and off while the radio flickers off and on, as though the vehicle were possessed. 3) the previous engine consumed excessive amounts of oil. It resulted in the previous engine being replaced a few months ago. New engine is burning oil just as fast as the old one. Withing one month the dipstick was registering as below the bottom line with 2 months and approximately 3k miles left before next scheduled oil change, per jiffy lube's sticker.
The 2.4l engine my wife was driving before the date listed, the car stalled on twice on interstate 69 she had to move to the right side of the interstate to restart the car. This was due to the oil consumption in car. She did not feel safe in that car at all. Attach wil be the bill of the engine repair due to the oil consumption
Timing belt broke. A lot of oil consuming the cause of that
Car completely shut down while driving on high way no signs of warning lights on dashboard my wife was stranded with my 1 year old daughter towed to a chevy dealership car only had 84000 miles on it was told my engine was totally destroyed from timing chain supposedly and needed to be replaced 6000 dollars later total replacement 😡 thank god my family was not hurt in this event called gm corp to complain and there is nothing they can do there should have been a recall not happy from what I read this has happened to a lot of customers I just hope no one gets hurt!!!!!!!!! Also they said no recall and it's not under warranty
My engine blew due to excessive oil consumption from bad o rings on the pistons.
I took my vehicle to the dealer because the check engine light came on, they had to replace the catalytic converter (by special coverage adjustment 15810), however the technician indicated that I had a cracked exhaust manifold... Which was not covered by the special coverage. It is crazy that an exhaust manifold fails! It seems to be a defective part and the technician said it may have been caused by the extra pressure due to the clogged catalytic converter. Gm refused to reinburse this service.
Engine type consumes excess oil. This has caused my oil to run out on multiple occasions and my vehicle to shut off while I'm driving, specifically when decelerating the rpms will drop to cause engine to fail. Driving with no oil will cause the engine to blow up one day or another.
My engine failed due to excessive oil consumption due to piston ring wear!
It burning so much engine oil and running out from oil for under 900 miles and car is under 120000
My engine was making noise so I took it to the shop. They said a bolt broke by the timing chain. Then they said it messed up the block and the engine needs replaced. I would start up my car and I head a rattling noise like something was loose. I would hear the vibration noise
Catalytic converter issue, high pressure fuel pump, car shakes, balking while on idle or stop on red light, heavy chain rolling noise. Spent more than $3k so far but still comes with different problems every now and then. Engine light is always on and bunch of different codes show up while checking. Cruise control doesn't work. Wiper blades don't clear properly. Problem list can go on and on. Car shuts off by itself and it happened so many times. Engine power was reduced by itself and couldn't go more than 20 miles/hour on a highway with family inside the car.
My vehicle is dying when stopping and running rough when cold started. It jerks and turns off at a stop, but turns on immediately after. It used to occasionally happen, now it's every time I stop.
I have to continuously put quarts of oil in to make sure it doesn't run dry. It's been a constant issue with mechanics I've taken it to at the dealership saying they've seen every equinox they worked on have a problem with the engines burning through oil.
My equinox suffers from the oil consumption defect which causes the vehicle to consume oil at an usually high rate. Although several features of the vehicles' engines contribute to the oil consumption defect, the primary cause is faulty piston rings. This is a common problem with these vehicles and their was even a lawsuit that was recently settled. I however do not qualify for the free repair because I purchased the vehicle later may 16, 2019. I believe this problem should be a recall since gm is aware of the faulty engineering that went into the manufacturing of this vehicle.
It keeps cutting off and the oil keeps going empty some say recall 11195a mite be the problem but I don't know jus got the car and when I start it up the peddle gets stuck and starts rite back up in motion and soon as you back up and soon as you turn out it cuts off on the high way and on city street and turning.
Oil consumption high, metal particles in oil, cv axel joint bad
This car is internally burning excessive amounts of oil in between oil changes. I have no external oil leaks. I am added at minimum 5 quarts between oil changes, other parts are beginning to foul because of this issues, the oil light does not even come on to let me know if it low on oil. I am a windowed woman and this is not right. This needs to be fixed. I do what I am suppose to do and take very good care of this car, however this is out of my control and apparently is a huge issues. Wish I would have known this, I would never have purchased it to begin with. Chevy needs to make this right!
Oil consumption
Burns oil excessively, 1 quart per 10 days. No leaks . Costly repairs, and maintenance
While driving the car just shut off in middle of road without warning. It would not restart and had to push it off the street as to not get hit.
It started making a loud noise like a diesel engine and it will just cut off for no reason. I keep up all my maintenance it has low mileage. It was in motion when it cut off and I almost hit an 18 wheeler.
I had the oil consumption test done at thomas chevrolet in media, pennsylvania due to oil being low. Followed up every 1,000 miles and the oil was always 1/2 qt or more low. On december 3, 2018, I had my oil changed and they said there was no issues with the oil. The mileage was 71,392. I brought it back for an oil changed on march 14, 2019 with the mileage being 73,996, which is only 2,604 miles later. The service advisor told me that my engine was destroyed. The timing chain broke and destroyed my engine! How does an oil consumption issue go from you have and issue with your car burning oil to no there are no issues with oil consumption???? I could have broken down on a highway with this issue! They told me there was nothing they could do but replace the engine for $8,000.00 but no guarantees! I couldn't afford to pay $8,000 so I had my car towed to my house where it has been sitting ever since. How can gmget away with this? Even the generalmanager told me that gm know about this issue and won't fix it!
I started having issues after a couple months of buying my vehicle. My RPM would sputter and I would always check my oil and it would be a quart low. This went on for months and I continued to drain money into my vehicle with buying oil. I replaced seals thinking it was a oil leak and it wasn't it. My engine finally was just shot so now I'm out of a car and owe money on it still and don't have the money to repair my vehicle. I am very upset with this model of vehicle bc I did research on it and a lot of compliants on this car burning oil. Crazy that no one is doing anything to fix the issue. I guess chevy is crap now and just want to loose customers. I won't be buying a chevy again and will not recommend
I was driving home from work on hwy 35 outside of dresser, wi and the car dash lights suddenly lit up and the car made a loud rattle and smelled like burning oil. There was no warning. I was 2 miles from home so I came straight home. We checked the oil and added 3 quarts of oil before taking it aproximately 2 miles to our mechanic. They checked the engine and confirmed the rattle was deep in the motor and the motor had blown. After inspection, they found that a small port in the intake manifold was clogged. This caused a pressure build up and the rear seal to blow. We were also then told they had been seeing a lot of this problem in chevy equinox models. We had to replace the motor for a total cost of $5750.51.
Twice in one year the timing chain guides broke causing motor damage and the car to stall while driving on a major highway almost causing a major accident both times.
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