2014 Chevrolet Equinox: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Dec 26, 2024 · Engine · WA

My car is equipped with the 2.4L ecotec engine and has insane levels of oil consumption. Since my last oil change 2000miles ago I've added 5 quarts of oil. A few days ago the car started making a ticking sound while driving, the car then began surging and tried to take off while i had my foot on the break, and started to overheat and then shut off at a light. I was able to restart the vehicle and had no per on the rest of the drive. When I got home I checked the oil and the dipstick was dry. I received no warning light or indication that this was the case.

Filed Jan 24, 2024 · Engine · OH

The engine suddenly lost power and by the time we got it home it was knocking really loud. We just had it serviced a few months before for oil change and tune up. When I checked the oil it was completely empty no low oil light or anything came on there were no oil leaks. When we contacted the garage they informed us that there has been problems with the engine burning excessive oil. I looked it up and seen there is litigation for this same engine for same issue in different states.

Filed Oct 26, 2023 · Acceleration, Steering · LA

Service Stabilitrak & Power Steering light comes on after initial start up or in the middle of driving intermittently cause car to jolt back & forth while driving which can cause an accident if someone or car is near, could hear that car was attempting to lock & unlock doors while errors appear on dash. When changing gears a jolt and loud knock sounds occurs, now check engine light appears, this has caused a new issue now code states to replace transmission valve body assembly…Unable to locate part anywhere & I’m not clear what may be causing issue since it happens intermittently. Changed battery, msgs stopped appearing on dash for a week. Boom hopes were high now msgs are there again….Total nightmare. I just bought this car!!!

Filed Jun 9, 2023 · Engine · 72,000 miles · NY

The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light remained illuminated. Additionally, there was a ticking sound occasionally coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the cam shaft solenoid sensors needed to be replaced. The camshaft solenoid sensors were replaced but the failure persisted. The local dealer and manufacturer were not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 72,000. Gm stated the warranty is not active as the time expired to be under warranty. The 6 year, 100,000 miles for the power train warranty,(which ever comes first expired) and the Bumper to Bumper warranty 4 years or 36,000 miles expired.

Filed Feb 7, 2023 · Engine · NC

My rear main seal blew out and leaked all my oil out of my engine, due to my PCV being clogged or frozen, causing it to lose power and knock really loud. There was no warning light for the pressure build up or for low oil until it blew out the seal. This could of caused me an accident on the highway at 65mph if the engine had locked up due to no oil. There is a special service bulletin for the issue that states the PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) may become clogged or frozen in extreme cold, causing a build up of pressure, leaking oil and causing the rear main seal to fail. Repairs for my vehicle were for the rear main seal replacement, cleaning my PCV system and replacing the oil, all done at the dealership. This really can be a dangerous situation when it happens and could cause the engine to turn off without warning. This PCV should be a recall if it continuously gets clogged just by normal usage. Temperatures were at zero degrees on the 12/25/2022 and 12/26/2022, so mine was definitely frozen.

Filed Mar 1, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 55,000 miles · MD

Was driving the vehicle, started hearing knocking sound and within minutes a loud bang and the car came to a halt. Got out and checked under the hood and all the oil in the vehicle drained onto the ground.

Filed Nov 12, 2020 · Engine · IL

I have a 2.4 lt ecotec engine. My car is experiencing oil consumption issue. Every week to two weeks oil is almost completely gone from engine. Oil light does not come on. O ly warning sign there is an issue is the car starts knock and hesitating this usually happens on start up and when in idle. I just bought this car and now found this is a lawsuit regarding these engines that does not include my year but I am having the exact same issues.

Filed Feb 4, 2020 · Engine · 147,000 miles · SC

Due to it happening to me and from what I have seen researching now my cars engine was blown due to the lack of oil and this particular engine is prone to have an excessive consumption of oil. I was driving the car and started hearing a knocking sound I parked the car. Took the plastic stuff off the top and found no oil in my engine after having a oil change not to long ago. So I had to get my car towed and I still owe on the car

Filed Jan 23, 2020 · Engine · NY

My car has been having problems starting.the roadside asst person told me I needed a new battery.I got the battery.I got the new battery it was ok after a week.so I took it to my machanic and he told me that the motor was no good.I need my car cause I go to chemo.the next day it happened again I was hearing a knocking sound.

Filed Jan 31, 2019 · Engine · 96,000 miles · MO

My wife was driving to work when her car broke down on a very very busy highway. 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. The temperature outside was in the negatives. She called me and I picked her up. Mind you I work nights so I was in bed. She had to wait in a freezer basically until I got there. Which was about 35 mins. Hypothermia can take affect in that amount of time. Luckily she had a blanket and an extra coat to cover up with. I dropped her off and went back to the car to wait on the tow truck. There is very little room to pull off the road where it broke down at. Another 10 yards and it would've been blocking a lane of traffic on the bridge. The tow truck gets there and is almost immediately rear ended by a distracted driver. He gets backed up starts to get out and is almost sideswiped by another driver. He calls another tow truck to the scene to block traffic so he dosen't get hit. Finally at the shop. 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. And the engine is toast because there's a lot of metal shavings on the dipstick. And due to the knocking that the engine is making. $7000 for a remanufactured engine installed is the quote he gave me. A used engine would be cheaper but we'd run the risk of getting one that consumes too much oil. So that's out of the question. Then come to find out they know this a problem?! But are only covering certain vehicles. I'm beyond irritated at this point. Not only have they endangered my wife. Not only have they endangered myself. But they have also endangered the tow truck driver. All because they don't want to fix their faulty design. This type of stuff has gone on for far too long with automotive manufacturers.

Filed Jun 6, 2017 · Engine · 110,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 chevrolet equinox. Two months after the contact had the oil checked, the vehicle made an abnormal noise without warning. The contact called on-star who informed her that the diagnostic on the vehicle was well and the oil life was thirty one percent. The contact was advised to have the oil changed after the vehicle was taken on a long trip. The contact attempted to start the vehicle and noticed an abnormal knocking noise coming from the engine. The contact had the vehicle towed to the local dealer (barry's automotive inc located on m 62 w, dowagiac, mi, 49047) where it was diagnosed that the engine failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer stated that there were no open recalls on the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000.

Filed Sep 15, 2015 · Steering · 40,000 miles · GA

Car would not start lights flashing ,making ticking number , once car started then service note on screen said have car service power steering, would not go into drive