![]() When I got the car back, the engine was blown." "Took car to dealership for 100,000 maintenance schedule. "Excessive oil consumption issue covered by manufacturer" Fortunately GM paid even though it was out of warranty" "The pistons were replaced due to excessive oil consumption. Porter Motor was very accommodating in handling the repair." Chevrolet has covered this problem under extended warranty The Chevrolet dealer performed the expensive repair at no cost to me. "2012 Equinox have a problem with excessive use of oil. New engine had a bad fuel injector and high pressure fuel pump. GM reps could not determine cause after many attempts to repair finally replaced engine. "Engine started making a noise and began getting lower fuel mileage. "I have exposure to a lot of these vehicles as company cars and on the 2010-2012 models we have had multiple engine replacements due to engines using oil, no low oil indicator in the older ones, the long (7500 mile) recommended oil change cycle, bad" "Engine block blew open while driving on the highway. ![]() they finally rebuilt the engine under warranty" "High oil utilization was noted and complained about to the dealership. "Oil consumption that should prompt a recall, but hasn't, even though a class action suit has been filed and Chev is paying for repair bills." "Replaced motor in spring 2018 and that one went bad in spring of 2019, New one from Jasper again" (2012 Chevrolet Equinox Unsure 2.4-L 4 Cyl) Car's engine immediately froze up maintenance schedule was followed & regular oil changes done (car was just past CHEVROLET's extended warranty period)." "Oil seal blew out when temperature went below zero. Never heard that before, out of warranty at 6 years old. Dealer then said oil consumption is an issue with these. 25% oil life left on meter when failure occurred. NOTE: All oil changes completed at dealer. Towed to dealer, engine oil very low, engine ruined. "No warnings, no idea of problem, car stopped as we pulled into driveway. Manufacturer replaced rings and pistons under recall." "Engine oil consumption, it used 1.5 litres of oil for 1000 Kim’s driven" "Chevrolet fixed problem under warrentee" I had a maintenance program and it did not cost me any more money. They were checking a problem and determined the engine needed to be worked on. The dealership put me on a monitoring program where I brought the car back every 1000 miles for a number of months. "Had to buy a new engine said jumped timing. Was a defect directly caused by the new high pressure oil system" Timing chain broke, damaged cylinder head and some cylinders. It was inconvient but in order to use the extra insurance we bought they had to do this test" In order for them to test it we had to take the car in every 500 miles for 2000 miles. "The car needed an overhaul because of the oil leak. This is apparently a very widespread problem as they must have had to redesign the piston seals, causing the parts manufacturing delay" I have been waiting for parts at the dealership for at least 4 months now and just got notice they arrived today. "For the past 20,000 miles my Equinox is now using almost 1 quart of oil for every 500 miles of driving. "oil USge 1000 miles need to add a quart" Covered under 100,000 mile powertrain warranty at approx. "engine light remained on and was running rough. ![]() "ACTUAL ISSUE WAS PISTONS AND RINGS UNDER WARRANTY REPLACEMENT"
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