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Excessive Oil Consumption
2012 Chevrolet Equinox (Page 1 of 6)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Chevrolet dealer.
8.2
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,560
- Average Mileage:
- 85,150 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 105 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (36 reports)
- replace engine (23 reports)
- not fixed (16 reports)
- have gm recall all defective 2.4 engines (13 reports)
- replaced piston rings (9 reports)
- replaced pistons and rings and oil sesnor (4 reports)
engine problem
Helpful websites
- Chevy Equinox, Gmc Terrain Oil Consumption Bulletin Issued - NEW information about this problem.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I bought my 2012 Chevy Equinox a little over a year ago as a daily driver for my wife, she drives up a mountain 21 miles one way to work. At first the car used about a quart of oil about every 500 to 600 miles but last week I put in 2 quarts of oil on Tuesday and by Saturday it was not reading on the dipstick and it started to rattle and make bad noises from the engine. I have stopped my wife from driving the car because I am afraid it will throw a rod and leave her stranded on the mountain.
This was supposed to be a safe reliable car and its been a nightmare. We are having to borrow a car from someone just to get her back and forth to work. I'm left paying over 500 dollars a month for a car that's dead in the driveway. Chevy should have never put this engine in any of its cars. It's a piece of junk and I want the motor rebuilt or replaced due to this issue. I payed almost 14,000 dollars for this car and it isn't worth 14 dollars. The bad engine is causing other issues like fouling 02 sensors, dumping 2-4 quarts of oil in it every week for over a year and causing us to worry we'd end up stranded somewhere in the Colorado mountains, freezing to death or being animal food. I have driven Chevy most of my life but unless this problem is fixed by GM with no out of pocket cost.
I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN!!!
- Gregory B., Colorado Springs, CO, US