NHTSA Complaint #10515746 — 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT BURNING OIL ON THE SUBURBAN. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 2007 WITH 0 MILES. IN 2011 WHEN HAD MY USUAL OIL CHANGED AND NOTICED THAT WITHIN 1 MONTH MY INDICATOR CAME ON THAT THE OIL WAS LOW AND TO ADD OIL. I WENT BACK TO THE LOCATION WHERE I HAD IT CHANGED AND COMPLAINED THAT THEY DIDN'T PROPERLY FILL THE OIL. THE ARGUED THAT THEY DID AND I WAS WRONG. THEY THEN PUT 2 QUARTS IN AND I WENT ON MY WAY. A MONTH LATER, AGAIN, THE SAME ISSUE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED IT AND THEY SAID THAT THE REASON THE CAR WAS BURNING OIL WAS BECAUSE I SHOULD USE A DIFFERENT WEIGHT OF OIL DURING THE HOT TEXAS SUMMER MONTHS. EVER SINCE THIS TIME MY CAR BURNS OIL NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF OIL I PUT IN. NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF YEAR - HOT OR COLD. I KEEP EXTRA QUARTS IN THE BACK FOR EMERGENCIES. WHEN I START THE ENGINE ON MOST DAYS, BUT NOT ALL DAYS, A WHITE PUFF OF SMOKE COMES FROM THE EXHAUST. THE DEALER INSISTS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. IT'S OBVIOUS BASED ON OTHER CONSUMER COMMENTS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. AT ABOUT 100K THE TIRE SENSOR WENT AND NOW AT 113K ANOTHER TIRE SENSOR IS GONE AS WELL AS THE DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS. TYPICALLY WHEN I TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED IT RUNS AT LEAST $1000. I WAS PLANNING FOR THIS CAR TO LAST AT LEAST ANOTHER 50K MILES. WE'LL SEE... *TR