NHTSA Complaint #10523846 — 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ENGINE LOST POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER BEGAN OBSERVING THE OIL CONSUMPTION FOR OVER A YEAR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. ON APRIL 12, 2012, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SHAFT ACTUATOR. AFTER THE MOST RECENT FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PISTONS AND THE RINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOST RECENT REPAIR WAS A MANUFACTURERS SUGGESTION, BUT THE REPAIR WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT WHEN THE ENGINES WERE CAST, THERE WAS SAND LEFT IN THE ENGINE AND SINCE THE ENGINE WAS NOT FLUSHED, IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,138. *TR