NHTSA Complaint #10713326 — 2013 GMC TERRAIN

LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN THE LEFT LANE DURING RUSH HOUR THE ENGINE BLEW ON A 2 YEAR OLD GMC TERRAIN. HOW THIS IS AT ALL POSSIBLE I HAVE NO CLUE, BUT LUCKILY ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY COAST OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND AWAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. BELOW IS THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THE HEADACHE I HAVE HAD TO UNDERGO SINCE THIS HAPPENED. -1 MONTH PRIOR TO THE ENGINE BEING BLOWN I HAD TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR A 5,000 MILE CHECK-UP -NIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT THERE WAS A FLUTTERING NOISE HEARD FROM THE ENGINE, SO PLANNED ON TAKING TO SHEEHAN THE NEXT MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON 3/17/2015 WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN THE LEFT LANE DURING RUSH HOUR AND THE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO -WITNESS SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE OIL LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE WAS TOLD TO SHEEHAN BUICK GMC WHERE THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THE NEXT DAY REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW, A ROD TO THE PISTON SNAPPED AND TORE A HOLE THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE -WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT WHEN THE ENGINE WENT IT "GRENADE" INSIDE AND RESULTED IN LONGER TO FIX AND REPLACING MORE PARTS LIKE A MANIFOLD. -SINCE IT WAS FIXED I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THE CAR BACK I LEFT THE SHOP AND GOT ON INTERSTATE 95 FOR ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN I NOTICED THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT ON IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO SHEEHAN AND TOOK THE LOANER BACK -WAS TOLD NOW HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTORS -2 WEEKS AFTER THAT WEEK REPAID ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN FOR A WIRE HARNESS. *TR