NHTSA Complaint #10956284 — 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

I PURCHASED THIS PRE-OWNED EQUINOX SEPTEMBER 30. IN DECEMBER I FOUND OUT FROM MY MECHANIC THAT THERE IS AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. IT'S NOT LEAKING OIL, IT'S USING OIL. HE PRINTED OUT DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS 2012 EQUINOX VEHICLES HAVE THIS OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY PISTON AND PISTON RING INSTALLATION. I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL GMC/CHEVY DEALER AND HE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT GMC WILL DO FOR ME AND THAT IT WOULD BE $3,000 TO FIX. I ASKED FOR AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST BUT HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH TO SCHEDULE IT. THE VEHICLE HAD A POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THAT EXPIRED THIS LAST OCTOBER. BECAUSE OF THAT IT WON'T BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO ME. BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THIS VEHICLE ENGINE WAS PUT TOGETHER INCORRECTLY, THERE IS NO WAY THAT I SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. OVER TIME THIS WILL CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, LEAVING ME WITH MULTIPLE EXPENSIVE UPKEEP AND THE INABILITY TO SELL. IT JUST TURNED TO 82,000 MILES. MY FIRST AMERICAN BOUGHT CAR AFTER OWNING FOREIGN CARS FOR DECADES. WANTED TO BE PATRIOTIC. I WON'T HAVE THAT MISJUDGMENT AGAIN. I FELT STUCK AT FIRST BUT THEN REALIZED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE CONCLUSION. GMC NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND WHAT THEY HAVE BUILT.