NHTSA Complaint #11054473 — 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

MY 2012 CHEVY EQUINOX COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO OIL WARNING, NOTHING. THE VEHICLE JUST DIED, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WOULDN'T RESTART. IT HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. I HEARD A KNOCKING/RATTLING FROM THE ENGINE IN SEPT., CHECKED THE OIL & IT WAS BONE DRY! ACCORDING TO LETTER 16118 FROM GM, I WAS TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP IF THIS HAPPENED. I DID, AND STARTED THE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. GOT OIL TESTED 2 TIMES, ONCE IT WAS FINE, THE NEXT TIME IT WAS LOW. THE 3RD TIME I GOT IT CHECKED WAS WHEN IT WAS TOWED IN FROM MY EXPERIENCE LISTED ABOVE. I WAS A QUART LOW. NOW I HAVE A BLOWN-UP ENGINE AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS ME TO PAY $750.00 FOR THEM TO TAKE APART THE ENGINE TO FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE. I'M ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED WITH THIS ENTIRE SITUATION. GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT'S A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN! I DON'T KNOW HOW GM CAN SIT BACK AND LET THEIR FAULTY VEHICLES BE DRIVEN ON OUR ROADWAYS PUTTING SO MANY PEOPLE IN DANGER! I DRIVE 40 MILES DAILY TO AND FROM WORK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DAMAGE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO MYSELF AND OTHERS IF THIS HAPPENED DURING THOSE TIMES? MYSELF OR OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED! IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE GM RECALL THESE VEHICLES?! AND GM JUST SUGGESTS AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, THAT TAKES MONTHS AND MILES TO DIAGNOSE?! ALL WHILE LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE THEIR DRIVE UNSAFE VEHICLES?! GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE A RECALL FOR THIS. STOP PUTTING SO MANY PEOPLE AT RISK FOR SOME VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS! THE DAY I CAME IN TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WITH THIS COMPLAINT, THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MY SAFETY AND OTHERS SAFETY INTO CONSIDERATION. THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD INSTRUCTIONS FROM GM TO INSPECT MY VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.