NHTSA Complaint #11056951 — 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

GM 2.4 ECOTEC ENGINE PLUGGED PCV VALVE. VALVE WAS FOUND BY DEALER AS BEING FROZEN SHUT CAUSING THE CRANKCASE TO PRESSURIZE AND BLOW OUT THE READ CRANK SHAFT SEAL COSTING $1817 TO REPAIR. THIS IS NOT AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM FOR GM. OTHER MAKES AND MODELS OF A SEVERAL YEAR SPAN WITH THE ECOTEC 2.4 HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 TO COVER TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. GM IS REFUSING TO COVER THIS ENGINE BECAUSE IT WASN'T PART OF THE "SPECIAL RECALL" ISSUED MARCH 2015. IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO COVER ALL THE ECOTEC 2.4 ENGINES. HAD THIS VEHICLE BEEN ON A HIGHWAY OR HEAVY TRAFFIC THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE BLOWN OR SEIZED DUE TO LACK OF OIL. THIS ECOTEC ENGINE HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS RESULTING IN RECALLS. TIMING CHAINS PREMATURELY WEARING OUT TO PISTON RINGS WEARING AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST STARTED AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM. AFTER A FRESH OIL CHANGE THE ENGINE PROMPTLY BLEW OUT OVER 4 QUARTS OF OIL IN LESS THAN 15 MILES. HAD I NOT CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL FOR THE OIL CONSUMPTION START POINT THE CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVEN UNTIL THE ENGINE SEIZED UP MORE THAN LIKELY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT..... WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT. DO I NEED TO CONTACT THE EPA OVER THE OIL LEAKS ON COUNTLESS GM VEHICLES? UNDER MY ESTIMATE THIS SINGLE GM VEHICLE DUMPED APPROXIMATELY 2 GALLONS OF SYNTHETIC OIL TO THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF GALLONS ARE BEING DUMPED DUE TO GM REFUSAL TO OWN UP TO THEIR BAD DESIGN? I UNDERSTAND THIS WEBSITE MAY BE TO DEAL WITH MORE SAFETY CONCERNS BUT GM INSISTED I FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU..