NHTSA Complaint #11184219 — 2011 GMC TERRAIN

"EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION" AFTER HAVING THE OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS PERFORMED ON MY TRUCK IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY VEHICLE NEEDED THE RINGS AND PISTONS REPLACED, THEREFORE, ON JANUARY 18TH, 2016 MY TRUCK WENT INTO ROGERS CHEVROLET (NOW KNOWN AS MICHAEL BATES) TO HAVE THIS DONE, UNDER THE SPECIAL WARRANTY KNOWN AS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I RECEIVED MY TRUCK BACK ON JANUARY 25TH, 2016 AFTER BEING TOLD IT WAS FIXED. ONCE MY FREE OIL CHANGES WERE UP IN MARCH OF 2016, I EITHER TOOK MY TRUCK FOR OIL CHANGES OR MY UNCLE, GRANDFATHER OR MYSELF CONDUCTED THE OIL CHANGES (YOU WILL SEE THE RECEIPTS ON THIS). AFTER SOME TIME I STARTED TO USE OIL AGAIN, MORE THAN NORMAL. WHEN I INQUIRED WITH ROGERS CHEVROLET I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK SHOULD BE FINE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY REPLACED THE PISTONS AND RINGS AND THAT MY ENGINE IS JUST GOING TO BURN OIL BECAUSE THE WAY GM BUILT THE MOTOR AND TO KEEP EXTRA OIL ON HAND. WELL ON 01/30/2019 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING AROUND 75MPH WHEN MY ENGINE FAILED. I ALMOST WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE 3 LANE HIGHWAY! I WAS ADVISED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A NEARBY DEALER IN WHICH I DID. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PISTONS BLEW THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTOR, AND THEN I WAS ADVISED TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS IN WHICH I DID, AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD THE SPECIAL WARRANTY IS EXPIRED IN WHICH IT IS NOT I AM ONLY AT 109,000 MILES AND IT WAS LAST SERVICED FOR THIS SPECIAL WARRANTY IN 2016, THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNTIL THE 120,000 MILES LIKE INDICATED ON THE WARRANTY BULLETIN. THIS ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND FATALITIES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS DOESN'T GET ADDRESSED AND FIXED PROPERLY. THE MAINTENANCE ON MY TRUCK IS EXCELLENT, I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT, AND I HAVE THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT, HOWEVER, I DID SOME RESEARCH AFTER THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THE BLOCK/HEADS IN THE MOTOR FOR IT TO DO THIS AND GM HAS TO KNOW THIS!