NHTSA Complaint #11185559 — 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11185559
Vehicle 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
Component ENGINE
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 146,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State IN

Consumer Description

I HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER EXCESSIVE USE OF OIL, ON BOTH STREET AND HIGHWAY DRIVING, WHILE IN MOTION, MY CAR STARTED TO CHOKE ITSELF OUT WHEN I WOULD STOP AT A STOP SIGN/LIGHT. OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS OF OWNING THIS CHEVY 2011 EQUINOX, I HAVE HAD EXCESSIVE OIL USAGE. THE OIL USAGE WAS SO EXTENSIVE THAT I WAS HAVING TO PUT A QUART OF OIL EVERY 500 MILES OR LESS.......ALL OF THIS EXCESSIVE OIL BURNING HAS TO EXHAUST SOMEWHERE, I REACHED OUT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP AND ASKED THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD FIND OUT FOR ME, AND THEY RETURNED WITH A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST PAPER TO FILL OUT. I HAD BEEN DOING THIS OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WHEN MY EXHAUST STARTED TO CLOG CAUSING MY REAR ENGINE SEAL TO BLOW, AND LEAK EVERY BIT OF OIL OUT OF MY MOTOR, ALL OF THIS RESULTED FROM THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION OVER THE PAST YEARS, CAUSING MY CADILLAC CONVERTER TO BECOME CLOGGED, THEREFORE, CAUSING THE PRESSURE OF THE EMISSIONS, THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE EXHAUSTED OUT, TO CAUSE MY REAR ENGINE SEAL TO BLOW. MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A SHOP. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION UNTIL MY REAR ENGINE SEAL BUSTED, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BE UNMOVABLE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM A TOW TRUCK.

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