NHTSA Complaint #11185940 — 2013 GMC TERRAIN

I BEGAN DRIVING MY 2013 GMC TERRAIN DOWN THE STREET AND MY CAR BEGAN TO FEEL AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE ENGINE BLEW WITH 126,000 MILES ON THE CAR. PRIOR TO THIS DAY, THE CAR HAD BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT ANY ISSUES AND NO WARNING LIGHTS HAD COME ON. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN & THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW & WAS THE ONLY OWNER & RELIGIOUSLY CHANGED MY OIL EVERY 5,000 MILES & WAS NOT YET DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE IN REGARD TO OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES & THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. THIS POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING AN OIL WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON NOR, DID ANY WARNING LIGHTS UNTIL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ENGINE BLOWING.