NHTSA Complaint #11196960 — 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

SINCE BUYING THIS VEHICLE, IT HAS EXCESSIVELY BURNED THROUGH OIL. EVERY TIME I GO FOR AN OIL CHANGE WHICH IS ALWAYS BEFORE THE AVG. 5000 MILES I AM TOLD THAT THE OIL IS VERY LOW. I HAVE STARTED ADDING 2-3 QUARTS OF OIL IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES- THIS STILL SHOWS UP AS LOW OIL AT THE OIL CHANGE. I NEVER HAVE AN INDICATOR LIGHT TELLING ME MY OIL IS LOW. THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES I WENT IN TO CHANGE THE OIL AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE CAR WAS RIDING REALLY ROUGH- SHAKING, LOUD, STALLING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. GOOD THING I TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE RIGHT AWAY. I WAS TOLD IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DRY! SO I HAVE BEEN MONITORING IT SINCE AND ADDING OIL. IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. AT MY LAST OIL CHANGE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE EQUINOX. I CALLED CHEVY DEALERSHIP. WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. I PERSISTED AND WAS FINALLY TRANSFERRED TO SOMEONE WHO KNEW OF THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. THEY WOULD CHECK MY OIL EVERY 1000 MILES X3 TO SEE IF IT QUALIFIED FOR FREE REPAIR. AFTER DOING SOME SEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND OUT THAT GM IS BEING SUED BY SEVERAL STATES BECAUSE OF THIS EXACT ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT LIVE IN THOSE STATES. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE NOW THAT I KNOW THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF THE CARS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, HAVE HAD THEIR ENGINE SEIZE WHILE DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY.