NHTSA Complaint #11404733 — 2013 GMC TERRAIN

IN JANUARY 2018 I HAD NOTICED AT DRIVE THRUS THAT I COULD HEAR A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM MY 2013 GMC TERRIAN. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I GOT TO THE STOP LIGHT I NOTICED THE SOUND GOT VERY LOUD AND ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AN TURNING IT BACK ON, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO A GAS STATION, WHERE OIL WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. IT WAS TOWED TO A GMC DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND I HAD TO BUY A BRAND NEW ENGINE FOR A CAR THAT WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND HAD 106,000 MILES. THERE WAS A RECALL THAT TOOK OVER A YEAR FOR ME TO BE DECLINED FOR WHICH WAS THE PISTON RING AND NOW THERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT POAGE IS TELLING ME I AM DENIED FOR. HOW CAN THERE BE 2 DIFFERENT RECALLS THAT EFFECT THE ENGINE, BUT I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM. TO SPEND $5307.00 ON AN ENGINE FOR WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IS INSANE.