NHTSA Complaint #11412760 — 2012 GMC TERRAIN

ENGINE BLEW IN VEHICLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION FROM PISTON RING DAMAGE. CAR HAD ONLY 95K MILES. VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 20 MPH, BUCKED AND TURNED OFF COMPLETELY. WE NOTIFIED GM DEALERSHIP AT EVERY OIL CHANGE OF EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION. WE PUT IN A QUART OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES .A CONSUMPTION TEST WAS NEVER RECOMMENDED . WE THEN COULD NOT DO ONE AS THE ENGINE BLEW. ALSO DAMAGED EXHAUST MANIFOLD , O2 SENSORS AND CAT CONVERTER . WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE MANIFOLD AND SENSORS AND HAVE THE CAT CONVERTER REPAIR THIS WEEK. ALL TOLD OVER 5000$ IN DAMAGES THAT WE HAVE PAID OUT OF POCKET. THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE PISTON RINGS. SOME VEHICLES HAVE SINCE BEEN ISSUED A LETTER INDICATING THAT EMISSIONS ISSUES DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WOULD BE REPAIRED AT NO COST. OUR CAR APPARENTLY DID NOT MEET THAT CRITERIA . A LAWSUIT AGAINST GM HAS BEEN LITIGATED AND WON FOR THE EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION . WE ARE PART OF THE CLASS ACTION HOWEVER HAVE ALREADY BEEN DENIED ONCE FOR UNKNOWN REASON. WE RESUBMITTED 3 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING. IT IS CRIMINAL THAT THESE VEHICLES HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY RECALLED .