10.0
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,500
- Average Mileage:
- 136,300 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
- repair rear main seal and replace timing chain (1 reports)
HAVE HAD TO NURSE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM FOR YEARS. TEMP. HIT 7 DEGREES JANUARY 21. JANUARY 22 SMELLED ODOR WHEN STARTED CAR. FEW MILES LATER WANTED TO STALL. ARRIVED AT WORK SAW SMOKE LOOKED UNDERNEATH PUDDLE OF OIL.....HAD OIL CHANGED 3 DAYS PRIOR. WHEN TOW TRUCK DRIVER GOT THERE COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WAS SEEING, 3RD ONE HE HAD TOWED THAT NIGHT WITH SAME PROBLEM. PCV FROZE & BLEW OUT REAR MAIN SEAL. JUST PAID OF VEHICLE. THANKS SO VERY MUCH CHEVY!!!!
- Pam T., Windsor, PA, US
The service engine light came on and I took it to the shop. They checked and repaired what they thought that the problem was...light came on again took to the dealer and they checked and repaired what they thought caused the problem. Then all the lights started popping on and when the dealership checked. This time they discovered that the PCV was damaged and it in turn caused damage to the rear main seal and the timing chains.
How is the consumer to know what to have repaired when the dealership didn't know. No one checked because you have to go into the engine to locate the PCV. General Motors has nothing on the vehicle to notify you that this part should be replaced. Design flaw. They have lights/warnings to let you know about everything else why not one for something that could cause an extreme amount of damage. There must be some way to make them pay for this.
There was a recall on this part for certain 2011 Equinoxes but not all of them. WHY? Maybe I'll get an attorney and see about filing a class action lawsuit.
- JoAnn H., Grand Blanc, US