![]() Looking for something lighter? Read our funny complaints to see people who found humor in a bad situation. Vehicle Problems Find out what cars to avoid, view the latest problem trends, or keep up-to-date with the most recently reported problems. Contact us with any comments or concerns. Car Problem Resources Around the Site Information Find out more about us in the press or read stories from drivers who praise our work.The complaints are organized into groups with data published by vehicle, vehicle component, and specific problem. Given the cost of the fix it is understandable why they aren't in a hurry to do a recall, but it seems to me there is a real safety issue here as the seal failure is most likely to occur when the engine is running at higher speed/rpm.Ĭ ® is an online automotive complaint resource that uses graphs to show automotive defect patterns, based on complaint data submitted by visitors to the site. Well that's certainly reassuring To their credit the dealership didn't even blink about covering all under power train warranty but it is very disturbing that this problem has clearly been recognized but no recall has been issued. The dealership mechanic said the replacement seal is "better" than the original and will hold up. My biggest concerns besides the safety issue of a high speed engine shutdown in traffic are for one, I never got a copy of the warning letter referenced above, and what is to prevent this from happening again during cold weather (it was 7 degrees F.). This would cost about $3k if not under warranty as they have to pull the transmission to replace seal as well as pull fuel pump, remove intake manifold to clean out PCV passage and replace a fuel pump pipe, etc. It was replaced at no cost to me under the power train warranty which has been extended by GM from 100k to 120k miles for this specific issue. While I wasn't experiencing extensive oil loss/consumption like some other owners have mentioned, the dealership mechanic confirmed that the crankshaft seal did fail. Per the sample letter on page 8 of TSB the 2.4L "can experience a frozen and/or plugged PCV system during cold weather operation" and "this condition may increase crankcase pressure leading to a rear crankshaft seal oil leak". Driving at freeway speed 70 mph when all oil left engine. Bulletin 14882 aka Service Bulletin 384545. If you live in cold climate area look up Tech. ![]() ![]() More than have the owners have the same problems. The clerk stated that a lot of equinox owners are bring their car in with the same problems and that she is surprised that their has not been a recall. the dealers ask me to bring the car in and the check the engine again and then they found that the pistons needed to be replaced and some other thing and gave me a total of 3,653.60 for repair. so I then called the dealer to ask way they did not find the leak and Midas did. Then just about The end of January I take it to Midas to get an oil change and the told me that their is a leak in the engine but it is a small leak. I continued to take my car to the dealer for oil changes and still oil was missing. The dealers ended up doing work on my engine and still not reporting the leak. Then the dealer told me that they couldn't find the problems i said to them that I could not be burning up oil like that its going somewhere. so I put two in and called the dealer and took my car in. Well I have been taking my car to the dealer, seen the very first oil change that my car altered me to, then I notice that the car was make noise like it was out of oil, two months after my first oil change, so I went to auto zone, and the worker checked my oil and I was two quarts low.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |