Engine Burning Oil problems of the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban

Active fuel management (afm) lifters jam/seize causing push rods to remain collapsed and causing engine misfires throughout the engine and excessive oil burning, possible damage to catalytic converters, and premature engine wear. Lifters must be replaced or engine replaced. I was driving the car and when the engine began misfiring, check engine light began blinking, traction control became disabled, and error on dash saying service stabilitrak and traction control disabled appeared. The car began to shift erratically shaking and lunging.

Stability traction control light keeps coming on while in motion. With major oil consumption problems. Just in regular driving I've had transmission, and rear differential work done fixed the problem for a few months now back again with flashing check engine light. Saying cylinder 6 misfiring. I've already sunk in over 4k in this after buying it last year in Dec. Of 2017. After reading comments this really should be a recall. With so many of the same concerns and complaints that have been listed.

Excessive oil consumption. 1 month of driving is equal to 2-3 quarts of oil replacement.

Chevrolet Suburban have a problem with excessive oil burning. And not doing anything about it.

Upon start-up, plume of smoke from exhaust for 5 - 15 seconds. Also, excessive oil consumption, up to 1. 5 quarts per 500 miles.

2007 chevy Suburban with 5. 3 afm engine. Driving down freeway and traction control, stabilink and engine light come on. Misfiring real bad. After getting it to shop they stated no compression in 2 cylinders. When told service manager he stated what problem was right away. Then confirmed it. Knew right away because it is common problem. Stated problem dropped lifters which damaged camshaft stemming from afm system. Would have to pay to tear down engine to be exact but will need a motor either way. This has been a common problem with the oil consumption problem with this motor. I had been experiencing oil consumption for a long time. I would burn a quart of oil driving 1000 miles on long trips. Every week I'm a 1/4-1/2 quart low. Chevy says this is normal and denies there is a problem but this is far from normal. This also stems from afm system. An 07 chevy Suburban that has been maintained should last more than 170,000 miles and chevy should stand by their product of a known issue. There have been fixes by chevy but none seem to work. I never formally filed a complaint with chevy or did oil consumption test( but they wouldn't have it if there wasn't a problem. I have just followed issue online waiting for a fix. But , motor died first. Also vehicle has a cracked dash which has been a common problem with this vehicle which chevy has since reinforced the places it cracks indicating there was a flaw in design but chevy refuses to fix.

Consumption of oil due to the stuck ring and been complaining since I hit 100k miles the dealer just gave me the run around.

Engine oil consumption issue. Vehicle had been to bayside Chevrolet in prince frederick, MD several times for repairs but never fixed. Final time was pistons and rings replaced. 13 months and 23000 miles later the engine needed to be replaced.

The oil was 1 1/2 quarts low after only 900 miles. They filled it up and again in oct, it was 1 quart low after only 700 miles. I had a terrible family tragedy in Dec and was unable to get my consumption documented however, I did have an oil change. I am not sure what happened and why it was not documented but, I was told that the oil tag was "missing" and that they were starting a new tag. In Feb I went again for an oil change. On April 15th my oiling came on stating my oil was low and needed an oil change. On April 16th I noticed my truck start to hesitate and chug after taking off from a stop light or stop sign. I though perhaps it was bad gas. I used the rest of the tank and filled up on April 18th. On April 19th I noticed it was still hesitating and getting worse, now it was not only after coming to a complete stop, it was random and more frequent. The morning of April 20th I called al serra and told them I was scared and felt like it was a danger to drive my 5 children around in fear that we would lose power on the highway or getting on the highway or in the middle of an intersection. The service rep stated they could not get my truck in until Tuesday. I was not happy with that answer and visited a local mechanic. Upon my arrival I told my mechanic that my car was hesitating and losing power. The mechanic test drive the vehicle and came back to tell me the oil was bone dry. He stated that if I had driven much further, the engine would have seized. He wanted me to how the vehicle to al serra e no help and stranded with my 5 children. Now, this has been an ongoing problem since January of 2012. Of course, my factory warranty has now run out and it is 3 months past the warranty of the repairs that were made. However, the ongoing problem was documented prior, much prior, to the repair warranty running out. Oil consumption gm ignoring problem.

I find it interesting that there are so many comments about burning oil on the Suburban. I bought this car new in 2007 with 0 miles. In 2011 when had my usual oil changed and noticed that within 1 month my indicator came on that the oil was low and to add oil. I went back to the location where I had it changed and complained that they didn't properly fill the oil. The argued that they did and I was wrong. They then put 2 quarts in and I went on my way. A month later, again, the same issue. I took the car to the Chevrolet dealer where we purchased it and they said that the reason the car was burning oil was because I should use a different weight of oil during the hot texas summer months. Ever since this time my car burns oil no matter what type of oil I put in. No matter what time of year - hot or cold. I keep extra quarts in the back for emergencies. When I start the engine on most days, but not all days, a white puff of smoke comes from the exhaust. The dealer insists that there is nothing wrong. It's obvious based on other consumer comments that this is a manufacturer's defect. At about 100k the tire sensor went and now at 113k another tire sensor is gone as well as the driver side automatic door locks. Typically when I take my car to the dealer to be fixed it runs at least $1000. I was planning for this car to last at least another 50k miles. We'll see. . .

Excessive oil consumption - at least 1qt per 1k miles sometimes more. Chevy eventually fixed this under warranty after proving out the consumption. Chevy corporate is aware of this problem in these trucks and has not only written it up, but has designed a fix for it, dealer states chevy corp declined to issue a recall because it's a $1600 repair. The issue is two-fold. Something to do with the valves not sealing correctly and oil in the oil plan splashing up onto the cylinder walls faster than the rings can removie it. When my vehicle was repaired, they did some work to the valve train, replaced fouled spark plugs and added some type of baffle to the oil pan. Fix improved power, fuel consumption and reduced oil consumptions to normal levels. Truck now runs like new. If you are experiencing this go to chevy and demand the fix. You'll need to prove the oil consumption either through oil change logs, or as I did - which was to do an oil change at the dealer, have the oil plugs sealed by the dealer, then drive it 6,000 miles - having the dealer refill the oil when low to track consumption. They won't want to fix this because it's so expensive but demand the repair under the warranty.

My vehicle uses 1 qt of oil every 2000 miles right now, it was every 4,000. So the problem seems to be getting worse. When I shared this with the service department at both norther neck Chevrolet and riley Chevrolet, their response was that my issue was still with in specifications. I didn't realize that oil consumption was acceptable. Gm, instead of fixing the problem appear to be ignoring it. I have an 06 chevy silverado that has never used a qt of oil.

Vehicle has excessive oil consumption, using more than 1 quart of oil every 2k miles. I purchased the vehicle at a gm dealership with 67k miles on it. They told me it was just serviced, and the dipstick showed to be at the full line with clean oil. About 4k miles later the low engine oil light came on. The engine oil life indicator said it had 49% life left. I checked the oil level and found it was more than 2 quarts low. I have researched this and found that gm is either unable or unwilling to repair. I will contact the selling dealer for the record.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated the vehicle uses excessive oil between oil changes. The contact stated the vehicle consumes up to three quarts of oil every three thousand miles. The contact stated the vehicle has not suffered any damages due to the excessive oil consumption. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer to diagnose the oil problem. The dealer stated they will replace the pistons and piston rings. The contact stated the repair may not remedy the issue of the oil consumption. The failure mileage was 63,000. Jo.

I am seeing an excessive oil consumption issue with my 2007 chevy Suburban. From my measure it is consuming 4 1/2 qts of oil per 3000 miles. The dealer acknowledged that this is a "known" issue but didn't perform any repairs. I am instead performing an oil consumption test. That's fine but I now have a family vehicle that I cant trust for anticipation of engine failure/lock up or worse engine burn up or fire from a low oil condition.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated. The contact was informed that there was a leak and the evaporation vent and filter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The vehicle began burning oil and the contact had to refill the oil every ten days. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000 and the current mileage was approximately 106,000.

Vehicle is burning approximately 1 quart of oil every 1,000 miles.