Engine Funny Noise Problems of Chevrolet Equinox

Always had car serviced regularly, oil changed. At 99k, reduced engine power, service stabli track, engine making clicking sound, accelerating at first would make a strange hum sound and then it reduced engine power when I had my children in the car. Took it to our local mechanic and they said I need a new timing chain, bone dry for oil, solenoid valves it needed new ones. . . . End result, pretty much a whole new engine, cost me almost 3000 to pay. I had no choice because it was my only vehicle and im a single mother with 2 kids. Reading other peoples complaints, this is a major issue and only a recall for 2011-2013 only?? how has this not been addressed as of yet? I will be reaching out to gm about this because I had no warning lights until the last second when my car pretty much stopped on the interstate with my children in the car.

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It was a very cold morning and I was dropping my daughter off at school on my way to work on a state rt. My engine started making a weird noise and the low oil pressure light came on and instructed me to turn the car off. I pulled over and when I got out of the car I noticed that all of the oil had leaked out of my car onto the ground. Luckily, my husband was off work that morning and able to come and pick me up before I froze to death. A tow truck took my vehicle to the shop that works on our cars. They wanted nothing to due with it due to the fact that this was a known problem for the year make a model of my vehicle. They gave us a copy of a bulletin that was sent out by gm, ref # 14882, stating the exact situation that occurred with my vehicle. We had it towed to a dealership and they informed us that my VIN # was not covered. How could this be ok? if there is a faulty part installed into a vehicle, how can the customer be responsible for paying for the repairs? if you search this exact situation on the internet, you will find several complaints similar to mine. On top of being responsible for over 2000. 00 in repairs, they also charged me for an oil change and alignment. How is this good business?.

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Bad oil consumption and oil warning light does not come on. While driving with my kids the SUV started to idle very rough and would just shut off once I got into slower traffic. After the 4th time in less then 2 miles of traffic the check engine light came on and I took it to a mechanic. I was told that the code that was displayed was for the vvt solenoid and so I had it replaced along with an oil change. The mechanic said that oil can effect the vvt solenoid so I should change the oil frequently for the next year. Each time I did an oil change I started noticing that less oil was draining out then what was put in. After the year I went back to full synthetic oil changes at 6000 miles apart but then had the same issue with the vehicle driving rough and making weird noises 8 months later. Along with missing oil on the change between. Not long after this my wife was driving in boston traffic when the vehicle stalled several times and was nearly hit before she could get to a safe place where I was able to tow it back home. The check engine light was on and gave the same code for the vvt. I replaced this for a second time and while replacing I noticed that the engine oil was extremely low (less then a quart came out). I took it to a mechanic for further testing and he said that at no point during his test period did the oil pressure light ever illuminate. I have been adding almost 2 quarts every 5-8 hundred miles just to keep up with it. I found several other Equinox owners with the same issue so I called the local chevy center and was told that there are a few complaints that they see from Equinox owners with the 2. 4l engines burning oil however, there is nothing they can do and that it is not covered under warranty. I mentioned the service bulletins that I found about these issues and he just said that they don't mean anything and that there are no recalls.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that while driving up hill at 55 mph, there was a load humming sound and there was also a hesitation in the vehicle accelerating. The vehicle was taken to the dealer west-herr Chevrolet of orchard park (3575 southwestern blvd, orchard park, NY 14127, (716) 662-9775) however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code. The dealer escalated the case to the manufacturer who had the case sent to a senior representative. The contact also sent a video of the failure to the manufacturer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer suggested that the technician and service manager perform a road test to try to duplicate the issue. The dealer refused to cooperate and the manufacturer closed out the case. The failure mileage was 30,000.