Engine Burning Oil problems of the 2013 GMC Terrain - part 1

My vehicle eats up oil. I just recently found out about the excessive oil consumption investigation. My check engine light has been coming on. Sometimes when I fill it with gas it goes off. A week ago it came on and then as I was driving down a busy street my traction control light came on, then a message on the display saying service stabilitrack and engine power is reduced. I couldn't go over 35mph. I took it to oreily the following morning and the code p0175 showed �fuel system too rich�. I found a recall of an O2 sensor. I couldn't get into a gm shop for another week. Today they fixed the recall but told me the special coverage adjustment for the oil consumption was expired in 7/2020 for my vehicle. I chatted with gm online and they didn't answer all my questions. Even though I found the info on this here website about the investigation and the time limit and mileage on when I could get this problem fixed, gm would not explain in detail to clarify this info. It said 7 years and 6mos or 120k miles from when the vehicle was placed in service. They said third party sites like these aren't reliable. The shop mentioned I should just keep oil in it and that getting the pistons fixed would be $5k. My extended warranty does not cover and I was never notified about the investigation otherwise I would've never gotten the vehicle or at least got it fixed in said time limit.

GMC 2013 Terrain. Faulty engine make. Causing excessive oil consumption. Never alerted by any warning lights. Safety concern of engine possibly dying at any moment. GMC not willing to cover repair costs, even though there was a settlement reached, and they admitted over 40,000 customers not notified of engine issue. Please help!.

Driving home from work last night in my car and when I got to my neighborhood, I rolled down the window a tad for some fresh air, and then noticed a weird cranking sound coming from under the hood. I continued home cautiously, noticing at this point that when I would accelerate the car would shake some and the lights would flicker some. I had not noticed anything on the 25 mile drive to work that morning and most of the drive home until slowing down from highway to neighborhood road. When I got to my carport I parked my car and got out, noticing the smell of burning oil. I quickly looked underneath and saw oil spilling, and looked behind my car to see a huge line of oil from where I had come through the neighborhood to the carport. Faint blue smoke was also visible, at this point I shut my car off. There was never a single indication light of any sort at any point in time. I have full service records I have always maintained my car every 5000 miles or less, last time being barely 2 months before this incident, $150 service and full checkup. 30 minutes later I came back out to inspect and everywhere on the underside of my car was dripping oil on the ground, a good 7x3 foot area with drips everywhere and main pool near the front. After doing some research I have seen many many claims describing this exact problem with the same year and model as me, as little as 8 days ago posting about it. I have never had any recalls or notices of this problem but I see class action law suites over this oil consumption problem online, however I see also see articles saying how over 41,000 vins were excluded and people are having extreme problems with this situation. Non-personal info as a young man with this being my first major purchase, having maintained my car as required and having paid $10980 I am extremely upset being out of transportation due to mechanical flaw on piston design.

I have been having oil consumption problems for the 11 months before the engine quit working as soon as I pulled out of a shopping center. I contacted gm to see if anything could be done. I had the car towed to a certified dealer to have them look at it and gm knew I had 124,000 mi on the engine. They still wanted me to bring it to them, for them to let me know they weren't going to help or pick up anything. I owe 9,000 on the car and thats what they want to charge me for a new engine. Tried going to another dealership to try to trade car in and they want me to pay almost 600 a month compared to my 225 now! no help where ever I go. . . Before, I went to dealer and gm I tried to fix it by changing out alternator, spark plugs, new battery and q new timing chain. When, we took top of engine off we found the fourth of July under the hood with roller bearing and rockers exploded everywhere along with the chain guard was wedged between gear and chain.

2013 GMC Terrain is burning excessive oil right after oil change while driving.

Iin early 2020 I reached out to 2 different GMC dealerships in regard to the recalls that existed on my vehicle's engine and oil consumption. The vehicle was overconsuming oil (I would track the oil levels) and needed excessive oil changes. The first dealership said that my vehicle didn't qualify for the recall due to mileage when I just received the recall notice. Second dealership wouldn't even look at vehicle. A few months later the engine blew, spilling oil everywhere. The engine now needs a total engine replacement. Had the dealerships agreed to look at the oil consumption issues the vehicle was having and had knowledge of the GMC recalls on the vehicle, I wouldn't have an inoperable vehicle and needed to purchase a new vehicle due to the engine issues not being covered that were common knowledge on these make/model/year vehicles. I have tried to work with dealerships as well as my the financer of the vehicle, GMC needs to acknowledge this issue and contact me. Since the warranty ended on the vehicle the 1st year I owned it, I have put nearly $10,000 into faulty parts and replacements on the vehicle that weren't "covered". I would like this situation investigated due to the safety issues the engine caused that were refused to be looked at and now the negative financial aspect it has caused me.

Vehicle burned a significant amount of oil. Parts were replaced under a lawsuit, but nothing was done to fix the problem. It is only a matter of time before it starts happening again.

Excessive oil consumption noted after oil change. Class action lawsuit recieved earlier this year proves that there is an issue with vehicle.

My engine has had severe oil consumption issues. Within 2000 miles it will burn through roughly 4. 5 quarts of oil. This has happened on multiple occasions, and I have taken it to the dealership multiple times for this issue.

The engine in my 2013 GMC Terrain burns excessive amounts of oil. I'm constantly adding oil the the engine. Apparently the �new� engine that was used in this vehicle is not working correctly. I don't have warrant left and I'm going to be stuck with a blown engine that is clearly the manufacturers error. I will never or will my family ever purchase another GMC vehicle. Pure junk!!!!.

The car has oil consumption issues which is causing it to stall. My car stalled while driving in traffic which could very easily cause a bad accident gm is aware of the issue but won't fix it. I am already on my second engine do to this excessive oil consumption.

While driving on the highway, in the rear view mirror, I noticed a cloud of smoke. The vehicle then proceeded to lose acceleration, so I pulled over. Let me note that there was no previous warning light and that the oil was just changed at the end of Dec. 2019 (receipt available). Upon pulling over, the car flashed "oil pressure low - stop engine". The temperature outside was 13 and my two children where in the car; 4 and 2. Not ideal conditions for the car to stop!!!. The car was towed to my home, by my insurance company. Upon examination, it was discovered that a rod went through the engine block. There was oil everywhere!! it was all over my driveway, (another note - this is the first time I have ever seen oil on my driveway from this vehicle), all over the back of my vehicle, and all over the underneath of the car. The next 24 hours we worked on finding a new engine. However, when I arrived home, there was a letter in the mail . Claim number 1900010 - berman et al v. Gm. The claim stated that gm was to cover all expenses for repairs with a 2. 4l engine, exhibiting engine oil consumption, due to piston ring wear. So the vehicle was then taken to a gm dealer; because the issue with the rod was determined by a jammed piston/lack of oil. After review, the dealer stated that the piston ring did not cause the rod to break. That the rear main seal went out. In one minute, no warning, the car that I have only had for three years and still owe on, blew! according to my research, there was a gm service bulletin 14482 in March 2015 for the exact same issue. I purchased my vehicle in Feb of 2017, clearly no idea. I think this is absolute bs that gm is not held accountable to repair all know issues in these vehicles! people spend their hard earned money and put their families in them with the expectations that they are purchasing a solid, safe vehicle!.

2. 4 ecotec engine burning oil. Had oil change done within less a month, have 2,000 mile to go before next oil change and vehicle was saying 51% oil life left. The vehicle start knocking, took it to mechanic to have look at and it was 3quarts down and I just had an oil change done 5weeks ago from this date 09/09/19. Mechanic said I was lucky that I caught when I did or the engine when have gone.

Excessive oil consumption, my crank shaft broke in half due to my car constantly burning oil & now I need a new engine & it only has 103,000 miles on it.

Car excessively burns oil, oil warning light does not work or come on, engine will stall while driving & my engine blew because I had no idea it was burning oil till it was too late.

My 2013 GMC Terrain died while I was driving down the road, it was found to have excessive oil consumption, none of the warning lights in the car came on not even the oil light to indicate low oil. The car had bad piston rings which was part of the cause. Gm knew about this issue but didn't properly notify everyone involved. I knew nothing about this issue until it happened to me & later received a letter stating my car was inadvertently left out of the initial sca. The fact that these cars die while driving without any warning is extremely dangerous. I have children that were in the car when this happened we are lucky we didn't hit anyone and no one hit us. Gm has been unwilling to help with any of this.

I have had my 2013 GMC Terrain for 3 years and it has problems with the oil consumption, starting, traction light comes on by itself and truck cuts off without warning. This started several weeks ago. Oil, it consumes large amounts of oil between the oil changes. I check the digital oil displays, that show how much oil remains, and it can go from 80% remains to 70% remains in a matter of days. Icutting off, this happens at random times. When I drive, it looses power and cuts off in the middle of the street. No warning at all. This is very scary especially with my children in the car. It will loose power and not accelerate and I have had drift to the shoulder of the road. I am scared it will do this on the highway when driving at high speeds. Starting, my SUV can start with no problem and I can drive to the store 5 minutes away and it will not start when I return. I try starting it 5 times and it will finally start. This has happened several times. It will start in the morning when I go to work or take kids to sports practice or their games and when I leave work will not start after 8 hours. After a 1-2 hour game, same thing occurs, it will not start. I have taken it for diagnosis, received code and had it repaired. After a few days, same thing happens. My mechanic can not figure out why this is happening. My traction light has also come on by itself, for no reason. There is no recall for these problems but it should be before innocent people, and families are injured or killed.

My 2. 4 engine has an excessive oil consumption issue. I have to add oil to keep it from blowing the engine. I am the original owner of this vehicle.

Large consumption of oil and the check engine light stays on have to add oil every week.

I began driving my 2013 GMC Terrain down the street and my car began to feel as if it was going to stall. Then the check engine light came on & a few minutes later, the engine blew with 126,000 miles on the car. Prior to this day, the car had been operating without any issues and no warning lights had come on. The mechanic said that the timing chain had broken & there was no oil in the engine. I bought this car new & was the only owner & religiously changed my oil every 5,000 miles & was not yet due for an oil change. Since this has happened, I discovered that there have been several complaints about this vehicle in regard to oil consumption issues & there has not been a recall issued. This poses a serious safety concern especially considering an oil warning light never came on nor, did any warning lights until immediately prior to the engine blowing.

"takata recall" 2018 December 22 I noticed my engine had a deep growl when I went to accelerate, after a while it would quiet down. I checked the oil and there was none noticeable on the dip stick, nor was there a warning on my console to add oil. I added oil. I scheduled an oil change on 12/27 ( first time one was available ) . I mentioned the growl and lack of oil to the technician. He stated that the 2013 terrian was known to have oil consumption issues and to contact the dealer ASAP. So I did. At the deal zimbrick - sun prairie, WI they looked up my VIN and stated there were not issues related to my VIN number. My only option was to replace engine parts as needed which would be approx $3000 expense for me or keep oil on hand and monitor closely. I asked if there was a way to escalate this issue and they suggested I look up the GMC customer service phone number online, and call them so I did . I called GMC customer service and started claim # 9-49-45955696, on 12/27/2018 . I was told there was a 2 day wait for a follow up call. I was contacted by login from GMC on 12/31/0218, he left a message and I tried to call back but we were unable to connect until 1/3/2019 were we discussed the issue and he connected me with zimbrick GMC east madison. Login did inform me there was a GMC warranty for this issue that was in affect until 12/31/2018, so I am glad I called in my claim on 12/27/2018. With the fact that I had just had a new oil change I was asked to put on 2000 miles and then come in to start an oil consumption test. So this is where I stand. I sure hope with all I have been seeing online about other people with oil consumption issues that GMC stands behind this error and fixes it at their expense.

The oil consumption is horrible. I believe within 2000 miles from 5qt to 2qt. We were on the road and the car kept jerking.

I bought the car used in may 6 months ago and it has excessive oil consumption more than one quart in 1000 miles. There is no warning light just started tapping in the engine. GMC knows about this it needs to be addressed. I can't afford to replace or rebuild the engine right after I bought the car. Because of a known issue.

Potential oil consumption issues. In may 2018 noticed a knocking/rattling in engine while accelerating at slow speeds. Noise grew louder and more consistent over the next few weeks. On board computer stated remaining oil live was over 30%, however no oil registered on dipstick. Add oil and noise stopped. I scheduled an appointment (June) with the dealer to have the issue investigated. They told me if it occurs again, not to add oil, rather bring it in for a consumption test. They did not tell me how low my oil level was. November 2018 the noise returned. Immediately took vehicle to dealer for recommended oil consumption test. Inform by dealer that vehicle was no, longer covered by any warranty, they could not do the test. Oil changed (even though on board computer stated 48% oil life remaining). Reading other reports regarding this potential issue, wanted to add one more.

Since the purchase of the 2013 GMC Terrain on 9/6/18 at 93,100 there have been 2 oil changes and two 2qt top offs with an average of 1qt added every 1,000 miles. The second top off showed a white substance indicating a possible issue related to piston ring wear. On 12/5/18 repairs were assessed by a licensed mechanic who found no oil leak. Before oil top offs no oil can light illumination was present and car showed over 50% oil life. Mechanic stated that repairs would need to be made in order to fix the massive oil consumption issue.

Local mechanic changes oil and realizes no oil leaks and excessive oil consumption. Tells me about the bulletin and sends me to GMC. Call to make appointment since they agree it's under the special coverage. First visit was to change the oil and start the test 9/28/18 100k miles. Second reading was good 10/27/18 101k miles. Next reading it failed at 102k miles on 12/1/18. They gave me description of what was wrong that fit the bulletin and this astronomical price. I informed them I knew about the bulletin and it should be covered. They then looked my VIN up and said unfortunately my VIN isn't covered even though the year, make, model and motor is the exact as the bulletin. I called gm customer service when my local mechanic told me to on my next oil change with him. 2/28/18 they tell me that the dealership was correct I'm not covered on the special coverage and they aren't sure why. There was nothing else they could do for me. So my motor is noticeably struggling at only 100k miles and there is nothing you can do.

4 cylinder engine - oil consumption per 1000 miles driven 2. 7 quarts.

My Terrain ran out of oil and had no leaking anywhere. Found out from the dealer that these vehicles have a huge problem where they are burning oil internally and need their pistons and rings replaced. Had to go in every 500 miles and have them check the oil. It was down every time I went in and they would have to add oil. I thought I was still under warranty and come to find out after finishing the oil consumption testing that I was not. The bill would have been over $5000 of which I am a single mother with a car payment for a car that is now junk. My car eventually died due to the oil problem and other common issues known to GMC. It is not fair.

Our Terrain started knocking right before it's due for an oil change. We checked it and it had no oil. The dealership has brushed it away and stated that it's not leaking but could be burning the oil. It wasn't until we talked to a mechanic that we were told that certain GMC vehicles burning oil and that it is recommended we spend more money on more oil replacing 1 quart every 1000 miles. We also found that our radio stopped working but because the dealership failed to inform us that the warranty we got didn't cover the radio. They told us we could get it repaired but we would have to pay out of pocket. This will be the last time we buy a GMC or a chevy SUV due to the issues with getting the repairs done and the fact that we want a reliable vehicle.

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 GMC Terrain. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of oil and five quarts had to be replaced constantly. The contact spoke to the dealer hennessy Buick GMC 1, 7261 jonesboro rd, morrow, GA 30260 (844) 240-2177 and they stated that there was no recall on the vehicle. The contact then went to an independent mechanic and had her engine replaced with an engine from another GMC vehicle for $3,300. The issue continued to occur after the engine was replaced. The contact contends that there was an issue with the engines a possible defect that was causing an over consumption of oil and she stated that her mechanic had researched this issue. The manufacturer had not been contacted yet. The failure mileage was 130,000. Tf.

The vehicle has symptoms of #13-06-01-003h: excessive oil consumption � perform oil consumption test and/or install piston and piston ring kit � (Feb 9, 2016) the test states the following: if the oil consumption test indicates that the rate of consumption is greater than 1 quart (0. 946 l) of oil every 2,000 miles (3,200 km), note the oil consumption rate, the date that the ecm was reprogrammed and any repairs/diagnosis that you have performed. The last time I checked, I was down almost 2 quarts from 5 around 5000 miles this may not qualify, but is certainly not correct.

The engine kept losing oil but the mechanics could never find the oil leak. I was driving on the expressway when the engine went out completely and my car locked up on the eway. My car only has 102k miles. Gm has a bulletin out showing that 2013 gm car engine have an over oil consumption problem. They claim that my car VIN wasn't included however that is the only reason why my engine could of locked up without an oil leak. Https://gm. Oemdtc. Com/1893/excessive-oil-consumption-2010-2013-Buick-Chevrolet-GMC.

The vehicle consumes oil at a rate much higher than "normal". Between manufactures recommended oil change interval the vehicle will consume 40-50% of the engines oil capacity. This is determined to not be out of specification in regards to issued service bulletins for the vehicle, but is not "normal" or stated as operating as designed by the GMC operation manual/documentation. There have been other performance and reliability issues with the vehicle related to ignition and timing whereas the vehicle will not run/start/or stalls(camshaft position sensor issues). Service bulletins on the same vehicle indicated excessive wear on timing chain assemblies(which can lead to timing issues) as a result of the excessive oil consumption. Upon taking the vehicle to the dealer and undergoing multiple oil consumption tests which revealed oil usage at a rate of . 4 - . 5 quarts per 1,500 miles, it was determined the vehicle does not qualify for coverage under the issued service bulletin.

The vehicle has a high oil consumption. Every 1k miles it consumes about 1qt. I have to add oil every month. I see a lot of the same complaint over the internet regarding the GMC Terrain 2010-2013 with the same problem from factory. Gm released a bulletin but there is no recall. I have to pay fir a factory problem. #13-06-01-003h: excessive oil consumption � perform oil consumption test and/or install piston and piston ring kit � (Feb 9, 2016) https://gm. Oemdtc. Com/1893/excessive-oil-consumption-2010-2013-Buick-Chevrolet-GMC.

2013 GMC Terrain with 119,000 miles has excessive oil consumption. This was a known issue with GMC, chev and buicks. There was a TSB issued 13-06-01-003f. In 2014, gm was fixing all vehicles under warranty, unfortunately mine did not occure until the warranty expired. I had changed my oil every 5,000 to 7,000 miles using the synthetic blend recommended by the manufacturer. When trying to start my vehicle, all check engine, lights, etc came on and the vehicle went into power shut down mode, which luckily my vehicle wasn't moving. . Read more...