Engine Knocking Noise Problems of GMC Terrain

My Terrain is using motor oil excessively. After an oil change, I can drive 1000 miles then I start hearing a knocking noise on startup. I have to add motor oil at every fuel fill till my next oil change sometimes one quart and sometimes two or more. I have no leaks. The engine compartment is clean and dry and nothing is wet under the car ever.

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I purchased this car with 12,000-15000 miles still relatively new (v6). Every time its time to get my oil change, there is 0 oil left. My car burns all the oil before the next oil change every time. I consistently got my oil changed on time, my most recent oil change was yesterday at 58k miles. Before its even time to get my oil changed I'm forced to buy an extra quart of oil because its bone dry empty. There is also a knocking sound. The last person to change my oil told me they had another GMC Terrain they were working on with a siezed engine from the same problem.

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Vehicle was jerking at a red light with foot firmly on the brake. This happened at the base of a hill on a city street. I wasn't sure if the car would lurch into oncoming traffic. As it started driving again, it began to make a rattling and knocking noise. Car then dropped a huge amount of oil on concrete. It lost power in lower speed. Luckily I was able to limp home with the car. Had to have it towed to dealership as it wasn't drivable.

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In January 2018 I had noticed at drive thrus that I could hear a knocking sound coming from my 2013 GMC terrian. One day I was driving home on the highway and when I got to the stop light I noticed the sound got very loud and once the light turned green the car would not go. After shutting it off an turning it back on, I was able to get it to a gas station, where oil was leaking everywhere. It was towed to a GMC dealer and they told me the timing chain had broke and I had to buy a brand new engine for a car that was 5 years old and had 106,000 miles. There was a recall that took over a year for me to be declined for which was the piston ring and now there is another one for the catalytic converter that poage is telling me I am denied for. How can there be 2 different recalls that effect the engine, but I do not qualify for either one of them. To spend $5307. 00 on an engine for what is obviously a defect is insane.

Vehicle caught on fire after pulling off the highway onto a busy city road. The cause was oil spilling onto the hot exhaust after catastrophic engine failure when the piston rods went through the side of the block. A bystander had a fire extinguisher and was able to put the fire out in the engine bay, after I was able to safely get out of the vehicle. The vehicle was a total loss according to our insurance company, but we have a claim on our record with insurance going up since gm would not cover the claim because the mileage was over 100,000 miles even though this oil consumption issue was present well before 100,000 miles. Sometime prior to this the dealer performed a piston rebuild for excessive oil consumption. After the repair the vehicle made a knocking noise on start up. The dealer passed this off and we were told not to worry about it. We pressed the issue a couple of times and the answer was the same, don't worry about it, it will go away. This is just unacceptable and dangerous to the owners of this engine.

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It has a loud knocking sound which gets louder with the a c on.

The contact owns a 2012 GMC Terrain. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was brought to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but the details could not be provided. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle began to jerk and hesitate and a loud abnormal knocking noise was heard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle was in working condition. The contact stated that the engine failed shortly after, making the vehicle inoperable. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 135,000.

I was driving my new 2011 Terrain I just brought in may 2011, when it started to idle roughly, the engine light came on and it cut off while at a stop light. I restarted the car and it begins to stall out and hesitate. It also started to make a rattling/ knocking sound when starting the car. It sounds like a diesel truck. I took it right to the dealer to find that there was a recall coming out 8/12 millage 5274. I then called general motors to report this problem which shouldnt have happened to brand new car. I didnt drive the car cause I was afraid of what might happen. I took it back to the service department who reset it on 8/15, which did not fix the problem. They fixed the recall parts,didnt fix the problem, took it back on 8/24 millage 5675, 9/2 millage 6353 for the same problems. I had to have it towed on 9/14 millage 7341 for the same issues that were never fixed. They continued to say the system is not reading any code and there is nothing they can do, they cant duplicate the problems,I had onstar run diagnostics and gave them the codes. To this day the problems have not been fixed and continue to exist. Gm still does not want to own up to the fact that they have mad a bad product, and dont realize that this is a safety problem that can cause a serious accident with this car hesitating and stalling out while your driving it. The rattling and knocking noise when starting the car who knows what that is? when you call gm to get then to fix this problem and if they cant fix the car, replace the car, or just buy it back, they try to offer you an inconvenience fee instead of owning up to the problem, which is their way of shutting you up. This is beyond the lemon law. Gm needs to take this serious and stop brushing this problem under the carpet. Report them to bbb and the attorneys generals office in your state they should not be allowed to get away with this.