![]() The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened however, no assistance was provided. The dealer informed the contact the cold weather had frozen the pcv, which then became cluttered and blew out, causing the rear main seal to blow out. ![]() The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the rear main seal blew out, causing the engine oil leakage. A towing agent informed the contact that oil had leaked significantly underneath the vehicle while she was driving. The contact stated upon restarting the vehicle, the message "oil pressure low. The contact stated she lifted the hood to inspect the vehicle but could not determine the cause of the failure. The contact pulled into a parking lot and turned off the vehicle. The contact was able to continue driving. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, the vehicle made abnormal rattling sounds that progressively became louder. The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox. I have documents relating to this system failure and copies of the bulletins that gm has issued their dealerships, however the file is too large to attach here. There are literal thousands of people in this same situation, and I could have been killed by oncoming traffic had I not been able to get to the shoulder all the way. This was caused by the defective pcv valve being too small which causes excessive pressure to build up and the rear main engine seal to fail. The mechanic states that the rear engine seal has failed. No guarantees that this would not happen in the future as this is a manufacturer's defect in the size of the pcv system that is on vehicles with this motor, the 2. ![]() The mechanic states the engine is ceased and that it would be about 10k for a remanufactured engine installed. From the time my vehicle started making noises, to it ceasing on that 4-degree weather day, was bout 6 seconds. Before I could safely get all the way to the shoulder, the car shut off and the engine ceased. I proceeded to move toward the shoulder of the highway and before I could get to the shoulder, a warning light came on that there was low oil pressure, to stop the vehicle. 23, while driving to a work appointment on a busy interstate my Equinox seemed to have a power failure and started making a noise. I purchased the vehicle 9 months ago and have put less than 30k miles on it since owning the vehicle. I am a recent 2017 Equinox owner with a 2. Only have the engine replacement receipt on hand, but can gather new diagnostic as well as pcv valve repair receipt upon request.Īll problems of the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox I am now down the $3000 I’ve put into fixing this car and it’s various t leach bulletin reported issues, as well as out of a car now, due to warranty being expired, and still needing to make payments on this unsafe vehicle. I’ve had it diagnosed with a shop, and they have stated for the second time my vehicle has had timing issues, jumped time, I believe this is related to the timing issues and oil consumption issues that gm has already reported to be an issue with some of these models. “reduced engine power” “service stabilitrak” this time it was in 98° heat leaving me and my dog stranded on the highway. Then, the engine stalled out on the coldest day of the year, got an engine replacement under warranty from my dealership, that replacement engine had 66k miles (rebuilt) and was only driven around 5,000 miles when the same issue happened. ![]() Initially, 6 months or so after owning the vehicle, the pcv reported tech bulletin occurred for me, and my rear main seal blew, causing $2000+ in repairs.
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