![]() ![]() When I spoke to him next, he suggested that I take it to a Chevy dealer. However, he had not seen the issue and I neglected to tell him how bad it was. I was sick so I checked with a less commercial mechanic and he said he could fix the rear main seal blowout for $1000. They gave me an estimate of $2700 for 10 hours of work and $400 in parts. ![]() I was then charged $130 to run diagnostic which they reduced to $50. I called a tow truck who charged me $200 to tow (no AAA membership). It was early morning and I found a shop open. It was -7 degrees out so I was grateful I stopped short of entering the freeway. I decided to pull to a nearby gas station so I held my breath as I did and made it. I continued through the roundabout and then pulled to the side and shut the car down so I could think without it shaking and hesitating. Do not buy an Equinox from the 2015-2017 years because this is how they fixed the previous issue!Ĭar felt like it was going to stall as I paused to enter a roundabout. Seems to me they're aware (or becoming aware) of this issue. Dealer claims they've seen it before, but nothing they can do. Car isn't worth that much.Īmazing that they had similar issues with 2010 - 2014 with Oil Consumption being an issue, and now it seems others are having this same issue with rear main seal failure (catastrophically!). Now they're stating there's engine damage and recommend a replacement put in to the tune of $7-8 grand. ![]() They took a look, found the rear main seal was blown out due to excessive pressure from a stuck/frozen PCV. Go to backup, warning light says "Low Oil Pressure" but still no engine light on. As long as no lights are on, warnings, they think its OK to drive there. We call the dealer to touch base, they recommend bringing it in. No issues had been found on either of those visits. Oil had been changed three weeks (maybe four) prior, and the exhaust manifold changed out in between that. No dash lights on, no sounds coming from the car. Put in park, no issues, when driving, no issues.įinish driving another couple miles without any noise and/or issues. Thought the car was going to stall out at the light! Get to the gas station, seems OK, but when goes to idle, awful sound from the engine. Driving on freeway and got off to stop for coffee. This past week extremely cold out in New England (0 degrees or so). It's been about 2 weeks.they say it should be soon done.Ģ016 Chevy Equinox, all oil changes done on time, Exhaust system maintained properly, brakes, etc. but we had to cover part of the car rental. Thankfully we had purchased an extended warranty. Had it been someone who did not realize something was wrong they may have passed out while driving. The smell of burning oil was so bad it made me sick. No lights, no bells, no nothing to tell us the oil was low and this was one week from the oil change the dealer just did. I guess they thought we were exaggerating, but they quickly got out of the car, looked underneath and saw the rear main seal blown. 2016 EQUINOX OIL TYPE CRACKWell, we opened the window a crack and headed home. But when we stopped at the store, it happened again, so we turned the front defroster to the floor and it seemed to let up. stopped at a red light and an awful smell came through the front defroster, we thought it was the car ahead of us as when we took off it seemed to go away. I'm looking into it and to see if it was a recall - did GMC knew about the problem and didn't fix anything? I wish I had their number number to their lawyer so I can tell him I saw his story. I did read on here that there was somebody going through the exact same thing put a lawsuit through. They included the blown-out seals and everything else that's wrong with it, so now I'm sitting without a car and the means to pay for a new engine for the car to get fixed. But when the adjuster came out to look at it he called it a non-repairable for them to pay off the fix because the PCV valve wasn't covered under the coverage. I called the tow truck to take it to the service station - I thought insurance was going to help. I hear a grinding noise like steel plates are just rubbing against each other, and thought it was something different than what I found out. I was driving to work and came back out to start the car and go get lunch, then car doesn't want to start. Same story as a lady from New Jersey and Ohio that I saw on here. ![]()
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