It involves us taking it to them every 1500 miles to have the oil checked. So, they're currently running an oil consumption test on it. My wife took it to the dealership a couple of weeks ago when the engine light was on and they told her that it was completely out of oil, but it wasn't even time for an oil change yet. And when it happens and we turn the engine off, it shuts down rough - like an old diesel engine. The engine usually doesn't run rough while driving, only while idling. So, they use the computer to manually turn off the check engine light. When we take it to the dealership, they hook up the computer to diagnose the problem and it won't even produce a code to tall them what the problem is. Recently though, within the last couple of months, the check engine light has been coming on too. My wife says that the engine has been rough since we bought the car in 2010, but it didn't do it very frequently until about six months ago. STAY AWAY FROM THE EQUINOX or any car with the 2.4L Ecotecs. Last thing I want to do is sell this piece sht to someone at a retail price and completely screw them over, so me being the nice guy will give it back to dealer for them to deal with. I am going to trade in my equinox and lose money considering I'm around $2000 upside down on my loan. Currently I have a NEW set of brakes that squeal like no tomorrow and my check engine light just came on giving me codes to replace 2 camshaft positioning solenoid actuators ($150 a piece) and finally the car it turning into a complete rust bucket. Not to mention all the other issues like replacing my transmission at 90000km ($5000), replacing throttle body ($500) because my car would just stall while driving in the middle of the road as well as replacing my muffler. Not until 2-3 months later until I noticed a rather loud ticking and clanking noise coming from my engine I took the car into the shop for an oil change being that I have driven 50-100 km past the suggested kilometers to do an oil change to find out THERE WAS NO OIL!!!!! I have owned several vehicles that Ill drive 1000 km+ past the oil change date and MAYBE the engine would be half a quart low AT THE MOST!!! So now I find myself getting oil changes every 2000km if not adding oil which is F* ridiculous. I purchased my 2010 Chevy Equinox used with 65000km in winter 2015, stylish and very comfortable vehicle.
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