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General Motors has been hit with a class action lawsuit by a consumer who claims that the company sold or leased 2010-2014 vehicles with a defective engine.
Dennis Vita claims that he owns a 2013 GMC Sierra equipped with a Generation IV Vortec 5300 Engine.
The plaintiff says he noticed that his vehicle started eating up an unusually high amount of oil, right around when it had 80,000 miles on the odometer.
Vita states that his Sierra consumes one quart of oil every 200 miles and that he has to change the spark plugs every 500 miles due to “fouling” from the excessive oil consumption.
The General Motors class action claims that GM did not disclose the oil consumption defect to Vita before he purchased the vehicle. The plaintiff argues that General Motors knew about the defect; thus, Vita purchased the vehicle with an incorrect understanding that he was getting a reliable vehicle.
Other vehicles that are subject to this defect include: 2010–2014 Chevrolet Avalanche; 2010–2013 Chevrolet Silverado; 2010–2014 Chevrolet Suburban; 2010–2014 Chevrolet Tahoe; 2010–2013 GMC Sierra; 2010–2014 GMC Yukon; and the 2010–2014 GMC Yukon XL, according to the GM class action lawsuit.
The plaintiff maintains that the Generation IV Vortec 5300 Engine in all of these vehicles consumes an improperly high quantity of oil that exceeds industry standards. This defect allegedly results in low oil levels, lubricity levels that are not sufficient, as well as damage to the internal engine component.
The main cause of the oil consumption defect is that the piston rings that are installed in the Generation IV Vortec 5300 Engine do not maintain enough tension to keep oil in the crankcase, the plaintiff alleges.
“Exacerbating the excessive oil loss and concomitant engine damage problems caused by the Oil Consumption Defect in the Class Vehicles is GM’s implementation of a defective Oil Life Monitoring System in each of those vehicles that fails to advise drivers of insufficient oil in their vehicles until those levels are critically low,” the General Motors lawsuit states.
The plaintiff argues that the problem is exacerbated because the Oil Life Monitoring system does not properly monitor oil level. Vita says the system monitors engine conditions which would calculate the expected deterioration in oil quality and will notify the driver when it is time for an oil change.
The complaint alleges that General Motors knows about the oil defect in its vehicles and has told its dealers to address the issue by performing stop-gap fixes of components of the Generation IV Vortec 5300 Engines.
These fixes, however, do not provide a complete and adequate remedy for the oil consumption defect that affects each of the Class vehicles, according to Vita.
In addition, the plaintiff claims that General Motors did not disclose the oil consumption defect to consumers who were thinking about purchasing the Chevy and GMC vehicles.
In November 2019, GM agreed to pay $42 million to settle a class action that claimed 2010-2013 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles with a 2.4-liter Ecotec engines guzzle oil at a high rate.
A similar class action lawsuit was filed against General Motors in December 2019 by a consumer who claims that the Generation IV 5.3 Liter V8 Vortec 5300 engines suffer from comparable engine failure defects.
Do you own one of the vehicles listed in this class action lawsuit and it suffers from an oil consumption defect? Leave a message in the comments section below.
The plaintiff is represented by Peter B. Katzman of Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP, Greg G. Gutzler Adam J. Levitt, John E. Tangren, and Daniel R. Ferriof of Dicello Levitt Gutzler LLC, and W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III, H. Clay Barnett, III, and J. Mitch Williams of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC.
The GM Engine Defect Class Action Lawsuit is Dennis Vita v. General Motors LLC, Case No. 2:20-cv-01032, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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412 thoughts onGM Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Engine Oil Guzzling Defect
I own a 2010 GMC Terrain, 4cyl and have been experiencing problems with low oil levels, which has led to other mechanical issues that I can’t afford to fix. Please help!
Bought a used 2014 gmc terrain with 33000 miles and within 4 1/2 years it now has 98000 with oil consumption issues catilyc converter bad timing chain going out and they want 4000 dollars to fix. Gmc sold me the vehiclee and never told me it had oil consumption issues. I also have a lifetime powertrain warranty that is useless because it covers nothing.
yes i got gmc 2010 terrain that want start
We purchased a 2015 GMC Terrain. In cold weather the main seal was blown out. We purchased a bumper to bumper warranty but were told because we live in WI, it would not be covered. We had to eat the bill of a little over $2000. Fast forward a few months we lost the timing gear because it ran out of oil earlier. The light never went on to alert us of any problem. We had to have the engine rebuilt for almost another $3000. We feel we should not have to pay over $5000 for our repairs because GMC knew of this issue but never told the consumers! We purchased the extended warranty! Please add us to the Class Action Suit. We did try to settle this issue on our own with CMC Headquarters and were only offered POSSIBLY a couple of thousand dollars towards a purchase of a new vehicle with a loyalty coupon.
Yes!! I own a 2014 GMC Terrain with the 2.4L Ecotec, only 115,000 miles and i’m told I need a new engine. Drove it back and forth from MN to Kansas ran like a charm and one day it stopped working. Replaced the throttle body and then they started finding more and more wrong.
That is when we discovered the timing chain in pieces, head was shot, valves were bad, cams were toast.
Insurance wont cover it.
Ive owned dozens of vehicles and I’ve never had a vehicle need a new engine “all of a sudden.”
Please add me!!!
Same with my 2014 terrain. I called the cooperate office and they agreed to pay 10% of the repairs. 10% of 5200 ain’t nothing! They need to pay 100% of the repairs.
i have a 2012 gmc terrain sle with excessive oil consumption and now my timing needs replacing and other things are starting to fail. i spent thousands already and still it keeps knocking or ticking .please add me if possible
I own a 2011 GMC Terrain, it just started doing this at 80,000 and now it looks like the engine needs to be replaced. No mention of this issue whatsoever.
I have GMC and purchase mine in 201) was not even notified with Sterling McCall of defect issue with the engine. I have had problems since I purchased the car. I was informed that this is the peoblem. I have spent over 5,000 trying to get worked done on this car. Not realizing until now the true cause. I’m so frustrated!!!
Conveniently i was never notified of a lawsuit. I have 2014 GMC terrain. Now i have car i can’t even use. Please add me
I have a 2013 GMC Terrain 4 cylinder. I have oil excessive oil leaking from multiple areas that happened last week. The engine is completely shot.
Dealer is suggesting $8k to fix for a brand new engine.
Just curious if you were able to do anything about your GMC, my 2013 terrain has had nonstop problems for several years and just went kaput. I’m being told timing belt is out