2014 Chevy Captiva 127,000 miles
i have a Chevy Captiva and it uses a quart of oil a week...no leaks at all ...what's the deal...also the engine sounds like the pulleys are falling off.....engine rattling like crazy......
what's the deal
Your engine is probably worn out.
Even with the low mileage?
Yes. The GM Ecotec engine is known for oil burning and premature failure. The engine's death rattle is likely from being run with low oil.
As of right now...it won't start...key is stuck in ignition....I had new fuel pumps put in last month that costed 1300 and now they are burnt out again because it won't start just keeps cranking..I think they put the cheap fuel pump in....but hell when it runs it sounds like a diesel car...and it has slight knock now..I still owe 8300 on this car...any suggestions
Looks like that model year had excessive oil consumption listed as one of the top complaints/problems. Oh, and 127,000 miles on a modern GM vehicle is “high mileage”.
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https://www.carcomplaints.com/Chevrolet/Captiva/2014/
Your 2014 Captiva my have the "LEA" engine, a 2.4L ecotec 4cyl that suffers from excessive oil consumption.
https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2021/gm-ecotec-lawsuit-canada-oil-consumption.shtml
My father used to have a Terrain with (probably) the same engine, and yeah it sounded awful pulling up our driveway, needed a rebuild around 35k miles I believe.
Those engines are junk unfortunately. 127k is pretty good on one of those if I'm being honest.
had new fuel pumps put in last month that costed 1300 and now they are burnt out again because it won't start just keeps cranking..I think they put the cheap fuel pump in....but hell when it runs it sounds like a diesel car...and it has slight knock now..I still owe 8300 on this car...any suggestions
I don't know what kind of shop did the work, but $1300 to replace the fuel pumps seems way high. The GM OEM high-pressure GDI pump costs about $176, the low-pressure pump in the tank about $200. So that's under $400 for parts. Even with shop markup and labor $1300 just sounds crazy. (Of course I don't know what the difficulty level is on that thing, how many hours of labor.)
Since you still owe that much money on it about the only thing I can think of would be to first find a good, reliable local mechanic (not a dealer or chain) that can verify what's going on with your engine. Assuming we're correct about its being worn out see if they can install a low-mileage used engine from a wreck, with a guarantee. (You could check into rebuilt engines - if anyone is even rebuilding those - but the cost would likely be prohibitive.)
Once it's running reasonably well again, baby it and pay the vehicle off ASAP then get rid of it.
Either that or you're going have one huge pile of negative equity trading it now for something else.
Don't buy another GM product.
It was bought at JD Byrider ..lol