2017 Chevrolet Equinox · symptom sheet
Burns oil or oil level rises
- 49owner reports
- 75,000median miles
- $5,040median quote
- 1involved a crash
Newest report May 11, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
194 of the 273 complaints on this car are about the engine. 49 of those describe oil consumption. Only engine failure is reported more often on this car.
Tick what matches of 49 reports
Oil consumption on other Equinox years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Two different complaints land here. The more common one is an engine that uses oil: owners add a quart between changes, get a low-oil warning, or are told by the dealer that the rate is normal. The other is the opposite, where the oil level climbs and the oil smells of gasoline. Both deserve a proper test, and both are easier to argue with records in hand.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the piston rings (17 reports), the engine (5 reports) and the PCV valve (5 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the engine covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
6 of the 49 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $2,468 to $8,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 58,390 and 100,000 miles, from the 17 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 2 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 Chevrolet Equinox that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block of possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block that have a possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by.
What owners wrote
“Fo2017 Chevrolet Equinox with the 2.4L Ecotec engine, excessive oil consumption can indirectly cause a timing chain to fail which is a major safety hazard to all occupants.”
Filed Aug 27, 2025
“Engine oil consumption is bad to the point that it consumes 5 quarts of oil a week to the point that the engine seized from lack of oil and went into maintenance mode shutting down while driving leaving me stranded in the side of the road”
Filed Apr 27, 2025
“Excessive oil consumption causing failed engine at 60k miles. This was regularly maintained.”
Filed Apr 22, 2025 · 60,000 miles
“I was driving my car to work it started shaking really bad. It cut off on me and was leaking oil. Check engine light, oil light, and low oil pressure indicator came on. The worst start or drive”
Filed Jan 25, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 49 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 75 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 47 reports
- Engine leaks oil 35 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 30 reports
- Timing chain or cam phaser rattles 29 reports