WE HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE JUST 8 MONTHS AGO, WAS NOT PURCHASED NEW, BUT WAS NEW USED..STILL UNDER WARRANTY..WE RECEIVED THE RECALL. HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND DETAIL TO DO ANYHOW, SO TOOK IT IN TO WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THEY DID THE OIL CHANGE, SUPPOSED RECALL FIX AND SUPPOSED DETAIL. OUR VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF THE OIL CHANGE. 36000. AS WE DROVE, STARTED SMELLING BURNING OIL...NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE. OPENED HOOD AND NOTICED AN OIL LEAK BELOW THE VEHICLE INTO THE ENGINE SHIELD. BEING OUT OF WARRANTY BY THAT TIME, WE DID NOTHING. JUST FIGURED THEY DID AN IMPROPER OIL CHANGE AND IT WAS LEAKING. TODAY, WE DISCOVERED WHILE CHECKING THE OIL THAT IT HAD GAS IN THE OIL CHAMBER. IN PULLING THE DIP STICK OUT, IT LEAKED ALL OVER THE ENGINE..I QUICKLY SMELLED OF IT, SMELLED LIKE GAS. MY HUSBAND DRAINED IT, AS WE WERE FOUR HOURS FROM HOME, REPLACED THE OIL WITH NEW. WHEN WE RETURNED HOME, CHECKED OIL. 1/3 QUART OF GAS HAD CONTAINED ITSELF IN THE OIL CHAMBER ON OUR SMALL ROAD TRIP. SO, NOW WE HAVE A 2011. 43,000 MILE NEW CAR WITH GAS IN ENGINE OIL AND LEAKING.. ANY SUGGESTIONS?? *TR
2013
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS A REAR SEAT PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR DOOR BUT THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE LOCKS REMAINED ENGAGED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE VEHICLE FEATURE OR DEFECT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE REAR PASSENGERS WOULD BE TRAPPED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VIN, FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE...UPDATED 11-18-13 *BF