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A family member has a 2013 Chevrolet Captiva and has been told the engine is bad.
HE says he's been told (by a mechanic) it's defective -- a manufacturer defect -- and Chevy has known this for years -- and that's why Chevy pulled it from the public market years ago, and pushed it into the fleet/rental car market.
He bought this 2013 model from a car rental company in 2014.
The car just cuts off sitting at a light.
He's in the process of deciding whether to let the car go. He says the car is not repairable.
(But he still owes money on it. Don't even ask why that is. Some financial decisions made were not the best.)
But as for the car......any info, tips, suggestions, ideas, recommendations?
The Captiva is actually a rebadged Daewoo made in Korea, so I’m not sure if it has the same port-injected 2.4 Ecotec engine that was used in the Malibu. If it does I’m not aware of any common problems with it.
The direct-injected version of that engine used in the Equinox is the one with the major design flaw. Those are prone to early worn piston rings which causes major oil consumption.
But as for the car......any info, tips, suggestions, ideas, recommendations?
I'd want more details about what's supposedly wrong with the engine. Chevy had some problems with valve trains back in the mid '00s, but that was on some of the Vortec engines and I mainly remember hearing about those on the Inline 5 cylinders they were doing at the time.
Curious about whether it's top or bottom end of the engine.. I do kinda wonder, since southernnaturelover mentioned a DI engine.. if that has a DI engine in it.. That was around the time everyone was having some serious issues with the intake valves getting dirty, and shutting off at a stop light sounds plausible there. I'd defer to others on whether i'm right on the timeframe there.
Info I can find shows it likely does have the "LFW" which is a 3.0Liter Flex Fuel engine and that it is a DI engine.
Could be a situation where the valve is dirty or the injector is.. Would cause misfires and perhaps stalls?
I'd be a little leery that a mechanic would say toss the engine.. Perhaps expensive to repair, and the problem would likely happen again, if the vehicle lived long enough..
A family member has a 2013 Chevrolet Captiva and has been told the engine is bad.
HE says he's been told (by a mechanic) it's defective -- a manufacturer defect -- and Chevy has known this for years -- and that's why Chevy pulled it from the public market years ago, and pushed it into the fleet/rental car market.
He bought this 2013 model from a car rental company in 2014.
The car just cuts off sitting at a light.
He's in the process of deciding whether to let the car go. He says the car is not repairable.
(But he still owes money on it. Don't even ask why that is. Some financial decisions made were not the best.)
But as for the car......any info, tips, suggestions, ideas, recommendations?
Well, if you could provide any kind of information about what's wrong with it, it might be helpful. "engine is bad" is not a description.
It is repairable. It might not be a good choice financially to repair it, but it is repairable. Until the body rusts away, it's repariable
My relative seems to believe (has been told and led to believe) it's some dirty little secret that Chevrolet new about and kept under the rug, but shuttling the car into its fleet and rental offerings.
So no one knows anything about Captiva's having a manufacturer's defect regarding the engine, or that the car is just know for having defective engines?
That's good.
The car runs fine otherwise. I'll pass along all the responses and suggestions here.
My relative seems to believe (has been told and led to believe) it's some dirty little secret that Chevrolet new about and kept under the rug, but shuttling the car into its fleet and rental offerings.
So no one knows anything about Captiva's having a manufacturer's defect regarding the engine, or that the car is just know for having defective engines?
That's good.
The car runs fine otherwise. I'll pass along all the responses and suggestions here.
One-offs can happen to any engine.. There was a lady here a week or so ago with a Chevy that had $800 in work put into it that didn't solve the problem. Finally got enough info that it was a misfire on cylinder 5 and the general consensus was to have the dealer take a look.. Where they.. Diagnosed a bad cam, based on what she told us..
That's an extremely odd failure, but fits with the misfire she was having.So.. Weird crap like that can happen, doesn't necessarily mean it's a common issue.
Thanks everyone....here's more info...
....relative says Captiva is cutting off in low idle....
....and running low on oil between normal oil change intervals. Not burning oil, just running low, between what you'd think normal intervals would be.
Last edited by selhars; 03-13-2019 at 02:23 PM..
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