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<blockquote data-quote="rvnmedic6869" data-source="post: 16138" data-attributes="member: 4967"><p>We needed a second car after selling my 2004 Vette.&nbsp; I did a ton of research for a decent vehicle and narrowed it down to the 2015 Equinox LT AWD.&nbsp; Bought it yesterday.&nbsp; The V6 306L SIDI engine was a new one for 2015, read a lot of good things about it.&nbsp; I used a couple of search references:&nbsp; Edmunds an CarComplaints.com.&nbsp; Car Complaints lets people register complaints about everything and it also includes the NHTSA data for each year.&nbsp; You can compare a bunch of years and it shows immediately the bad actors with bar graphs.&nbsp; The pre 2015 engines burned oil and clogged up the PCV system which caused the engine to run hot and timing chain issues.&nbsp; Thanks to Chevrolet and the oil maintenance fiasco of recommending an oil change every 10K miles, the above happened.&nbsp; After reading a lot and watching some YouTube vids, the consensus is to change it at least every 4K miles to avoid these problems.&nbsp; So far I love the car.&nbsp; Cheers, Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="rvnmedic6869, post: 16138, member: 4967"] We needed a second car after selling my 2004 Vette. I did a ton of research for a decent vehicle and narrowed it down to the 2015 Equinox LT AWD. Bought it yesterday. The V6 306L SIDI engine was a new one for 2015, read a lot of good things about it. I used a couple of search references: Edmunds an CarComplaints.com. Car Complaints lets people register complaints about everything and it also includes the NHTSA data for each year. You can compare a bunch of years and it shows immediately the bad actors with bar graphs. The pre 2015 engines burned oil and clogged up the PCV system which caused the engine to run hot and timing chain issues. Thanks to Chevrolet and the oil maintenance fiasco of recommending an oil change every 10K miles, the above happened. After reading a lot and watching some YouTube vids, the consensus is to change it at least every 4K miles to avoid these problems. So far I love the car. Cheers, Bob [/QUOTE]

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