2013 Buick Verano Engine Problems

Vehicle is consuming oil at an excessive rate (with still less than 70000 miles on the odometer) and I have had to keep a close watch on the levels. It is burning a quart right now about every 1400 miles and the problem is only likely to get worse with time. This could cause the engine to fail or catch fire while operating the vehicle, which is quite dangerous, especially at interstate speeds or on mountain roads. Buick has not issued a recall, and yet there is a service bulletin dating from 2016 (Bulletin No.: 13-06-01-003H). I have also read many complaints from other Verano owners about this problem. An engine is one of the most expensive parts of any vehicle, and if Buick will not voluntarily recall this model year to make the needed repairs, the NTSB ought to take a hand in getting a recall of affected vehicles. I don't want to risk my life on the road if this engine fails while the vehicle is in operation.

My Buick Verano keeps running out of oil despite consistent oil changes. It ran out of oil, 3000 miles before my next oil change was due. There are many reports online of other owners of the same vehicle having the same issue. Recently, my car cut off in the middle of the street Without any warning due to no oil in the engine. The low oil warning light never came on. This is the second time that this has occurred. The first time the mechanic just said it was low on oil. Now my car will not restart. Again my next oil change was not due for another 3000 miles.

The PCV orifice that is located inside the intake manifold is known to clog due to a manufacture defect, which then produces high pressure inside the crankcase. The pressure then forces high amounts of oil through the valve cover orifice into the intake breather box. The oil then fills up inside and get into the engine air filter and throttle body. The high amounts of oil being sucked into the intake will leave the engine running with zero oil, thousands of miles before a oil change is due. This would obviously destroy the engine if oil is not added regularly. There is also a high risk of the rear main seal blowing due to the high pressurization of the crankcase. This is a very known defect and without a question, needs to be issued as a recall.

The contact owns a 2013 Buick Verano. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, there was a knocking sound coming from the engine. Upon inspection, it was the discovered that the engine oil level was extremely low, although the oil had recently been changed. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact stated that there was an unknown TSB to address the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.

2.4L LEA engine is burning an excessive ammount of oil. Roughly 2L of oil has been burnt within a week. Upon contacting a dealer about the issue, the issue is known and has been recalled for other GM makes of the same year with the same engine model. The engine will start knocking and then stop running, no matter if the vehicle is driving.

I purchased this used vehicle in March 2022 $8500 cash. I have had problems with oil consumption since I purchased. The car stalls and turns off when the oil is low. I am literally putting a quart of oil in the car every 40-50 miles. I have 6 children to get to school and I also work. At this time I can't afford another vehicle so I'm hoping that others come forth so this car can be recalled or fixed. Life is hard enough

The contact owns a 2013 Buick Verano. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, an unknown message was displayed on the instrument panel, and the vehicle decelerated to 15 MPH, lost motive power, and stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the engine timing chain had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. An unknown dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 125,000

The contact owns a 2013 Buick Verano. The contact stated that while driving at 60-65 MPH, the vehicle lost all power with no warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after a minute. The vehicle was not taken an independent mechanic or dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that prior to the failure, the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic due to the fact that there were abnormal noises coming from the engine compartment. The contact stated that she was informed that the camshaft sensor, crankshaft sensor, timing cover set, timing chain kit, and valve cover gasket needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired and an oil change was completed. The contact stated that the vehicle had lost motive and electrical power several times while driving. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact stated that she researched the failure online and discovered that there was an issue with the 2013 Buick Verano. The approximate failure mileage was unknown.

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IT CONSUMES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL, IT MAKES IT CLICKING NOISE IF IT GETS SLOW TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS JUST WHAT THESE ENGINES SOUND LIKE AFTER DOING RESEARCH I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, NOW I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR JUST SHUTTING OFF ESPECIALLY IF I AM COMING TO A STOP OR AT A RED LIGHT, TODAY I WAS MAKING A LEFT OVER A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY TO GET ONTO MY ROAD THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND I ALMOST GOT KEEP ON BUYING AN ONCOMING CAR BECAUSE IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AFTER DOING SOME ONLINE SEARCHING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM APPARENTLY, IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND DEALERSHIP TOLD ME NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNLESS I WANT TO PAY FOR IT, THERE'S 54,000 MI ON THE CAR SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE IS SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE THAT EVEN THOUGH MY GUT TOLD ME OTHERWISE BUT HEY THEY ARE THE PROS RIGHT, ALSO THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THAT THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NOT A PROBLEM, JUST TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND TOP IT OFF IF IT GETS LOW...WHAT'S COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS WHAT THEY TOLD ME WHEN I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME BECAUSE IT'S FULL SYNTHETIC THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE OFTEN, ME ALMOST GETTING T-BONED BECAUSE MY CAR OWED IS IN MY OPINION A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS CAR IGNORING THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEBODY TO GET KILLED

FIRST, MY CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN GOING UP MY DRIVEWAY AND I HAD TO GIVE IT THE GAS SO IT WOULDN'T STOP ON ME. THEN, MY CAR WOULD STOP ON ME AS I WAS DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR EVEN STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS. I ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES FROM BEHIND DUE TO THIS. THEN, I NOTICED THAT WHEN MY OIL WAS AT 50% I WOULD HAVE TO ADD OIL AND IT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE UNTIL MY OIL LEVEL GOT LOW AGAIN. I WENT FROM CHANGING MY OIL EVERY 5,000 MILES AS TOLD BY THE SALES PERSON TO EVERY 3,000 MILES TO WHAT SEEMED LIKE EVERY 1,500 MILES. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A MAIN HIGHWAY AND MY CAR JUST KILLED ON ME. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER BUT HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS STORES AND HAD THEM RUN THE MACHINE TEST ON IT AND I WOULD NEVER GET A CODE. MY WIFE HAS BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO HER ATTENTION THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS A COMPANY WHAT CAN GIVE US A NEW ENGINE FOR $5,000 AND THEN THEY MAKE A CLAIM AND GM BUYS THE OLD MOTOR FROM THE COMPANY. I WOULD BE NICE IF GM WOULD PAY FOR A NEW MOTOR FOR EVERYONE THAT TRUSTED IN THEIR VEHICLES. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT CHEAP AND THERE IS NO WAY ANYONE SHOULD HAVE THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AND GM NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR DEFECTED MOTORS THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF. I NOW HAVE A BROKEN CAR THAT JUST SITS AND I HAVE TO MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK UNTIL I CAN FIX MY CAR WHICH IS BUY A NEW ENGINE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GM PERSON BUT LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO START TO LOOK OTHER PLACES. THE SAD PART IS I LIKE MY CAR AND OTHER THAN THE ENGINE I HAVE HAD NO OTHER MAJOR ISSUES. *TR

THE CAR STARTED BURNING OIL AT A RATE OF 1 QUART EVERY 1,000 MILES AT 86,000 MILES AND SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT NEW AND ALSO HAD IT DO ALL OF THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AS WELL. THIS WAS AT MIKE JUNEAU BROOKFIELD GMC BUICK AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN EVERYTIME IT GOT A QUART LOW AND THAT THERE WAS NO CONCERN WITH ME CONTINUING TO DRIVE IT AS LONG AS I MONITORED THE OIL. THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND RUINED THE ENTIRE ENGINE 4 MONTHS LATER AT 91,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE GM ENGINES AND I BELEIVE SOME ARE EVEN RECALLED WHEN IN CHEVY VEHICLES. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. I OWN A 2013 BUICK VERANO WITH A 2.4L ENGINE, APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. WE HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED WHEN CHECKING THE OIL IN-BETWEEN OIL CHANGES THAT THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. E.G.., AT 40 OR 50% LIFE LEFT FOR OIL CHANGE, THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. IN THE PAST THE CAR HAS NEVER USED OR LEAKED A DROP OF OIL. IN DOING SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER BUICK'S WITH THE SAME ENGINE.. BUICK HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER SIMILAR BUICK VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE BY ISSUING A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 13-06-01-003H FOR OTHER MODELS OF BUICKS WITH THE DETAILS ON HOW TO REBUILD THE ENGINE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. WE CALLED THE BUICK DEALER AND THEY INDICATED THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE VERANO BUT RECOGNIZE IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BUICK VERANO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JACK WINEGARDNER CHEVROLET (11001 INDIAN HEAD HWY, FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744) WHERE AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS METAL IN THE OIL THAT MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,130.

HEAD GASKET, PISTON KIT, SEAL, FOD BOLT, VALVE COVER, SEALER, AND COOLANT / CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION DURING THE TIME OF DISCOVERY

THE CAR HAD SEEMED A BIT "SLUGGISH" OR "DRAGGY" BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLY FROM THE COLD WEATHER. AFTER ABOUT TWO DAYS OF THIS, WE WERE TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN FOR THANKSGIVING. AT A STOPLIGHT, AS I WAS SLOWING TO A STOP, MY CAR JUST DIED. THE RADIO AND HEAT WENT OFF AND THE CAR JUST COASTED TO A STOP. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO START IT BUT JUST GOT AN AWFUL GRINDING SOUND. I TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED BUT WAS VERY JERKY. I THOUGHT MAYBE I GOT SOME BAD GAS AS IT HAPPENED AGAIN THAT DAY. THE NEXT DAY I ADDED SOME DRYGAS AND FILLED THE TANK WITH A BETTER GRADE GAS. IT BEHAVED FOR TWO DAYS BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY ALTHOUGH I ONLY SLOWED DOWN TO GET OFF OF A HIGHWAY WHEN IT DID IT. LUCKILY IT WAS EARLY ON SUNDAY WITH VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GM SWEEP UNDER THE RUG UNTIL ENOUGH PEOPLE DIE AGAIN OR WHAT? *TR

DRIVING DOWN BACK ROAD 40-45 MPH, AT NIGHT, LIGHTS AND RADIO ON, WITH MY BOYFRIEND WHEN EVERYTHING WENT PITCH BLACK, NO LIGHTS ON CAR AT ALL, ENGINE SHUT OFF, VERY SCARY. I COASTED TO STOP, HIT START ENGINE BUTTON IT RESTARTED, LIKE NORMAL. ALL LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, NO FURTHER INCIDENT. TOOK TO DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEY SAID WHEN YOU DRIVE CAR IT ERASES DATA???? NOW IM SCARED TO DRIVE CAR. WHEN CAR QUIT, LIGHTS SHUT OFF NOTHING SHOWED ON DASH OR OTHERWISE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE UP A SMALL HILL AT 30MPH A BEEP SOUNDED, I CHECKED THE DASHBOARD FOR A LOW FUEL NOTIFICATION OR SOME OTHER ALERT. THE DASHBOARD WAS TOTALLY DARK. THE START/STOP ENGINE BUTTON WAS YELLOW.THE VEHICLE HAD SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PULLED OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK.I RESTARTED THE CAR WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF AN ISSUE, SUCH AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE HEADED TOWARDS HARRISBURG ON I 83 SOUTH, AND THE ENGINE CUT OUT, NOT ONCE, BUT 3 TIMES. THE CAR TOTALLY LOST ALL POWER. EACH TIME I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TREMBLING AND PRAYING THAT THE CAR WOULD RESTART. *TR ALL INSTRUMENT PANELS WENT OUT, NO WARNING LIGHTS TO WARN OF WHAT MAY COME NEXT.. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK TO GET IN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN VERNON BC AND COMING TO A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. I HAD TO STOP PUT CAR IN PARK AND RESTART. THE PROBLEM OCCURED IN A PARKING LOT ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IF NO ENGINE LIGHT ON THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. I DROVE FOR OVER 2000 MILES AND THE FUEL PUMP BECAME NOISY AND THAT WAS CHANGED. ALL WAS WELL UNTIL DEC.1 2014 WHEN DRIVING IN FLORIDA THE CAR STALLED WHILE SLOWING FOR A STOP LIGHT. PUT IN PARK AND STARTED AGAIN. CALLED DEALER AND THEY CAN'T HELP. THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 85 F ALL THREE TIMES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 BUICK VERANO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,700. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,900. R