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2014 Chevrolet Captiva engine problems

30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine on the 2014 Chevrolet Captiva22% of all complaints for this model year.

30
Engine complaints
22%
share of all complaints
80,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My car suddenly started acting funny and was not running well while i was driving, when i got to a stop sign it totally died. It was towed to a shop and was totally out of oil, my car wasn't even 1500 miles over it's last oil change. The engine was totally ruined and needed to be replaced. THis…

    filed Mar 14, 2022

  • The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Captiva. The contact stated that occasionally while his wife was stopped for either a traffic sign or traffic light, the engine would make a grinding noise. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming a lot of engine oil, requiring constant refilling every…

    filed Feb 18, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine problems in other Captiva years

YearReportsShare
2013 Captiva4849%
2012 Captiva1625%
Captiva engine problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.