[miketa95]

I like my truck a lot, its a 5.3 Silverado and since I use it for my landscaping company it gets a lot of usage. It's never let me down, in the year I've owned it I've gone from 47,000 miles to just over 71,000 tonight. My bumper to bumper warranty ended at 71,000 miles and of course that's when the trouble starts.

I get my oil changed at every 3,000 miles, and usually about every 2,900 miles I get a "low engine oil" message on the dash. The trucks are suppost to burn 1 quart of oil every 3,000 miles (or so the dealer keeps telling me). My last oil change was at 70,000 miles, and today I got the "low engine oil" light at 70,996 miles. I called the dealer and the service manager told me again that GM says the 5.3 will burn a quart every 3,000 miles. My issue with this is that if this is what the truck is meant to do, why do I get a warning light? Also, I don't think I've ever heard of a vehicle that is meant to burn so much oil away in such a short period of time. The dealer won't look at my car even though it happened 4 miles from the end of my warranty without me paying for it. They screwed me over with free rentals while the truck is getting work done already before too. I feel like the thing is going to blow up on me from having low oil all of the time. Originally I hoped to get 200k+ out of it. My landscaper friend drove me around in his f-250 and the thing was older but smooth, slow but it felt a lot more solid and even though it had more miles, it was quieter and had no stupid little quirks like my truck. I think it's time for a trade in.