More newer cars are guzzling oil - WRAL.com
"Every time I had to put oil in the car, it left me fuming and I kept thinking, ‘I've got to get rid of this thing, I've got to get rid of this thing,’” she said. The worst are the BMW 5, 6, and 7 Series and X5, the Porsche Panamera and Cayenne, and the Audi A3, A4, A5, A6, Q5 and S4. "It's normal for cars to burn a little bit of oil as they age as they get closer to 100,000 miles. But for a nearly new car that's still under its warranty, you shouldn't have to be topping off the oil between changes,” said Mark Rechtin, cars editor with Consumer Reports. Representatives from Audi, BMW and Subaru say that oil consumption is a normal part of a car's operation. But Consumer Reports finds 98 percent of owners of newer cars don't have to add oil between oil changes. If your car seems really thirsty for oil, Consumer Reports recommends taking your oil receipts to your dealer and asking for a fix. Subaru, Audi and Toyota are the targets of class-action suits regarding the problem of oil consumption. Source: www.wral.com
