GMC Terrain Complaints (2015)

299 consumer complaints on file.

#11352070August 30, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON RURAL STATE HIGHWAY CONTAINING HILLS AND CURVES TO GET SERVICED FOR LOW TIRES. ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO DRIVE THE SEAT HEATER WAS TURNED ON. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THE RADIO, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL, TEMPERATURE GAUGES AND TURN SIGNALS QUIT WORKING. A TOOL SYMBOL SHOWED UP ON THE OPTIONS SCREEN. DURING THE REST OF THE DRIVE THE RADIO WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. AT THE SERVICE CENTER A CODE SCANNER SHOWED NO CODES. THE VEHICLE BATTERY (NEW) WAS CHECKED AND CABLES WERE CHECKED FOR LOOSE CONNECTIONS AND CORROSION. THE ISSUE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE. AFTER SERVICE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. AT STARTUP FOR THE RETURN DRIVE THE ISSUE HAD SELF CORRECTED AND DID NOT RETURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351988August 29, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TRANSFER CASE FAILED WHILE DRIVING, ONLY 50,000 MILES ON VECHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351708August 27, 2020
AIR BAGS
I PURCHASED MY 2015 TERRAIN JUNE 30 2020. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT I KEEP GETTING A WARNING ON MY DASH BOARD FOR SERVICE AIRBAGS.. IT WILL COME ON AS SOON AS I TURN THE CAR ON.. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IF NOT MORE. I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE WARNING AND CALLED THE CAR,DEALERSHIP WWHERE I BOUGHT IT TOLD ME TO CONTACT GM THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG ALERT COMING ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351112August 25, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1. WHILE DRIVING, THE COLLISION ALERT WILL RANDOMLY GO OFF AND DECELERATE THE VEHICLE, EVEN IF THERE ARE NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING PERIODICALLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT IS GETTING WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT. IT FEELS LIKE IT SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL AND ENGAGES THE BRAKES. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED US TO BE HIT BY CARS BEHIND US ON THE INTERSTATE. 2. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO TELL THE MILAGE ON THE CAR IS. THAT SENSOR WENT OUT AND THE GMC MECHANIC THAT I HAD FIXING A DIFFERENT ISSUE WITH THE CAR STALLING RANDOMLY (WHICH I NOW DISCOVER IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AS IT HAPPENS A FEW THOUSAND MILES AFTER FULL WARRANTY EXPIRES-THIS WAS 2017) THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH TERRAINS AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (SHOCKER). AND I'M NOT WILLING TO BUT THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS NECESSARY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11351032August 24, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING IN POURING DOWN RAIN AND WIPERS JUST STOPPED! VERY SCARY AND THANKFUL WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD TO GET A GAS STATION BUT I HAD ZERO VISIBILITY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11350015August 18, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING ABOUT 65 WHEN I RAN INTO A BAD THUNDERSTORM WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SUDDENLY STOP WORKING THEY WAS ON HIGH SPEED, WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WAS THE DRIVER SIDE WIPER. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY UNTIL THE RAIN STOP!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11349632August 16, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
USING THE ON RAMP TO A HIGHWAY, DURING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH MY FRONT WIPERS IN HIGH MODE, THEY JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND THEY THINK IT'S THE ARM PIECE THAT MOVES THE WIPERS BACK AND FORTH THAT IS BROKE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11344151August 9, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WAS DRIVING THERE WAS HIGH FOG AND MIST SUDDENLY WIPERS JUST STOP WORKING HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT IT OUT THEY ARE STILL NOT FUNCTIONING EVEN AFTER CAR WAS ON AND OFF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11343430August 5, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR SENSE I HAVE OWNED IT . FROM DAY ONE IT STARTED WITH MY WHEELS RUBBING AND SCRUBBING WHEN IN MOTION .I CALLED DEALERSHIP HAD REPAIRS DONE ON IT FOR THE FIRST 7 MONTHS .I REPORTED THE PROBLEM BACK THEN TO YOU ALL. THEN AFTER 3 YRS I STARTED TO FEEL SOME HESITATION WHEN SITTING OR TAKING OFF .THEN THE FORTH YEAR MY POWER STEERING LIGHT COMES ON HAD THAT FIXED NOW MY ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON CAR STILL HAVING SOME HESITATION ON AND OFF . I PAID TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE ON IT BY THE PLACE THAT DOES MY OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CODES WHERE OFF AND THEY WERE RESET BUT 5 DAYS LATER MY ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON ,IRONICALLY RIGHT AFTER MY FIVE YEARS LIMITED WARRANTY IS OVER AND MY CAR ONLY HAVE 38,490 MILES TO THIS DAY AND IT IS NOT YET PAID FOR. THIS IS RIDICULOUS ,I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 5 PLUS YEARS OF DEALING WITH THIS NEW LEMON AND ALL I GET IS ANOTHER BILL ADD TO THE 528.02 A MONTH I HAVE TO PAY ALREADY. THIS CAR CAME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE SALES PERSON AND DEALERSHIP AND ALL I CAN SEE IS THAT THESE CARS ARE BEING PUSH ON HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT SOMETHING RELIABLE AND ITS WRONG. THIS CAR IS FRUSTRATING AND STRESSING ME OUT ,I CANT RELY ON IT TO GET ME THROUGH 5 MORE YEARS I THOUGHT MORE OF THE GMC PRODUCT AND I CANT TAKE ANYMORE OF THIS TRYING TO MAKE THIS BAD SITUATION BETTER ON MY OWN. GMC NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE DEFECTIVE CARS PLEASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11342446July 30, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 GMC TERRAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF AROUND 65MPH DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY WIPERS BECAME FROZEN AND STOPPED MOVING BACK AND FORTH. BECAUSE THE WIPERS WERE NOT MOVING ANYMORE, RAIN WATER ACCUMULATED VERY QUICKLY AND I LOST VISIBILITY. I HAD TO MOVE OVER MULTIPLE LANES WITH ALMOST ZERO VISIBILITY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11340764July 21, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE IN USE (MEDIUM SPEED SETTING) DURING A RAIN STORM. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY CHILDREN INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO PULL OVER DUE TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY. RESTARTING THE VEHICLE DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE WIPER MOTOR APPEARS TO HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11339226July 13, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN ON JULY 12, THE WIPERS WERE ON HIGH SETTING AND QUIT WORKING. THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK ON ANY SETTING. THE REAR HATCH WIPER WORKS SO THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE CONTROL. IT APPEARS THE WIPERS STRIPPED OR BROKE LOOSE IN THE MECHANISM THAT MOVES THE WIPERS BACK AND FORTH ON THE WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11338538July 10, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER BROKE OFF THE BEARINGS AND BECAME COMPLETELY UNFUNCTIONAL WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM. THE WIPERS WERE GOING AT MEDIUM SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11337540July 5, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
IN MOTION DURING A THUNDERSTORM, THE WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY. THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS PREGNANT AND I HAD IT REPAIRED. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS AGO WITH MY BABY IN THE CAR, SAME SITUATION DURING A THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS. YOU CAN HEAR THE WIPER MOTOR RUNNING BUT SOMETHING APPARENTLY HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED PREVENTING THEM FROM MOVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11331836June 30, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED AND WON'T WORK. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I PUT THE WIPER SPEED ON HIGH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11331409June 29, 2020
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CRASHED INTO SECOND VEHICLE CAUSING SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE. DURING THE CRASH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ALTHOUGH THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL MESSAGE HAD INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BRUISED CHEST WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11327916June 9, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2015 GMC TERRAIN. THE RADIO AND ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS RELATED TO THE TOUCH SCREEN HAVE FAILED RESULTING IN A BLACK SCREEN. THIS INCLUDES THE BACK UP CAMERA. THIS HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO A MINOR ACCIDENT WHERE I BACK INTO A UTILITY POLE. GM STATES A NEW RADIO IS NECESSARY AT A COST OF $1287. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VITAL PART OF THE VEHICLES OPERATION. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR GM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SOMEONE BACKING OVER A CHILD IN A DRIVEWAY? *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11327473June 5, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. WHILE DRIVING. IN THE RAIN. I JUST DROVE 20 MILES HOME HAVING TO PULL OVER WHEN I COULDN'T SEE ENOUGH OF THE ROAD, INCLUDING A 12 MILE TREK DOWN THE NJ TURNPIKE "DRIVING" BY FOLLOWING THE 2 WHITE LANE LINES IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT, AND A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH CONFIRMS THE NUMBER OF CONSUMERS HAVING EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE CLEARLY INDICATES THIS IS NOT A RANDOM FLUKE, IT IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT. INTERNET SEARCH ALSO INDICATES CANADA FORCED GMC TO ISSUE A RECALL--WHY HASN'T THE NHTSA FORCED GMC TO RECALL IN THE USA??? EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU WAITING FOR TO DIE BEFORE TAKING ACTION? WE ALL KNOW GM, THE BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION THAT TAXPAYERS BAILED OUT, WILL NEVER REACH INTO ITS BOTTOM LINE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS. AND IS SPECIFICALLY WHY A FEDERAL AGENCY SUCH AS THE NHTSA EXISTS--TO PROTECT CITIZENS WHEN CORPORATIONS FAIL TO. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO ACT NOW AND FORCE GMC TO ISSUE A PUBLIC RECALL. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11326596May 30, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE DRIVING ON A CROWDED FREEWAY AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE AND UNEXPECTED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. TRAFFIC SLOWED TO ABOUT 60 AND I PUT MY WIPERS ON HIGHEST SPEED. VISIBILITY WAS STILL TERRIBLE. AS I DROVE, THE WIPERS MADE A SUDDEN MOVE TO THE LEFT AND STOPPED. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING, BUT WAS STILL TRAVELING WITH A PACK OF TRAFFIC. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, BUT DID NOT HAVE MUCH SPACE BETWEEN ME AND THE TRUCKS WHO WERE PASSING CLOSE TO ME, PROBABLY BECAUSE MY CAR COULDN'T BE SEEN BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND BECAUSE I WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL. I SAT THERE, HAVING THE CAR SHAKE AND MOVE WHILE BEING PASSED BY TRUCKS. WHEN THE RAIN SLOWED, I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THAT SPOT AND OFF THE FREEWAY. I DROVE A FEW MILES IN THE RAIN, WHILE HOLDING MY LEFT HAND OUT THE WINDOW AND MANUALLY MOVING THE WIPERS BACK AND FORTH FOR THE FEW INCHES THAT I COULD REACH. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND TRAVELED VERY SLOWLY TO THE NEXT EXIT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE WIPER ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN APART. I CHECKED INTO THIS AND SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING. I FEEL IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE NUMEROUS TIMES, EVEN AFTER REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT. I CAN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE HELPLESS FEELING OF BEING IN A PACK OF TRAFFIC THAT IS TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO EVEN SEE THE FRONT OF MY OWN CAR. THIS COULD HAVE HAD A TERRIBLE OUTCOME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11325580May 22, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE CAME LOSE IN A HARD RAIN ON I-55 CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT. STOPPED AT THE NEXT AUTO PARTS STORE (AUTO ZONE) AND BOUGHT THE PART AND REPLACED IT ON THE SPOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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