GMC Terrain Complaints

3,167 consumer complaints on file.

#11044791November 9, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WIPER TRANSMISSION BALL SOCKET FAILURE. DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN AND IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK. THIS HAS BEEN RECALLED IN CANADA BUT NOT IN THE USA. IT IS THE SAME PART AND THE TERRAINS ARE ALL MADE IN CANADA....RIDICULOUS!!!1
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11044055November 7, 2017
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE(AUTOMATIC) WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING, HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON FREEWAY. MECHANICS ARE NOT DISCOVERING ANY ISSUES, VEHICLE HAS REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WOULD JERK THEN SHUT OFF, IT SEEMS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH GEARS/TRANSMISSION. HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF STALLING VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043757November 6, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE LOW BEAM H11 BULB IS CAUSING THE (MALE/FEMALE PLUG IN) FOR THIS COMPONENT TO OVERHEAT CAUSING THE PLASTIC TO BECOME CHARRED, PARTIALLY MELTED AND BRITTLE IN WHICH THE LOW BEAM LIGHT STOPS WORKING DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THE WIRING IS BECOMING SOFT AT THE PLUG IN CONNECTION FROM THIS HEAT AND ALLOWING THE PROTECTIVE WIRE INSULATION TO BE MELTED PERMITTING THE BARE WIRE TO BE VISIBLE WHICH COULD PRODUCE A FIRE HAZARD AT THIS LOCATION. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THE RIGHT SIDE TWICE AND ON THE LEFT SIDE ONCE. IN ALL THREE CASES, THE BULBS WITH THE FEMALE PLUG IN AND THE MALE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION HAS BEEN REPLACE. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 28755 MILES ON IT. JUST NOTICED THE LOW BEAM LIGHT ON RIGHT SIDE NOT WORKING AGAIN TODAY. REPLACED THIS SIDE WITHIN THE LAST 9 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043478November 5, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 50,000 MILES, WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. COMPUTER DID NOT SHOW WHAT PROBLEM WAS. CAR WOULD CUT OFF IN DRIVE IN IDLE. CAR WOULD SHAKE. MECHANICS PUT IN NEW PARTS AND BATTERY FOR MORE THAN $1200. STILL WAS NOT FIXED. MECHANIC WENT TO A DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE IF THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM. AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MANY OF THE PARTS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM WERE ON RECALL. GM HAD NOT POSTED THESE RECALLS OR NOTIFIED ME, THE OWNER. AFTER INSPECTING THE CAR THEY SAID THERE WAS TOO MUCH WRONG TO REPAIR AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID I WOULD NEED TO DRIVE 2000 MILES TO CHECK OIL CONSUMPTION. THEY NEVER MADE US AWARE THERE MAY BE PROBLEM WITH THE OIL CONSUMPTION. I AM 68 YRS OLD AND WALK WITH A WALKER. I AM IN THE HOSPITAL OFTEN. THE MECHANICS SAID THEY WOULD DRIVE THE CAR AS MUCH AS THEY THOUGHT NECESSARY TO DETERMINE OIL CONSUMPTION. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN CHARLOTTE NC THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE DRIVER FORCED HIS WAY OUT BUT HAD THAT BEEN ME, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DIED DUE TO MY HANDICAP. I HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH. I HAVE CONTACTED GM BUT THEY ARE SLOW FOR ANY RESOLUTION. I ASKED FOR A LOANER VEHICLE BUT WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO THAT NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042909November 3, 2017
AIR BAGS
ON NOV 03, 2017 AROUND 7:45AM, MY SON AND I GOT IN THE CAR TO DROP HIM OFF TO SCHOOL WHEN WE BARELY LEFT OUR HOUSE MAYBE 5 HOUSES AWAY WHEN ALL SUDDEN THE NOISE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON MY DASHBOARD. I TOOK SOME PICTURES AND TURN THE ENGINE OF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043080November 3, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE KEY WAS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION BECAUSE IT FAILED TO REGISTER WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED TO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VICTORY CHEVROLET (717 RHYNE RD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28214 (704) 790-7800), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED DUE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V502000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,685.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11040889October 29, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILED. SHOP SAID IT WAS A BROKEN WAVE PLATE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER GMC MODELS BUT NOT ON MINE. THE PROBLEM IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE WHEELS TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE ENGINE RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. I THINK GMC NEGLECTED TO RECALL ALL MODELS AFFECTED BY THIS DEFECT. MY WARRANTEE EXPIRED BY DATE BUT NOT MILLAGE SINCE MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 48,000 MILES. GMC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THIS FAILURE AND DECLINED TO REIMBURSE MY COST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11040958October 29, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE KEEPS SHUTTING OFF WHEN DRIVING. I WAS AT STOP SIGN VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF I STARTED IT BACK AND TRY TO GO PARK IT BACK HOME IT SHUT OFF 4 TIMES BEFORE IT GOT IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE TRUCK RECENTLY DID THE SO SAMETHING TWO WEEKS AGO AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I JUST RECENTLY GOT THE FUEL PUMP CHANGED, THIS IS WHEN THE ISSUE STARTED RIGHT AFTER HAVING THE FUEL PUMP CHANGED. WE WENT BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM CHECK THE FUEL PUMP BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ON PROPERLY. THERE ARE NO INDICATORS THAT POP UP, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF ON BUSY HIGHWAYS/INTERSTATES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11035384October 21, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL PUMP NOZZLE DOESN'T STAY CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE DURING REFUELING. FUEL SPILLS ON THE GROUND OR ON YOUR PERSON AND RISK OF SPARK WHEN THE PUMP NOZZLE HITS THE GROUND IN A PUDDLE OF GAS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034364October 18, 2017
SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE BELT NEEDED TO FASTEN IN MY GRANDSONS CARSEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK SEAT DID NOT HOLD WHILE MAKING A SHARP LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE SEAT SLID OVER SIDE WAYS. THERE IS NO UPPER STABLIZING DEVICE TO KEEP THE SEAT FROM TILTING TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. I LIVE IN LADYLAKE AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND WHILE THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND I HAD TO VEAR TO THE RIGHT MY GRANDSON SLID SIDEWAYS CARSEAT AND ALL, SCARED MY GRANDBABY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11033540October 16, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TOOK MY 2012 TERRAIN IN FOR THE EXCESSIVE OIL BURN IN MAY 2017. SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WAS DUE TO THE OIL BEING LOW DUE TO BURN WITHIN 1000 MILES OF CHANGE. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER GETTING IT BACK IT STARTED RANDOMLY NOT STARTING. I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THAT I LEFT THE DOME LIGHTS ON. THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I USED MY BACK GATE, THEN RANDOMLY AFTER OPENING ANY DOOR BUT THE DRIVERS WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT ON. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T START. IT WAS ALL RANDOM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT READ GAS CAP, SO I CHANGED THAT AS I WAS TOLD THAT COULD CAUSE THE CAR NOT TO START. IT DIDN'T HELP AND IT RESUMED NOT STARTING WITHIN DAYS. SO I HAVE BEEN STARTING CAR TO OPEN ANY OTHER DOORS AND REDUCED TO NO DOME LIGHTS AT NIGHT. LAST NIGHT, IT WOULDN'T' START AFTER SIMPLY BACKING MY CAR INTO A DIFFERENT SPOT IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD IT JUMPED AND THEN THE CENT CONSOLE WAS COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT. I COULD CHANGE THE STATIONS AND CHANGE THE HEAT BUT NO LIGHTS. GOT BACK HOME AFTER DRIVING IT TO CHARGE BATTERY AND THE RADIO WOULDN'T SHUT OFF EVEN AFTER REMOVING KEY AND LOCKING. I TRIED BOTH FOBS, AND IT WOULDN'T SHUT DOWN. I SHUT THE RADIO OFF, AND THEN IT SEEMED TO HAVE WORKED BECAUSE THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY LIGHTS INSIDE. THIS MORNING THE CAR WAS DEAD. MORE THAN USUAL, I COULDN'T EVEN UNLOCK IT EXCEPT WITH KEY. I TRIED TO START, NO CLICK AND THEN IT LOCKED MY KEYS INTO THE IGNITION. WE JUMPED IT AND I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. I HAVE TO DRIVE FOR MY JOB AND RIGHT NOW I AM SCARED SOMETHING IT GOING TO STOP WORKING LIKE THE LIGHTS OR ENGINE AND I WILL BE HURT OR KILLED OR HURT SOMEONE ELSE. VERY SCARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11032005October 6, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 GMC TERRAIN. WHEN THE LIFTGATE WAS OPENED REMOTELY, IT WOULD OPEN AND THEN CLOSE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11031900October 5, 2017
ENGINE
"FUEL SENSOR" ISSUE. I TOOK MY CAR TO GMC DEALERSHIP TO GET THE BATTERY REPLACED AFTER ONLY 4 YEARS AND WHILE THEY HAD IT THE FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT AND I COULD NOT TELL HOW MUCH GAS I HAD IN THE CAR. THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED IT WENT OUT ON ITS ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11031811October 4, 2017
ENGINE
TAKATA RECALL, I THOUGHT THAT I HAD EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKAGE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OIL, WHEN I JUST HAD A OIL CHANGE THE DAY BEFORE, BUT IT HAD TO BE A EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION, ON MY WAY FROM WORK I HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE FROM MY ENGINE, AND AND A POP, ON MY DASHBOARD WAS SIGNALING OIL PRESSURE IS LOW - STOP ENGINE, THROUGHOUT THE HOLD ORDEAL THERE WAS SMOKE COMING INTO THE CAR, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET TO CAR DEALER SHIP, I WAS CHARGED $3400.00 TO HAVE THE CAR FIX. THEN I RECEIVE A LETTER FROM GMC STATING THAT THEY WERE DOING A RECALL ON 2012 TERRAIN RELATING TO THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO ME. THEY REJECT MY REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY SAYING THE OIL HAD TO BURNING ON THE ENGINE, AND NOT EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKAGE, WHEN IN FACT THERE WAS BURNING OIL ON MY ENGINE, WHICH I FEEL CAUSE THE SMOKE WITHIN MY VEHICLE, ALSO THE MANAGER AT MIKE ANDERSON ALSO SAID GMC REJECTED MY CLAIM DUE TO THE PART NUMBERS THEN MATCH UP TO PART NUMBERS THEY HAVE LISTED ON THE RECALL, WHEN I VIEW THE LIST, IT DID LIST DIFFERENT NUMBER BUT THE PARTS WAS THE SAME, THE CAR WAS IN MOTION I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY 294 GOING EAST TO MERRILLVILLE INDIANA, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE A ACCIDENT IN WHICH I HAPPEN TO AVOID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11030472September 29, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH IN HEAVY RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIPER/WASHER TRANSMISSION ARM WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN UNKNOWN LOCAL CHEVROLET/GMC DEALER LOCATED IN THELMA, TEXAS, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11030327September 28, 2017
STEERING
STEERING GROANS AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN STATIONARY. THERE IS ALSO SPORADIC VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11025230September 25, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE DRAKES LOCK UP AND WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL THE CAR SITS FOR SOMETIME ABOUT 2-8 HOURS.THE SERVICE STABILITRACK LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU LOSE ENGINE POWER ALMOST INSTANTLY. I HAVE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT SHOP FIX WHAT THEY SUSPECTED WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE LAST SHOP WAS A DEALERSHIP AND IT HAPPENED TO ME A WEEK LATER WHILE OUT OF TOWN FOR A WEDDING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024889September 21, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR WHILE TRAVELING 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. WITHOUT WARNING WIPERS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINDSHIELD I WAS COMPLETELY BLINDED AND HAD TO ABRUPTLY PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP BEFORE I COULD DRIVE AGAIN. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND CLEARLY A COMMON PROBLEM FOR GMC SINCE THEY RECALLED WIPERS ON THE 2013 TERRAIN. THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 2012 MODELS AS WELL. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS PROBLEM KILLS SOMEONE IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11024029September 18, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
POWER LIFT GATE FALLING - ONLY STAYS OPEN FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11022663September 11, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM. I HAD TO PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN SUBSIDED ENOUGH FOR ME TO HAVE PARTIAL BUT IMPAIRED VISIBILITY. I HAD THE GARAGE WHERE I GET MY OIL CHANGED LOOK AND IT AND THEY SAID A BUSHING WAS WORN AND I NEED A NEW WIPER ASSEMBLY. THERE IS A RECALL #25302 WITH SAME COMPLAINT FOR 2013 GMC TERRAINS. I CALLED GMC AND WAS TOLD THIS REPAIR WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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