2012 Gmc TERRAIN problems and owner complaints

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,600.

Owner-reported narrative. 3,600 miles reported. Look up ODI 10438162 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-70 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE FOUND THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS FRACTURED AND ALL OF THE GASOLINE SPILLED OUT FROM THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL LINE WAS REPLACED. THE …

Owner-reported narrative. 12,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10484500 at NHTSA ↗

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND DOES NOT RESPOND TO AN ACCELERATION AFTER A RAPID DECELERATION OF AT LEAST 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WILL JERK IN RESPONSE TO YOUR ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE AND THEN WILL RESPOND. THIS CAN LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A COLLISION BY ACCELERATING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 18,900 miles reported. Look up ODI 10532218 at NHTSA ↗

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 10 TO 12 TIMES DUE TO FAILURE WITH THE ENGINE MISFIRING AS WELL AS TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS AND STABILITY TRAC AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING RIGHT AND LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND BROUGHT INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TELL ME THEY CAN FIND OR MAKE THE PROBLEM REAPPEAR. BUT HAVE SHOWN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT VIDEO AND HAVE HAD 3 GENERAL MOTOR TECHS THAT THEY HIRED FROM HP AND BEEN TOLD THE VEHICLE IS SAFE AND THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE PROBLEMS BUT HAVE BEEN IN THE VEHICL…

Owner-reported narrative. 17,956 miles reported. Look up ODI 10549025 at NHTSA ↗

WIPERS IN "ON" POSITION, WIPER MOTOR AUDIBLY RUNNING, NEITHER WIPER BLADE WOULD MOVE ACROSS WINDSHIELD, BOTH REMAIN STATIONARY. CAN MANUALLY MOVE BOTH BLADES FREELY, NO BINDING, IN UNISON VALIDATING LINKAGE BETWEEN THE TWO BLADE ARMS WERE STILL CONNECTED. SUSPECTED MOTOR SHAFT/SPLINE CONNECTING TO THE "BLADE TRANSMISSION" WAS DISCONNECTED, STRIPPED, OR FELL OFF. TO ENSURE NOT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, REMOVED 25 AMP FUSE (NO. 29) FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUSE BUSS AND INSPECTED FUSE. FUSE INTACT AND IN LIKE NEW CONDITION. REINSTALLED THE FUSE RE…

Owner-reported narrative. 30 miles reported. Look up ODI 10816714 at NHTSA ↗

I PURCHASED MY 2012 GMC TERRAIN FROM CLAY COOLEY IN IRVING, TX ON 01/05/2015 WITH AN EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE EVER SINCE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE SERVICE CONTRACT WOULD NOT COVER MY ISSUE AND THAT THE ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY LACK OF MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE AS I MAINTAIN THE OIL IN THIS VEHICLE AND EVEN HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW BATTERY FOR THE VEHICLE RECENTLY. I AM ATTACHING A PICTURE OF THE CONDITION OF THE BATTERY SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME TO WHERE I CONTACTED…

Owner-reported narrative. 68,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10822455 at NHTSA ↗

THE DATA I ENTERED FOR "FAILURE MILEAGE" AND "SPEED AT TIME OF INCIDENT" SHOULD NOT BE USED AS CONCRETE DATA BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART FROM ROLLING UP VERY SLOW DRIVING WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE (WITHOUT GIVING GAS). I AM 47, AND DRIVING SINCE 18. I AM A MECHANIC, WORKED TELEPHONE, DATA, PRESENTLY A NURSE. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY CARS. I HAVE OWNED, OR CO-OWNED A LEAST 15 CARS. I AM ALWAYS ON THE ROAD IN ALL CONDITIONS. ALL MY PAST PROFESSIONS REQUIRED PLENTY DRIVING. I HAVE DRIVEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE FOR LITTLE OVER 2…

Owner-reported narrative. 10 miles reported. Look up ODI 10505055 at NHTSA ↗

SUMMARY: I HAD TO DECIDE TO BRAKE OR SHOOT THROUGH A YELLOW LIGHT, GOING ABOUT 35 MPH, I BRAKED! ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A CLUNK AND THEN ALARM DING FROM THE DASH AS WELL AS MESSAGE "SERVICE STABILTRAK" THEN "REDUCED ENGINE POWER". I WAS UNABLE TO GO ANY FASTER THAN 25MPH. I DROVE IN THIS MODE FOR ABOUT 2 MILES TAKING THE BACK STREETS TO MY DESTINATION. AT DESTINATION SHUT VEHICLE OFF TO SEE IF THIS WOULD RESET SOMETHING, IT DID! IT WAS SUPER SCARY. SO NOW TERRIFIED TO BRAKE HARD.

Owner-reported narrative. 45,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10845653 at NHTSA ↗

PURCHASED 2012 GMC TERRAIN IN JUNE 2012. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE I NOTICED THE STEERING IS VERY STIFF AND MAKES GRINDING SOUND WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. HAD TO DEALER SINCE AND THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE TIRES PRESSURE. THEY SAID THEY PUT IN CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE AND SAID IT SHOULD CORRECT PROBLEM. IT DIDN'T SO I TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY TEST DROVE IT AND SAID THEY NOTICED ALSO HOW STIFF THE STEERING IS. WAS TOLD THAT OTHER MODELS SAME YEAR AND MODE STEERING WERE STIFF. DID NOTHING AT THAT TIME AND TOLD TO KEEP DRIVING AND SEE IF…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10466485 at NHTSA ↗

I INADVERTENTLY VEERED OFF SIDE ROADWAY, (VA HIGHWAY 220) COLLIDING WITH A TREE/ROADSIDE SHRUBS, ETC (WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AS FOREHEAD HIT STEERING WHEEL ON INITIAL IMPACT). AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ALLOWING ME TO SUSTAIN A HEAD INJURY THAT KNOCKED ME UNCONSCIOUS... FOREHEAD WAS GASHED WITH SIGNIFICANT BLEEDING. I WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE IN UNCONSCIOUS STATE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE IS IN EXCESS OF $8,000 SO FAR AS VEHICLE STILL IN REPAIR SHOP WITH MASSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE THAT AFFECTS STEERING LINKAGE, ETC. THE IMPACT OF VEHICLE AGAINST FOL…

Owner-reported narrative. 19,895 miles reported. Look up ODI 10583703 at NHTSA ↗

I RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GMC INFORMING ME THAT VEHICLES WERE BUILT INCORRECTLY, THAT THE FUEL COMPOSITION SENSOR MAY BE MOUNTED BELOW THE FRAME, EXPOSING THE SENSOR AND FUEL LINES TO ROAD DEBRIS, WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE FUEL LINE EMITTING FUEL ODOR, WEEPING, OR LEAKING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE ENGINE STUMBLE, LOSS OF POWER AND STALL WHILE DRIVING. IT DID NOT PROVIDE A PICTURE OF THE FUEL COMPOSITION SENSOR, NOR DID IT PROVIDE INFORMATION AS TO WHERE IT IS LOCATED. I WAS TOLD BY THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER THIS WAS IN…

Owner-reported narrative. 41,400 miles reported. Look up ODI 10994499 at NHTSA ↗

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH HOUR MY SUV BEGAN TO SHAKE EXTREMELY AND WAS THROTTLING AT VERY HIGH RPM'S AND THE SUV THRASH TO SUDDEN HALT AND CONTINUED TO SHAKE AND IDLE VERY HIGH AND LOUD. I TRIED TO HIT THE GAS TO GET MYSELF OFF THE ROAD AS I WAS ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR, AND THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE RPM'S SPIKED BUT I WENT NOT MORE THAN 15 MPH, AT THE SAME TIME THE FOLLOWING ERRORS APPEARED ON MY SCREEN: 1) SERVICE STABAILI TRAK 2) ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED SLOWLY I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET THE CAR …

Owner-reported narrative. 98,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11073892 at NHTSA ↗