2011 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD. PULLED OVER AND PLACED CAR IN PARK. BRIEFLY CAUGHT FIRE UNDER HOOD DUE TO OIL COMING OUT. AFTER INSPECTION OF CAUSE, ROD WENT THROUGH CYLINDER BLOCK CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE AND BLOWN ENGINE. RECALL UNKNOWN HOWEVER I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE AND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT FOR IT. *TR

WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON BECAUSE OF THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. THEN OUT OF NO WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING AND WERE COMPLETELY STUCK STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN CAUSING VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS AS I WAS NOT ABLE TO HARDLY SEE AT ALL AND HAD NO WHERE TO SAFELY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE AT. *TR

2011 GMC TERRAIN WITH CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD FOUND DURING SAFETY INSPECTION. *TR

I WAS HAVING THE STRUTS AND SHOCKS LOOKED AT IN MY CAR. WHILE THE WORKER FINISHED THE JOB, HE PUT THE CAR DOWN AND TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GOOD TO GO. ONE THAT TEST DRIVE, HE SAID SOMETHING DID NOT SEEM CORRECT. AFTER HE GOT IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND BACK ON THE RACK, THE FRAME WAS CRACKED AND RUSTED THROUGH. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE WHEN MY CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON BY GETTING A NEW BALL JOINT BACK IN THE FALL OF 2019. *TR

THE VEHICLE GOING THROUGH OIL LIKE MADE AND STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS OR PULLING ONTO A ROAD. THIS HAS CAUSED OTHER PEOPLE TO ALMOST HIT ME OR GO OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I WILL START OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION GET IN THE MIDDLE AND IT DIES. TURNING ONTO A DIFFERENT ROAD THIS HAPPENS ALSO IN MOTION GOING AT NORMAL SPEEDS FOR THE ROAD. *TR

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT RAN GREAT. WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT STARTED STALLING WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS OR PULLING OUT ONTO A ROAD. IT WILL RUN FINE I STOP IT IDLES OK AND WHEN I TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL IT WILL START OUT INTO THE ROAD AND THEN JUST DIE. IT GOES THOUGH OIL LIKE MAD. *TR

MY TERRAIN HAS USED SO MUCH OIL SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED AND WE KEEP THE OIL CHANGED EVERY TIME IT'S NEEDED NOW THE TIMING CHAIN IS MESSING UP AND IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE TO FIX I HAVE READ ONLINE WHERE THE 2011S HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, THE REPAIRS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE MY FIANC GOT LAID OFF DUE TO COVID-19 I'M THE ONLY ONE WORKING I NEED HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO, THE TRUCK STOPED GOING IN THE MIDDLE OF ME TURNING INTO A GAS STATION I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED.

WAS EXITING OFF A HIGHWAY RAMP WHEN MY CAR WOULDN'T GET ANY POWER TO GO. COME TO FIND OUT THE TCM WENT OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START UP AND WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT DAMAGE OIL RINGS CAUSED SEVERE OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH IN TURN DESTROYED THE ENGINE AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HENDRICK SOUTHPOINT AUTO MALL LOCATED AT (127 KENTINGTON DR, DURHAM, NC 27713) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FRACTURED WIRES UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.