2012 GMC TERRAIN Complaints
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- POLLOCK, LA
THE OIL IN MY CAR SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR. I GET MY OIL CHANGED AND AFTER ABOUT 500 MILES THE OIL IS GONE. THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHT. THE MENU SAYS I HAD 50 PERCENT LIFE LEFT ON THE OIL. CHECK THE OIL AND IT IS IKE A RUST COLOR. Y ENGINE HAD STOPPED. IT WILL NOT CRANK. NOW I HAVE A CAR THAT'S NEEDS ANEW ENGINE. I'VE LOOKED ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO B GONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE NO WARRINITY LEFT ON THE CAR. IT ALL HAS TO B OUT OF POCKET.
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- LAUREL, MS
VEHICLE BEGAN TO USE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND IDEL UP AND DOWN AND SOMETIMES EVEN SHUTS DOWN. AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IT BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. I CALLED FOR SOMEONE TO CHECK THE VEHICLE OUT AND HE ARRIVED CALLED SOMEONE TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOTOR GONE BAD BUT HE ASKED WOULD I DRIVE IT BACK HOME IF HE FOLLOWED BEHIND. IT LITERALLY SCARED ME AND MY 4 CHILDREN TO DEATH WHEN IT SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION WITH THAT KIND OF SPEED SO I DON'T TRUST PUTTING MY CHILDREN IN IT NOW. I DON'T THINK ITS SAFE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE I ONCE THOUGHT WAS PERFECT FOR MY FAMILY IS TURNING OUT TO BE A NIGHTMARE.
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- BATON ROUGE, LA
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A RECALL CONCERNING OIL CONSUMPTION. I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE REPAIRED
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- GARY, IN
STATIONARY SENSOR LIGHTS COME ON STEERING MONITORING WARNING ALSO REDUCED ENGINE POWER THEN DOESN'T COME ON AFTER TURNING OFF AND IT DOESN'T TURN OFF LIKE IT SHOULD IT IS LIKE THE ENGINE BEGINS CHOKING.
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- MAQUOKETA, IA
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO A FRIENDS HOUSE. SHE LOST ALL POWER, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BACK UP. THERE WAS 3/4 TANK OF GAS IN IT. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A NEARBY SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. UPON THE VEHICLE LEAVING IT HAD A LOT OF GAS ON THE GRAVEL ROAD. WHEN IT MADE IT TO THE SHOP THERE WAS OBVIOUS FUEL LINE ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET, STILL WAITING ON A REPLACEMENT LINE FROM A DEALERSHIP. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GM SHOULD HAVE HAD RECALLED AND FIXED IMMEDIATELY. THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED DUE TO IT STILL UNDER A MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. THE SHOP WHERE THE WORK IS GOING TO GET FIXED AT SAID THIS WAS COVERED UP TO 150,000 MILES. IF THIS WAS AN ISSUE TO THAT MILEAGE, IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- WILMINGTON, DE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL INSIDE THE VEHICLE UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A VOUCHER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE PISTON RINGS THAT WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO BE REPLACED. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENGINE FAILURE. PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE, THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REVVED AND ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT NOTED THAT PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE, BOTH WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION. BOTH WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE REPLACED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- QUINCY, IL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MT TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED GM HAS BEEN NO HELP WITH THIS SITUATION
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- ALLIANCE, OH
CODE-P0014-CAMSHAFT POSITIONB TIMING OVER-ADVANCED OR SYSTEM.CODE-P0300 RANDOM/MUITIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE.COMPUTERIZED ENGINE ANALYSIS.RECALLS#50490-50491
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- UPPER MARLBORO, MD
I WAS DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM ACROSS A LONG THREE LANE BRIDGE WHEN MY WIPER SYSTEM FAILED. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WIND, RAIN AND TRAFFIC ROAD SPRAY, I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD OR VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD ZERO VISIBILITY. MIRACULOUSLY, I MADE IT SAFELY ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND OFF THE SHOULDER INTO A GRASSY AREA. THE DEALERSHIP THAT MADE THE REPAIR TOLD ME THAT GM COVERED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WIPER ASSEMBLY BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS DEFECT, BUT HAVEN'T ISSUED A PUBLIC RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE CONTINUED ANXIETY ISSUES WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND ACROSS LONG BRIDGES. PLEASE MAKE THIS A PUBLIC RECALL. THANK YOU
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2012 GMC TERRAIN- STAFFORD, VA
HAVE A SERIOUS OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM HAVE TO HAVE OIL CHANGED EVERY 500 MILES, IT STARTS TO SHAKE WHEN START UP IT TURNS OFF KEEP GETTING CAMSHAFT CODES ALSO GOT MISFIRE CODE
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