2016 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 3 MONTHS THAT MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. I AM NOT SURE WHY THE 2016 TERRAINS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED IN THE US, ONLY IN CANADA! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD! WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE, SOMEONE SENSELESSLY DYING IN ORDER FOR GMC TO REPAIR/REPLACE THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS OR FOR THE NHTSA TO MANDATE A RECALL??????

WHEN DRIVING THE STABILTRAK SERVICE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT. THE CAR WILL LOSS ACCELERATION IMMEDIATELY THEN SEEMS WONT GO OUT OF 2ND GEAR. I STOP TURN OFF CAR A FEW MINUTES AND IT WILL START AGAIN AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO OUT AFTER WHILE. LAST TIME THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. IT FINALLY DID AFTER 20 MINUTES OR SO. AND LIGHT WENT OUT LAYER. TOOK IT TO DEALER ONCE AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THIS IS WORRYING ME.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 12,000-15000 MILES STILL RELATIVELY NEW (V6). EVERY TIME ITS TIME TO GET MY OIL CHANGE, THERE IS 0 OIL LEFT. MY CAR BURNS ALL THE OIL BEFORE THE NEXT OIL CHANGE EVERY TIME. I CONSISTENTLY GOT MY OIL CHANGED ON TIME, MY MOST RECENT OIL CHANGE WAS YESTERDAY AT 58K MILES. BEFORE ITS EVEN TIME TO GET MY OIL CHANGED I'M FORCED TO BUY AN EXTRA QUART OF OIL BECAUSE ITS BONE DRY EMPTY. THERE IS ALSO A KNOCKING SOUND. THE LAST PERSON TO CHANGE MY OIL TOLD ME THEY HAD ANOTHER GMC TERRAIN THEY WERE WORKING ON WITH A SIEZED ENGINE FROM THE SAME PROBLEM.

VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF LEAK BUT GOES THROUGH OIL AT ABOUT 1 QUART EVERY 1000 MILES MAX. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON, SENSORS INDICATE POSSIBLE FAULTY PISTON RINGS. ALL WERE PROBLEMS IN LATER MODEL GMC TERRAINS. WHEN LOW ON OIL WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY ALL LIGHTS WILL LIGHT UP AND ENGINE WILL GO INTO REDUCED POWER MODE SAYING TO SERVICE STABILITRACK. CAR WILL NOT GO ABOVE 10 MPH WHEN IN THIS MODE, SOMETIMES UNABLE TO MOVE AT ALL. GOES AWAY AFTER MORE OIL ADDED. GMC TERRAIN HAD RECALLS ON YEARS 2010-2013 FOR ALL ENGINE FAILURE PROBLEMS/REPAIRS DUE TO FAULTY PISTON RINGS/OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. NUMEROUS 2014-2016 GMC TERRAINS HAVE CLAIMS OF THE REDUCED POWER/STABILITRACK PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION, I BELIEVE BOTH PROBLEMS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS AND ABNORMAL CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED FROM HIS RESIDENCE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BLOCKED PCV VALVE WHICH CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL FAILURE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CLICKING SOUND WAS FROM THE OIL DRAINING AT A RAPID SPEED AND THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT THEN CALLED MAUER CHEVROLET (1055 50TH ST E, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55077) AND WAS INFORMED OF AN UPCHARGE FOR THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE DIAGNOSED BY AN AUTHORIZED GMC DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.*DT*JB

AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM HAS WATER AND FREEZES IN THE WINTER CAUSING IT TO FREEZE AND PRESSURE BUILDS UP IN THE ENGINE

ON JANUARY 25, 2021, MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY TERRAIN DOWN THE MAIN ROAD IN OUR TOWN, IT WAS DARK AND IT WAS STARTING TO RAIN. SHE TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND AFTER MAKING ONE PASS THEY STOPPED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THIS SCARED HER TO DEATH, SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND CALL ME AND WAIT TILL THE RAIN STOPPED BUT HAD EITHER ONE OF US BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH THIS COULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

UPDATE: PLASTIC WIPER JOINTS REPLACED 3 TIMES, QUIT AFTER 3 DAYS. COMPLETE WIPER ASSEMBLY REPLACED, QUIT AGAIN. THE ASSEMBLY WAS THE "NEW" VERSION, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINAL, STILL STOPPED MID USE. GMC NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART IMMEDIATELY.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. I CAN HEAR THE MOTOR WORKING BUT THE ARMS DOD NOT MOVE.

LESS THAN 62,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. AFTER SEARCHING TO ORDER THE PARTS, I NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS COME UP ACROSS NUMEROUS WEBSITES WHERE OWNERS STATE THAT THEIR VEHICLES TRANSMISSION HAS DIED AROUND 60,000 MILES. THIS TELLS ME GMC IS AT LEAST AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND SHOULD ENACT A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE PARTS SHOULD BE COVERED BY GMC.