2012 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR NO LONGER WORKS. MY HUSBAND BOUGHT A NEWER CHEVY AND THE SAME SENSOR NO LONGER WORKS. FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE SAME SENSOR ON THEIR GMC/CHEVY VEHICLES. SENSOR LIGHT WARNS OF THE SENSOR NOT WORKING FOR THE LEFT FRONT TIRE PRESSURE. LIGHTED SIGN ON DASHBOARD SAYS "SERVICE TIRE MONITOR SYSTEM". WHEN YOU ENTER MENU AND SELECT TIRE PRESSURE IT SAYS LEFT FRONT TIRE 0. MANUFACTURER DEFECT?

MY PCV VALVE CLOGGED AND CAUSED THE REAR MAIN SEAL TO BLOW OUT. THIS IS A COMMON KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND GM HAS RECALLED CERTAIN VINS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND THE SAME ENGINE. NOW MY CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP HAVING $1200 WORTH OF WORK DONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH A $12 PART. I JUST HAD MY VEHICLE AT A GM CERTIFIED SHOP 7 MONTHS AGO FOR WARRANTY WORK AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS POSSIBLE PROBLEM.

THE BACK GATE COMES DOWN ON YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT THINGS IN BACK OR TAKE THINGS OUT, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. IT HAS HIT MY HEAD SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING IMMENSE PAIN AND A MIGRAINE. IT STARTED IN JULY OF 2019 AND WAS SLOW AT FIRST. NOW IT HAPPENS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.. IT HAS HIT MY HEAD SEVERAL TIMES AND MY SON. I SAW THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL WITH THIS ISSUE. GMC TELLS ME IT IS NOT COVERED.

ON FEB 10, 2020 I WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT CRASH WHEN A LARGE TRUCK FAILED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AS THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND WHEEL WERE DAMAGED. THE COLLISION SHOP CALLED TODAY AND STATED THAT ALL FOUR OF MY IMPACT SENSORS ARE "DEAD". HE SAID I WAS VERY LUCKY BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT MY AIRBAGS WOULDN'T HAVE DEPLOYED AND I VERY LIKELY WOULD'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH, AND NO CODE. THEY FOUND IT BY ACCIDENT ON A MORE INTENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC. THIS IS SCARY BECAUSE HOW MANY OTHER 2012 TERRAIN OWNERS WON'T KNOW UNTIL ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES ARE INJURED OR KILLED!?!? YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I GOT LUCKY BUT YOU HAVE NOW 23 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG BUSTED OPEN, SMOKED AND EMITTED DEBRIS BUT DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT AND A NINE-YEAR OLD CHILD IN A BOOSTER SEAT, IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE STAN MCNABB CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM DEALER, LOCATED AT 200 N. JACKSON ST, TULLAHOMA, TN 37388 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE INFORMATION WOULD BE ENTERED IN THE CONTACT'S FILE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000.

COMPLETE MOTOR FAILURE, ENGINE OIL LOOSE, COMPLETE LOOSE OF CONTROL. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THIS VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN OIL LOOSE, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON CAUSING MY SPOUSE TO LOOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE NEARLY INCURRING A HEAD ON COLLISION ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY AT SPEED OF 60MPH. WE HAD TO HAVE TO VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP AND IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE AND THE MOTOR IS RUINED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 83,000 MILES AND ALL EVIDENCE OF MOTOR FAILURE APPEARS TO BE ON THE MANUFACTURES BEHALF, AS THE MOTOR OVER PRESSURIZED AND LOST ALL OIL AND DIDN'T HAVE A SAFETY WARNING, THIS COULD HAVE KILLED MY SPOUSE OR OTHERS. I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOS FOR REVIEW

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE MESSAGE CAME ON LOSING OIL PRESSURE, SHUT ENGINE OFF. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY TO THE SIDE THE ENGINE CEASED UP. OIL GASKET BLEW OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SPUTTERED, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BARKLY CADILLAC (3575 SKY LAND BLVD, TUSCALOOSA, AL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE VALVE SPRING FRACTURED AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

RECENT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2012 GMC TERRAIN ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE PVC VALVE CAUSED REAR MAIN SEAL TO CONSUME OIL AND GASKET BLEW OUT DRIVERS SEAT WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS VISOR ON DRIVERS SIDE WILL NOT STAY UP ALSO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS

THE TRUCK BURNS OIL INCREDIBLY FAST. DUE TO THIS ONGOING ISSUE, IT CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK AND WE HAD TO SPEND NEARLY $800 FOR ENGINE REPAIRS. EVEN AFTER HAVING IT IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THE TRUCK STILL EATS THROUGH OIL INCREDIBLY FAST AND IT SEEMS TO ONLY BE GETTING WORSE. I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THIS BUT THAT THEY WOULD SEND ME INFO THROUGH THE MAIL ON HOW TO GO ABOUT FIXING THIS ISSUE, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE RECALL.