2010 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

PROBLEM WITH GMC PRODUCTS I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2010 GMC TERRAIN FROM STAR GMC . SINCE 2013 I'VE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STBILITRAK LIGHT COMES, CAR WILL NOT MOVE AND THE ENGINE IS RUNNING BUT NOT POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR. ONE TIME THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE THE GAS CAP WAS NOT TIGHT. THAT IS THE ERROR CODE THEY GOT, WHICH IS NOT TRUE, I ALWAYS TIGHTEN TILL I HEAR IT CLICK.3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD THE AUTOMOBILE, THE STABILTRAK LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, BUT NO POWER, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. NOW THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM, SERVICE TELLS ME THEY FOUND AN ELECTRONIC LINK SWITCH WHICH WAS NO GOOD AND THEY REPLACED IT,MEAN TIME I GO ON GOOGLE AND FIND THERE ARE MANY SAME SUCH PROBLEMS OUT THERE, AND THE DEALERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AD SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED RIGHT AWAY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. I'M STILL NOT SURE THAT THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM, AND I WORRY EVERY TIME MY WIFE TAKES THE CAR OUT.

THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM ONLY TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP FIX EVERYTHING BUT THE TIMING CHAIN NOW WE ARE NOT IN "WARRANTY" WHATEVER THAT CRAP MEANS. SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 1400.00 BILL ON A TIMING CHAIN FOR A CAR THAT HAS 77000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE A 2003 WITH 200000 MILES ON IT AND NEVER HAD TO REPAIR ALL THIS ENGINE STUFF. I THINK GM IS THE WORST CAR MAKER IN THE WORLD. I AM NEVER BUYING ANOTHER GM PRODUCT.

GEAR SHIFT AND DASHBOARD LIGHTING FADING ON AND OFF AT THE RADIO AND GEAR SHIFT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING TIME, TEMP, DRIVE, RADIO DISPLAY, PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, DRIVE AND MANUAL WITH POWER STEERING NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE WHEN TURNING.

DASHBOARD LIGHTING FADING ON AND OFF AT RADIO PORTION, INCLUDING TIME, TEMP, AND STATION. AT SAME TIME, NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING TRACTION CONTROL, AWD, AND ABS SYSTEM SHUTS OFF PROMPTING TO SERVICE STABILITRAK. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER NOTHING IS FOUND. BUT IM FORCED TO DRIVE WITHOUT KEY SAFETY FEATURES. MY STOPPING TIME IS DRASTICALLY INCREASED MAKING IT HARDER TO FEEL SAFE KNOWING I HAVE TO DRIVE IN VARIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH OUT ABS. EVEN NORMAL CITY DRIVING HAS BEEN NERVE WRECKING. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 8 DAYS AGO AND HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC TERRAIN EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LATITUDE TOUR TIRES, SIZE: P235/55R18. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT THE DEALER, THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT ALL FOUR SIDEWALLS WERE SEPARATING FROM THE TREAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,100.

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE IN A SEVERE RAIN STORM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THIS CREATED AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF VISIBILITY. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM REVEALED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE BECAME DISCONNECTED AT THE MOTOR. THE LINKAGE IS CONNECTED WITH A SIMPLE SNAP-IN BALL AND SOCKET JOINT. THE SOCKET PORTION OF THE JOINT ASSEMBLY APPEARS TO BE A NYLON TYPE MATERIAL. IT IS BELIEVED THAT OVER TIME THE SOCKET WORE TO THE POINT THAT THE BALL WAS ABLE TO BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE SOCKET. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE OPERATING AT THEIR HIGHEST SETTING WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.

THE AIRBAG INDICATOR ON THE DASH ALONG WITH THE WARNING "DING DING DING" GOES OFF CONSTANTLY. I AM CONCERNED THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAGS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE MANUFACTURER OF THE AIRBAGS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THOSE AIRBAGS ARE BEING RECALLED IN OTHER VEHICLES. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN APRIL OF 2015.

I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE SINCE I FIRST LEASED THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2010 AND EVENTUALLY BOUGHT IT. THE SERVICE STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AT VARIOUS TIMES, COUPLED WITH REALLY ROUGH IDLE. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AS IT WAS SO RANDOM I NEVER THOUGHT I HAD A SERIOUS ENGINE DEFECT. IN JULY OF 2014 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MILES TO WORK ONE WAY, AND THAT IS WHEN THE REAL TROUBLE BEGAN. THE SERVICE STABILITRAK ERROR MESSAGE WOULD COME ON SEVERAL TIMES DURING THOSE CAR TRIPS REDUCING POWER. I WOULD PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF, TURN IT BACK ON, AND MOST TIMES THE CAR RESUMED NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. ONE DAY IN JULY 2014 THE CAR JUST DIED, IT WOULDN'T RUN. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GMC DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AS I HAD UNDER 36,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION, TRANSAXLE, TENSIONER, CHAIN, CHAIN PACKAGE, GASKET, WATER PUMP, AND BALANCE SHAFT REPLACEMENT. THEY ALSO REPROGRAMMED ECM AND PERFORMED MORE DIAGNOSTICS ON SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT. FROM JANUARY 2015 THRU JULY 2015 I'VE HAD HORRIBLE ISSUES WITH SERVICE STABILITRAK ERRORS AND THE ENGINE GOING INTO LOW POWER MODE. IT WOULD GO AWAY LONG ENOUGH PERIODS THAT I JUST DIDN'T GET IT LOOKED AT BUT NOW IT COMES ON REDUCING POWER EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. I REALLY HOPE THIS IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SOMEHOW OR ABLE TO BE FIXED THROUGH RECALL. I FEEL LIKE I GOT A LEMON FROM THE BEGINNING BUT DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL MUCH LATER. I'M HESITANT TO TAKE IT INTO A DEALER AGAIN NOW AFTER READING SO ANY HORROR STORIES ABOUT HOW THE DEALERS ARE GUESSING ON HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUES AND FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE OF NOT GETTING MY ISSUES RESOLVED BY THE DEALER. I'M NOT BLAMING THE DEALER, BUT IT SEEMS THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS ENGINE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY 2010 GMC TERRAIN SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SLOWED DOWN. THE NEXT MORNING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMING CHAIN BEING STRETCHED, CAMSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR, AND OIL LEAKING IN THE ENGINE. HOW COULD I NEED A NEW ENGINE, MY CAR HAS 58,500 MILES ON IT. GM HAD A RECALL DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHING. I HAD THE RECALL TAKEN CARE OF IN NOV 2013. 1 1/2 YEARS LATER, 15,000 MILES LATER AND 2 1/2 MONTHS PAST MY WARRANTY AND THE ENGINE GOES. WASN'T THE RECALL SUPPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD COST AROUND $6,000. THEY SUPPOSEDLY CALLED GM AND GM STATED THEY WOULD COVER ROUGHLY 60%. I STILL HAVE TO PAY $2500 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. PLUS THE ENGINE IS A REBUILT ENGINE SO I CAN RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUES. I WAS LIVID. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN HELP ME. THEY STATED THEY COULD ONLY WORK WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO SOME DEALERSHIP TO NEGOTIATE ON MY BEHALF. I KNOW I AM GETTING TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS ON THIS BUT WHAT CAN I DO. I HAVE TO FIX IT IN ORDER TO TRADE IT IN. GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINES IN THE 2010 TERRAIN AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A THING ABOUT IT. I NOTICED A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING OF ENGINE PROBLEM ON THEIR 2010 TERRAIN TOO. WHAT MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE IS ON 5/17/2015 MY HUSBANDS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON IN HIS 2012 GMC SIERRA.