2012 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

WHEN I HAVE MY ECO LIGHT AT STOPPING OR SITTING IT WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE OR LIKE IT STALL OR WANTS TO CUT OFF CUT OFF. WHEN THE ECO IS TURNED I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. THE ENGINE IS NOTOWN WHAT IS THIS PROBLEM? THIS HAPPENS ON STREET NOT THE HIGHWAY ON WHEN SITTING AT A STOP.

ON 11/13/2018 ON A HIGHWAY IN HEAVY RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOPPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION LINKAGE WHICH I DISCOVERED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY 11/15/2018. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR COLLISION AS MY TRIP WAS NEARLY COMPLETE AND TRAFFIC WAS LOW. THIS IS BEING REPAIRED AND ALL DOCUMENTS WILL BE RETAINED AND AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHILE IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE WIPERS NO LONGER WORK ON THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN IN THE RAIN. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER SAFELY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND HAIL, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT WAITED FOR THE STORM TO STOP AND THEN DROVE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED UNTIL THE WIPER MOTOR WAS OFFICIALLY REPLACED. A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

JANURARY 7TH 2018 MY 2012 GMC TERRAIN RAN OUT OF OIL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALREADY FIXED 6 MONTHS PRIOR FOR SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT COVERAGE 16118 WHICH HAD PISTONS, PISTON RINGS, TIMING CHAIN ETC. FIXED TO REPAIR THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE (SEE ADJUSTMENTS 14882 AND 16118. COVERAGE 14882 IS A RESULT OF FAILURE TO CORRECTLY FIX THE 16118 AND IS A DIRECT RESULT OF 14882 AND GMC STATES THEY WILL COVER ME IF THIS HAPPENS. GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE SAYS MY VIN # IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS COVERAGE. IF ITS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE FOR (MODEL/ENGINE) WHY WOULD VIN # MATTER? ON TOP OF THAT I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER (DEALERSHIP B) AS I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO LETS CALL IT DEALERSHIP A SO MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. DEALERSHIP B FILLED IT WITH OIL AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I TOLD THEM TO MAKE SURE THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. THEY SAID THEY TEST DROVE IT AND EVERYTHING IS FINE AND THEY DIDNT DO ANYTHING BUT PUT OIL IN IT AND TEST. ON THE WAY HOME JAN. 7TH THE SAME DAY THE CAR STARTING DYING ON ME, STALLING AND MAKING POPPING NOISES AND JERKING WILDLY WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. DEALERSHIP B KNOWING DEALERSHIP A "FIXED" THIS ISSUE 6 MONTHS BEFORE SO THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW FOR SURE THIS ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY COVERAGE 14882. I TOLD DEALERSHIP A THIS AND THEY SAID THEY ARE ONLY GOING WITH WHAT GMC SAYS WHICH IS THAT MY VIN # IS NOT COVERED BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO SPLIT THE COST WITH ME (ROUGHLY $850, ADMITTING PARTIAL FAULT, LOL) I SAID NO AND THEN PLEADED WITH THEM THAT I SHOULDNT PAY ANYTHING CAUSE IM COVERED. THEY ENDED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE COVERAGE 16882 IS NOT RELATED IN ANY WAY TO 14882 BUT EVEN GMC AND DEALERSHIP B SAYS THEY ARE DIRECTLY RELATED. WHO IS LYING HERE? I PAY $450 A MONTH FOR A GIANT SUV THAT SITS IN MY GARAGE. GMC IS KNOWINGLY BREAKING THE LAW, HOW CAN THEY DO THIS TO SO MANY PEOPLE?

TURNED WIPERS ON TO THE LOW SETTING. THE WIPER BLADE ARMS MOVED TO THE UP POSITION AND STOPPED. I TURN THE SWITCH TO OFF, WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED THEM BACK ON. WIPERS BLADE ARMS DID NOT MOVE, BUT I COULD HEAR THE MOTOR RUN LIKE IT WOULD IF I WERE TO TURN THEM ON. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE ARMS BECAME DISLOCATED FROM THE JOINT THE SHOULD BE CONNECTED TOO! I WAS PARKED IN MY LOT AT WORK, POURING DOWN RAIN. I GOT OUT AND TRIED GIVING THE ARMS A LITTLE PUSH TO MAYBE GET THEM TO MOVE . NOTHING. I WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY MOVE THEM TO DOWN POSITION AND WAITED FOR THE RAIN TO STOP SO I COULD DRIVE HOME. I'VE ALREADY HAD THIS CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP A FEW TIMES AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE OIL CONSUMTION RECALL. REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN, NEW PISTONS AND RINGS.

THIS VEHICLE CONTINUES TO RESTART ITSELF AFTER I HAVE EXITED AND LOCKED THE VEHICLE. THEY KEYS ARE NOT IN THE IGNITION, THE KEYS ARE IN MY HAND. PLEASE PUT THIS VEHICLE ON THE RECALL LIST AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.

I PARKED, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE I RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE TO RETRIEVE SOME ITEMS FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. AS I CLOSED THE DOOR AND USED THE KEY FOB TO LOCK THE VEHICLE, IT RESTARTED ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT IT IS NOT THEIR ISSUE AND THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. PLEASE ADD THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE TO THE RECALL CALL LIST FOR THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO PERSONAL INJURY OR DAMAGES OCCURRING.

I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, EXITED THE VEHICLE, WALKED 10-20 STEPS FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ITSELF. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE ADD THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE TO THE RECALL LIST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFTGATE FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND WOULD LOWER VERY QUICKLY WHEN ACTIVATED. NORMAN GALE BUICK GMC (973-267-1100, 1247 NJ-10, CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ 07927) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,867.