2014 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH IN A HEAVY RAIN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. WE HAD TO PULL OVER QUICKLY BUT DO TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY THIS WAS DIFFICULT. WE WAITED UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED AND DROVE HOME. UPON INSPECTION WE DETERMINED THAT THE LINKAGE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MECHANISM HAD BROKEN.

MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. FELT LIKE THERE WAS SLIGHT EXHAUST SMELL LEAKING IN THE CABIN BECAUSE HAD A HEADACHE DRIVING HOME AND DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP. ALSO, NOTICED BLACK OIL OR WET SOOT INSIDE MY TAILPIPE AFTER I PARKED IT AND CHECKED IT. STANLEY CHEVROLET TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A BAD TIMING CHAIN BEATING AGAINST ENGINE CAUSING A GAS SMELL AND QUOTED ME OVER 2 GRAND TO REPAIR.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN, IN A SNOW STORM MY WIPERS SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING. LAST TIME IT WAS THE BUSHING OR WHATEVER HAD POPPED OUT, I ASSUME IT'S THE SAME THIS TIME. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK IN BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS, POOR HIS ABILITY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS.

WHILE DRIVING HOME ON 1/19/2019 IN RAIN MY WIPERS QUIT WORKING.. COULD HEAR WIPER MOTOR STILL RUNNING BUT WIPER BLADES NOT MOVING. LUCKLY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME OR I COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I AM ASSUMING SOMETHING BROKE AS I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEM REPAIRED YET. PLANNING ON GETTING WITH DEALER TO GET THEM FIXED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED RICK HENDRICK CHEVROLET BUICK GMC AT (804)-793-9305 (LOCATED AT 12050 W BROAD ST, RICHMOND, VA 23233) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000.

28 DEC 2018 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME DURING RAIN STORM ON RT 80 WEST BOUND APX EXIT 12 NJ DRIVERS SIDE WIPER ASSEMBLY / LINKAGE FELL APART . VISIBILITY WAS ZERO, WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF OF HIGHWAY. LOCAL REPAIR STATION VERIFIED LINKAGE FAILED, WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. WE CONTACTED DEALER AND HAVE SCHEDULED REPAIR FOR 31 DEC. HAVE REQUESTED THE DEALER REVIEW FAILURE AND SUBMIT REPORT OF FAILURE TO GMC AND NHTSA. SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, HAD NO PRIOR INDICATION OF PENDING FAILURE, RESEARCH AFTER THE FAILURE HAS INDICATED REPORTED INCREASED ISSUES OF THIS TYPE WITH THIS MY AS WELL AS OTHERS MY'S.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY JERKS. I'VE TAKEN IT TO GET FIXED AT WILLIAMS CHEVROLET 3 TIMES (1) IN FEB 2018, I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED, BOTH THE FLUSH AND 2 DAYS LATER THE TRUCK JERKED AGAIN, TOOK IT BACK AGAIN IN FEB 2018 THE MECHANIC RODE WITH ME IN THE VEHICLE AND HE FELT THE JERK, THIS TIME I WAS TOLD TO USE HIGH OCTANE GAS WELL I DO USE HIGH OCTANE GAS, LEFT AND THE CAR JERKED TOOK IT BACK A 3RD TIME P, MAR. 2018 AND WAS THEN TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD A SENSOR UPDATE, THEY CLAIMED THE UPDATE WAS DONE AND I WOULD HAVE NO MORE ISSUES. IT'S NOW DECEMBER 2018 AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL JERKING SPORADICALLY. THIS VEHICLE HERE LOCAL DRIVING ON THE STREETS AND WHEN TRAFFIC IS SLOW ON THE HIGHWAY WITH STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IT JERS AS WELL SPORADICALLY.

VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHIFTS IN LOW SPEED GEAR SHIFTING OUT OF FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. THIS OCCURS IN BOTH WARM AND COLD TEMPERATURES. ALWAYS WHEN SHIFTING AT LOWER SPEEDS UNDER 20 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN A REPEATED ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM MY WIPERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. THEY ARE MOVEABLE BY HAND, BUT DO NOT ENGAGE AT ALL WHEN TURNED ON. IT SOUNDS LIKE MOTOR ENGAGES, BUT WIPERS DO NOT MOVE.

STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND CAR JUST STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. PUT THE CAR ON PARK AND PUT MY BLINKERS ON. LOOKED AT DASHBOARD AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND ON THEN IT STARTED TO DRIVE BUT STALLED 4 MORE TIMES AFTER I CAME TO A FULL STOP AT A LIGHT. USED THE FIXD APP AND IT DETECTED 1 PROBLEM CODE P0011 INTAKE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE TEST TURNED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND EXPLAINED THAT VARIABLE VALVE/CAMSHAFT TIMING IN THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST GASES IN AND OUT OF THE GAS COMBUSTION CHAMBER. SENSOR SHOULD LAST AS LONG AS YOUR CAR BUT CAN BECOME DAMAGED DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR BUT MY CAR ONLY HAS 93000 HWY MILES AND IS ONLY 4 YRS OLD.