2011 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

CAR RATTLES ON START UP AND SEEMS TO BE NOISIER THAN IT SHOULD BE. DRIVERS SEAT HEATER UTILIZES HIGH HEAT NO MATTER WHAT SETTINGS IT IS ON. IF HEATER IS LEFT ON I GET A BURNING SMELL. POOR FUEL ECONOMY, AT BEST I GET 22 MPH. ENGINE RUNS ROUGH IN ECO MODE ESPECIALLY AT AN IDLE. I HAVE HAD AN OCCASIONAL ISSUE WITH HARD DOWNSHIFTS WHEN I DECELERATE THEN ACCELERATE. I DO MOSTLY CITY DRIVING. *TR

I HAVE A 2011 GMC TERRAIN ABOUT 62390 MILES. WHEN I AM ACCELERATING THE CAR JERKS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY STATE THEY COULD NOT FIND NOTHING WRONG. I JUST GOT THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL. AND NOW A LIGHT CAME ON THAT READ AC OFF DUE TO HIGH ENGINE TEMP BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWED COLD AND IT NEVER WENT TO NORMAL AFTER BEING ON FOR 20 MINS AND TO THIS DAY IS GOES TO THE NOTCH RIGHT BEFORE NORMAL. ALSO WHEN THE FUEL IS LOW THE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THEY HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM TO FIX IT BUT I CANT BRING IT IN UNTIL 12/16/2016 BECAUSE THEY ARE BOOKED

"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE, THEN EVENS OUT AND SOUND LIKE THE GAS ENGINE THAT IT IS. WHAT CAN CAUSE THIS.

CAR STALLED AFTER STOPPING FOR A LIGHT. PULLED OVER IN A TURN LANE PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WAS FINE. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. NOW CAR HAS A RATTLE MAKING IT SOUND LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. AGAIN DEALER NOT FINDING A PROBLEM.

WE HAVE A 2011 GMC TERRAIN THAT IS 91,000MILES. THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK, UNDERNEATH THE CAR JUST MAKING A HUGE CLICKING SOUND. WHEN THE CAR SLOW AND STOP, IT MAKES HUGE WHEEZING SOUND AND UNABLE TO SHIFT WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WE BROUGHT TO THE GMC DEALER RIGHT AWAY (THANK GOD, WE WERE CLOSE TO THE DEALER), AND THEY SAID WE NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND IT COSTS $5,000!!!! THEY SAY THE FUEL LINE HAS ALL KIND OF METALS PARTICLE IN IT, SO THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT EXACTLY THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S BETTER OFF TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR IS UNDER 91,000 MILES AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION!!! I THEN DO MORE RESEARCH ONLINE JUST TO FIND OUT THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT GMC TERRAIN'S TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT ALL WENT DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS AND THE CAR CAN'T EVEN MAKE TO 100K MILES. I BELIEVE GM AWARE OF THIS BUT CHOOSE TO NOT FIXING THIS, LEAVING THE CONSUMER TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM, SINCE IT HAPPENS SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. TRANSMISSION IS MOST IMPORTANT PART IN A CAR, IF MY CAR CAN'T EVEN MAKE TO 100K WITHOUT REPLACING TRANSMISSION, WHAT ABOUT OTHER PARTS IN THE CAR?? HOW AM I GOING TO PUT MY TRUST IN GM CAR IN THE FUTURE? WE LOVE AMERICAN CAR AND SUPPORT AMERICAN PRODUCTS, BUT IF GM COULDN'T STAND UP AND FIX THE PROBLEM, THEN WE'LL BE FORCING TO GET DIFFERENT CAR OTHER THAN GM.

AFTER BEING OPENED, REAR POWER LIFTGATE SUDDENLY FALLS, DROPS 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN, COMES BACK UP TO FULL HEIGHT, DROPS AGAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THEN THE DOOR CLOSES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AS I WAS GETTING MY DOG OUT OF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE.

TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHILE REVERSING OUT OF DRIVEWAY INTO ROAD CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP.

THE CAR DID NOT CHANGE GEARS AT THE ?PROPER? TIME, AND THEN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED OR ACCELERATION WAS ENDED THE CAR WOULD HARD SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR. IT IS ALMOST AS IF THE GEAR WAS LOCKED INTO PLACE BY THE ACCELERATION. BECAUSE OF THIS SHIFTING ISSUE, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS BUCKING, WHICH CAN BE A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. ISSUE MAINLY OCCURS ON SLOPE LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE 25 TO 35 MILE PER HOUR RANGE, OUR CAR IS UP TO DATE ON ALL RECALLS PER DEALER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, BUT REPLACED THE SHIFT STICK, THIS ALSO PREVENTS THE CAR FROM SHIFTING GEARS BY ACCIDENT I.E. WITHOUT THE BUTTON PUSHED, THIS REPAIR HAS CORRECTED THE MANUAL SHIFTING ISSUE. THE AUTOMATIC SHIFT ISSUE STILL REMAINSTHE CAR HAS LESS THEN 50K MILES. THE ISSUE WAS 1ST DISCOVERED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PA ON THE 80 HWY THE STICKINESS WAS BETWEEN ALL GEARS BUT MOSTLY 1ST/2ND AND 3ND/4ND SINCE WE ARE BACK IN THE CITY WE CAN ONLY DEAL WITH 1/2 GEAR ON THE HWY AND THIS PROBLEM PERSISTS. WHEN DOING BASIC RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE I NOTICED THAT OTHERS EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN 2011 SHORTLY AFTER THE CARS RELEASE, BUT A FLASH TO THE EMC "FIXED" THE PROBLEM. OUR DEALER SAYS THAT ALL RECALLS AND SOFTWARE ARE UP TO DATE. LAST OCCURRENCE 7/26/16 WE DONT DRIVE THE CAR MUCH SINCE THEN.

WHILE ON TRIP HOME FROM JACKSONVILLE MY CAR RAN HOT AT 62,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING.NO PREVIOUS WARNING OF ANY KIND. AFTER A LOT OF TOWING EXPENSES AND UNCESSARY REPLACEMENTS OF OTHER PARTS TO TRY AND FIX IT , I FINALLY HAD TO AGAIN HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. THERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FAULTY CHAIN THAT COMES FROM ENGINE THAT DRIVES THE WATER PUMP TO WORK CORRECTLY. WELL, GMC KNEW OF THE PROBLEM . AS I FOUND OUT ,THEY HAD PUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THAT PART . NO RECALL, NO NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS THAT THIS COULD BECOME AN ISSUE. I WAS ON INTERSTATE 10 AND HAD THE CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC I WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HERE TODAY. THEY ARE FIXING THE CHAIN BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE FINDING ALL KIND OF OTHER PROBLEMS WHILE IN THE MOTOR. I AM TRYING TO AT LEAST GET MY TOWING REIMBURSED . THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GMC TRYING TO CUT CORNERS INSTEAD OF ISSUING RECALL TO CORRECT THE FAULTY PART. I AM FURIOUS.

THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND NOW THE COMPRESSOR AND CONDENSER ARE BROKEN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. SEEM LIKE GM PRODUCTS AREN'T HOLDING UP VERY WELL. I HAD TO HAVE FREION ADDED LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE AC WOULDN'T WORK AND AGAIN THIS YEAR.