2011 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (CAR) IN FEB. 2011. ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR THE OTHER DAY AND THE YELLOW "ENGINE" DISPLAYED IN THE SPEEDO AREA. WAITED ONE DAY TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED BUT I RECEIVED A MESSAGE IN THE RED AREA OF THE DASH INDICATING THE POWER STEERING NEED SERVICE. THINKING I COULD ADD FLUID I CHECKED THE OWNERS MANUAL AND LEARNED THE CAR HAD ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. CAR STARTED YESTERDAY 11 OCT., DROVE THE CAR TO WALMART AND RETURNED HOME. NO PROBLEMS. ATTEMPTED TO START THIS AM 12 OCT. SAME THING HAPPENED AS BEFORE. CALLED THE LOCAL GMC DEEALER IN FORT WALTON BEACH, AND WAS TOLD THE THIS POWER STEERING IS NOT COVEREND BY THE WARRANTY SINCE I HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER THE 3 YEAR PERIOD EVEN THOUNGH I ONLY HAVE 37,800 MILES. I WILL ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR AGIN IN A LITTLE WHILE. IF IT WILL NOT START I WILL CALL AAA TO TOW THE CAR TO A LOCAL GARAGE I HAVE USED BEFORE AND TRUST. I AM PRETTY SURE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IS THE CULPRIT.

BELT SIDE BUCKLE PLASTIC HOUSING FRACTURES CAUSING SPRING MECHANISM TO FALL OUT. MECHANISM NOW BINDS UP ALLOWING EXCESS SLACK IN SEAT BELT WHILE DRIVING. EVENT OCCURED DURING ROUTINE BUCKLING OF SEAT BELT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HESITATE AND JERKED. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS INTERMITTENTLY WITH A RAPID LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS FLUSHED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

UPON ENTERING GARAGE,SMELLED ODOR OF GAS BY CAR...LOOKED UNDERNEATH,,SMALL PUDDLE OF FUEL,,CLOSER EXAMINATION FOUND PINHOLE IN RUST PATCH ON FUEL LINE..OTHER RUST AREAS NOTICED,BUT THIS WAS ONLY LEAK.CORROSION IS TO BE EXPECTED.BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF FAILURE AFTER ONLY 4 AND ONE HALF YEARS..CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WELL MAINTAINED ,ALSO ALWAYS GARAGE KEPT.BEING OUT OF WARRANTY (OF COURSE!), I HAD TO NEGOITIATE WITH THE DEALER FOR A DECENT COST OF THE REPAIR..I BELIEVE INFERIOR QUALITY IS TO BLAME AND BELIEVE THIS CAN AND WILL HAPPEN TO OTHERS,HOPEFULLY WITHOUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES...

NOW I DID NOT HAVE AN INCIDENT. IM WRITING YOU BECAUSE I VERY RECENRLY BOUGHT A USED 2011 GMC TERRAIN SLE . AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE I DO MY RESEARCH. AND THE ONE THING IVE NOTICED IS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THERE CAR. THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE REDUCE SPEED LIGHT AS WELL. AND IMMEDIATELY SLOWS THE VEHICLE TO A SPEED OF 10 MPHS. AS WELL AS LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL. UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS. IVE PERSONALLY READ ALMOST 100 CASES OF THE SAME THING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ALL WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE. ITS A MIRACLE NOBODY WAS KILLED. NOW FOR MY POINT. WHAT ARE YOU AND GMC DOING WAITING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ARE YOU WAITING FOR SOMWONE TO LOSE THERE LIFE. AS A PARENT MYSELF THIS IS VERY TROUBLEING.IF ME OR MY FAMILY IS TO BE HARMED BECAUSE OF SOMWONE ELSES NEGLEGENCE WOULD BE A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IVE READ THE REPORTS I HAVE READ THESE PEOPLES PLEAS. AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED REPEATEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HYDRAULIC INFLATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

OPENED REMOTE LIFT GATE IT WENT UP VERY FAST THEN CAME DOWN ON TOP OF MY HEAD LEAVING ME WITH A VERY BAD HEAD ACHE. CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM

I BOUGHT THIS TERRAIN USED WITH 21000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD 2 ISSUES WITH THE STABILITRAC SYSTEM NEEDING SERVICED SINCE THEN. BOTH ISSUES TOOK PLACE AS I WAS STARTING THE ENGINE. I HAVE MANY OTHER COMPLAINS OF THIS VEHICLE. CERTAINLY WISH I HAD MY 2009 ACADIA WITH 165000 MILES BACK. I AGREE GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING.

NOTICED "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I TURNED ON THE ENGINE. SINCE, I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR THE DAY BEFORE, I THOUGHT MAY BE IT NEED AN OIL CHANGE. SO, I DROVE IT BUT IT STALLED WHEN I GET TO THE STOP SIGN IN THE PARKING LOT. I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON, DROVE ABOUT 15 MILES AND WHEN I GOT TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT (LIGHT WAS GREEN), THE CAR STALLED AND LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL! I AM THANKFUL THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME. I JUST DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THAT CAR.

I BOUGH 2011 GMC TERRAIN 4 CYLINDER.. ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER THE CAR START TO STALL ON ME MAKING WEIRD NOISES AND LOSING OIL..TOOK TO A DEALERSHIP NEAR WHERE I LIVE THE SERVICE GUY ASKED ME IF IT STALLS ON YOU WILL HAVE TO STALL ON ME TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE DIDNT STALL.. I PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND SAID TO HIM TO SCAN THE CAR AT THE POINT HE GAVE ME A CAR TO COME HOME AND I LEFT MY TERRAIN THEIR TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE SENSORS FAILED AND SOME OTHER STUFF.. AFTER THE CAR BEING THEIR FOR 4 DAYS I GO PICK IT UP AND IT WAS BETTER... ONLY LASTED FOR 6 MONTHS STARTED AGAIN TO BREAK DOWN AND LEAKING OIL I WOULD CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3 MONTHS BUT IN BETWEEN I HAD TO PUT OIL THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE OR GASTATION WHEN I WAS PUTTING GAS... I AM A VERY BUSY HARD WORKING PERSON SO MY TIME IS LIMITED AND I HAVE 2 KIDS IF NOT I WOULD GO TO THE DEALERSHIP EVERY OTHER DAY TO COMPLAINT... ALSO WITH NOT A LOT OF TIME IN MY HANDS HERE GOES ANOTHER YEAR AND THE PROBLEM REALLY NEVER GOT PROPERLY FIXED AND THE CAR IS MAKING CRAZY NOISES LEAKING OIL ALL OVER AND STALLING AGAIN..WE COULD GET KILLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY... I ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT CAUSE I WAS DRIVING AND CAR JUST STOPPED... THIS IS UNFAIR ESPECIALLY AFTER READING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WHEN I JUST TYPE ON MY COMPUTER 2011 GMC STALLING PROBLEMS TONS OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINT THE SAME WAY WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM HAVING... OIL LEAKING STALLING ON HIGHWAYS JUST HORRIBLE I ALSO HAD THE CAR TOWED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO JUST STOPPED CAM SENSOR NEED TO CHANGED AGAIN.FOR THE LAST 3 WEEKS THE CAR IS AGAIN STILLING BUT THANKFULLY I PUT IN PARK AND IT STARTS UP AGAIN... THIS PROBLEM SHOULD GET RESOLVED... TONS OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUES GMC SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED OF THIS SITUATION AND FIX IT OR AT LEAST TRY... THE PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AT THE SERVICE DESK THEMSELVES ARE TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE SCREAMING AT THEM ABOUT ALL THIS ISSUES.. *TR