2010 GMC Terrain — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 295 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
GMC Terrain — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
295 complaints
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135 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
DRIVING THE VEHICLE DURING THE HEAVY RAIN AND NOTICED THAT DEFOGGING/DEFROSTING OF THE WINDSHIELD ARE NOT BLOWING THE AIR ON IT FROM DASHBOARD VENTS.VISIBILITY WAS VERY LIMITED AND HAVE TO USE TOWEL TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD SO I CAN SEE WHERE I'M GOING.MAKE A STOP AND NOTICED THAT THE AIR IS ONLY COMING FROM VENTS TO THE FLOOR AND FRONT NOT MATTER WHAT THE CONTROL IS SET TO.WAS…
My defrost system doesn't work. As I drive down the road my windshield fogs up andni can't get it to un fog at all or fast enough. Almost caused me to have an accident before Christmas
GMC SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT #14159A TOOK AN UNNECESSARILY LONG TIME TO FIX(OVER 6 MONTHS) BECAUSE GM SAID THE VEHICLE HAS TO CONSUME A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES FOR THEM TO HONOR THE VEHICLE. I WAS FORCED INTO DRIVING THE VEHICLE LESS TO AVOID CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE. THE LONGER DURATION I DROVE IT THE MORE OIL IT WOULD CONSUME. WHY WOULD I KEEP DRIVING A VEHIC…
I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH AROUND 86,000 MI - ONE OWNER, FROM DEALERSHIP. THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A NOISE WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I HAVE TO CHANGE THE OIL EVERY MONTH BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUAL OIL BURNING ISSUE. IT DIED ON ME THREE TIMES. THE ENGINE WOULD SLOW DOWN TO A STOP. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON. LATER, AFTER A COLD DAY, I HAD AN OIL LEAK. I TOOK IT IN AND THE MECHAN…
I I CHANGED IT. IT STALLED REPEATEDLY AND WE HAD IT REPAIRED RECENTLY. WE ALSO HAD THE OIL CHECKED AND REPLACED SO GM COULD TRACK THE OIL CONSUMPTION. UNFORTUNATELY A MONTH LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT START SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY, SO WE HAD IT TOWED IN TO A GM DEALER. THEY SAID THE TIMING CHAIN IS BUSTED AND THEY NEED TO PULL THE ENGINE BECAUSE THERE IS METAL IN THE OIL PAN S…
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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