2012 GMC TERRAIN

4 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 500 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints500
Complaints citing a crash30
Complaints citing a fire12

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 4 of 4

22V1370002022-03-08

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

The bright reflection may cause a glare for other drivers, reducing their visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

16V5020002016-07-05

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

If the key is removed without the transmission in PARK, the vehicle may rollaway as occupants are exiting, increasing the risk of injury.

14V4470002014-07-23

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST

If the driver's seat unexpectedly drops, the distraction and altered seat position may affect the drivers' control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

11V5110002011-10-19

TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

UNDERINFLATED TIRES CAN RESULT IN TIRE OVERLOADING AND OVERHEATING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A BLOWOUT AND POSSIBLE CRASH. THE RESULTING CRASH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. UNDERINFLATED TIRES CAN ALSO RESULT IN PREMATURE OR IRREGULAR WEAR, POOR HANDLING, AND POOR FUEL ECONOMY.

What owners report most

  • 169ENGINE
  • 74VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 37UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 37POWER TRAIN
  • 30ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 28FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 25AIR BAGS
  • 13ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2012 GMC TERRAINs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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