GMC Terrain: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 22 recall campaigns for the GMC Terrain, model years 2010 to 2026. NHTSA has 1,076 complaints on file for this model line. 13 of the 16 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 GMC Terrain NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 5,861 |
| 2024 GMC Terrain NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 265 |
| 2023 GMC Terrain | 2 | 0 | 0% | 668,196 |
| 2022 GMC Terrain | 2 | 0 | 0% | 675,082 |
| 2021 GMC Terrain | 2 | 0 | 0% | 677,784 |
| 2020 GMC Terrain | 2 | 0 | 0% | 862,292 |
| 2019 GMC Terrain | 3 | 12 | 18% | 404,853 |
| 2018 GMC Terrain | 5 | 41 | 61% | 497,036 |
| 2017 GMC Terrain NHTSA page | 1 | 11 | 16% | 740,581 |
| 2016 GMC Terrain | 2 | 21 | 31% | 740,598 |
| 2015 GMC Terrain | 3 | 70 | 104% | 1,422,485 |
| 2014 GMC Terrain | 2 | 87 | 129% | 1,422,090 |
| 2013 GMC Terrain | 3 | 173 | 257% | 1,116,756 |
| 2012 GMC Terrain | 4 | 190 | 283% | 1,197,245 |
| 2011 GMC Terrain | 4 | 243 | 361% | 1,261,124 |
| 2010 GMC Terrain | 3 | 228 | 339% | 1,213,945 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,487 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | 238.7 | 355 |
| Visibility/Wiper | 118.4 | 176 |
| Power Train | 99.5 | 148 |
| Electrical System | 81.4 | 121 |
| Unknown or Other | 63.9 | 95 |
| Air Bags | 62.5 | 93 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 49.8 | 74 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 41 | 61 |
| Structure | 34.3 | 51 |
| Steering | 28.2 | 42 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sierra56 campaigns
- Sierra 150061 campaigns
- Yukon75 campaigns
- Jimmy27 campaigns
- Acadia38 campaigns
- Envoy27 campaigns
- Suburban21 campaigns
- Sonoma15 campaigns
- Sierra 250047 campaigns
- Safari15 campaigns
- Yukon Denali1 campaign
- Yukon XL54 campaigns
- Envoy XL8 campaigns
- Canyon31 campaigns
- Yukon Denali XL0 campaigns
- Savana58 campaigns
- Yukon XL 15002 campaigns
- Sierra 350045 campaigns
- Envoy XUV0 campaigns
- GMC18 campaigns
- Denali2 campaigns
- L Series0 campaigns
- C15006 campaigns
- S Utility0 campaigns
- Envoy XL 3700 campaigns
- Envoy Denali0 campaigns
- S Series0 campaigns
- K15009 campaigns
- Yukon XL Denali1 campaign
- Envoy 3600 campaigns
- 15001 campaign
- Vandura2 campaigns
- C/K Pickup1 campaign
- S1513 campaigns
- Yukon Hybrid0 campaigns
- C25008 campaigns
- K250011 campaigns
- Envoy Denali XL0 campaigns
- C1529 campaigns
- Savana 15003 campaigns
- T Series5 campaigns
- C35009 campaigns
- K1523 campaigns
- Savana 35003 campaigns
- G2510 campaigns
- Topkick16 campaigns
- K35003 campaigns
- C2526 campaigns
- W45009 campaigns
- G3514 campaigns
- C55004 campaigns
- C3532 campaigns
- S103 campaigns
- K2520 campaigns
- W35008 campaigns
- C65008 campaigns
- G207 campaigns
- Sierra HD5 campaigns
- C103 campaigns
- G309 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. GMC Terrain: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gmc/terrain/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- General Motors, LLC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which GMC Terrain model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2018 with 5, 2012 with 4, 2011 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which GMC Terrain model year has the most complaints?
- The 2011 model year, with 243 of the 1,076 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the GMC Terrain name?
- Engine: 238.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility/Wiper: 118.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 99.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the GMC Terrain?
- 3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.