Recall Register

2017 GMC Terrain: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2017 GMC Terrain. The campaign is 22V137000. NHTSA received the report on 8 Mar 2022. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting / Headlights. NHTSA has 134 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 22V137000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will install headlamp appliques, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2022. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N222363740.

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.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 740,581 units in total.

  1. 22V137000Received . 740,581 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2010-2017 GMC Terrain vehicles. A reflection caused by the headlight housings may illuminate areas above the vehicle and outside of the driver's view with excessively bright light. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The bright reflection may cause a glare for other drivers, reducing their visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install headlamp appliques, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2022. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N222363740.

    Report filed by General Motors, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number N222363740. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

134 complaints, 183 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.

  • 2017 GMC Terrain
  • All 2017 vehicles
2017 GMC Terrain: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2017 TerrainAll 2017 vehiclesTerrain, all yearsMentions
Engine426.2194.527378
Power Train131.1118.2106.324
Unknown or Other109.3103.969.920
Air Bags7137.53813
Electrical System49.211879.49
Exterior Lighting38.320.322.67
Structure38.338.820.47
Seat Belts21.99.68.44
Fuel/Propulsion System21.947.651.14
Visibility/Wiper16.417.596.83

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.

Complaints that report a crash
11
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
7
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
28 Sep 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 2017 GMC Terrain, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2024, with 25 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20103
  2. 20114
  3. 20124
  4. 20133
  5. 20142
  6. 20153
  7. 20162
  8. 20171
  9. 20185
  10. 20193
  11. 20202
  12. 20212
  13. 20222
  14. 20232
  15. 20241
  16. 20250
  17. 20261

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2017 GMC Terrain: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gmc/terrain/2017/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
General Motors, LLC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2017 GMC Terrain?
740,581 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the GMC Terrain have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 22 recall campaigns for the GMC Terrain, model years 2010 to 2026. 1 of them names the 2017 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2017 GMC Terrain name most often?
Engine: 78 of 183 component mentions, or 426.2 per 1,000. For all 2017 vehicles the figure is 194.5 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2017 GMC Terrain open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.