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2012 GMC Terrain exterior lighting problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2012 GMC Terrain3% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Exterior Lighting complaints
3%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My 4 cyl. AWD GMC Terrain has had excessive oil use which caused premature failure of the timing chain, loss of power/compression, blown engine, damage to exhaust manifold, cellinoids, and melted the catalytic converter. Its was a road safety, poor emissions due to failed catalytic converter…

    filed Jan 24, 2024

  • The contact owns a 2012 GMC Terrain. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V137000 (Exterior Lighting) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair…

    filed Oct 5, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.