GMC Terrain
Owners filed 3,139 complaints across 18 model years of the GMC Terrain. The 2011 drew the most (386).
Which GMC Terrain years should you avoid?
No GMC Terrain year stands out. Across the 15 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 198), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2022 and 2016 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every GMC Terrain model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2026Too new | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 13 | 0 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2023 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 61 | 2 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 36 | 2 | — | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2019 | 187 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 226 | 5 | 1 | 14 | Service Brakes | Above average | |
| 2017 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 11 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 153 | 2 | — | 10 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 299 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Visibility/Wiper | Above average | |
| 2014 | 297 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2013 | 365 | 3 | 2 | 14 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2012 | 364 | 4 | 5 | 17 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2011 | 386 | 4 | 8 | 11 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2010 | 290 | 3 | — | 10 | Engine | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.