GMC Terrain

Owners filed 3,139 complaints across 18 model years of the GMC Terrain. The 2011 drew the most (386).

Model years18
Complaints3,139
Recalls40
Fires30
Deaths1

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
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2027Too new1
0—1Air BagsRoutine
2026Too new33
121Unknown or OtherRoutine
2025Too new13
0—2Electrical SystemRoutine
202454
111Power TrainRoutine
202341
212Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
202261
2——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
202136
2—4EngineRoutine
2020198
227Service BrakesRoutine
2019187
337EngineRoutine
2018226
5114Service BrakesAbove average
2017135
1211EngineRoutine
2016153
2—10EngineRoutine
2015299
319Visibility/WiperAbove average
2014297
227EngineAbove average
2013365
3214EngineFatalities reported
2012364
4517EngineAbove average
2011386
4811EngineAbove average
2010290
3—10EngineAbove average

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.