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2011 GMC Terrain structure problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the structure on the 2011 GMC Terrain3% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Structure complaints
3%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
3 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The failure point was the seal on the sunroof and the sunroof itself. A correct failure mode would be for it to leak into the cabin thus being immediately visable. Instead, an internal seal apparently failed allowing the intruding water to flow unobserved into the bulkhead region between the car…

    filed Nov 23, 2021

  • Tl* the contact owned a 2011 gmc terrain. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, a second vehicle crashed into the front drivers side of the vehicle. Moments later flames were present coming from under the hood and the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The doors were locked and…

    filed May 14, 2019

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.