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2010 GMC Terrain acceleration complaints

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Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Airbags · 62,000 miles · TX

I hit a bump about a month ago, and now my "service airbags" light keeps coming on. I have not had a collision, but now everytimes I hit a bump I get a ding and the "service airbags." not sure if any recalss on are for this problems.

Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 44,000 miles · TX

I was going about 40 MPH about to get on the freeway, when my car begin a loud noise, shaking, and dropped speed to about 20 MPH. The dashboard said something also about no power, no matter how much I pushed the gas pedal, car would not accelerate. Instead of getting on freeway I pulled over to a gas station. I cut the car off and left off for a minute. I cut it back on and was running normal. I immediately went to the dealership where I was told there was a recall on the throttle body and they would replace for me. The problem is that no one bother to notify me, and if I had not had this problem might not had known.

Filed Feb 19, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 46,786 miles · AL

It stalled and the check engine lights came on. This happened again 12/13 replaced exhaust cam solenoid and again in january 2014 when they had to replace the camshaft position exhaust actuator. The have also at different times had to replace the high pressure fuel pump, water pump and balance shaft chain, replaced the condenser, evac on the air conditioner on this vehicle and the other 2010 gmc terrain we own. We do not feel like we should have had to pay for the AC condenser since it happened on both vehicles we own within months of each other but we did. The other 2010 terrain we own was in the shop in january 2014 because it stalled and it was cam shaft and the throttle body about 2 weeks later we had to take this one in for the cam. The other terrain has we own has also had the cam worked on several times. This vehicle has also had several recalls for other issues. Something needs to be done about these vehicles because there are so many people having these same problems. Look on edmonds online forum at all the complaints about the 2010 terrains and the 2010 equinox. Something needs to be done so the owners can get rid of these vehicles before they stall again and somebody hits them and kills them like the six people who died because the 2007 gm cobalt stalled on them while driving. We need the federal safety agency to help us. They were also going to charge us on the other vehicle almost $900.00 to fix the cam shaft and throttle body, when the problem had obviously not been fixed one of the other times that gmc dealerships worked on it until I complained to gmc. Then the dealership said we had to pay about $250.00 because the owner has to pay something when its out of warranty. That vehicle had about 43,000 miles. I don't feel like the owners should have to pay one penny when there is a repeat problem on a vehicle and they can't seem to keep it fixed.

Filed Feb 14, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 500 miles · AL

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 gmc terrain. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all of the warning lamps illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to dealer. The technician diagnosed that the throttle body and cam shaft were defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 500 and the current mileage was 44,000. Pm

Filed Jan 6, 2014 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 40,888 miles · NM

Was driving down the road doing speed limit of 40 MPH. All of a sudden the car started shaking and by it self dropped to 20 MPH. Drove to apt and shut car off. When started back up it seemed ok. Took to the dealer, they said it was the throttle body and stabilizers. Which those lights came on as it happened. Engine power control light also came on. Dealer said they had to order parts and would cost around $600. Wow. Seems like a lot of the same issues on here. I believe they should put a recall on this issue.

Filed Oct 30, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 23,970 miles · FL · crash

On 10/17/2013 my wife experienced a sudden acceleration while pulling into a parking space at our local walgreen's pharmacy. As she was pulling into a parking space in front of the pharmacy the car kept moving forward slowly although she was pressing on the brake pedal as hard as she could. The car crawled up the concrete curb stop slowly and hit the steel pipe bollard placed in front of the curb stop to protect the walkway front of the store. No injuries occurred to my wife, no one was on the walkway at the time. Only damage was to the bollard (bent over) plastic bumper, grill and right front fender of the car. Bollard and a trash receptacle brought the car to a stop. This is the second time this occurred. The first occasion was about a year ago when I was driving on a neighborhood residential street approaching a stop sign. As the car was slowing down and I was pressing on the brake pedal the car kept moving forward with the brakes being fully applied. Could hear the engine straining at an increased RPM. I lifted my foot off the brake pedal and jammed it down hard again and the car came to a stop at the stop sign with the engine in normal idle. In the three years we have owned this car these are the only occasions the problem has occurred.

Filed Dec 10, 2010 · Acceleration · 22,000 miles · FL · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 gmc terrain. The contact was driving 5 MPH when the vehicle began abnormally skipping gears. The contact was accelerating from a traffic stop when the vehicle abnormally lunged forward and caused the contact to crash into the rear of a preceding vehicle. The driver of the second vehicle was injured. A police report was available. The contact sustained substantial damage to the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for further inspection. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 22,000.

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