I was driving with my elderly mother and granddaughter home from a wedding. We were traveling from Peoria, Illinois to Camden, Ohio. About 50 or 60 miles into the 300 mile trip, the windshield wipers abruptly quit working. It was raining heavily and we we on busy interstate route 74. We had to blindly cut across 2 lanes of traffic to get to the right side of the road! The wiper malfunction was not the fault of a blown fuse. I had to be escorted by a police officer to the nearest exit for obvious safety reasons. We were stranded for hours. The rain did not diminish. I had to drive slowly on the back roads to finally reach my destination 8 hours later. It was a frightening experience. I took it to a trusted mechanic. It was diagnosed as a bad motor and transmission assembly. The cost was $350. Thankfully we were not injured. But I am afraid to travel in the rain anymore.
2015 GMC Terrain visibility complaints
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Driving on highway 70mps all of a sudden starts raining, then down, wipers turned on and working no issue All of a sudden they stopped working!! On a Highway, storming and I couldn’t see at all. I could not see enough to even pull over!!!! I put my hazards on immediately and rear wiper Slowed down to get over 2 lanes to the berm of the road, could not see anything in front of me opened side windows a bit Went under a bridge to try to see where I was i saw that a few miles up the road was exit…. Crawled along the berm not being able to see until got to the exit… pulled in gas station… checked fuses all fine Bought rain x to put on the window to get me home Rain had slowed down enough got me home
The wiper motor has stopped working. The wipers do no move when turned on. This is dangerous because it is impossible to drive the car when it is raining if the wipers are not working. Visibility is greatly impaired during a storm if the wipers are not effectively able to disperse the rainwater off of the windshield. I have replaced the wiper motor multiple times and the issue continues to occur.
Driving on 2 lane country road. It started raining and progressively started raining heavily. I had my wipers first on low then a notch up, then up again. Then on to high with the heavier rain. After a couple of swipes, a pop and my wipers stopped in the farthest upright position. Luckily there wasn't a lot of traffic and I was able to pull over. I was 6 miles from a nearby town so I was able to put my flashers on and drive 20 mph and kept pulling over for traffic to pass me. I have now learned this is a safety issue that was recalled on the 2013 they tried to enforce it from 2010 to 2016 models which was not accepted but they did say it is now a special coverage but I do have to get it into a GMC dealership for them to do that. GMC should allow any dealership or private individual to be able to diagnose this and then still have that reimbursement to that individual for the part and their labo. It's ridiculous that now we have to have it taken to a GMC dealership and stuck in line to get this taken care of.
1. The component that malfunctioned was the wiper transmission and it is available for inspection upon request. 2. A thunderstorm came while driving in the vehicle. The windshield wipers were turned on and by the third rotation the wiper just stopped. It was a heavy rain and there was no visibility. The hazard lights were put on and the vehicle was slowly driven to the side of the street, where it was safe to wait. Other vehicles blew horns and gave quick flashes high beams as the vehicle was driven to the side of the street where it was safe. There the hazard lights were on and the wipers did not work. There could have been an accident because the wipers malfunctioned.
During rain storm with wipers going, wiper blades became disconnected from wiper motor resulting in complete failure of windshield wiper function.
My wife was driving home at night from school when a thunder shower popped up. She tried her windshield wipers and they did not work. It was a very serious situation as she was driving on rural roads with no place to pull over. It sounds like the wipers become disconnected from the motor somehow as you can hear it running. I have seen on another site that this seems to be a common problem with these vehicles and should be recalled as it happens suddenly and could cause injury.
During heavy storm front windshield wipers stopped working. Windshield wiper motor still functioning as when i moved the wipers to see if the were stuck i can still hear the motor. Busy road speed limit 55 mph 2 lane county road with frequent hills. Turned on emergency flashers and luckily had a passenger to assist guiding me to the first driveway about .5 miles ahead so i could wait for rain to stop.
I was driving my car during a rainstorm and the windshield wipers suddenly stopped working. Very dangerous and scary situation.
Was driving home from work on the highway in pouring rain, had wipers on at highest speed. They suddenly stopped working, my driver wiper was hanging over the edge of the left side of the windshield, like it had been forced too far to the left. Needless to say, I couldn't see a thing due to the downpour. Had to pull off the road. Wipers won't work at all. Once the rain stopped, got the car home, changed out the fuse, no luck. Assuming it's the wiper motor. Can't get into shop due to rain every day this week.
I'm a single mother and my car have been nothing but trouble when I'm driving my windshield wipers stop working three times I had to fix them my tires always need air so every week I need more air and the tires in the back goes out the fastest why is this happening its not good for my family please help
My wife was driving on the causeway during a rain storm and the left wiper blade stopped working in an up position and the right blade kept working and crossing the stationary left blade. Needless to say visibility on the driver's side was severely impaired.
As I'm driving in snowing conditions and road must from traffic in front of me, the wiper on the driver's side stopped working. I had to stop and get off the road because I couldn't see to drive
While driving on the interstate, the driver's side wiper stopped working during a heavy rainstorm. The passenger side works perfectly. I saw where the 2013 models have a recall for this same issue.
Date 12/31/20 7:25am lexington ky I had just left work and was heading home northbound on I-75 toward georgetown exit #125 during a heavy rain. I can not recall using my max wiper interval speed before this incident. I was in the middle of three lanes with a speed around 50mph and my wipers stopped working! I was able to slowly transition lanes to pull over on the side of the interstate. Once the rain subdued some, I was able to evaluate the issue. I could hear the motor operating but the wipers were not moving. I could manually move the wipers freely with ease; therefore moved them down from the middle of the windshield. I was very fortunate that an accident did not occur! Extremely terrifying experience.
While driving down the interstate, it begins to rain, I enable the whipers to assist with clearing the window. This works for a few minutes and then all of sudden whipers quit working while in motion in the rain. This is not good at all. This is a major safety issue causing an impairment to visibility
Wiper have quit working. It appears to be a linkage issue. Noticed when it started raining as we were driving home. We were fairly close to home and made it home without incident. It appears that this is known issue with the terrain
Driving down road at 60 MPH in pouring rain. Wipers crossed each other then just stopped working. Almost caused accident!!
Driving in pouring down rain and wipers just stopped! Very scary and thankful we were able to get off the road to get a gas station but I had zero visibility
I was driving down the highway doing about 65 when I ran into a bad thunderstorm when the windshield wiper suddenly stop working they was on high speed, which was very dangerous because it was the driver side wiper. I had to pull off the highway until the rain stop!
Using the on ramp to a highway, during very heavy rain with my front wipers in high mode, they just stopped working. It was a very scary and dangerous situation. I was told by a friend they think it's the arm piece that moves the wipers back and forth that is broke
Was driving there was high fog and mist suddenly wipers just stop working had to pull over and wait it out they are still not functioning even after car was on and off
I was driving my 2015 gmc terrain on the highway at a speed of around 65mph during a heavy rainstorm. All of a sudden, my wipers became frozen and stopped moving back and forth. Because the wipers were not moving anymore, rain water accumulated very quickly and I lost visibility. I had to move over multiple lanes with almost zero visibility to get to the shoulder and out of traffic. I was extremely lucky I was not in an accident.
The front windshield wipers suddenly stopped working while in use (medium speed setting) during a rain storm. I was driving on the freeway with my children inside the vehicle and had to pull over due to loss of visibility. Restarting the vehicle did not fix the issue. The wiper motor appears to have completely failed.
Driving in heavy rain on july 12, the wipers were on high setting and quit working. The wipers would not work on any setting. The rear hatch wiper works so the problem is not with the control. It appears the wipers stripped or broke loose in the mechanism that moves the wipers back and forth on the windshield.
In motion during a thunderstorm, the wipers malfunctioned almost causing me to have a car accident on the freeway. This happened last year when I was pregnant and I had it repaired. Then it happened again a few days ago with my baby in the car, same situation during a thunderstorm. This is very dangerous and I am not the only one who has experienced this. You can hear the wiper motor running but something apparently has been disconnected preventing them from moving.
I was driving on the highway and my windshield wipers stopped and won't work. This happened when I put the wiper speed on high.
My windshield wipers stopped working. While driving. In the rain. I just drove 20 miles home having to pull over when I couldn't see enough of the road, including a 12 mile trek down the nj turnpike "driving" by following the 2 white lane lines in front of me. This is an extremely dangerous defect, and a quick internet search confirms the number of consumers having experienced this issue clearly indicates this is not a random fluke, it is a dangerous defect. Internet search also indicates canada forced gmc to issue a recall--why hasn't the federal safety agency forced gmc to recall in the USA??? Exactly how many people are you waiting for to die before taking action? We all know gm, the billion dollar corporation that taxpayers bailed out, will never reach into its bottom line to protect consumers. And is specifically why a federal agency such as the federal safety agency exists--to protect citizens when corporations fail to. The federal safety agency needs to act now and force gmc to issue a public recall. People are going to die!
While driving on a crowded freeway at the posted speed limit there was an immediate and unexpected torrential downpour. Traffic slowed to about 60 and I put my wipers on highest speed. Visibility was still terrible. As I drove, the wipers made a sudden move to the left and stopped. I could not see anything, but was still traveling with a pack of traffic. I pulled over to the side of the freeway, but did not have much space between me and the trucks who were passing close to me, probably because my car couldn't be seen because of the heavy rain and because I was at the bottom of a hill. I sat there, having the car shake and move while being passed by trucks. When the rain slowed, I knew I needed to get out of that spot and off the freeway. I drove a few miles in the rain, while holding my left hand out the window and manually moving the wipers back and forth for the few inches that I could reach. I put on my hazard lights and traveled very slowly to the next exit. After the vehicle was examined, it was found that the wiper assembly had broken apart. I checked into this and see that there have been other complaints of this happening. I feel it is a very dangerous situation. This has happened to people numerous times, even after repairs or replacement. I can't begin to describe the helpless feeling of being in a pack of traffic that is traveling at a high speed and not being able to even see the front of my own car. This could have had a terrible outcome.
Windshield wiper linkage came lose in a hard rain on I-55 causing a near accident. Stopped at the next auto parts store (auto zone) and bought the part and replaced it on the spot.
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