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Gmc Terrain · 2015

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V666000·2015-10-16

    GM Recalls 2015 Vehicles Due to Side Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    General Motors is recalling specific 2015 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC vehicles because side air bag inflators may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, CADILLAC, BUICK MALIBU, XTS, EQUINOX, LACROSSE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V165000·2022-03-17

    GM Recalls 2014-2015 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain for Wiper Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2014-2015 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles because corroded ball joints may cause windshield wipers to fail, reducing visibility.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET TERRAIN, EQUINOX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V137000·2022-03-08

    GMC Recalls 2010-2017 Terrain Vehicles for Headlight Glare Safety Issue

    General Motors is recalling 2010-2017 GMC Terrain vehicles because headlight housings may reflect excessive light, causing glare for other drivers and increasing crash risk.

    Product
    GMC — GMC TERRAIN
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20154/5

    2 trims tested for 2015; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2013 · engine 152 complaints, median 92,000 mi
  • 2011 · engine 123 complaints, median 87,000 mi
    Includes 6 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2012 · engine 114 complaints, median 89,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2014 · engine 93 complaints, median 95,000 mi
  • 2012 · visibility 78 complaints, median 90,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,480 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 4.4/5 · 13 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2024: 4.0/5 · 49 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2023: 3.9/5 · 38 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 3.7/5 · 85 complaints · most complained-of: fuel-system

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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