NHTSA Complaint #11128074 — 2012 GMC TERRAIN

THE CAMSHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR SOLENOID ON MY VEHICLE FAILED AS I WAS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. FROM MY RESEARCH, THIS IS A VERY, VERY COMMON OCCURENCE IN THESE ENGINES THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT SINCE 2010. IT IS THE RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE PART AND OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. GM ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THE SAME EXACT PART IN THE 2011 TERRAIN MODELS, YET DID NOT ISSUE ANY RECALLS FOR THE 2012 MODELS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE EXACT SAME PART AND THE EXACT SAME MOTOR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER AT A CRITICAL TIME - WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS ISSUE HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURED.