2011 GMC TERRAIN Engine Problems
178 NHTSA complaints on file
All Engine Complaints — Page 4
WHILE DRIVING MESSAGE READ REDUCED ENGINE POWER LOST ALL POWER COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL! THEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN AND CONTINUED TO ROLL DOWN THE HIGHWAY .ALMOST GOT HIT BY OTHER CARS FROM BEHIND. VERY FRIGHTENING FOR ME I ALMOST GOT A PANIC ATTACK. I MANAGED TO STOP THE CAR ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITH HALF OF THE CAR STILL BLOCKING OTHER CARS .CAR WILL NOT START. THE BATTERY IS NEW .I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THERE'S THOUSANDS OF GM CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE OR ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUES. IS THIS ANOTHER COVER UP BY GM THAT'S CONTINUOUSLY IGNORING THIS PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMERS ARE PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THIS REPAIR. I WAS TOLD I NEED REPAIRS THAT WILL COST $4000 DOLLARS ON A 2011 GMC TERRAIN CAR I GOT A YEAR AGO. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHO IS FIGHTING FOR THE CONSUMERS?...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MODULAR CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,158. UPDATED 04/04/16*LJ
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE TPMS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE ALTERNATOR AND STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS LOW AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,790.
I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THROUGH A TUNNEL WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTER. THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD JUST GONE ON EARLIER THAT DAY, AS WE WERE DRIVING FIRST THE "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" WARNING WENT ON THEN THE ENGINE DIED.
MY GMC TERRAIN HAS STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 65-70MPH (I WASN'T TURNING, STOPPING, OR SWITCHING LANES). COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC, IN RUSH HOUR, AND COME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART. PREVIOUS TIMES IT STALLED, AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT BACK ON. TODAY (JANUARY 6TH, 2016) HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT TURN ON. IT WOULD CRANK, BUT THAT'S IT. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN BELT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN AND LOSES ALL POWER/ACTIVITY AFTER STARTING IT UP, PUTTING GEAR INTO DRIVE, AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE. WHEEL GETS STIFF AND CAR STOPS MOVING. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WITHIN A YEAR OF BUYING THE VEHICLE AND HAS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME MID OWNERSHIP. DURING THESE TIMES, THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT START FOR ABOUT 30 MINS TO AN HOUR. LATELY AND SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK NOW SINCE MID-OCTOBER, THE CAR WILL START BUT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THE CAR IS SHUTTING DOWN AT RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS AND ANYWHERE I HAVE TO STOP. IT MAY TAKE 3-5 TIMES TO REPEAT THE PROCESS OF STARTING THE CAR AND PUTTING IT BACK INTO DRIVE BEFORE IT DRIVES WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN AND ME MAKING TO MY DESTINATION.
I HAD PURHASED A 2011 GMC TERRIAN AND HAVE GOTTEN THREE LETTERS SAYING DON'T BRING IN TO DEALER UNTIL THE PROBLEMS HAPPEN ONE SIDE -IMPACT CIRCUIT CAUSE-AIRBAG-READINESS LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND THE SERVICE AIR BAG MESSAGE TO DISPLAY. GMC EXTENED THE PROTECTION FOR 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES. THE SECOND THAT WAS SENT THE STEERING SAME PROTECTION AND THE THIRD LETTER FOR OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH IT IS DOING NOW. THIS NOT SAFE FOR MY WIFE AND ME OR THE ANY OTHER PASSENGERS. WHAT IS YOUR ADDVISMENTFOR ME.
NOW I DID NOT HAVE AN INCIDENT. IM WRITING YOU BECAUSE I VERY RECENRLY BOUGHT A USED 2011 GMC TERRAIN SLE . AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE I DO MY RESEARCH. AND THE ONE THING IVE NOTICED IS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THERE CAR. THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE REDUCE SPEED LIGHT AS WELL. AND IMMEDIATELY SLOWS THE VEHICLE TO A SPEED OF 10 MPHS. AS WELL AS LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL. UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS. IVE PERSONALLY READ ALMOST 100 CASES OF THE SAME THING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ALL WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE. ITS A MIRACLE NOBODY WAS KILLED. NOW FOR MY POINT. WHAT ARE YOU AND GMC DOING WAITING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ARE YOU WAITING FOR SOMWONE TO LOSE THERE LIFE. AS A PARENT MYSELF THIS IS VERY TROUBLEING.IF ME OR MY FAMILY IS TO BE HARMED...
I WAS AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WITH MY 19 MONTH OLD SON AT 5:00PM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 WHEN MY CAR JUST DIED ON ME. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A NON GMC SERVICE STATION, THEY INFORMED ME THAT I HAD NO OIL IN MY CAR. I WAS TAKEN BACK BY THIS BECAUSE IT HAD NOT EVEN BEEN 1500 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE AND I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL, MY OIL LIGHT OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON IN MY CAR BEFORE IT DIED. I HAVE BEEN MORE THAN UP TO DATE ON EVERY OIL CHANGE SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013. DUE TO NO OIL IN MY CAR, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE RESULTING IN ME HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IN MY CAR. GMC INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL AND IT SHOULD BE!!! THIS...
DURING A NORMAL COMMUTE ON ROUTE ON 2/15 RECEIVED ABOUT 3 MILES INTO THE DRIVE RECEIVED A WARNING ERROR - LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND RECEIVED A STABILITITRAK ERROR. THE CAR WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PLACED IN NEUTRAL. THE SHAKING BECAME WORSE AND THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF. AFTER TWO MINUTES THE CAR WAS STARTED AGAIN, WITH NO ISSUES AND WAS DRIVEN 6 MORE MILES WITHOUT ISSUE. AFTER 6 MILES OF DRIVING THE SAME ENGINE POWER WARNING AND STABILITRACK ERROR CAME BACK. THE CAR WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING AND THE DRIVER SHUT IT OFF. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP RECEIVED ONE CODE FOR THE THROTTLE SENSOR POSITIONER. THE CODE WAS RESET AND A LOOSE CONNECTION WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE FAULT AND RETURNED TO OWNER. FIVE DAYS LATER THE CAR WAS STARTED IN...
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND STARTING VIBRATING AND OPERATING ROUGHLY. THE STABILITRAK/REDUCED ENGINE POWER TROUBLE LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED. THIS CERTAINLY BECAME AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY ACCELERATE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THE PROBLEM LONG ENOUGH TO RETURN HOME, WHICH WAS ONLY A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE ONSET. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD PERFORMED THE REQUIRED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2011 AND EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE RECALLS AND A AIR BAG SAFETY ISSUE AND NOW THIS, I HAVE BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 61,000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I BELIEVE GMC CORPORATION SHOULD MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO RECALL ANY OF THEIR...
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST POWER. THE REDUCED POWER AND CHECK STABILITRAK MESSAGES APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED STARTING THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT DID, SO WENT ON MY WAY. GOT DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT THREE MILES AND THE SAME THING, SO PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, EVERYTHING WAS DEAD. I WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED. I CONTINUED ON MY WAY AND DIDN'T HAVE ANYMORE TROUBLE GETTING TO MY DESTINATION. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED EXCEPT WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, IT CONTINUED TO RUN VERY ROUGHLY AND THEN FINALLY SHUT OFF. IT DID START...
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED FROM 35-40 MPH TO 5 MPH. A MESSAGE CAME ON THE SCREEN " ENGINE POWER REDUCED". HAD I BEEN ON HIGHWAY THAT WOULD BE ENDED IN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED GM AND EVERYONE I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM SEEMS TO BE READING A SCRIPT TO ME. *TR
I HAD OIL CHANGED THAT MORNING. THAT NIGHT, WHILE DRIVING, "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" AND "SERVICE STABILITRAC" LIGHTS CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 15 MPH. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN. IT WAS FINE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN ONE WEEK AND HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES EVERYDAY SINCE. I READ MANY COMPLAINTS ON-LINE ADDRESSING THIS SAME ISSUE AND STATING THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! IMAGINE TRAVELING 70 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND YOU LOSE POWER TO YOUR ENGINE! THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN! *TR
WE WERE DRIVING TOWARDS A STOP SIGN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN, THE DASHBOARD READ STABILITRAK OFF, ENGINE POWER REDUCED, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE COULD BARELY DRIVE THE CAR, SO PARKED AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO RUN THE COMPUTER AND IT REPORTS THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH CHEVY AND GMC CARS (MANY REPORTS ON CHEVY AND GMC FORUMS AND OTHER WEBSITES, AND MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS COMMON AS WELL) AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY GET INJURED. *TR
SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK MY CAR IS STALLING. IT HAPPENS IF I AM AT A STOPLIGHT, DON'T GET UP TO SPEED FAST ENOUGH, ETC. THE M AS MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR ISSUES AND THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED BY GMC. *TR
I HAVE TAKEN MY TERRAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF TIMES FOR VARIOUS REPAIRS. THE LATEST ISSUE IS THE "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED!" NOTIFICATION. WHILE I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, I HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD RATTLING NOISE COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF TO SEE IF THE NOISE WOULD STOP. TO MY SURPRISE THE CAR DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESTART. AFTER TURNING THE KEY SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR STARTED BUT WITH AN EVEN LOUDER RATTLING NOISE. I TRIED TO LATER TAKE THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC ONLY TO FIND THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK AGAIN. AFTER REPEATEDLY TRYING TO CRANK THE CAR, IT FINALLY STARTED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE FASTER THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT I NEEDED MUCH MORE THAN A CATALYTIC CONVERTER (GMC DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THIS MAY BE THE ISSUE), INSTEAD...
WELL IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON HERE ABOUT THE 2011 TERRAIN STALLING. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO ME OFF AND ON THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. I WOULD BE IN TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD STALL, I WOULD BE AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT WOULD STALL, I WOULD GO TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND IT WOULD STALL. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WELL LAST NIGHT IT FINALLY DIED. GREAT!! I HEARD NOISE WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE THAT SOUNDED LIKE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES RUBBING TOGETHER. I HAD A BAG IN MY FRONT SEAT SO ASSUMED IT WAS NOTHING. IT BUCKED FORWARD AS I PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND STALLED. WELL...THE STALLING I'D BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO SO I RE-STARTED. IT SEEMED FINE UNTIL I WENT TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE MAIN ROAD...IT BUCKED, STARTED SHUTTERING, AND WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 5 MPH. I BARELY GOT...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 08/11/14*LJ UPDATED 8/13/2014 *JS
2011 GMC TERRAIN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WITH VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DISTRICT MANAGER OF GM REFUSED TO ALLOW THE DEALER TO CHECK THE ECM/ECU AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SYSTEMS, TO MAKE SURE ALL THE ENGINE SETTINGS WERE AS THEY SHOULD BE, SINCE HE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL STRANGE EVENTS, SUCH AS THE SHIFTER HANGING IN D SOMETIMES AS HE TRIED TO MOVE TO PARK, VERY LOW MPG FOR SEVERAL DAYS 24-25 MPG, WHEN HE USUALLY GOT 28-33 MPG. THE OIL PERCENT METER USED TO BE AT 95%. THE ENGINE WOULD REV TO 7K-8K RPM WHEN THE FIRST STARTED AND HELD 2-3 SECONDS. SOMETIMES THE ENGINE REVVED TO 1600-1800 RPM AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ALMOST STALL, AND SOMETIMES THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SOON AFTER, THE FAN BELT BEGAN TO SQUEAL. THE SQUEALING BEGAN, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED...
OUR VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THE ROUGH IDLE AND HARD/STALLED SHIFTING SINCE WE BOUGHT IT IN 2011. IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND WE WERE TOLD A RECENT RECALL WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. IT DID NOT AND THESE ISSUES HAVE CONTINUED. RECENTLY, THIS ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN, FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNING ON, FOLLOWED BY (A FEW HOURS LATER) THE ENGINE GOING INTO "REDUCED ENGINE MODE" AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WITH THUMPING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED AND WITHIN A FEW MILES, THIS SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE AND VERY UNSAFE FOR TRAVEL IN THE CITY. WE HAD TO GET A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP WE BOUGHT THIS FROM SAYS THE THROTTLE POSITIONS SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS REPLACED AS WELL AS THERE IS A...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAIL PIPE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, CAUSING THE REAR CARGO CARRIER BASKET TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE BUMPER AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP FOR REPAIR. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,232.
ABOUT A MONTH AFTER PURCHASING THIS BRAND NEW VEHICLE, THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES THAT AFTER STARTING THE CAR & PUTTING IT INTO GEAR, IT STALLED. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN TIMES THAT AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A WHILE & COMING TO A STOP SIGN, THEN GETTING READY TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, IT EITHER STALLS OR HESITATES. THERE WERE A FEW CLOSE CALLS WHERE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. TAKING THIS TO THE DEALER DID NOTHING. THEY SAID THEY HAVE HEARD OF THIS BEFORE, BUT UNLESS IT DID IT AT THEIR DEALERSHIP, THEY COULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE HAD IS THAT MANY TIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY & IT REVS UP MORE THAN IT SHOULD BEFORE ACTUALLY SHIFTING & WHEN IT DOES, THERE IS A MAJOR CLUNK. I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS IN MY LIFETIME, THIS CAR ALWAYS ON STARTUP, MAKES A TERRIBLE NOISE AT...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED BUT BOTH FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.
OIL SMELLS LIKE GAS. HEAD LINEAR FELL DOWN VERY POOR GAS MILEAGE ENGINE RUNS RUFF HAS POOR ACCELERATION. *TR
I WAS IN THE DRIVE THRU LINE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD, I PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE AND AS SOON AS MY FOOT HIT THE GAS PEDAL IT STALLED. I STARTED THE ENGINE BACK UP AND TRIED TO DRIVE FORWARD AND THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN. THIS HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 10 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE (IN COLD AND MILD WEATHER). I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR
MY TRUCK EXPERIENCED IT'S FIRST PROBLEM IN AUGUST OF 2011. I HAD ONLY HAD MY TRUCK FOR SIX MONTHS. THE TRUCK WAS ENTERING ONTO THE EXPRESSWAY AND AS I WAS PRESSING THE GAS THE TRUCK BEGIN TO STALL. THE REDUCED ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK DECELERATES AND CUT OFF. WE WERE BLESSED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WE WAITED ABOUT TEN MINUTES, THE TRUCK FINALLY STARTED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND TOOK THE TRUCK IN AS SOON AS I COULD GET AN APPOINTMENT. WAS TOLD THE TRUCK WAS FIXED AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FACT THAT THE TRUCK DECELERATES WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY IS ENOUGH THAT I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THE TRUCK. I HAVE BEEN USING OTHER PEOPLES CARS AND TRUCKS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT...
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