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Great Car!
jlbigguy, 08/29/2012
2012 GMC Terrain SLE-2 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
Have my 2012 Terrain for 1 week now, and after 900 miles I am impressed. Getting 30.5 mpg on the highway, and overall average is 27mpg. This is with ECO mode on. Very smooth and quiet ride, no wind noise at all. The car feels solid, and is very comfortable (premium cloth seats). I have more room then in my old 2004 Pontiac Montana, and I am 6'6" tall. Can hardly tell the engine is running when at idle. Very pleased with my purchase.
Worst cars ever do not buy
Bobbybearcat, 01/11/2018
2012 GMC Terrain SLT-1 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
Bought one only 5 years old, biggest lemon I've ever ever bought! Burns oil like crazy because of GMs very poorly designed motor, left me stranded 200 miles away from home because GM didn't mention to NOT drive these things in the cold because a pcv valve freezes therefore blowing my rear main seal which is an 11 hr job. Window don't roll up without you yanking them up by hand. When you call GM to ask if they can help you with any problems the person on the other line that cant hardly even speak English replies "your vin doesn't match up with the plant that had flaws" I was a GM guy, no longer
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Message board..engine light issues...no solution
kb72210, 06/24/2014
2012 GMC Terrain SLT-1 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
I bought my Terrain in June 2012. The first year was good nothing out of the ordinary with regular maintenance. As the end of the second year approached I started having random engine light, Stabili Trak messages appearing. I am on my 4th service call with the dealership. The last time 2 months ago they kept my vehicle for one week and found nothing they could repair. The first time they diagnosed a carbon build-up which they cleaned for a fee, the second time nothing could be found, the 3rd time nothing and today I could not drive much above 55 mph on the highway. The car was sluggish and seemed to have no pick-up. I felt like it would stall any minute. I did stall eventually. Frustrated!!!
2012 after 3 years and 80k miles
Joe, 09/16/2018
updated 03/18/2019
2012 GMC Terrain SLT-2 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
I bought this V6 model SLT three years ago and drove it over 80k miles. I just this year replaced the tailgate actuator, only because it leaked and I was being proactive. I also replaced a rear wheel hub and the battery, this year. The two tail light assemblies showed a little water in them so I replaced them as well. Other than regular maintenance, tires and brakes that is all this great vehicle has needed. Overall I get 23 - 24 MPG, so it could be better but it is a V6. It does not have some of the connectivity of the newer cars, but it has what vehicles in 2012 had available. The seating and interior have held up amazingly well, I see other vehicles with 100k mile street and the seats are cracked and fouled, not these they are just shiny. This has been an amazingly reliable vehicle, even in bad weather here in Ohio the two wheeled drive has worked well.
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It blew up!
Mark, 04/18/2019
updated 10/21/2019
2012 GMC Terrain SLE-1 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
After 99K miles, I needed $1500 in repaired. GM said they’d warrant this for a year. Fourteen months later, it blew a rear seal on the highway. The repairs surpassed the trade in value. Bought a 2018 Santa Fe. #whygoback? Waiting for my other GM product to do the same. My retirement dream car has shifted from Camaro to Mustang...