Wiper problems of the 2010 GMC Terrain - part 2

While operating the vehicle in a severe rain storm the front windshield wipers stopped working. This created an immediate loss of visibility. An investigation into the problem revealed that the windshield wiper linkage became disconnected at the motor. The linkage is connected with a simple snap-in ball and socket joint. The socket portion of the joint assembly appears to be a nylon type material. It is believed that over time the socket wore to the point that the ball was able to become disengaged from the socket. The windshield wipers were operating at their highest setting when this incident occurred.

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 GMC Terrain. The contact stated that the defroster failed to work and the radio activated independently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician advised the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 53,000. Pam.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 GMC Terrain. The contact stated that after the vehicle was started and the defroster system was engaged, the defrost system failed to operate without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the vi was not included in NHTSA campaign number:09v489000 (visibility). The failure mileage was 115,000. Ss.

Driving the vehicle during the heavy rain and noticed that defogging/defrosting of the windshield are not blowing the air on it from dashboard vents. Visibility was very limited and have to use towel to clean the windshield so I can see where I'm going. Make a stop and noticed that the air is only coming from vents to the floor and front not matter what the control is set to. Was lucky to get home safely but do not want to experience this situation again. Today drop car at GMC service where their found that mode door actuator is bad causing defogging/defrosting future on the car to be inoperative if it is not replaced. I think that is responsibility of gm to correct this problem for all owners of GMC Terrain who experience same problem at no cost to them for their safety and safety of all using public roads.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 GMC Terrain. The contact stated while driving 60 mph, the windshield wipers failed without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the vehicle was not diagnosed. The contact made unknown repairs independently to the vehicle but the failure still persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure . The failure mileage was 88,000. Pam.

On top of visibility problems, heat works only when it feels like to , heating of radio control panel, lights are flickering, sometimes totally invisible,(cant read controls) recall that was on some 2010 Terrains is clearly a recall for my car, but GMC claims that my car has no recall. Driving on highway at speed of 65 mph it suddenly rained, I turned wipers on they got stuck in middle of windshield making it totally invisible of matter of seconds. If I was not in car accident then I'm hoping I never will be. Had to quickly open passenger side door to see where I can pull over to the side. I'm glad no 1 was right behind me, otherwise there would be unavoidable accident. As someone else claimed the wiper arm assembly became disconnected from the wiper motor ( I was able to move them by hand) this should be addressed before someone gets killed.

Front windshield wipers stopped working. The wiper arm assembly became disconnected from the wiper motor so that the wipers stopped moving back and forth. There was immediate loss of visibility due to the heavy rain. The disconnected wiper arms could be moved back and forth over the windshield by hand (staying in tandem with each other) and that is how I know they disconnected from the motor. The design of this system should be more failsafe, and a failure in the system presents an imminent danger due to the loss of visibility while driving in the rain.

The contact owns a 2010 GMC Terrain. The contact stated the software in the center instrument panel caused the heating and defrost unit to malfunction. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000 and the current mileage was 75,202.

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 GMC Terrain. The contact stated that the radio display lighting flickered and would not illuminate. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility) that could have been related the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 44,000. Kmj.

This problem is in winter mostly, as I was driving my windshield became frosted, I quickly turned on the heat to defrost it,but my heather wouldn't turn on. I pulled to the side to check what happened, my heater wouldn't turn on, it was turned on but only cold air was coming out of it. I turned the car off and on again, still cold air was coming. After turning on and off my car few times the heat came on. I was able to defrost my windshield and continue driving. It happened many times after that time, but I already knew to turn off and on my car number of times would do the trick, I wasn't that concerned. From that time I realized that as long as in start my heat turns on and as long as it's kept on all the time, I wouldn't have a problem, also once driving on highway my windshield became fogged, required me to pull to the side and I had to get out and clean the windshield glass to get rid of fog. I wasn't able to get rid of it any other way. I usually don't drive much on highway so I wasn't concerned. When I happened to check recalls to my car just recently I noticed that there has been a recall for visibility/defroster/defogger system for some models of 2010 Terrain, but it didn't show a recall for my car and. GMC service told me that I would have to pay for it. I strongly believe that I have this problem with my vehicle, why isn't there a recall for all 2010 Terrains?.