41 problems related to engine burning oil have been reported for the 2012 GMC Terrain. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 GMC Terrain based on all problems reported for the 2012 Terrain.
I have a GMC 2012 slt 1 with 2. 4 cylinder car that I bought in 2011. It has 75k miles now. . Read more...
Burning oil engine power reduced bucking stalling.
My 2012 GMC Terrain 2. 4l is having an issue with excessive oil consumption. I am constantly having to check my oil and it gets to 1 qt or more low between my 5k oil changes. I've seen multiple complaints with this. Because of this I have a check engine light on indicating my catalytic converter may be bad. Ive had the car for about three years. It shouldn't need the catalytic converter already. My car is due for smog next month and I've akready had to repmace the intake and exhaust sensors on the engine because of the oil issue. This happens while car is in motion being driven. It is eating up oil.
I have had nothing but problems with my oil consumption on my vehicle, when I first got the vehicle, it started making some noises and I didn't know what it was , until I took it in to have it looked at, it was low on oil, so I had to pay for the oil change and the fee to have it looked at, for oil consumption test, I have only had the vehicle for 1 1/2 years and the oil consumption is astronomical, seems like I have to have an oil change every 2 months and I have to add oil seems live every 1000 miles, this is a major problem, with the 2011 GMC Terrain and I think they need to recall these vehicles or fix the problem, I just go an oil change 11/2017 and was low on oil 12/2017, so I had to add oil again, until it is time to have my oil change. Now my car is leaking oil and so I have to take it in again, I have had to have my camshafts fixed 2 times, this is a problem. I am not rich, but I have to incur the charge. I still have 5 years left to pay this car off. I just wanted to voice my concern with this vehicle.
Excessive oil burn with no warning of low oil until about one quart left in engine. Only check engine light came on. Yes the manual says check oil at every fill up but after owning many cars over 38 years without this problem it would seem the manual was written to protect gm. I would not have purchased the vehicle if I knew I had to put in a quart of oil every 1500 miles. Google this. Im not the only one.
My car jerks and stalls when idling and my foot is on the brake. I have to put the car in neutral or shut it off and restart altogether when at a stop light or when I will be doing any stopping. If not, the car jerks and stalls. This happened in downtown nashville, TN! very dangerous! reduced power notification light came on as well. I have had it in the shop multiple times and they all say it is from excess oil consumption. Have already had the timing chain replaced due to said oil issue. Driving this car with my kids is extremely dangerous. Why is there not a recall on this? this has been an ongoing issue with my car since late 2015.