Two problems related to engine noise have been reported for the 2013 GMC Terrain. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 GMC Terrain based on all problems reported for the 2013 Terrain.
I bought my 2013 GMC Terrain new in December of 2012. Noticed the engine making noise 10/20/18, mileage: 74,052 needed an emergency oil change, no oil. Again on 1/18/19, mileage: 78,759 engine making noise, checked oil and again no oil. Got an oil change. 5/2/19, mileage: 83,055 engine making noise, checked oil and again no oil. Got an oil change. On 6/16/19, mileage: 84,577 the check engine light came on. Checked oil, again no oil. Went to the dealership. Was told (** the first time) "that the GMC Terrains are known for burning oil. " I asked if there was a recall, was told no. Service manager told me it's a $3500 job to replace the pistons and the seals because they are deep in the engine. He had a mechanic add 2 quarts of oil. I asked if the check engine light had to be reset or if it would go off and was told it probably would go off. Then he sent me on my way. Got a second opinion from another mechanic and was told to diligently check the oil and keep oil in it and it will run fine. Three days later my check engine light is still on. The oil is very dirty and it shouldn't be. , something is wrong!!!this issue really needs to be addressed with gm. Something needs to be done about this problem as I'm not the only one having it!.
Car makes terrible engine noise when starting/as it idles. This is almost always due to low oil. This car burns through oil faster than anything ive ever seen. Even with full synthetic oil I have to add at least quart every 700 miles for so. Keeping the oil level up helps obv, however this problem was going on for some time before I figured out the car was consuming oil at a super fast rate. So who knows what damage may be inside the engine at this point. It has been reported that there is an issue with the timing chain on the i4 engines and they burn oil because the timing is off. However gm's only fix thus far is to run an oil study which takes up a lot of time. This is also huge pain when dealing with any dealer, because only a gm dealer can run the test, and even if it is found that your car is burning oil they will determine it as "normal" if it's not a specific rate. There's no way full synthetic should be burning up this quickly. Gm needs to do a recall for this issue but will not because once they truly fix the issue it will open up a can of worms that would cost them thousands. So instead the cost is passed on to the owner. If they do offer a fix after the oil study it's only for a piston ring kit which does not actually fix the problem of the bad timing chain. So far the only relief I have found is to turn the eco mode off. This gives a little relief to the constant filling of oil. Other than that if the car is low on oil you will feel a chugging/ jerking of the car, particularly at a stop or low idle. I love the look of GMC's however I don't think I can ever buy one again after dealing with an issue like this and having gm not recall a widely know issue.