Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of GMC Terrain

GMC Terrain owners have reported 47 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (27 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (11 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of GMC Terrain


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of GMC Terrain

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

When starting to accelerate from a red light. The car in front of us was accelerating faster. Yet our car initiated an emergency braking action at around 15 mph. It was very jarring and I still have a headache more yhan 1 hour after the incident.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

I was driving about 55 mph with adaptive cruise control set to maintain a three-car-length following distance. It was raining, and when the vehicle in front of me slowed down, my vehicle did not detect it or slow down as expected.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

My wife and I took our new vehicle on a 7k mile road trip this summer. Two times while on the freeway around 70 mph, the sensors went wild. The cars auto break came on and red lights and collision warnings went off in the seat and the hud.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2022 GMC Terrain. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the service message was displayed, and the audible turn signal became inoperable, along with the collision warning and the on-star feature. The cause of the failure was not yet determined.   Read details...




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