WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN HOUSTON AN ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE LURCHED AND REDUCED IN SPEED FROM APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH TO 10MPH CAUSING CARS BEHIND ME TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND ALMOST CAUSING A MULTIPLE CAR MAJOR ACCIDENT. I FRANTICALLY KEPT TRYING TO START THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE FEEDER ROAD. SINCE THIS INCIDENT I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE AND AM SURPRISED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ISSUE AND I AM SURPRISED THAT MORE HASN'T BEEN DONE. *TR
2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY SECOND TERRAIN, BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT THE 1ST ONE BACK FROM ME AND GAVE ME A BRAND NEW FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT I'M HAVING WITH THIS ONE. ON START UP, THE CAR MAKES AN UNUSUAL GRRRRRRRRR NOISE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. IT DOESN'T MAKE THIS NOISE ALL THE TIME, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT DOES. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL EXCUSES FROM THE DEALER. "WE CAN'T DUPLICATE WHAT YOU ARE HEARING, THAT'S NORMAL, IT SUPPOSE TO MAKE THAT NOISE". IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW THAT NOISE IS NOT NORMAL. AND EVEN IF IT WAS NORMAL, IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE TIME I STARTED THE CAR, BUT IT DOESN'T. IT'S EMBARRASSING TO START MY CAR UP AROUND PEOPLE, CAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE ME DRIVING THIS BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW CAR WITH A DUMB NOISE WHEN I START IT UP. I CAN'T BELIEVE GMC WOULD APPROVE TO EVEN SELL A CAR THAT MAKES THAT TYPE OF NOISE. IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR