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2012 GMC Terrain visibility & wipers problems

The 2012 GMC Terrain has 82 visibility & wipers complaints filed with NHTSA — 16% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

82

Visibility & Wipers complaints

16%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Visibility & Wipers complaints by year

Terrain visibility & wipers complaints by model year121 complaints2010: 54 complaints2011: 35 complaints2012: 82 complaints2013: 54 complaints2014: 89 complaints2015: 121 complaints2016: 49 complaints2017: 4 complaints2018: 5 complaints2019: 2 complaints2020: 4 complaints2021: 1 complaints2023: 1 complaints2025: 1 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Terrain visibility & wipers complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 ON 3/29/2020 WHEN IT STARTED RAINING I TURN ON MY WIPERS AND IT STARTED OKAY AT FIRST ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY STOP WORKING I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT I PULLED OVER TO THE SERVICE ROAD AND WAITED UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WHAT DO I DO NOW I DON'T HAVE THE…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Visibility & Wipers · March 29, 2020

Common questions

How many visibility & wipers complaints does the 2012 GMC Terrain have?

NHTSA has 82 complaints about the 2012 GMC Terrain visibility & wipers — 16% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.