NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 GMC Terrain Recalls
The 2019 GMC Terrain has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 29, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 GMC Terrain. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 186
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 GMC Terrain, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2019 GMC Terrain
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V668000
- Reported
- October 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,105
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2018, 2020 Terrain, 11 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V184000
- Reported
- March 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 120
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V576000
- Reported
- August 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 210,628
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Terrain, 9 other models
2019 GMC Terrain complaints by year
NHTSA has received 186 owner complaints about the 2019 GMC Terrain, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 GMC Terrain, the component group named most often is the engine (38%), followed by the service brakes (35%) and the power train (28%).
1 of the 2019 GMC Terrain's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2019 GMC Terrain owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine70
- Service Brakes65
- Power Train52
- Electrical System39
- Unknown Or Other21
- Vehicle Speed Control9
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 23 | |
| 2023 | 22 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 37 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2019 GMC Terrain peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 37. 39% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 GMC Terrain drew 1.4× the complaints of the median GMC Terrain year in the same window: 4th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 186 complaints about the 2019 GMC Terrain are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Terrain by model year
Other 2019 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted