NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 GMC Terrain Recalls
The 2020 GMC Terrain has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 11, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 GMC Terrain. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 197
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 GMC Terrain, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2020 GMC Terrain
Child seat: vehicle latch anchor
- Campaign
- 23V339000
- Reported
- May 11, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 668,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2023 Terrain, 1 other model
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 2018–2019 Terrain, 11 other models
2020 GMC Terrain complaints by year
NHTSA has received 197 owner complaints about the 2020 GMC Terrain, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 GMC Terrain, the component group named most often is the service brakes (33%), followed by the engine (29%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2020 GMC Terrain's 2 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2020 GMC Terrain owners gave the mileage (40 complaints), the median was 46,917 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes65
- Engine58
- Unknown Or Other34
- Power Train28
- Electrical System27
- Fuel/Propulsion System25
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 25 | |
| 2025 | 63 | |
| 2026 | 42 |
Complaints about the 2020 GMC Terrain peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 63. 34% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 GMC Terrain drew 1.6× the complaints of the median GMC Terrain year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 197 complaints about the 2020 GMC Terrain are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Terrain by model year
Other 2020 GMC models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted