NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 GMC Terrain Recalls
The 2021 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 2021 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
- 36
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 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 2020, 2022–2023 Terrain, 1 other model
Tires
- Campaign
- 21V612000
- Reported
- August 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,597
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2021 GMC Terrain complaints by year
NHTSA has received 36 owner complaints about the 2021 GMC Terrain, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (11%); owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 GMC Terrain, the component group named most often is the engine (28%), followed by the power train (22%) and the service brakes (22%).
None of the 2021 GMC Terrain's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine10
- Power Train8
- Service Brakes8
- Electrical System7
- Forward Collision Avoidance3
- Unknown Or Other3
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2021 GMC Terrain peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 10. 47% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 GMC Terrain drew 0.4× the complaints of the median GMC Terrain year in the same window: 13th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured GMC Terrain years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 36 complaints about the 2021 GMC Terrain are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Terrain by model year
Other 2021 GMC models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted