2014 GMC TERRAIN — Complaint #1837615
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CHAIN/BELT filed August 31, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1837615 (ODI reference 11482283) concerns a 2014 GMC TERRAIN and was filed on August 31, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 31, 2022. The vehicle had 97,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:chain/belt, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC TERRAIN cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline:chain/belt failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 GMC TERRAIN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 GMC Terrain. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the timing chain was faulty. The failure caused the engine to consume an excessive amount of engine oil. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 97,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1837615 |
| ODI Number | 11482283 |
| Date Filed | August 31, 2022 |
| Failure Date | August 31, 2022 |
| VIN | 2GKFLXEK2E6 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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