2018 GMC TERRAIN — Complaint #1930701
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM filed September 26, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1930701 (ODI reference 11546548) concerns a 2018 GMC TERRAIN and was filed on September 26, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 28, 2023. The vehicle had 89,300 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:vacuum, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:vacuum 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 2018 GMC TERRAIN shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 GMC Terrain. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard without warning. The contact started driving to the dealer after the failure, and the brake warning light illuminated. The vehicle was inspected and diagnosed with a defective vacuum pump and cam shaft. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline. The vehicle had been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 89,300.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1930701 |
| ODI Number | 11546548 |
| Date Filed | September 26, 2023 |
| Failure Date | August 28, 2023 |
| VIN | 3GKALMEV7JL |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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