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A reflection caused by the headlight housings may illuminate areas above the vehicle and outside of the driver's view with excessively bright light.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, \"Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment.\"","consequence":"The bright reflection may cause a glare for other drivers, reducing their visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will install headlamp appliques, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2022.  Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782.  GM's number for this recall is N222363740.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"N222363740","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"16V449000","component":"TIRES","mfr":"General Motors LLC","reported":"2016-06-21","owner_notified":"2016-07-14","units":17,"summary":"General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles manufactured October 16, 2015.  The certification labels may have incorrect tire/rim size and cold tire pressure information.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, \"Tire Selection and Rims.\"","consequence":"If the information on the certification labels is incorrect,  the operator may install incorrectly sized tires or rims or may improperly inflate the tires, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the certification label, free of charge.  The recall began on July 14, 2016.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1050, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782.  GM's number for this recall is 46600.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"46600","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":2,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":84,"grade":"B","complaints":{"count":152,"crash":9,"fire":0,"injured":9,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Engine",46],["Visibility/Wiper",46],["Unspecified",13],["Power Train",11],["Exterior Lighting",10],["Electrical System",9]],"by_year":{"2016":3,"2017":3,"2018":9,"2019":16,"2020":17,"2021":22,"2022":23,"2023":17,"2024":14,"2025":16,"2026":12},"excerpts":[["2022-05-16","Visibility/Wiper","While driving in rain, I turned wipers on. The rain turned heavy and I put wiper setting to faster mode. The wipers suddenly failed and stayed on windshield. The wipers failed to work in any setting. I pulled car to the side of road waited for the rain to pass before driving."],["2022-05-10","Visibility/Wiper","The contact owns a 2016 GMC Terrain. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH in inclement weather, the windshield wipers stopped working as needed. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact pulled over and waited until the rain slowed down and drove home safely. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who \u2026"],["2022-05-04","Exterior Lighting","The contact owns a 2016 GMC Terrain. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH his vehicle inadvertently and unknowingly crashed into the vehicle in front. The contact was unable to see the vehicle in front of him due to the glare of headlights. The air bags did deploy. There were no warning lights. The veh\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"EA19005","component":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","opened":"2019-12-13","closed":"2022-11-28","campaign":"22V165000","subject":"Front Wiper Transmission Inoperative","summary":"On December 13, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) upgraded RQ18-002 to an Engineering Analysis (EA19-005) to further assess the MY2010-2016 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain windshield wiper failures. Due to a prior recall, 16V-582, addressing this issue in the MY2013 subject vehicles, MY2013 was not included in the analysis. To date, ODI had received 998 complaints with allegations of the front windshield wiper failing in adverse whether conditions, while the vehicle was in motion.General Motors (GM) initiated Safety Recall 16V-582 on August 3, 2016 to address windshield wiper failure in the Model Year (MY) 2013 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. Failures were attributed to wa"},{"action":"RQ18002","component":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","opened":"2018-11-02","closed":"2019-12-19","campaign":"","subject":"Windshield Wiper Transmission Failure","summary":"On November 2, 2018, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Recall Query (RQ18-002) to assess the scope of Recall 16V-582.General Motors (GM) initiated Safety Recall 16V-582 on August 3, 2016 to address windshield wiper failure in the Model Year (MY) 2013 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain. Failures were attributed to water and debris intrusion into the windshield wiper assembly ball joints, leading to excessive wear and eventual detachment of the affected ball joint with an attendant loss of windshield wiper function. The recall remedy addressed these conditions with the installation of an improved windshield wiper motor/transmission assembly and the relocation of a drain hole on"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV AWD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.174,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.191,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":115,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":26,"ncap":4,"complaints":152},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}