GMC Exterior Lighting: Headlights

Gmc is recalling about 740,581 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. The bright reflection may cause a glare for other drivers, reducing their visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
22V137000
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Reported
8 March 2022
Vehicles
740,581
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
8 September 2022
Repaired
32%
Unrepaired
483,995

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2010-2017 GMC Terrain

Repair progress

483,995 of 740,581 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2024.

32% repaired — 234,163 of 740,581 reported

Owners not reachable
18,671
Scrapped or exported
3,752

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2010-2017 GMC Terrain vehicles. 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."

What could happen

The bright reflection may cause a glare for other drivers, reducing their visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Dealers will install headlamp appliques, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2022.

Parts involved

  • Headlamp Asm23319179, 23319180, 23319181, 23319182, 84064624, 84064625, 84064626, 84064627Headlamp Assembly

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA8 March 2022
  2. Owners notified8 September 2022
  3. Latest repair reportQ2 2024 — 32% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 8 March 2022.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N222363740.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
N222363740
Recalling manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional 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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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