2015 GMC Terrain Technical Service Bulletins

1,573 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2015 GMC Terrain. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10078874May 10, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician that a noise or a vibration in the vehicle that seems to be abnormal may not have been there when the vehicle was purchased. Technician should look for non - general motors aftermarket accessories installed on the vehicle that can cause these issues.
• 10134538May 9, 2016Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the wiper transmission and wiper motor to correct a customer concern that the windshield wipers are inoperative caused by to the wiper transmission linkage separating as a result of corrosion at the ball socket joints.
• 10134536May 6, 2016Equipment. This warranty administration bulletin provides information on GM?s policy on performing GM covered vehicle services and maintenance on vehicles originating/sold in Canada.
• 10114113May 5, 2016Engine cooling. This informational bulletin provides information on black smoke and rough idle on cold start.
• 10081340May 5, 2016Body and structure. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to inspect all four of the lift gate mounting brackets and replace brackets if necessary to correct a customer concern that after opening the power lift gate, it will not stay in the full open position and may drift down a few inches before coming to a rest caused by to an incorrect ball stud strut bracket being installed during assembly.
• 10078583May 1, 2016Equipment. This informational bulletin provides information to advise the customers that have enrolled their vehicle into the onstar advanced diagnostics & real time diagnostic alerts they may receive alerts from their vehicle when it is being serviced.
• 10078571May 1, 2016Equipment. This informational bulletin provide information on the product quality center (pqc) assembly replacement process.
• 10078569May 1, 2016Fuel system, Other or unknown. This informational bulletin provides information on vehicles designed to operate on gaseous fuels.
• 10083782Apr 27, 2016Engine, Electrical system. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair the concern of black smoke when starting the vehicle after sitting.
• 10083513Apr 27, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair the concern of receiving frequent "off route" messages while following turn by turn (tbt) route navigation. The technician is provided instructions for resetting the vehicle communication interface module for this concern.
• 10078745Apr 27, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair the concern of receiving frequent "off route" messages while following turn by turn (tbt) route navigation. The technician is provided instructions for resetting the vehicle communication interface module for this concern.
• 10083073Apr 26, 2016Electrical system, Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair the concern of a dead battery after leaving the vehicle during a bluetooth call.
• 10078743Apr 26, 2016Electrical system. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair the concern of a dead battery after leaving the vehicle during a bluetooth call.
• 10078564Apr 25, 2016Engine, Fuel system. This informational bulletin provides information on the introduction of the advanced diagnostics - proactive alerts available on many models.
• 10083781Apr 22, 2016Electrical system. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose the concern, and the steps to repair the concern of the vehicle cranks but does not start. The technician is to inspect for a sheared cam pin in the engine.
• 10083587Apr 22, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician to contact the gm technical assistance center for further instructions. The concern is the radio may be unable to save xm favorite stations.
• 10083509Apr 21, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair the concern. The vehicle's xm radio only has xm preveiw channels.
• 10083482Apr 21, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician to diagnose the concern and the steps to repair the concern. The vehicle's xm travel link may be inopertive.
• 10078522Apr 20, 2016Equipment. "this technical bulletin provides a procedure to contact onstar for hard mute request to correct a customer concern when the radio is on, it does not mute enough when the onstar® turn-by-turn navigation directions are announced due to customer improperly setting the radio volume high enough when the turn-by-turn navigation messages are played. "
• 10078520Apr 20, 2016Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides information that may be useful on diagnosing batteries that have set for a long period of time and/or set in cold weather climates and testing those batteries.
• 10083884Apr 19, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps for diagnosing the concern. The vehicle may be unable to connect to onstar using the white, blue or red onstar buttons.
• 10083484Apr 19, 2016Electrical system. This preliminary information communication provides information to help the dealership technicians perform a parasitic drain test for the onstar module. When performing battery parasitic drain test, there may be some confusion as to what the normal power consumption reading should be from the onstar system.
• 10078735Apr 19, 2016Electrical system. This preliminary information communication provides information to help the dealership technicians perform a parasitic drain test for the onstar module. When performing battery parasitic drain test, there may be some confusion as to what the normal power consumption reading should be from the onstar system.
• 10083847Apr 18, 2016Engine. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair a possible rattle, tick, or knock type noise coming from the engine.
• 10078721Apr 18, 2016Engine. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnose and repair a possible rattle, tick, or knock type noise coming from the engine.
• 10078506Apr 18, 2016Electrical system. This informational bulletin provides warranty information on using the service programming system (sps) for programming control modules
• 10078504Apr 18, 2016Engine. This informational bulletin provides information internal engine noise or damage after oil filter replacement
• 10078502Apr 15, 2016Equipment. This warranty administration bulletin provides information on gm’s policy on performing gm covered vehicle services and maintenance on vehicles originating/sold in canada.
• 10083853Apr 14, 2016Engine. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnosing the concern with diagnostic trouble code p015a . The vehicle may have a service engine soon light on the cluster.
• 10078680Apr 14, 2016Transmission and drivetrain, Engine. This preliminary information communication advises the technician on the steps to diagnosing the concern with diagnostic trouble code p015a . The vehicle may have a service engine soon light on the cluster.
• 10078483Apr 13, 2016Steering. This preliminary information bulletin provides a procedure to replace certain components to correct a customer concern of a steering vibration, felt through the steering wheel and vehicle structure, combined with a moan type noise due to engine firing pulsations being transmitted into the steering system.
• 10078481Apr 12, 2016Equipment. This informational bulletin provides information on the purpose of magnetic drain plugs.
• 10078472Apr 12, 2016Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). This informational bulletin provides information on a normal condition on tempered glass of spots showing on the rear and side windows when the vehicle is in the sunlight.
• 10083522Apr 8, 2016Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician steps on diagnosing and repairing the concern of the vehicle's clock will not hold the correct time. Instructions for reprogramming the radio with the latest calibrations are provided.
• 10078666Apr 8, 2016Electrical system. This preliminary information communication advises the technician steps on diagnosing and repairing the concern of the vehicle's clock will not hold the correct time. Instructions for reprogramming the radio with the latest calibrations are provided.
• 10078435Apr 7, 2016Equipment, Body and structure. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information that may be helpful when addressing underbody component corrosion with customers.
• 10083512Apr 5, 2016Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors), Equipment. This preliminary information communication advises the technician the steps on diagnosing the concern. Vehicle's sunroof operation intermittent, bind, noise, auto-reverse, and/or water leaks.
• 10078604Apr 5, 2016Electrical system, Body and structure, Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). This preliminary information communication advises the technician the steps on diagnosing the concern. Vehicle's sunroof operation intermittent, bind, noise, auto-reverse, and/or water leaks.
• 10078434Apr 1, 2016Transmission and drivetrain. This informational bulletin provide information on the operating characteristics of a manual transmission.
• 10078430Apr 1, 2016Steering. "this technical bulletin provides a procedure to inspect the steering gear for a normal condition of grease or sealant on exterior case of gear due to the manufacturing process."
• 10078423Apr 1, 2016Body and structure. This informational bulletin annouces the availability of a insulator service part for prevention of liftgate rust/corrosion at center applique.
• 10078420Apr 1, 2016Electrical system. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the radio to correct a customer concern of radio inoperative, blue screen, am clipping noise, hd on/off status not retained in stations, time lag on transitions, no audio with internal amp, park assist symbol position wrong in rear view camera.
• 10113975Mar 31, 2016Electrical system, Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles equipped with radio Regular Production Option Code UFU, UP9, UHQ, UHK, UFW, UHR, UHJ, or UFF when the display shows Theft Locked. Technician will pull the radio fuse for five minutes and reevaluate the concern. If the concern is no longer present, release the vehicle to the customer and advise that we are working on a…
• 10113973Mar 31, 2016Electrical system. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Diagnostic Trouble Code B101D stored in Telematics Communication Interface Control Module. Technician will check Global Warranty Management system for customer satisfaction program 15086 status. If the status of the customer satisfaction program 15086 was not completed follow the steps to get the Telematics…
• 10113970Mar 31, 2016Engine cooling. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that some vehicles may have rattle, tick, or knock type noise. If there are any drivability concerns they should be addressed prior to the following diagnostic progression. Technician will take a sound file or video with sound of the noise prior to dis-assembly. Technician may find this noise hard to isolate to one area in the engine…
• 10112831Mar 30, 2016Wheels. This informational bulletin provides information on chemical staining, pitting, and corrosion on wheels and the proper cleaners to use to fix the conditions due to multiple causes.
• 10112829Mar 29, 2016Equipment. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information on GM is implementing a new service strategy that uses a set of universal coaxial repair kits to service vehicles. This only applies to cable used for high frequency signals, such as cellular (OnStar®), satellite radio (XM) and GPS (navigation). The kits do NOT apply to the AM/FM cables.
• 10112821Mar 24, 2016Electrical system. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information on GM Accessory Remote start not working with onstars remotelink phone applications
• 10112820Mar 23, 2016Engine. This preliminat informational bulletin provides information on the proactive alert advanced diagnostics. Proactive Alert monitors the Engine Cranking system and the Fuel Delivery system and if either one of these monitored systems triggers certain performance issues, specific Customer and Dealer Communication are sent.
• 10113948Mar 21, 2016Equipment. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about iPhones will not always autoconnect through Bluetooth to the vehicle. If the vehicle has more than one device listed in the Bluetooth device list, and the last device used was an Apple product, the Apple products will not autoconnect. The system will connect to one of the other devices instead. This concern is usually noticed…

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