The Lemon Index$1,800 middle bill · most between $1,500 and $2,300
Lower than the $2,500 middle bill owners of all 63 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 81,000 miles (8 reports).
GMC Terrain owners reported paying a median of $1,800 for a timing chain replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,500 and $2,300. That's from 19 owner reports (19 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00011%
- $1,000–$2,50068%
- $2,500–$5,00016%
- $5,000 and up5%
Share of the 19 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2010 GMC Terrain3$2,000 middle bill
- 2011 GMC Terrain1too few for a middle
- 2012 GMC Terrain2too few for a middle
- 2013 GMC Terrain5$1,400 middle bill
- 2014 GMC Terrain3$2,800 middle bill
- 2015 GMC Terrain3$2,300 middle bill
- 2016 GMC Terrain1too few for a middle
- 2020 GMC Terrain1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2013 GMC Terrain34 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2010 GMC Terrain33 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2012 GMC Terrain33 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2014 GMC Terrain32 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2011 GMC Terrain26 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2015 GMC Terrain24 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a timing chain. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
1.5 Turbo (LFV / LYX) · 2.4 Ecotec (LAF / LEA)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0016 P0017 P0008 P0018 P0019. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- GMC Terrain reliability by year
- Timing chain replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs GMC Terrain owners reported
Engine replacement (13) · Brake booster replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11610272, 11585224, 11524404, 11470113, 11459306, 11456254, 11445722, 11444728, 11436115, 11376089, 11355112, 11301465 and more.
Quick answers
How much does timing chain replacement cost on a GMC Terrain?
GMC Terrain owners reported a median of $1,800, and the middle half paid $1,500 to $2,300, from 19 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a GMC Terrain timing chain replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The GMC Terrain middle bill of $1,800 is lower than the $2,500 owners of all 63 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these GMC Terrain repair costs come from?
From 19 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which GMC Terrain years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2013 (34), 2010 (33), 2012 (33) GMC Terrain named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.