GMC Acadia Complaints

5,595 consumer complaints on file.

#10502205March 9, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
NO RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS? BOUGHT 2007 ACADIAR USED, 2600 MILES /FELT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS EARLY ON. VERY NOTICEABLE JERK AT 40MPH. IN AND OUT OF DEALERSHIP SINCE. LAST FEW MONTHS CAR HAS BEEN IN TO DEALER FREQUENTLY RE CAR BUCKING AT STOP LIGHTS REALLY ROUGH THOUGHT ENGINE GOING TO DIE. EVERY TIME NOTHING SHOWED IN CODES, EMERGENCY TRIP TO DOCTOR/HEAVY TRAFFIC MAIN ARTERY/CAN'T GET OVER 20MPH/ENGINE SCREAMING/ MAKE IT TO DR. (OMG) TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. TRANSMISSION GONE. I COULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FINALLY HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT A WAVE PLATE. FOR 5 YRS I'VE SAID SOMETHING WRONG. NO ONE SAID THESE WERE CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH ACADIAS. THEY ISSUED RECALLS FOR A LEAK IN THE SUN ROOF. NO RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS? KNOWN DEFECTIVE WAVE PLATES? I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT MANY DON'T. WARRANTY OR NOT, THIS SAFETY HAZARD SHOULD BE FIXED BY GMC AT THEIR EXPENSE. A RECALL IS MANDATED. JUST ASK THE OWNERS. . . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502055March 8, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 10 MPH THEN STALLED. AFTER RESTARTING, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502027March 7, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE ABOVE (20MPH?). I WAS FORCED TO PARK IT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. NOW LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT REPAIR, I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501338March 5, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501197March 4, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 25 MPH, THE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTARTED THEN OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,400.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501261March 4, 2013
ENGINE
WAVE PLATE WENT OUT ON VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF THESE 2008 VEHICLES. I WAS DRIVING FOUR CHILDREN AND VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED. I WAS NOT OUT OF MILEAGE WARRANTY ONLY HAVE 70,000 BUT WAS OUT OF YEAR WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501115March 3, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER, STRUCTURE
WATER HAS BEEN POURING IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED IN THE REAR OVERHEAD LIGHTS, DVD PLAYER AND HAS PROGRESSED TO THE FRONT OF THE INTERIOR, SOAKING THE DASH BOARD AND CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. SO MUCH AS KILLING THE BATTERY, THE REAR DOOR OPENING ON ITS OWN, THE HEAT NOT RESPONDING TO THE FRONT . I SPOKE TO TECHNICIANS IN SALISBURY WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR, A GMC DEALERSHIP. HE HAS STATED MY WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT, NEVER STATING THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ACADIA. I THOUGHT IT WAS A SEAL PROBLEM AND SET OUT TO ORDER ONE FROM THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED IT THAT TIME, IT WAS PROBABLY THE DRAIN HOSES, OD COURSE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS BEING COMMON WITH THIS VEHICLE. BUT WAS TOLD TO "BLOW OUT THE DRAIN HOSES" I HAVE TO PUT PLASTIC OVER MY CAR TO PREVENT WATER FROM ENTERING, MY RESEARCH HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GMC HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND BE MADE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500766February 28, 2013
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AN ABNORMAL NOISE SOUNDED FROM THE STEERING UNIT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MODULE AND THE RODS WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500870February 28, 2013
STEERING
WHILE MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN FRONT TIRES VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN VERY RESISTANT. FRONT TIRES FELT LIKE BEING DRUG ACROSS THE PAVEMENT. PROBLEM BECAME MORE FREQUENT IN BOTH TURNING DIRECTIONS. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE (OTHERS COMPLAINING OF THIS ONLINE). STEERING RACKET CRACKED AND FLUID LEAKING ON RIGHT INTERNAL IN BELLOWS. "INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH STEERING GEAR". I WAS TOLD THIS WASN'T RECALLED BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, BASICALLY SOME ONE HAS TO DIE! EXCUSE ME, I DRIVE ON THE COUNTRY'S MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY, US 50 OVER ECHO SUMMIT AT LEAST ONCE/TWICE PER MONTH. WHAT IF THIS FAILED? HOW IS A STEERING PROBLEM NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? I TOOK THE SUV IN BEFORE WE WERE KILLED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500586February 27, 2013
AIR BAGS
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICAL FROM OUR LOCAL GMC DEALORSHIP AND TWO WEEKS AFTER DRIVING AWAY FROM THE LOT, THE FRONT AIR LIGHT INDICATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR WAS NOT ACTIVE EVEN WITH A PERSON SITTING IN THE SEAT. I CONTACTED THE DEALORSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $800.00 TO FIX THIS ITEM. KEEP IN MIND, I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICAL FROM THEM AND DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICAL YET NOT RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. MY WIFE WAS 8 MONTHS PREGNANT AT THE TIME AND REFUSED TO RIDE IN THE VEHICAL UNTIL I GOT IT FIXED. WE ARE ALSO HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHICH APPEARS TO HAPPENING TO 100'S OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER ACADIA OWNERS. WHY HAS THIS VEHICAL NOT BEEN RECALLED YET? I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH SELLING THESE ITEMS KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY SAFETY ISSUES WITH THEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500614February 27, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE WHEN I TURNED A CORNER AND WENT TO HIT THE GAS TO GO AND I HAD NOTHING! MY CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL INTO TRAFFIC. I WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE HIT. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THREW IT INTO PARK. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND TRIED TO MOVE IT AND I HAD NO DRIVE SO I TRIED TO PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK IT UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTHING I HAD NO DRIVE NO REVERSE NOTHING!!!!! I HAD IT TOWED TO THE SHOP AND I STILL KNOW NOTHING ON WHY IT HAPPENED EXCEPT THEY SAID THERE IS AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I HAVEN'T EVEN OWNED IT A YEAR. I RELY ON THIS CAR TO SAFELY GET MY THREE KIDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND NOW I'M TERRIFIED TO PUT MY CHILDREN BACK IN THIS CAR AFTER READING ALL THE OTHER HORROR STORIES ABOUT THIS CAR. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!!!!!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500692February 27, 2013
AIR BAGS, STEERING, POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY/WIPER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO FLORIDA FOR CHEER LEADING COMPETITION; I WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF ILLINOIS WHEN THE CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT AND MESSAGE SCREEN CAME ON THANKFULLY THE LIGHT WENT OFF BUT CAME BACK ON ON OUR WAY BACK TO CHICAGO AND KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO DEALER BUT THEY ONLY SAID THAT THE HARNESS WAS TIGHT THEY ONLY WIGGLED IT AND LIGHT WENT OFF BUT CAME BACK A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. THEN THE POWER STEERING STARTED MAKING NOISE DEALER SAID THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AND NOISE IS GETTING LOUDER. THEN SUSPENSION STARED IT MAKING NOISE. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND HAD TIE RODS REPLACED. THEN THE SERVICE AIRBAG PROBLEM CAME BACK AND THIS TIME DIDN'T GO AWAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE HARNESS WAS TO TIGHT AND THEY REROUTED IT SO IT WASN'T TIGHT ANYMORE. WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND ITS ON AGAIN BUT I DIDN'T TAKE IT BACK AND NOW IS PAST ITS WARRANTY.THEN HEAD LAMP WENT OUT. HAD TO PAY DEALER $180 (RIP OFF) NEXT THE OTHER HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT. MY NEPHEW REPLACED IT IN LESS THAN 10 MIN. NOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR THAT HEAD LIGHT PROBLEM. THEN WIPERS ARM CAME LOOSE FROM MOTOR I HAD MY COUSIN FIX IT FOR ME. NOW I HAVE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE CAME BACK WITH THE CODE TO REPLACE THE CANISTER PURGE SOLENOID NOW I HAVE THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, IT STARTED TO ACT FUNNY SHIFTING PRETTY HARD SOME TIMES AND THEN A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY COMING HOME WHEN I NOTICE THE RPMS AT ABOUT 45000 AND IT WOULDN'T CHANGE GEARS AND THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED GOING NUTS I DON'T KNOW WHY AND HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME ON THE SAME GEAR. TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE AND CAME BACK WITH THE SAME CODE FOR THE SOLENOID PLUS P0700/P0716/P0717 FOR THE TRANSMISSION. NOW MY ACADIA IS JUST SITTING ON MY DRIVEWAY NO MONEY TO FIX IT AND DRIVING MY 15 YEAR OLD TRUCK HOPING GMC DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NIGHTMARE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500709February 27, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR THEN TWO DAYS LATER JUST QUIT IN A DRIVE THRU LANE AT A FAST FOOD. COULDN'T GET INTO ANY GEAR. I HAD TO HAVE PEOPLE PUSH IT OUT TO A SAFE LOCATION. TOWED IT HOME. NOW I HAVE A $18,000 PIECE OF SCRAP METAL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499732February 22, 2013
STEERING
PARTS INSIDE THE POWER STEERING PUMP DESTROYED CAUSING METAL FILINGS IN THE POWER STEERING FLUID. THE FILINGS CAUSED THE THE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM TO FAIL RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING.THE VEHICLE BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS AND UNDOUBTABLY WILL RESULT IN FATALITIES.RESEARCH I HAVE DONE SAYS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE TAKE ACTION! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499612February 21, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498147February 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ARCADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD POP NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR WHEN IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,177.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498046February 13, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HIS VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS PINNED IN THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT GET OUT. THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE DAMAGES TO THE DRIVER SIDE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS HEAD AND CHEST. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY FAMILY. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A REPORT WAS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WILL GIVE HIM A RETURN CALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 3/10/13 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10497603February 9, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
NOTICED DRIVERS SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT WAS OUT ON GMC ACADIA 2010. HUSBAND WENT TO REPLACE BULB AND DISCOVERED HOUSING HAD COMPLETELY MELTED( HEADLIGHT STILL WORKED), HE THEN DECIDED TO CHECK PASSENGER LIGHT THAT STILL WORKED AND IT IS MELTED TOO! THIS HAS TO BE DANGEROUS. I AM CONTACTING GMC TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496888February 8, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ONSTAR THAT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY OR MAY DEPLOY ERRONEOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE AIR BAG CABLES WERE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,519. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496391February 4, 2013
POWER TRAIN
STARTED SHIFTING WEIRD, THEN RPM'S WOULD SPIKE AS CAR WAS SHIFTING. CAR THEN WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR AND LEFT STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN WAVE PLATE, DAMAGING NUMEROUS GEARS AND TORQUE CONVERTER. PRESSURE CONTROL MODULE WHICH IS PART OF THE VALVE BODY WAS BAD. HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, ALL SEALS, GASKETS. ALSO FOUND OUT WHEN REPLACING THAT THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING WAS LEAKING COOLANT, SO HAD TO HAVE THAT REPLACED AT SAME TIME. THIS AT A COST TO US OF OVER $3500.00. HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE WERE 7 MONTHS OUT OF OUR 5 YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY AND GM WOULD NOT HELP IN THE LEAST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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