GMC Acadia Complaints (2015)

243 consumer complaints on file.

#11150265November 9, 2018
STEERING
STEERING NOISE ...NOISE WHINING SOUND COMES FROM STEERING COLUM WHEN THE VEHICLE IN MOTION AT LOW SPEED BACKING WHILE TURNING INTO PARKING SPACE OR ENTERING SPACE..DEALERSHIP @ WINKELLY GMC IN CLARKSVILLE, MD CANNOT SAY WITH ANY CERTAIN WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE ...BUT DO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH NOISE FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND OTHER VEHICLES OF GMC HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL....NO WARRANTY...DEALER SUGGEST TO KEEP AN "EYE" ON IT...WAIT UNTIL THE NOISE BECOMES EVEN LOUDER...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150001November 7, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HAD CAR SERVICED AT DEALERSHIP 11/02/18 BECAUSE ENGINE LIGHT ON. 11/07/18 STARTED VEHICLE NOTICED RUNNING LOUDER THAN USUAL, WHEN I SHUT OFF VEHICLE, FAN STILL RUNNING. NOTICE GAS HANDLE SEEMS TO FLUCTUATE. STARTED VEHICLE, IT MADE THUMPING NOISE, THEN SHUT OFF BY ITSELF. ENGINE LIGHT ON. STARTED VEHICLE AND IT ACCELERATED/REVVED HIGH. TRIED TO START VEHICLE, MADE CLICKING SOUND BUT NEVER TURNED/STARTED, STRONG SMELL OF GAS. ALL INSTANCES VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11143927October 29, 2018
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC ACADIA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR, TIRE LINE: FORTERA, AND TIRE SIZE: P255/65/R18 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED A CRACK ON THE INSIDE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS ROTATED BUT WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS 4BXMARDR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11130556September 21, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAINS, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2015 GMC ACADIA DENALI. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SO FAR IS STILL WORKING. THIS OCCURRED AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME IN MY AREA OF MASSACHUSETTS. WE WERE EXPERIENCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND RAIN DUE TO THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FLORENCE. I CONTACTED THE GMC DEALER, THE ASSOCIATE ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED. I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FAILURE OF SAFETY ON A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. MY VISIBILITY WAS DIMINISHED AND LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN OR IF THE OTHER WIPER WOULD FAIL. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED TODAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11128775September 11, 2018
STEERING
ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 I WAS GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER. THE OFFICER COULD NOT TURN MY STEERING WHEEL AND THE REPAIR ESTIMATE GUY SAID THAT WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE TO TEST THE STEERING THE POWER WOULD COME AND GO. THE STEERING WOULD BE SOFT AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN, THE STEERING WOULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. MOST OF THE REVIEWS THAT I READ HAVE THE SAME ISSUE BUT THEIR MODELS ARE OLDER THAN MINE. MY ACADIA IS A 2015 WHEN IS THIS SAFETY HAZARD GOING TO BE CORRECTED? IT HAS BEEN 8 YEARS (2007) SINCE THIS STEERING MALFUNCTION WAS DISCOVERED AND MY VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PRODUCTION AND GMC IS STILL PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK WITH THEIR CONTINUED USE OF THE SAME STEERING DESIGN, MATERIALS, ASSEMBLY OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT CAUSES THIS MALFUNCTION. SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11123881August 31, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING THE TANK WITH GAS, I STARTED THE ENGINE AND IT ACCELERATED TO FULL CAPACITY. THE ENGINE HAD MADE CLICKING SOUNDS, AND OTHER SOUNDS WHEN IT STARTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11123787August 31, 2018
WHEELS
GOODYEAR FORTERA HL P255/65R18 109S TIRES - MY CAR WAS PARKED YESTERDAY FOR A SHORT TIME WHEN THE REAR RIGHT TIRE DEFLATED FOR NO REASON. THE SPARE WAS PUT ON THE CAR AND DRIVEN 10 MILES HOME. TODAY THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE TIRE REPAIR SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE THERE WAS A STRAIGHT CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE TREAD. AS THE CAR WAS SLOWED DOWN TO TURN IN THE TIRE SHOP THE LEFT TIRE "POPPED" AND DEFLATED. UPON INSPECTION OF THIS TIRE, THE SAME STRAIGHT CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE IS CONFIRMED. GOODYEAR RECALLED THIS TIRE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AND THE TIRE NEEDS INVESTIGATED FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11119391August 11, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED UNDER WARRANTY, BECAUSE AT THE TIME I HAD LESS THAN 36,000 MILES BUT THE CAR WAS AT 38 MONTHS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT AND BLOWING WARM AIR WHEN THE SUMMER TIME TEMPS WERE IN THE 90S. I TOOK IT TO MY GMC SERVICE DEPT AND WAS TOLD THE EVAPORATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WAS IT IS A LABOR INTENSIVE REPAIR THAT REQUIRES REMOVAL OF THE DASHBOARD TO GET TO THE EVAPORATOR. $1500 LATER I NOW HAVE COOL AIR IN THE CAR I PAID $40,000 FOR. AFTER THE FACT I DECIDED TO SEARCH THE WEB TO SEE IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND IT WAS. BARELY 3 YEARS OLD AND THE AIR CONDITIONER NEEDS MAJOR REPAIR?? GMC SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES! I HAVE A 13 YEAR OLD CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH 168,000 MILES AND THE AC WORKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. SO, IS THIS THE NEW NORMAL FOR GM? NOT GOOD ENOUGH THAT CARS TODAY COST WHAT YOU COULD BUY A HOUSE FOR NOT LONG AGO.NOW THEY BUILD THEM TO SELF DESTRUCT ONE SYSTEM AT A TIME TO KEEP THE PROFITS ROLLING IN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11118507August 8, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BOUGHT CAR 10-11 DAYS AGO USED. 35K MILES. SMELLED LIKE BRAKES WERE LEFT ON. STOPPED AND CHECKED. NOTHING. AC QUIT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115179August 1, 2018
STEERING
MY CAR LOST POWER STEERING WHILE I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY AS I DROVE! THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED TO BE LEAKING AND FAILING. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR WHICH MODELS 2007-2011 WERE RECALLED. ESTIMATES TO REPAIR ARE ABOUT $1,000. I HAVE LOST THE USE OF MY CAR SINCE JULY 14, REPAIRS ARE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 18, 2018. COMPLETELY DISSATISFIED WITH MY DEALER, BOWSER, PLEASANT HILLS, PA. THIS IS THE MOST UMSAFE CARE I HAVE EVER DRIVEN! THE COMPUTER CONTROLS REQUIRE DRIVER TO TAKE EYES OFF THE ROAD TO DO EVERYTHING! VOICE CONTROLS NEVER WORK PROPERLY. COMPUTER SYSTEM HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE THEN FINALLY REPLACED. I TRIED TO RETURN CAR DAYS AFTER BUYING IT AND DEALER REFUSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11114480July 30, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
INJECTORS STICKING OPEN. BROUGHT TO DEALER AT 26,000 MILES AFTER IT BROKE DOWN 200 MILES AWAY. THAT WAS AFTER THE GMC DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT SHOULD BE OK TO DRIVE. INJECTOR STUCK OPEN AND THE DEALER WE BROKE DOWN AT SAID THE VEHICLE COULD CATCH FIRE IF WE KEPT DRIVING. THEY REPLACED THE INJECTOR THAT WAS THE ISSUE. NOW LAST WEEK ANOTHER DIFFERENT INJECTOR FAILED. THIS TIME THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE FILLED WITH THE SMELL OF FUEL AND WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING ON THE ROAD. WE COULDN'T PULL OVER RODGER AWAY BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ON A SAFE ROAD TO STOP AT. ENDED UP DRIVING IT TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. MY WIFE AND SON WERE IN THE CAR SCREAMING AND CRYING AT HOW BAD THE CAR WAS DRIVING AND SMELLED. WE WERE VERY FEARFUL THE CAR WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. GMC ONCE AGAIN STATES IT'S AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AFTER IT'S HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN MONTHS. AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE ALL INJECTORS OR RECALL THE VEHICLE. WE TOLD THEM WE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT BUT THEY DON'T CARE TO HEAR IT. BOTH TIMES WE WERE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-70MPH AND IT'S A VERY SCARY UNSAFE FEELING WHEN IT HAPPENS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111623July 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2015 GM ACADIA. CONSUMER WRITES REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRING SIDE DETECTION SENSORS. *LD *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11112590July 20, 2018
STEERING
MY ACADIA LOST POWER STEERING MAKING VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. I COULD HEAR A WHINING SOUND I'D NEVER HEARD BEFORE. WE TOOK IT TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP SINCE WE WERE ON VACATION. SERVICEMAN SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING AND NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CALLED DEALER, BOWSER, IMMEDIATELY COULD NOT GET AN APPT FOR 5 DAYS. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, CONCLUDED THE PUMP WAS NOT UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND ESTIMATED IT WOULD BE OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR. SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL ON PREVIOUS MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111074July 12, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 15 PLUS OCCASIONS, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN THE PARKING GEAR AND RUNNING, THE FRONT END WILL START TO VIBRATE MILDLY, INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND THEN THE TRACTION LOSS LIGHT ILLUMINATES, A BLINKING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, "SERVICE STABILITRAK" AND "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" MESSAGES APPEAR. THEN TRACTION CONTOL OFF APPEARS, FOLLOWED BY AN AUDIBLE LOUD CLICK AND VIBRATION CEASES, MESSAGES DISAPPEAR AND LIGHTS TURN OFF. ONCE WHILE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND BEING OPERATED ON A ROADWAY, I PULLED RIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION TO HAVE THIS SAME SEQUENCE HAPPEN DURING DRIVING, RESULTING IN AN ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION AND A NEAR ACCIDENT. THE SEQUENCE WAS IDENTICAL AND ONCE THE ERRORS CLEARED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AND FORCEFULLY. I HAVE DOCUMENTED MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ON VIDEO WHILE STATIONARY OVER A MULTI MONTH PERIOD AND HAVE FURNISHED THOSE DOCUMENTS TO MY LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP WHICH HAS FAILED TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE AND TODAY RETURNED MY VEHICLE TO ME WITH AN APOLOGY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THAT THE VEHICLE MUST EXHIBIT THIS BEHAVIOR IN THEIR PRESENCE TO WARRANT A FIX. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT CLEARLY COVERS THESE PROBLEMS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO EMAIL THE VIDEOS, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN THE SUPPORTED FORMAT AND LIKELY LARGER THAN 5MB.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103947June 26, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC, MY WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON FOR "REDUCED POWER", 'TRACTION CONTROL" MALFUNCTION, 'STABILITRAC AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. POWER REDUCED TO 25MPH. I WAS CLOSE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WENT THERE RIGHT AWAY. THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 2 TO 4 HRS BEFORE ANYONE COULD LOOK AT. MY MILEAGE WAS 36,432...432 MILES OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY...HE TOLD ME THE CHARGES FOR DIAGNOSING WOULD BE $130. I AGREED. THEN HE EXPLAINED THAT THE THE LOW HP FUEL PRESSURE/PURGE SOLENOID WAS STUCK OPEN, DIANOSE CODES WERE PO191 AND PO496, THEY REPLACED A HIGH PRESSRE FUEL PUMP, R&R INTAKE PLENUM TO REPLACE FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR AND REPLACE A PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID. COST TO ME WAS $1,760.51 ($866.06 LABOR- $820.43 PARTS -$30.00 MISC.CHARGE-$82.29 MISC.DISCOUNT- TAXES OF $126.31. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY COULDN'T BE MORE LENIENT WITH MILEAGE ON WARRANTY. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM THEM AND HAVE COMPLETED ALL MY SERVICE WORK THERE. THIS WAS A SCARY SITUATION IN NOON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY ROADSIDE PULL OFF AT THE TIME. COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A DEFECTION FUEL PUMP? I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE WRITER "IF YOU HAD DRIVEN ANY FURTHER MORE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ENGINE BLOCK".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102552June 19, 2018
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC ACADIA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR FORTERA HL TIRES, SIZE: P255/65R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15T002000 (TIRES); THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101184June 11, 2018
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC ACADIA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR FORTERA HL TIRES, SIZE: P255/65R18. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT WALLINGFORD BUICK GMC (1122 OLD NORTH COLONY RD, WALLINGFORD, CT 06492, (888) 765-9107), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD CRACKS AND TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE TREAD PATTERNS. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,590.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11092821May 10, 2018
AIR BAGS
MY 2015 GMC ACADIA HAS A SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND (MINOR OR MAJOR). NOT SURE IF IT IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR IF IT IS A BAD AIR BAG. NOW I HAVE NO IDEA IF THE AIRBAGS WILL EVEN DEPLOY IF WE ARE IN AN ACCIDENT. SINCE IT IS 3 YEARS OLD THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH COST TO THE CONSUMER. I HAVE LOOKED FOR ANY RECALLS BUT HAVE NOT FOUND ANY. I'M SURE MY VEHICLE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084958April 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SIDE DETECTION, FRONT AND REAR CAMERAS FAILED DUE TO CORROSION OF HARNESS (84004718) AND TWO MODULES (84031087). REPLACEMENT OF THESE COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO REPAIR PROBLEM. HAD TO WAIT OVER A MONTH FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11061500January 9, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A SERVICE STATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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