2011 GMC Acadia Complaint Log

THE CAR HAS 77,000 MILES AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN AND ALL COMPONENTS INVOLVED. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY HAD RECALLS ON 2007-2009 VEHICLES BUIT HAD SINCE FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT APPARENTLY NOT. I HAD MY MACHANIC FIX THIS THE COST WAS $1636.00 WHICH WAS WAY CHEAPER THAN THE DEALER. I THINK THAT GMC SHOULD RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS I HEARD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM STILL.

THE 2011 GMC ACADIA VEHICLE AT 38K MILES SUFFERED A MAJOR LEAK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM.PER NHTSA ID NUMBER 10052213 & PB-13079, THE FIX DID NOT STOP THE COOLANT LEAKAGE AROUND THE WATER PUMP SEAL. WITH THE VEHICLE AT 38K MILES THE DEALER TESTED AND CHARGED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER PUMP. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE. THE MANUFACTURERS SAFETY ISSUE IN MY PART WAS UNSATISFACTORY DO TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE PART NOT UNDER WARRENTY.

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE OVERHEATED ON BOTH SIDES AND HAVE MELTED THE PLASTIC HOUSING. THE LIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY HOT IN A CONFINED SPACE AND ARE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HEADLIGHT AND SAW THAT IT HAS MELTED THE HOUSING TO THE POINT WHERE THE BULB IS NOW SITTING DIRECTLY ON THE MELTED PLASTIC HOUSING. THESE ARE THE RUNNING LIGHTS....NOT THE MAIN HEADLIGHTS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH ALMOST 1/2 A TANK OF GAS, AND I LOST POWER SUDDENLY, AND HAD NO CONTROL OVER MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING AND EVERYTHING QUIT. BECAUSE I AM FAIRLY STRONG, I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO TURN OFF THE ROAD INTO A SAFE PLACE, AND NOT BE STRANDED ON A VERY BUSY TWO LANE ROAD. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO PAUL'S AUTOMOTIVE GARAGE, I WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF GAS.

MY POWER STEERING HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY LOUD AND DIFFICULT TO HANDLE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS SIMILAR PROBLEMS OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE HAVE HAD. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IF IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ACADIA. RECENTLY, APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AGO, I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY "STABILITRACK" IS OFF AND MY VEHICLE TELLS ME TO "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" AND IS NOT BECOMING DIFFICULT TO STOP AND SHAKES QUITE A BIT WHEN DOING SO. I TRAVEL FROM HOME TO TOWN AND OFTEN HAVE TO TRAVEL ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MULTIPLE CARS TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS MYSELF IN CLOSE VICINITY. THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS ROUGHLY $1300 TO FIX AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS ROUGHLY $800 TO FIX. WHY ARE THERE NOT RECALLS ON THESE PROBLEMS IF IT IS SO COMMON? GMC NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING POORLY MADE VEHICLES THAT COST A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY ONLY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON TO FIX AND MY MILEAGE IS ONLY 72,000 MILES...THESE PROBLEMS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS, LIVES LOST, AND GMC SUED.

2011 GMC ACADIA, #14329B SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT-LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. COVERAGE GOOD FOR PERIOD OF 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. ACADIA STARTED HAVING POWER STEERING PROBLEM IN JAN 2017. 2/1/2017 SERVICE ACADIA AT THE DEALER'S FROM 2/1/2017 UNTIL 2/8/2017 TO REPLACE STEERING PUMP. DROVE THE CAR FROM THE DEALER, NOTICED IT WAS SCARY, BOUNCING RIGHT AWAY. TOOK IT BACK RIGHT AWAY. THE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT SINCE THE CAR HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE LIFT THE STRUTS ON THE SHOCKS HAD EXPANDED. MECHANIC DROVE THE ACADIA AND SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. DROVE HOME AND OTHER PEOPLE SAID IT WAS NOT NORMAL. TOOK THE ACADIA BACK ON 2/21/2017. ON 2/22/2017 THE ADVISOR CALLED AND SAID THE CAR NEEDED NEW STRUTS FOR $648.53. THE CAR HAD ONLY 31, 180 MILES. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR. AS A 77 YEAR OLD RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, I DRIVE CAREFULLY, PRUDENTLY. HAVE THE OLD STRUTS. DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED THIS 'SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT TO ENSURE COMPLETE SAFE VEHICLE OPERATION FROM THE BEGINNING'. DUE TO DEALER INCOMPETENCE BAMBOOZLED INTO PAYING FOR STRUT REPAIRS. THESE STRUTS WERE OPERATING JUST FINE BEFORE THE PUMP REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. THE CAR IS BETTER. STILL DOES RIDE AS WELL AS BEFORE. THE CAR WAS UNSAFE. HAVE 2 INVOICES, PLUS SPECIAL COVERAGE BULLETIN, PLUS OLD STRUTS.

SQUEAKING/WHINING IN STEERING COLUMN. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS, POWER STEERING GEAR LEAKING (RACK & PINION) AND MUST BE REPLACED. COST, $1432.00 PLUS TAX. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 17948 MILES. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY OR MANUF. RECALL. OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO AGE OR TIME. POWER STEERING COULD FAIL AS IT HAS IN OTHER VEHICLES. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. GMC SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES AS THIS IS A DESIGN OR ENGINEERING FLAW. THIS CONDITION IS NOTICED WHEN EVER THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEED WITH NO WARNING. VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, THE SERVICE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THEN THE ENGINE REDUCED SPEED WARNING INDICATOR AS THE VEHICLE DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEED TO LESS THAN 15 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,675.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY TIME THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS ACTIVATED, THE AIR FAILED TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR EVAPORATOR CORE AND BLOWER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 85,000.

I HAVE A 2011 GMC ACADIA. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN LATE 2013. THIS IS THE 6TH TIME I HAVE NEEDED TO REPLACE MY LOWBEAMS. LAST NIGHT HEADING HOME FROM WORK AROUND DUSK I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING HIM. I LOST DRIVERS SIDE TWO DAYS AGO AND LOST THE PASSENGERS HEADLIGHT AS I STARTED UP MY VEHICLE LEAVING WORK. IT WAS APPARENT THAT HE DID NOT SEE MY VEHICLE AS ALL THE OTHER VEHICLES HAD THEIR LIGHTS ON. THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN ISSUE THAT IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH PUTS MY FAMILY IN DANGER. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS INCREASED RISK TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE ON THE ROAD WITH THESE VEHICLES.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR EVERY TIME THAT I PUT GAS. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD ONE PREVIOUS OWNER BUT REFUSED TO GIVE ME A CARFAX REPORT. THEY STATED THAT THEY DID A FULL VEHICLE INSPECTION, AND STATED THERE WERE NO DEFECTS, BUT NO INSPECTION REPORT WAS IN THE CAR WHAT SO EVER. I AM READY TO FILE AN ARBITRATION COMPLAINT IF THIS SITUATION DOESN'T GET RESOLVED BECAUSE I AM STILL MAKING MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON THE LOAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT, A MECHANIC, FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE BATTERY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER PULLING OVER AND ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ON THE INITIAL ATTEMPT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

MY 2011 GMC ACADIA WOULD NOT START ONE MORNING. WE PUT A BATTERY CHARGER ON IT. IT STARTED BUT HAS A PINGING SOUND. WE CHECKED THE OIL. THE OIL WAS READING LOW. WE ADDED 3 QTS OF OIL. WE HAD AUTO REPAIR SHOP CHANGE OIL AND INSTALL NEW BATTERY. I STILL NOTICED THE PINGING SOUND. THAT EVENING, AS I WAS DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING TERRIBLE SOUNDS AND LOOSING POWER. I STOPPED DRIVING AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON AT ALL. THE DEALER IS TELLING ME IT IS MOST LIKELY THE TIMING CHAIN. THE ACADIA IS ONLY 5 YRS OLD WITH 116K MILES. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO THIS NEW OF CAR. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND THEY ALL SAY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE ACADIA AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL OR WARRANTY ISSUE. EQUALLY FRUSTRATING, I BOUGHT A WARRANTY THAT I WAS TOLD WAS AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" THAT I THOUGHT WOULD LOVER IT NOW I'M BEING TOLD THE WARRANTY WAS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE SALESMEN TOLD ME WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I FEEL TOTALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AS A WOMEN.

MOTOR STOPS RUNNING WHILE IN MOVEMENT IN GEARS OF FORWARD AND REVERSE. DRIVER HAS NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. STEERING WORKS BUT NO BREAKS OR POWER TO POWER TRAIN. MOTOR JUST SHUTS DOWN WITH OUT ANY NOTICE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOVEMENT ON PUBLIC ROADS, FREEWAYS AND WHILE PARKING.

WHINING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN, THUMPING AT SLOW RIGHT TURNS, NEEDED NEW RACK AND PINION, CV JOINTS REPLACED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. AFTER OPENING THE REAR LIFTGATE DOOR AND LEANING INTO THE REAR AREA, A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD BEFORE THE LIFTGATE DOOR SUDDENLY CLOSED DOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT'S HEAD WAS STRUCK WITH THE LIFTGATE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED IN JUNE OF 2015 FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V415000 (STRUCTURE) TO PREVENT THE FAILURE FROM OCCURRING. THE LOCAL DEALER (GMC OF BEACHWOOD, 25975 CENTRAL PKWY, BEACHWOOD OH) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

MY VEHICLE HAS 136,000 MILES AND THE TIMING CHAIN IS OUT, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT PASSENGER AXLE REPAIRED, THERE IS AN OIL LEAK. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THE GAS CAP WASN'T TIGHTENED. NOW I HAVE NO WARRANTY AND THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACED. THE FIRST DAY I DROVE MY VEHICLE THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT HAD HAD SEVERAL RECALLS.

STOPPED AT STOP SIGN MAKING RIGHT TURN EXCELLERATE TO 10-15 MPH NOTICE GARGLING SOUND OR LIKE A MUFFLER EXPLODES POWER REDUCTED...WITH IN A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO ENGINE LIGHT GO ON POWER (ENGINE) FAILURE NOT BREAKS OR STEARING AVAILABLE COAST TO CURB TRY TO START VEHICLE AGAIN...DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL. FLAT BEDDED TO KERBECK GMC DEALERSHIP BY 1:00PM 09/12/16 ...SERVICE MGR. CALL AT 6PM NO NEWS STILL BEING DIAGNOSED, WILL CALL IN THE AM...LATER THAT DAY CALLED TO TELL ME THAT IT SUCKED A VALVE AND HAS BROKEN ROCKER ASSEMBLY AND SEEMS TO BE DAMAGE IN THE LOWER END OF THE MOTOR! NEED NEW ENGINE...VEHICLE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE DEALER! NO WRITTEN REPORT HAS BE GIVEN TO ME, JUST VERBAL! PASSANGE IN VEHICLE AT TIME OF OCCURANCE...

GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD BURST FROM SIDEWALL. THE FIRST TIRE HAD A SLOW SIDE WALL LEAK THAT MAY HAVE INITIATED WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROADS. THE SECOND TIRE SPONTANEOUSLY BURST AT THE SIDEWALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THE HOLE WAS LARGE ENOUGH FOR ROADSIDE TO PUT HIS FINGER THROUGH. NO TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS NOTED AN ISSUE PRIOR TO BOTH EVENTS.

THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP ON THE DRIVER SIDE COMPLETELY MELTED AND BEGAN MELTING THE SURROUNDING CASING. THE OTHER DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP IS BEGINNING TO DO THE SAME THING. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL LAMPS WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW.

I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 8/6 WHERE I PLACE.MY CAR IN PARKING (P) AND ALL OF SUDDEN A VERY ACCELARATE NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE AND LOCKED ME AND MY HUSBAND INSIDE, WE COULDNT OPEN THE DOOR AND NOT EVEN TO TURN OFF BECAUSE THE KEYA GOT STOCK IN THE IGNATION. SPEED UP OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR AGAINST A NEIGHBOR HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGES AND SENDING ME TO THE HOSPITAL.. I WANT GMC TO CONTACT ME ASAP. FYI. THE IS VIDEO TO PROVE IT.

OUR NITE MARE BEGAN DECEMBER 2015 PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP MORE THEN WE'VE DRIVEN IT , FIRST THOUGHTS ON NON STARTING WAS NEEDED BIGGER BATTERY, DID THAT , SECOND THEY THOUGHT BATTERY ISSUES AGAIN , AN THIRD TIME OF NON STARTING SUPPOSE ABLE BAD GROUND ON TRANSMISSION, DID THAT, FOURTH TIME ANOTHER GROUND ON TRANSMISSION BAD, FIFTH TIME THOUGHT SOME THING ELECTRICAL , PUT IN SOME SORT OF TRANSMISSION MODULE , SIXTH TIME BRAIN PART, SEVENTH TIME THE BACK HATCH AN 8TH TIME THEY HAVE NO IDEA ITS IN SHOP STILL FROM AUGUST 4TH LAST TIME DROVE ANIT LOCK BRAKES CAME ON AN SLOWED OUR SPEED FROM 55 TO 30 WE WERE ALL SCARED

VEHICLES AIRBAG WAS ACTIVATED, BROUGHT TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD IT WAS A WIRING ISSUE INVOLVING PASSENGER SIDE. WAS TOLD THERE WAS. O WARRANTY OR RECALLS TO COVER PROBLEM AND WOULD REQUIRE COMPLETE REWIRE OF HARNESS AS THEY WERE UNSURE WHICH WIRE WAS CAUSING THE ISSUE ($2,000). THROUGH RESEARCH FOUND THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR 2008-2011 ACADIA'S BUT OUR VIN WASN'T DESIGNATED AS BEING INVOLVED IN RECALL. HOW GM CAN CLAIM THAT A VEHICLE WXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE RECALL IS RIDICULOUS. THIS APPEARS TO ONCE AGAIN BE GM DISREGARDING SAFETY CAUSED BY THEIR FAILURES IN PRODUCTION SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY.

STABILITY CONTROL OF LIGHT ON

WE BOUGHT THIS CAR IN FEB. 2016 USED WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER WE PURCHASED IT, THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM LIGHT WENT OUT. I PURCHASED A BULB TO REPLACE, BUT IT PROVED TO BE DIFFICULT. I HAD 3 OPEN RECALLS SO I BROUGHT CAR IN TO DEALER. THE NIGHT BEFORE BRINGING IT IN, DRIVER LOW BEAM LIGHT WENT OUT. I ASKED DEALER TO REPLACE BULBS WHILE VEHICLE WAS THERE. RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE DEALER THAT THE BULBS COULD NOT BE REPLACED BECAUSE HEADLIGHT HOUSING WAS MELTED!!!! THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH ACADIAS AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED!!!!

PASSENGER SIDE AIR VENT NOT BLOWING ALL THE OTHER VENTS WORK. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE AIR DOOR ACTUATOR. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME WE HAVE HAD OUR ACADIA IN FOR COOLING ISSUES EACH TIME WE HAVE HAD TO PAY BIG BUCKS WE DO NOT HAVE!!!!

THE DAYTIME LIGHTS, THE BULBS KEEP BURNING OUT. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE LO BEAM LIGHTS 4 TTIME NOW. THIS TENDS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE GMC ACADIA AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON IT TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. MANY APPEAR TO HAVE THE ACTUAL SOCKETS MELTED I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCE THAT BUT WITHIN THE LAT 12 MONTHS I HAVE REPLACED THE LO BEAM LIGHTS 4 TIMES THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS THIS TIME THEY BOTH WENT OUT WITHIN THE SAME DRIVE AND I WAS LEFT WITH ONLY HI BEAM BUT LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME.

FUEL TAKE INDICATOR FLUCTUATES NOT GIVING AN ACCURATE READING OF ACTUAL GAS IN TANK. IT WILL READ 3/4 TANK AND AFTER TURNING OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN IT WILL READ ON "E". WE DO NOT PARK ON A HILL WE HAVE A FLAT DRIVEWAY/GARAGE. THIS HAPPENS ANYWHERE I GO. I HAVE ALMOST RAN OUT OF GAS NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS.

AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT IS ON...I WENT AND HAD DEALERSHIP TAKE A LOOK SAID I NEED A NEW MODULAR WHICH COULD COST OVER 1000.00. HOW COULD THIS GO BAD AND COST SO MUCH. SOUNDS TO ME THAT I HAVE HAD A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG

VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK SITTING IN DRIVEWAY WHILE BEING CLEANED OUT. THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION; HOWEVER THE GEAR SHIFT WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK AS SOMEONE REACHED OVER ACROSS THE SEAT. PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WERE OPEN AND AS THE VEHICLE ROLLED , THE DOORS HIT MY POUCH CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS. MY CHILDREN HAD TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID BEING RAN OVER. THERE IS A SERIOUS DEFECT ON 2011 ACADIA AND THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. I NEED FOR GMC TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE GEAR SHIFTER IS NOT SUPPOSE TO MOVE WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED TO THE ON POSITION PLUS THE BRAKE MUST BE PUSH TO ACTIVE. SO GMC WHAT HAPPEN? I COULD BE BURYING ONE OF MY CHILDREN. THE DAMAGE IS OVER $2300 AND I HAVE A $500 DEDUCTIBLE NOT INCLUDING THE COST TO FIX WHY THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS ABLE TO MOVE. I NEED TO BE MADE WHOLE ($500 DEDUCTIBLE REIMBURSEMENT AND MY GEAR SHIFTER PROBLEM FIXED). MILEAGE AT TIME OF INCIDENT WAS 71,796.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED DAILY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE ON MARCH 11, 2015. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLAMP TWICE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE ONCE. I TOO HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THE SAME ISSUE WITH MANY OF THE SAME VEHICLES. THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS ARE A SAFETY ITEM THAT IS REQUIRED TO DRIVE AT NIGHT SO THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE BY GM. I WOULD INVITE ANY OF THE CUSTOMER CARE MANAGERS AT GM TO CONTACT ME.

CAN STARTED TO SMOKE. PANEL STATED REDUCE ENGINE. COULDN'T GO OVER 20MPH. CAR BROKE DOWN WITH TWO KIDS IN CAR.

WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING I HAD A SERIES OF MESSAGES APPEAR : "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" , THEN "SERVICE STABILITRAK" AND THEN VERY SOON AFTER "REDUCED ENGINE POWER". THE CAR WOULD STILL RUN, BUT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 20MPH AND STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN SPEED. AT ONE POINT HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN ENGINE OFF TO ALMOST "RESET" CAR TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO DESTINATION. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND HAVE HAD TO TAKE TO THE SHOP. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN THAT ARE TYPICALLY IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND AM CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY IF THIS ISSUE CANNOT BE RESOLVED.

THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT HAS FAILED AND MELTED THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING.

WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING THIS MESSAGE APPEARED : "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" , THEN "SERVICE STABILITRAK". VERY SOON AFTER MESSAGE "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" APPEARED. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 2K RPM'S OR 15MPH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND HAVE HAD TO TAKE TO SHOP AND HAVE THROTLE BODY INSPECTED AND RECALIBRATED. THIS IS MY WIFES CAR AND I HAVE A SMALL CHILD THAT WAS IN CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAPPENED IN AN AREA THAT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED TO INCLUDE SCHOOL BUSES.

WHILE DRIVING A MESSAGE APPEARED : "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" , THEN "SERVICE STABILITRAK". VERY SOON AFTER (A MINUTE OR TWO LATER) - A MESSAGE "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" APPEARED. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 2K RPM'S. LUCKILY WE WERE ON A SLOW ROAD, SO WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF AND THERE WERE NO HIGH SPEED CARS BEHIND US. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF, WAITING A FEW MINUTES THEN TURNING IT BACK ON APPEARED TO CLEAR THE ISSUE. THE TRACTION CONTROL SHOWED AS OFF WHEN IT FIRST STATED UP, BUT THEN IT SHOWED 'TRACTION CONTROL ON" AS IT STRATED TO DRIVE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF REPORTS OF THIS ON THE INTERNET.

STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP DURING A TURN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THEN LAST WEEK I COULDN'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO GET OUT OF DRIVEWAY. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. 1500.00 LATER I HAVE NEW SHIFTER AND SOME SORT OF NEW GEARS IN STEERING WHEEL. LOOKED IT UP AND THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, YET STILL NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 48000 MILES ON IT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THERE WEREN'T SOME SORT OF DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD WHINING SOUND 3 MONTH AFTER WE PURCHASED IT USED. THEN POWER STEERING STARTED TO GO IN AND OUT. TOOK THE CAR TO A AUTO CARE SHOP AND THIS IS WHAT THE BILL SAID. "REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP, TRIED TO FLUSH SYSTEM 2 TIMES, BLEED OUT AIR, REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP AGAIN, STILL NO POWER STEERING." SPOKE WITH GMC AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP, WE ARE COVERED UNDER SPECIAL COVERAGE 14329. GOING TO DEALERSHIP THIS WEEK. WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT A LITTLE LESS THEN $1000 ON THIS PROBLEM.

THE DAYTIME LIGHTS, THE BULB HAS MELTED ITSELF INTO THE SOCKET. YOU CANNOT JUST REPLACE THE BULB, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE SOCKET ALSO. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BULBS BEING TOO HOT UNTIL I WAS GOING TO REPLACE A BURNED OUT BULB. THE I REALIZED THE BULB HAD MELTED INTO THE SOCKET. THIS TENDS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE GMC ACADIA AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON IT TO CORRECT THE ISSUE.

WANTED TAILGATE NOISE FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTEE, BUT WAS PUT OFF BY DEALER TO WAIT FOR RECALL FIX. RECALL FIX DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM OF LOUD NOISES WHEN USING POWER TAILGATE. AFTER ABOUT 2 YEARS I RECEIVED RECALL LETTER FROM GM AND DEALER DID RECALL WORK. HOWEVER , THE NOISE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND DEALER TELLS ME I WILL NEED TO PAY $725 TO FIX PART # 23142258 BECAUSE IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER LONG AWAITED RECALL REPAIR. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND THEY CANNOT AUTHORIZE REPAIR EITHER. I BELEIVE THE RECALL MODULE BY NOT WORKING CORRECTLY CAUSED THE GEAR FAILURE. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE GM SHOULD FIX THE TAILGATE. ALL THIS HAPPENED OVER A 2 YEAR PERIOD. WHILE CAR WAS IN WARRENTY AND NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. SINCE GM HAD TO FIX ALL 2011 ACADIA'S THE PROCESS TOOK TOO LONG AND DAMAGED THE VEHICLE. I RECEIVED MY RECALL LETTER IN NOVEMBER 2015 , YEARS AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE.

STERRING WHEEL LOCKED DURING TURN

RACK & PINION WAS LEAKING. WAS REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP. POWER STEERING PUMP ALSO REPLACED. GMC DID NOT MAKE THIS PUBLIC THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH PUMP. REPLACED PUMP FLUID WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE THAN WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED. MANY GMC VEH. HAVE THIS PROB. THE FACT THAT GMC CHANGED FLUIDS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ORIGINAL TO FAIL. GMC WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM. PLEASE CHECK WITH GMC AMD GET THE TRUTH.

HAD A LOUD WHINING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE GMC DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS THE STEERING GEAR - REPLACEMENT COST ME $1840.28.

"TAMARA RECALL". I RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTICES. INITIALLY AUTO DEALERSHIP DENIED RECALL EXISTED. NOW CLAIMS IT DOESN'T APPLY TO MY CAR. ORIGINAL OWNER AND LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. WHAT ENGINE THE HECK IS GOING ON? DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FATAL INJURY TO GET THEIR ATTENTION? ENGINE MOUNTS KEEP BREAKING, 16,000 MILE INTERVALS. FIRST TIME DEALERSHIP REPLACED. NOW AT 33,000 MILES MY PHONE PROBLEM? GUESS WE NEED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE BEFORE MANUFACTURER ENGINEERS BETTER ENGINE MOUNTS?! LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE, CAREFUL DRIVER ON GOOD ROADS. PLEASE SEND FEEDBACK. *TR

MY 2011 GMC ACADIA SUDDENLY DRAINED THE BATTERY, I TRIED TO START IT AND DIDN'T WORK, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, SO I REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE, THE NEXT DAY THE NEW BATTERY WAS DRAINED LIKE THE OLD ONE, SO I TOOK THE BATTERY BACK TO AUTOZONE, THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY AND WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, THEY ALSO CHECKED THE VEHICLE FOR ANY POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND THE DIAGNOSTIC DIDN'T SHOW ANY PROBLEMS, SO THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AGAIN WITH A NEW ONE,... SO I HAD THE NEW BATTERY INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE AND WENT HOME, THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND FORUMS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE AND SHE GOT VERY DISSAPOINTED FOR HAVING THIS ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE PURCHASED A GMC, WE HAD ALWAYS BOUGHT FORD VEHICLES, I CALLED GMC AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS BUT THERE IS A LOT OF COMMENTS ON INTERNET FROM PEOPLE SUFFERING THE SAME SITUATION, .....I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND CAN'T KEEP CHANGING THE BATTERY EVERYDAY TO BE ABLE TO USE MY VEHICLE.

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS BULB MELTING, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE, RESULTING IN BURNING OF HEADLIGHT HOUSING. BULB CAN NO LONGER BE HELD IN PLACE BECAUSE MOUNTING FIXTURE IS MELTED AWAY. THE EXISTING BULBS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. I BELIEVE THE FILAMENT IS OVERHEATING THE PLASTIC BULB AND CAUSING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP. I WAS DRIVING ON A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROAD (PENDLETON PIKE) IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. AFTER PASSING SUNNYSIDE ROAD, IT WENT FROM 40 MPH TO 25 MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. I HIT THE ACCELERATOR MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT IT WOULD NOT SPEED UP. I TURNED MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I PANICKED! I WAS BARELY ABLE TO PULL INTO A STARBUCKS PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I WAITED TEN SECONDS EXACTLY, AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. IT WAS FINE AFTER THAT PROCEDURE.