2007 GMC Acadia complaints

1-HEATED WASHER REMOVED, CATALYST CONVERTER REPLACED, TIMING CHAIN ISSUE, FUEL PUMP, HEAD LIGHTS ALL REPLACE DUE TO DEFECT AND NOW @ 89,500 I HAVE A MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUE A PO752 CODE HAS BEEN NOTED AND THE CAR IS 5.5 YEARS OLD AND BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT GMC IS AWARE OF AND FAILED TO FIX, EVEN SUGGGESTED BY AMAACO THE TCM MAY EVEN NEED REPLACING. FEEL LIKE THIS CAR HAS BEEN ONE DEFECT AFTER ANOTHER WHICH LED TO OTHER DEFECTS HAPPENING AND PREMATURE WEAR AND TEAR ON OTHER PARTS. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY FACTORY ISSUED WAVE PLATE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL AS GM APPEARS TO BE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN MOST EARLY YEAR MODEL ACADIAS. THE PRICE TAG ALONE IS $4,000+... NOT TO MENTION A RENTAL CAR AND MAKING PAYMENTS ON AN UNDRIVABLE VEHICLE WHILE IT SITS FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG SINCE THE TRANSMISSION IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER BECAUSE ITS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

NO SPEED ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND THEN REVERSE SHOT THE CAR FORWARD INTO A FRONT YARD AND ALMOST INTO A HOUSE. I ENTERED THE FREEWAY AFTER PICKING MY 4 YEAR OLD UP FROM PRE-SCHOOL WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD ALSO IN THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD NOT GAIN SPEED AND RPMS SPIKING. NEARLY GOT IN AN ACCIDENT MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY, EXITED FIRST OFFRAMP, PULLED INTO NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURNED INTO DRIVEWAY TO DO A THREE POINT TURN TO PARK ON THE SIDE OF STREET. PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE LIGHTLY TAPPED THE PEDAL, AND INSTEAD IT SPED FORWARD AS THOUGH THE GAS PEDAL WAS PINNED TO THE FLOOR. WE WENT DEEP INTO THE FRONT YARD OF HOUSE STOPPING JUST SHORT OF THE HOUSE. AAA CAME AND TOWED THE CAR TO THE CLOSEST GM DEALER. AAA DRIVER TESTED REVERSE AND IT WOULD ONLY GO FORWARD. HE SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. SO GRATEFUL THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN MINUTES BEFORE IN THE PRESCHOOL PARKING LOT WHICH IS A U SHAPE WHERE THE PARENTS LINE UP AND THE TEACHERS BRING THE KIDS OUT. THE EXPERIENCE WAS TERRIFYING. WE PARKED NEXT TO AN ACADIA YESTERDAY AND MY 4 YEAR OLD SAID "MOMMY WE SHOULD TELL THEM THEY HAVE A BAD CAR." CALLED GM IMMEDIATELY AND EVERY DAY SINCE (2 WEEKS) - NO RESPONSE, I AM JUST SHUFFLED BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES. MY CAR IS STILL SITTING IN THE DEALER'S LOT. MY CAR ALSO HAD A PURGE VALUE PROBLEM CAUSING IT NOT TO START AFTER GETTING GAS, AND A POWER STEERING PROBLEM. IT IS ONE THING FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AT 64,000 MILES AND ANOTHER FOR IT TO ALMOST DRIVE YOU THROUGH SOMEONE'S HOUSE. GM DOES NOT

AFTER TRAVELING 160 MILES AND EXITING THE FREEWAY THE POWER STEERING WAS INOPERABLE STOPPED TO CHECK FLUID WAS FULL. STEERING IS FINE AS LONG AS THE CAR IS ABOVE 20 MPH. STOPPED AT SMALL TOWN SHOP, MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS NOTHING NEW WITH THIS CAR. AND THAT GMC HAS PLENTY OF CHANGES WHEN REPLACING THE SYSTEM BOTH PUMP AND RACK AS WELL AS DIFFERENT FLUID BUT WOULD NOT HELP ME WITH ANY COST. FOR WHAT IS WORTH THE NHTSA KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WOULD NOT HOLD MY BREATH ON THEM DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM UNTIL THIS CAR IS FULLY LOADED WITH EIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY ALL ARE KILLED THEN THEY WILL WAKE UP! *TR

ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY I WAS MERGING ON TO THE FREEWAY (WHICH SPEEDS OF OTHER TRAFFIC WAS UPWARDS OF 65 MPH). I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND IN DOING SO WAS UNABLE TO SWITCH GEARS. THE VEHICLE "BOGGED DOWN" AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS I WASN'T GAINING SPEED. THIS ISSUE REPEATEDLY HAPPENED ON MY WAY HOME, TRAVELING A DISTANCE OF 60 MILES. THIS MALFUNCTION ACCORDING TO SOME DISCUSSIONS ON EDMUNDS IS WELL KNOWN BY GM! IT NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN FIXED, THE TRANSMISSIONS NEED REPLACEMENT. A BANDAID ISN'T GOING TO WORK IN THIS CASE. *TR

WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED. HAD IT FOR LESS THAN A YEAR AND ONLY PUT 8,000 MILES ON IT. ON A RETURN BUSINESS TRIP THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW AND HAVE HAD THE WORST EXPERIENCES WITH THE DEALERSHIPS WORKING ON IT. I'M ABSOLUTELY OVER THIS GMC AND THE JUNKY CAR THEY CREATED IN THE ACADIA. *TR

CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE, ENGINE JUST REVS AND RPMS INCREASE TO 5000+ WHEN ATTAMPTING TO CHANGE FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THANKFULLY, I WAS ON A ROAD LESS TRAVELED AND DID NOT GET SMASHED IN THE BACK WITH MY SON IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE HIGHWAY. WHAT A SAFETY HAZARD! *TR

WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, WOULD NOT EXCEED 20 MPH IN DRIVE, RPM'S SPIKED TO 4000, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, ERRATIC DRIVING BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION, WEB SEARCH REVEALS NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF SAME TYPE INVOLVING BREAKING WAVE PLATE FAILURE. *TR

EVERY TIME IT RAINS THE CAB LEAKS WATER EVERYWHERE INSIDE VEHICLE, CAN'T EVEN GO THROUGH A CAR WASH.....ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MOLD, MILDEW AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS OCCUR..NOT TO MENTION HAVING TO WHERE A RAIN SUIT IN THE CAR EVERY TIME IT RAINS. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR '07 ACADIA WENT OUT AFTER ONLY 67,000 MILES. WE HAD TO PAY OVER $3,000 OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS TO GET IT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE FIVE YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL WELL UNDER THE MILEAGE LIMIT. WHEN YOU PAY OVER $30,000 FOR A VEHICLE YOU EXPECT IT TO LAST LONGER THAN OURS DID WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THOUSANDS MORE TO KEEP IT OPERATIONAL. A FEW MONTHS AFTER GETTING THE DRIVE TRAIN REPAIRED WE ARE EXPERIENCING CAMSHAFT/CRANKSHAFT ISSUES. THE VEHICLE IS FUNCTIONING AT ABOUT 60% OF ITS ORIGINAL POWER. WE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS WILL ENTAIL ANOTHER COSTLY REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE GEAR ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT NOTICED A WHINING NOISE IN THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THE POWER STEERING GEAR, PUMP AND HOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. *TR...UPDATED 05/29/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE RECURRED . THE PUMP AND GEAR ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED APRIL. 2013. UPDATED 06/11/2013 *JS

ENGINE LIGHT ON VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR - HAPPENED THREE TIMES HAD TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO NOT GET HIT FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND 5 YEAR OLD WAS ALSO IN CAR WITH ME. HAD TO SHUT OFF THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET STARTED AGAIN AND FOR IT TO FINALLY SHIFT INTO GEARS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE VALVE. ON 4/1/13 CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE ON INCLINE. HAD TO DRIVE FORWARD AND REVERSE ON FLAT AREA, DEALER NOW SAYS THEY FOUND BROKEN WAVE PLATE AND BURNED 3-5 REVERSE CLUTCH. ALSO FOUND INTERNAL DEFECT PARK OF VALVE BODY. CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 55 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. SAW OTHER ISSUES ON THIS DATABASE ALL WITH BROKEN WAVE PLATES ON 07 ACADIAS. PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFTER COULD NOT BE MOVED INTO REVERSE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,400.

AFTER SPENDING $370.51 AT MY LOCAL GMC DEALER FOR STABILITRAK ERRORS RESULTING IN LOW FUEL INPUT INTO THE ENGINE, WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED ALLOWABLE AT 35 MPH, MY 2007 GMC ACADIA IS ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCING STABILITRAK ERRORS. THEY GENERALLY OCCUR WHEN I ROLL TO A STOP AT A STOPSIGN OR STOPLIGHT, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL REDUCE SPEED WHEN I TRAVEL THE INTERSTATE. MY LOCAL GMC DEALER CLAIMED THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A "CAM EXHAUST POSITION SENSOR FAULT" AND REPLACED THE "CAM EXHAUST POSITION SENSOR" ON 3-20-13 FOR $370.51. FOR ONE WEEK THIS REPAIR WORKED AND THERE WERE NO STABILITRAK ERRORS. TEN DAYS LATER, MY 2007 GMC ACADIA FWD IS WORSE THAN EVER, ENDANGERING ME AT NIGHT BY SHIFTING SUDDENLY INTO "STABILITRAK ERROR, LOW FUEL INPUT" MODE. I AM TERRIFIED THAT MY GMC DEALER WILL CHARGE ME MORE MONEY TO PRETEND-FIX THIS PROBLEM, AS THEY HAVE ME COMING IN FOR $400-$1,100 REPAIRS EVERY OTHER MONTH NOW SINCE THEY WANT TO SELL ME A NEW CAR. *TR

NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS. COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO GO IN REVERSE. GOT TOWED TO THE DEALER. DIAGNOSIS - WAVE PLATE FRACTURE. FOUND MANY MANY 2007 GMC ACADIA'S HAD THIS PROBLEM, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. THIS HAPPENED 1 YEAR AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, BUT ONLY 74419 MILES, AND NEVER DRIVEN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS AND NEVER TOWED. *TR

GOING DOWN HIGHWAY AND TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP. COULDN'T GO OVER 25 MPH AND HAD NO REVERSE. HAD NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. FIRST THE STRUTS WERE BLOWN, THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD GO FROM BRIGHT TO DIM, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A CLICKING NOISE, THE WINDOWS LEAK...THIS CAR ONLY HAS 41,000 MILES I MEAN COME ON! NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED AND AFTER READING OTHER WEBSITES IT SOUNDS LIKE I WILL BE PAYING $4,000 DOLLARS. I AM A NEW MOM AND HAVE 3 STEP KIDS. I CAN'T FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT BREAKING DOWN CONSTANTLY. NOW I HAVE TO DUMP ALL THIS MONEY THAT I DON'T HAVE INTO IT. I REALLY JUST WANT TO CUT MY LOSSES, BUT IS THAT REALLY THE BEST THING TO DO? I'M STUCK WITH THIS JUNKER CAR AND I COULDN'T FEEL MORE SORRY FOR ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I'M ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE. THANKS GMC YOU SUCK. *TR

VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 50,000 MILES BUT A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEM SHIFTING GEAR. RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND A LOT OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OUT THERE BUT GM IS REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND MAKING OWNERS PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

2007 GMC ACADIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS AND THE TRANSMISSION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON DECEMBER 17, 2011, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT BURNED UP FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE LOCAL DEALER QUOTED HIM $1,213.59. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE HEADLIGHT FIXED FOR$ 695.67. ON DECEMBER 2, 2012 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT A COST OF $ 3,737.25.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING REGULAR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS A LEAK FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE THAT WAS CAUSING THREE INCHES OF WATER TO ACCUMULATE ON THE FLOORBOARD AREA. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE CARPET FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE FLOORBOARD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FLOORBOARD WAS COVERED IN MILDEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,600.

3 MONTHS PAST THE 5 YEAR 100K WARRANTY WITH ONLY 55000 MILES ON THE CAR AND BOTH THE WATER PUMP AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. GM PAID FOR HALF OF THE COSTS STILL 1253.05 OUT OF POCKET WHEN IT SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN COVERED. THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE ACADIA AND GM KNOWS IT BUT REFUSES TO STEP UP. THE DAY THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WE ALMOST GOT THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

PRIOR TO HAVING THE TRANSMISSION BREAK DOWN THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SHIFTING HARD FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. STARTING UP A SMALL GRADE FROM A STAND STILL THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY BEGAN SLIPPING AT ABOUT 20MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ONLY ABOUT 1 MILE FROM HOME SO I DROVE IT HOME AT ABOUT 25MPH. AT HOME I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP THE NEXT DAY, THEY CALLED ME BACK LATER THAT DAY AND TOLD ME IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE DOING THE JOB FOR $3200. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE JUNE 2012. I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS LAST WEEK. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STICK WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS OR WHEN GOING IN REVERSE INTO MY GARAGE. I FOUND OVER 200 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TRYING TO GET UP A HILL WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO DO THIS. I LUCKILY WAS NOT FAR FROM MY EXIT AND MADE IT TO A GAS STATION WHEN THE CAR JUST STOPPED. *TR

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THERE ARE NOW FOUR CODES ALL FOR INTERNAL TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE CAR IS 4 MONTHS PAST THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY, BUT ONLY 64000 MILES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. IF THIS TRANSMISSION FAILS WHILE ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, AND IT WILL NOT GO OVER 20 MPH, THE RESULTS COULD BE DEADLY. BY RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I HAVE FOUND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2007 GMC ACADIAS BETWEEN 50000 AND 80000 MILES HAVING TRANSMISSION FAILURES, BUT YET NO RECALLS. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT GMC IS WELL AWARE OF, THROUGH THEIR OWN ADMISSIONS. WHY IS THERE SUCH A DELAY WAITING FOR A RECALL? ARE ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A FATALITY BEFORE GMC ADMITS THERE NEEDS TO BE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS? *TR

BOUGHT A USED 2007 GMC ACADIA SLT IN MAY OF 2010, SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD HEADLIGHTS BLOWING CONSTANTLY, ENGINE SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON, HOWEVER MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN SUNNY EL PASO, TX AND THEN MOVED TO RAINY GERMANY WITH THE MILITARY. NOW THE CAR IS CONSTANTLY LEAKING WATER FROM THE SEAT BELTS, AIRBAG SQUARES, EMERGENCY BRAKE, DVD SYSTEM AND SEVERAL PLACES ON THE ROOF (INSIDE) AND THE PILLARS (INSIDE). I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS MESSING WITH ALL THE ELECTRICAL OF MY CAR AND I AM WONDERING IF MY AIRBAGS WILL WORK IF EVER NEEDED. IT SEEMS THERE IS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT GMC WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CANT GET RID OF THE CAR BECAUSE OF THIS AND I AM NOT SURE I WANT TO TAKE THE RISK OF DRIVING IT. WHAT NOW? GMC ONLY PUTS OUT A TSB FOR THIS BUT WONT ADDRESS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM, SINCE I BOUGHT USED I HAVE NO WARRANTY PLUS I AM OVERSEAS WHERE THERE IS NO ONE TO FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY EVEN IF IT WAS POSSIBLE. *TR

THE CAR HAS HAD ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE PROBLEMS SINCE WE PURCHASED IT DUE TO WATER LEAKS FROM A FLAWED SUNROOF DESIGN. EVEN AFTER A RECALL TO FIX THE SUNROOF TO PREVENT WATER LEAKS; IT CONTINUES TO LEAK AND DAMAGE ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE SYSTEMS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND IS A WIDESPREAD CONCERN FOR THE 2007-2008 GMC ACADIAS. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE LEAKS OCCUR IN THE AREA WHERE THERE ARE AIRBAGS. I THINK THERE IS A STRUCTURAL DEFECT THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE REPAIRED AND IT PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ALL WHO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. DO NOT LET GMC SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG! *TR

WIPERS QUIT WORKING AT 40MPH IN A FREEZING FOG/RAIN. I LIFTED HOOD AND COULD SEE WIPER LINKAGE DANGLING INSIDE COWL OF VEHICLE. I HAVE READ AND SEEN THAT THIS IS A OPEN RECALL FOR VEHICLE IN STATES WITH COMMON WINTER WEATHER. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, AND WITH NO WARNING (WEIRD SHIFTING, ETC) THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. AFTER BEING LIED TO BY THE DEALERSHIP AND GM, I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL YEAR, SO MUCH SO THAT GM HAS CREATED A SPECIAL PROGRAM TO FUND PART OF THE REPAIR IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. (WAVE PLATE FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION). THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED WITH A MANDATORY REPLACEMENT OF THE WAVE PLATE. *TR

MY 2007 GMC ACADIA'S FIRST STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN DECEMBER OF 2012. THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ISSUES WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY OR DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL FOR A PASSING AND/OR MERGING PURPOSES, THIS WOULD SOMEHOW REVERT INTO A NEUTRAL POSITION, HAVING THE RPMS REV UP AND NO FORWARD MOTION , UNTIL IT'S SORT OF CAUGHT UP ITSELF BY BACKING OFF ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE OTHER ISSUE INVOLVED PUTTING THE AUTOMOBILE INTO REVERSE ,NOT ONLY AT TIMES IT WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE BUT INSTEAD WOULD REVERT TO A NEUTRAL POSITION, UNTIL YOU STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IT BACK INTO PARK AND THEN BACK INTO REVERSE. NEVER WAS THERE A LIGHT NOR A WARNING BY THE CARS SENSORS OR ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS THAT WOULD GIVE AN OWNER A WARNING THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM COMING SOON. IN ANY EVENT, AFTER HAVING THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ABOVE THE CAR SOMEHOW DROPPED INTO FIRST GEAR AND CANNOT SHIFT FROM THAT POSITION AND FINALLY, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. AT THE MOMENT, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A COMPLAINT WITH GM AND AT THE ADVICE OF THE GM REPRESENTATIVE, THEY ADVISE ME TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP LOOK INTO THE SITUATION. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEING ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSMISSION OF THE 2007 GMC ACADIA. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE .THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

I HAVE A 2007 GMC ACADIA THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THE DEALER TOLD ME IS A VALVE BODY INSIDE TRANSMISSION, NEED TO REPLACED WHOLE TRANSMISSION DON'T HAVE WARRANTY SO THE AMOUNT IS 2600.00 JUST THE TRANSMISSION NO LABOR. NOW I WAS READING AND THERE'S MANY CASES LIKE THIS THEY ARE SAYING THE PARTS THEY USED TO BUILD TRANS ARE MADE IN CHINA THAT'S WHY THERE SLIPPING AND HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT. NEED U GUYS TO CHECK ON THIS POWER TRAIN PROBLEM BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT WHILE DRIVING IT IS DANGEROUS. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY BOYS INSIDE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM GOT SCARED AND SAY THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THIS TRUCK NO MORE THANK YOU. *TR

WE WERE LEAVING MY SONS BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AND WHEN WE WENT TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE THE TACHOMETER WENT TO 5000 RPM'S AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. AS I AM SETTING ALONG THE INTERSTATE WITH VEHICLES HAMMERING BY ME AT 75MPS I TRIED TO GO AGAIN. TO NO AVAL THE VEHCLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK, MOVED MY WIFE, 11 YEAR OLD SON AND 16 YEAR OLD SON OVER THE GUARD RAIL TO SAFETY. THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHERS POSTED ON THE INTERNET. WHAT GIVES? THIS VEHICLE HAS 88,000 MILES ON IT AND IM TOLD GM WONT FIX IT BECAUSE TH 5 YEARS IS UP ON THE WARRANTY. WHAT DOES 5 YEARS HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE TO THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE?? *TR

MANUFACTURER DEFECT TO TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION DEAD-RACING RPM WITHOUT GEAR SHIFTING, BROKEN WAVE PLATE INSIDE TRANSMISSION IS THE CAUSE. WATER LEAKING FROM SUNROOF WHEN RAINING, CONSTANT WHINNING IN STEERING COLUMN. ALL THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS UNDER 75K MILES. *TR

MY WIFE AND MY SON WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE EXPRESSWAY 826;AT THE EXIT ;MAKING A TURN; THE CAR PULL HARD THE WHEEL AND IT KEEP THE DEFECT . I HAD TO PAY THE MECHANIC FOR CHANGE THE PUMP BUT CAR HAS A NOISE AND THE WHEEL HARD IN INTERVAL. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING AND SMELLED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOWS SWITCH, DOOR LOCK SWITCH WOULD NOT WORK. WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE SWITCH HAD BURNED UP AND MELTED TO THE DOOR WIRING HARNESS. THE SWITCH AND HARNESS BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING ON I-79 4 HOURS FROM HOME, WHILE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 60-65MPH, HAD TO PUSH CAR OUT OF ROAD, TOWED CAR TO A DEALERSHIP THAT WE DID NOT KNOW, WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY GONE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A REPLACEMENT COST OF $3600. HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET BACK HOME IN WHICH COST $275.00, WENT LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER FOUND OVER 90 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON EDMUNDS.COM. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. SHAKING SUBSIDES AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS STARTED AROUND MAY 2012 WITH 99,000 MILES ON THE CAR. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BECAUSE I THOUGH IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY THOUGHT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE ROTATED AND BALANCED, WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. BY 106,000 MILES IT WAS SO BAD THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS, WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAD THEM KEEP THE CAR UNTIL THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM. AFTER 2 WEEKS THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION! AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE DRIVES GREAT. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE ACADIA TRANSMISSION AND THERE ARE LIKELY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CASES JUST LIKE MINE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT STARTED TO SPEED BACK UP. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. AFTER DIAGNOSIS THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL STRAIGHT POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE WHEEL WELL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING CAR TO GO TO 1ST GEAR AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCE SPEED IN TRAFFIC. SEEMS TO BE TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE. *TR

9/27 AS I WAS DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL I WAS APPROACHING A GREEN LIGHT AT A FOUR WAY AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO 35 MPH FROM A COMPLETE STOP TO CROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE REACHED 35 MPH AND ALTHOUGH THE SPEEDOMETER STATED 35MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING AND STALLED AND STARTED MAKING A CHURNING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. AT THIS POINT MY FRONT END WAS IN TRAFFIC UNDER THE LIGHT THAT WAS NOW TURNING RED SO I HAD TO THINK QUICK AND PUT ON MY FLASHERS TO ALERT THE OTHER DRIVERS THAT I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES AS I COULDN'T GET THE TRUCK TO MOVE. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE JUST ROARED BUT NO MOVEMENT. ONCE OTHER DRIVERS WERE ALERTED I HAD TO COAST BACKWARDS FROM THE INCLINE AT THE LIGHT AND MANEUVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON AND IT CAME ON AND MIRACULOUSLY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT 5FT OFF THE ROAD BEFORE IT STALLED AGAIN. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER AS OF TODAY I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE DEALER HAD TO CONTACT GMC TO REPORT ALL MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY WORK. LAST YEAR IN DEC. MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING WHINING NOISE AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THE CAMSHAFT HAD WENT BAD AND SPIT METAL IN MY MOTOR CAUSING ME TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED. BECAUSE I WAS THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE GM DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE TOTAL BILL UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND THE FACT THAT I WAS 3000 MILES OVER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ITSE

TRANSMISSION WENT ON VEHICLE WITH DAUGHTER BEHIND THE WHEEL. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AFTER 58,000 MILES AND 5 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. SO I AM OVER MY WARRANTY BY 5 MONTHS AND AM OUT $3300. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE SEEMS BE AN ABNORMALLY HIGH INCIDENT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THE 2007 GMC ACADIA. SOME BLOGGERS INDICATE THAT THE ACADIA MODELS HAVE BIG ISSUES BEFORE THE 2010 MODEL. IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC ISSUE THAT GMC NEEDS TO ADDRESS OR AM I JUST UNLUCKY? *TR