2008 GMC Acadia complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED AND BECAME HARD TURN WHEN PARKING OR WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO FLUSHED THE POWER STEERING LINES. THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. UPDATED 11/19/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WAVE PLATE AND TIMING CHAIN WERE BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE STEERING GEAR BOX PUMP WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. UPDATED 12/2/2013 *JS

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CLIMBING A HILL WITH AN APPROXIMATE 10% INCLINE. MY WIFE WAS TRANSPORTING TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AT THE TIME AT HAD TO TURN HAZARDS ON WHILE THE VEHICLE CREPT UP A VERY HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAY (US HIGHWAY 31). THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED TWO WEEKS EARLIER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THAT TIME, I WAS INFORMED BY GMC THAT IT WAS THE INPUT SPEED SENSOR. TURNS OUT IT IS TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHICH I HAVE SINCE LEARNED IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS MODEL. AFTER READING VAST ENTRIES OF MANY OTHER ACADIA USERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. I MEAN, HOW MANY TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AT 48,000 MILES. I'M JUST GLAD MY WIFE WASN'T DRIVING AT NIGHT, ON A LONG TRIP, OR ON THE INTERSTATE, WHICH WOULD HAVE LEFT MY CHILDREN AND HER IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION. FOR THE PRICE OF THIS VEHICLE, I WOULD EXPECT RELIABLE USAGE UP TO AT LEAST 100,000 MILES. IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE OF RELIABILITY ISSUES AND THE SHEAR VOLUME OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, GMC SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS WITH WHAT THEY ARE NOW INSTALLING ON THE NEWER MODELS. THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE IMPROVED THE TRANSMISSIONS ON NEWER MODELS PROVES THERE IS A FLAW WITH MY MODEL YEAR. WHY ELSE WOULD THEY CORRECT IT. THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

AIRBAG PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR FAILED DESPITE LIMITED SEAT USE. REPAIR COST ALMOST $800.

I'VE HAD MY GMC ACADIA IN FOR SERVICE ON THE TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS: SPEED SENSOR, WAVE PLATE, NOW TORQUE CONVERTER. DEALERSHIP RESPONDS THEY ARE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT, AND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE VEHICLES IS PROMINENT ON GMC ACADIA FORUMS. WHY HAS GM NOT STEPPED UP TO OWN AND FIX THIS COMMON ISSUE?

CAR HAS BEEN SHAKING AND KNOCKING WHEN I BRAKE. I REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO THE LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT IT IN. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT IN TO FIX SOMETHING ELSE. THIS CAR HAS MANY ISSUES. THE MOST RECENT TIME I TOOK IT IN WAS ON SEPTEMBER 4TH. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME OVER $2000 JUST TO TRY TO FIND THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ALREADY TOLD ME IT IS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY KNOW THAT GMC ACADIAS HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSIONS (CHECK GMC TRANSMISSIONS BOARD AT EDMUNDS.COM). ACTUALLY GMC SHOULD DO A RECALL OF THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUES AS MANY CARS ARE ALL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I ONLY HAVE 72000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. SO IT IS AN ABSOLUTE SHAME THAT THIS CAR IS ALWAYS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I THINK THE DEALERSHIP ALREADY KNEW THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO BUT THEY NEVER FIXED IT OR ADDRESSED IT THEN. I HAVE THE RECORDS TO PROVE IT. NOW THEY WANT TO SAY IT IS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND WANT ME TO PAY $2000 JUST TO DO AN ASSESSMENT.

I WAS DRIVING AND IT JUST STOPPED SHIFTING/GOING ANYWHERE. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN IT STARTED GOING AGAIN AND THEN STOPPED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, AND I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A TOTAL TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL/REBUILD. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 80,000 MILES. WE PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE AND I WOULD EXPECT BETTER PERFORMANCE. GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES.

TRAMISSION IS RUNNING HOT (SENDS MESSAGE TO IDLE ENGINE) THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND TEMP FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN. THEN CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR IT'S LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL. ABOUT 50 MILES LATER IT STARTS ALL OVER. *JS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING 60 MPH, MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND MADE AN AWFUL SOUND. THE CAR COMPLETELY SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE GAS WOULD NOT WORK. AFTER COASTING DOWN A HILL WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER.THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS BEHIND US. WE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WERE ABLE TO RESTART IT, BUT THE MAXIMUM SPEED WAS 40 MPH-AND THAT WAS PUSHING IT, THE RPMS WERE REVVED SO HIGH. WE HAD CALLED A TOW TRUCK.

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT WORK.. PULLED INTO PARKING SPOT AND THE VEH STARTED A LOUD SCREACHING SOUND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD THE STEERING COMPLETELY CUTS OUT. IN MAY OF 2013 THE POWER STERRING RACK WAS REPORTED TO ME THAT IT WAS LEAKING ( WHILE IN THE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT ). THE GMC DEALER, SERRA GMC IN WASHINGTON , MI., REPLACED THE STEERING RACK AND CHARGED US FOR THE NEW RACK. A FEW WEEKS LATER THE POWER STEERING BEGAN TO CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING. WE TOOK VEH IN FOR SERVICE AND PAID FOR A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE PROBLEM AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE POWER STEERING ISSUE.. BUT SAID IT WAS PROBRABLY THE STEERING PUMP.IN ADDITION WE WERE TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN COVER WAS LEAKING OIL AND THE TIMING CHAIN WOULD NEED REPLACING. THEY GOT GM TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIR. THEY WANTED OVER $700 TO REPLACE THE POWER STERRING PUMP BUT WOULD NOT GAURANTEE THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS CRAZY WE JUST PAID TO HAVE THE STEERING RACK REPLACED AND A PORTION OF THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AND NOW THE STEERING PUMP. THE VEH CURRENTLY HAS LESS THAN 79,000 MILES. I REALLY FEEL THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT NHTSA NEEDS TO LOOK INTO. MY DAUGHTER ( WHO IS 15 YEARS OLD ) IS CURRENTLY A "LEARNING DRIVER" WHO DRIVES THIS VEH ( WITH A LICENSED DRIVER IN THE VEH) AS PART OF HER LOGGED DRIVING TIME. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE STEERING WILL FAIL WHILE SHE IS DRIVING. GM WOULD BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE AND INJURIES IF THE STEERI

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED TO PROPERLY FUNCTION, BULB WAS CHANGED AND STILL FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. PROBLEM SEEMS ROOTED IN MANUFACTURER'S WIRE HARNESS NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND IT JUST STOPPED SHIFTING/GOING ANYWHERE. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN IT STARTED GOING AGAIN AND THEN STOPPED AGAIN. I DROVE HOME AND TOOK IT TO THE SHOP LATER THAT WEEK. IT NEEDED A TOTAL TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 72,000 MILES. WE PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE AND I WOULD EXPECT BETTER PERFORMANCE. GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. I DON'T EXPECT A FULL REFUND FOR MY BILL, BUT I DO EXPECT SOME SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE. *TT

5 YEAR OLD CHILD WAS IN HIS 5 POINT HARNESS CHILD SEAT USING THE ANCHOR SYSTEM. HE REACHED BACK AND GRABBED THE VEHICLE SEAT BELT THAT WAS NOT IN USE AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIS NECK. THE SEAT BELT LOCKED AND STARTED TO CHOKE HIM. WE WERE UNABLE TO LOOSEN IT TO GET HIM OUT. LUCKILY WE WERE PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WERE ABLE TO GET SCISSORS AND TOOLS FROM THE HOUSE. I HELD THE SEAT BELT AWAY FROM HIS NECK WHILE MY HUSBAND TRIED TO DETACH THE SEAT BELT FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. BEING UNSUCCESSFUL AND OUR SON STARTING TO CRY, WE HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO FREE OUR CHILD. IF WE WERE NOT DRIVING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY, INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERE DUE TO NO POSSIBLE WAY TO LOOSEN OR UNLOCK THE BELT. *TT

I BOUGHT THE 2008 ACADIA NEW IN JUNE 2008. IT JUST CAME OFF THE 5 YEAR 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (81K MILES) AND THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS CASES WHERE THE DEFECTIVE PART IS THE WAVE PLATE. IT APPEARS COMMON IN 2007 AND 2008 ACADIA, BUICK ENCLAVE AND SATURN OUTLOOK. GM RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM BY USING NEW PARTS IN 2009 AND NEWER MODELS. GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL. IN THIS DAY AND AGE TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD NOT HAVE PROBLEMS AT THE LOW MILEAGE THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN COUNTLESS NHTSA COMPLAINTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FORUMS. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. FIRST THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHEN WE WERE GOING ON VACATION I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED BUT IT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF TOOK IT AGAIN AND SAME THING HAPPENED IT KEPT DOING THAT SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REROUTE THE AIRBAG HARNESS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AGAIN IT ONLY LASTED FOR A FEW WEEKS AND IT CAME BACK ON. BY THAT TIME THE CAR WAS OVER 60,000 MILES AND IT WAS PAST THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO I'M STUCK WITH THAT PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN BUT DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX IT AND GMC WON'T RECALL THE 2007 AND 2008 ACADIAS KNOWING THAT THE ACADIAS OF THOSE 2 YEARS WERE MADE WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM. THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR THE 2009 AND LATER MODELS BUT WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE 2007 AND 2008 MODELS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR THAT IS GM'S FAULT. MY ACADIA IS SITTING ON MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX ITAND I'M STUCK USING A 16 YEAR OLD CAR THAT IS MORE RELIABLE THAT OUR NEW CAR. I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS SINCE A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD AND RELIABLE FAMILY VEHICLE. AIR BAGS LIGHT ON AND NEVER GOT FIXED SUSPENSION REPAIRED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO LIGHTING PROBLEMS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND NOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS THE CAR HAS

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND NOTICED A SHUTTER WHILE ACCELERATING AND TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A WAVE PLATE FAILURE. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS GETTING STUCK BETWEEN GEARS AS I WAS TRAVELING UP HILLS. TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH EARLY ACADIA'S (WITH LOW MILEAGE) AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHO RECOMMENDS A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD OR REPLACEMENT. *TR

STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS AN AIR BAG MESSAGE WARNING MESSAGE ON THE DASH. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING AIR BAGS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR ISSUES. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ISSUE A RECALL TO FORCE GM TO MAKE IT RIGHT SINCE THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THERE IS ALSO IS AN ACTIVE RECALL ON 2007 MODELS SO I BELIEVE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON 2008 MODELS AS WELL. THIS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE THAT MANY ACADIA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL. WATER ALSO LEAKS FROM THE ROOF. IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING WIRING COMPONENTS FOR THE AIR BAG. I WONDER IF THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AIRBAG WARNING MESSAGE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO MENTIONED HOW THE POWER STEERING MAKES A LOUD WHINING NOISE. I HAVE THAT PROBLEM AS WELL. YOU CAN EVEN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE THE NOISE IS SO LOUD IT CREATES A VIBRATION. I BELIEVE LIKE THERE IS A LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY ON GM'S PART FOR NOT CORRECTING KNOWN ISSUES. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I HAD MY 3 KIDS IN THE CAR WHILE GOING UP A STEEP HILL AMONGST OTHER TRAFFIC. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH DEFECTIVE SWASH PLATES. STUCK IN GEAR AND WOULD NOT GO INTO TO REVERSE. COMMON ISSUE WITH 2008 ACADIA AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. LUCKILY TRANSMISSION DID NOT STICK IN GEAR ON FREEWAY THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING BAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 3RD AND 5TH GEARS. AS ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHIFT, BUT BEGINS TO IDLE AND RPM'S RISE EXTREMELY HIGH. VEHICLE BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN AND FINALLY JERKS INTO THE NEXT GEAR CAUSING RAPID ACCELERATION. THIS ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED ME TO RUN INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AFTER PULLING OFF FROM A STOPLIGHT. IT IS EXTREMELY SCARY TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR, BUT WITH THIS BEING MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I MUST WORK, I AM FORCED TO DRIVE DAILY. WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED 5 MONTHS AGO IN MARCH AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM (MARCH 24, 2013, 5 YEAR/100,000 MI. POWERTRAIN). VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED MARCH 24, 2008. *TR

DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS BURN OUT ON GMC ACADIA. LIGHT GETS SO HOT, THEY MELTED AND BURNED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS IS A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. I HAVE HAD THE LAMPS REPLACED 4 TIMES BY THE DEALERSHIP, BETWEEN BOTH HEADLIGHTS ASSEMBLIES. LESS THEN 60,000 MILES, THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS SO BADLY BURNT AND BRIDLE, IT FELL APART IN THE TECHNICIANS HAND AND IT WOULD NOT HOLD A LAMP ANYMORE. THE WHOLE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY HEAT FROM THE HALOGEN LAMPS. AN EASY FIX COULD BE REPLACING THE HALOGEN LAMPS WITH LEDS. THESE ARE DAY TIME LAMPS ONLY AND ARE ON ALL THE TIME. THIS IS A VERY POOR DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP BY GMC AND A SAFETY ISSUE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO CORRECT. I HAVE TRIED ADDRESSING THE ISSUE DIRECTLY WITH GMC WITH NO LUCK. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, NO REVERSE ONLY LOW RANGE, NO WARNINGS UNTIL FAILURE. *TR

FLUID LEAKED FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO POWER BOOSTER NO VISIBLE LEAKS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE ABOUT A WEEK LATER A BULLETIN FROM GM THAT WAS TO EXTEND MY WARRANTY TO 10 YEAR 120000 MILES. THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE TO RETURN MY MONEY. NO SAFETY RECALL ! BOTH FRONT STRUTS HAVE GONE OUT . THE AIR CONDITIONER IS CAUSING PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF OFF AND ON COOLING. ALL OF THIS IS WITH IN 55000 MILES, THE CAR HAS 55055MILES AS OF THIS DATED. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROCESS OF NO SAFETY RECALLS BUT TO ISSUE EXTENDED WARRANTY. WE ALL KNOW WHAT RECALLS DO TO SALES. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE MESSAGE CAME ON. HAS COME ON MULTIPLE TIMES, REQUIRING ME TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE BUSY ROAD WITH SEMIS SPEEDING PAST. GMC IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, YET REFUSES TO ADDRESS IT ON A LARGE-SCALE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY COME TO ACTION ON THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT!!! *TR

ENGINE WAS REVVING UP TO 4000 RPM WHILE GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR. TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING. HAD WHOLE FAMILY IN CAR ON MAIN ROAD. VERY SCARY. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, LAST TIME AT 46,000 MILES REVERSE CLUTCH PLATE WAS REPLACED THAT TIME. THIS TIME ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER UP AT COLLEGE AND DRIVE HER AND 2 FRIENDS HOME. AS I DROVE THOUGH THE COLLEGE TOWN MY CAR STARTED ACTING FUNNY. JUST NOT ACCELERATING AND THE RPM WERE RACING, TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. DROVE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE JUST NEEDED TO GET HOME SAFE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME, AGAIN CAR NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. I DROVE THOUGH THE EZPASS TOLL ON THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE AND MY CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO. DROVE ALONG IT WAS VERY SCARY. I HAD TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE BRONX. EVENTUALLY GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE REVERSE CLUTCH PLATE. *TR

3.5.R WAVED CLUTCH PLATE FAILURE IN 2008 GMC ACADIA 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. ENGINE IN REDUCED POWER MODE. CALL TO ONSTAR - DIAGNOSTICS - TRANSMISSION ISSUES. NO REVERSE GEAR. LIMITED FORWARD GEARS. *TR

8/26/2011 - 71,309 MILES - WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. 5/07/2012 - 86,885 MILES - TRANSMISSION SHUTTERED WHEN COMING TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC. WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC. TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY REPLACED WITH GM REMAN TRANSMISSION DUE TO BROKEN REVERSE WAVE PLATE THAT DAMAGED THE CARRIER, SUN SHELL AND METAL THROUGHOUT. ALSO DETECTED AN OIL LEAK IN THE ENGINE FRONT COVER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AND HEARD POWER STEERING NOISE SO BLED POWER STEERING SYSTEM. 12/31/2012- 100,947 MILES - HEADLIGHT SWITCH FELL INSIDE DASH PANEL. 7/26/2013 - 112,506 MILES - POWER STEERING HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. IT HAS ALWAYS MADE NOISES AND HAS BEEN STIFF. HAD IT BLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. AT SHOP NOW TO DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP, RACK, AND/OR SERPENTINE BELT. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUES AS THOSE THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT GM ISN'T MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR CONSUMERS AND THE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF THEIR VEHICLES. I HAVE NEVER OWNED SUCH A LEMON! I PERSONALLY WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. GOING BACK TO LEXUS. *TR

IN THE WINTER OF 2012, THE STEERING STARTED TO GET MORE DIFFICULT WHILE PARKING AND BACKING OUT OF SPACES. IT WHINED A BIT. SERVICE AT COLLECTION AUTO TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE POSITION SENSOR. NO CHANGE. THE STEERING GOT WORSE, FLUID BEGAN LEAKING, AND I WAS INVOLVED IN TWO NEAR CRASHES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. ONE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT UPON ENTERING A FREEWAY RAMP. IT RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS. IT THEN AGAIN HAPPENED, BUT TOTAL STEERING FAILURE WHILE TURNING INTO A SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. WE TOOK IT BACK AND WERE TOLD THAT THE PUMP AND RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER A GOOD DEAL OF DIGGING AND SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL DEALERS OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT RECOMMENDED THE CHANGE FOR PUMP AND RACK AND PINION, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO REPLACE THE POSITION SENSOR AND THERE WERE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS TO DEALERS TO REPLACE THESE WITH REDESIGNED PARTS DATING TO 2012. IT CURRENTLY IS AT A DEALER WHO IS WORKING WITH GM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

PROBLEM #1 OF 3: DURING HEAVY RAINS, WATER WOULD LEAK IN THROUGH THE SUN VISORS ON BOTH SIDES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. THEY SAID THE DRAIN TUBES FROM THE SUNROOF WERE CLOGGED, THEY BLEW IT OUT, WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, THEY CHARGED ME TO PUT IT LONGER TUBES, WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THEY ONLY REPLACED THE FRONT TUBES, NOT THE BACK. PROBLEM #2 OF 3: WHEN DRIVING THROUGH WATER PUDDLES AT LOW SPEED I LOSE POWER STEERING FOR A BRIEF TIME (WHICH IS TROUBLESOME WHEN TURNING). PROBLEM #3 OF 3: TWO WARNING LIGHTS FOR AIRBAGS COME ON EVERYTIME I START THE VEHICLE. I CAN PUSH A BUTTON EACH TIME TO MAKE THE WRITTEN WARNING GO AWAY, BUT THE RED LIGHT WITH A PICTURE STAYS ON. NOT SURE IF THE AIRBAGS WOULD DEPLOY OR NOT. *TR

WE LIVE IN CAMARILLO CA. WE LEFT TO GO TO SACRAMENTO FOR MY DAUGHTERS COLLEGE ORIENTATION. ABOUT TWO HOURS INTO THE FIRST LEG OF OUR TRIP THE DIC INFORMED US THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING AND THE CAR SHOULD BE IDLED FOR IT TO COOL OFF. WE DID JUST THAT. AFTER IT COOLED OFF WE BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN. IT DID THIS ONCE MORE BEFORE WE ARRIVED IN SAN LUIS OBISPO. WE LEFT THE NEXT DAY TO SACRAMENTO. AGAIN ABOUT TWO HOURS INTO THE DRIVE THE SAME THING OCCURRED. WE IDLED THE CAR, TRANS COOLED OFF AND WE GOT UNDER WAY AGAIN. IT DID THIS ONCE MORE BEFORE WE ARRIVED IN SACRAMENTO.. WHILE IN SACRAMENTO IT DROVE FINE. ON OUR RETURN TRIP IT DID THIS TWICE ON THE WAY HOME. AFTER LOOKING BACK IT SEEMED TO DO THIS WHEN WE WERE GOING UP AN INCLINE. WE WERE NOT TOWING ANYTHING EITHER. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WHILE ON THE FREEWAY WHEN WE RECEIVED THE OVERHEAT NOTICE THAT THE CAR DID NOT LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN WHILE ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT IN 2008. *TR

AT DRIVING SPEED IT WAS NOTICED THAT ACADIA BEGAN TO FAIL TO SHIFT GEARS, BASICALLY ON HIGHWAY IT IS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR AND AFTER FINDING A PLACE TO STOP, IT WILL NOW NOT GO INTO REVERSE. HAVE FOUND THE EDMUNDS, ASK AND NUMEROUS OTHER SITES ARE FULL OF TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE 2008 ACADIA AND IT'S FAILURES. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS HAD MINOR ISSUES IN PAST, MINOR LEAK AND SOME WHINING, BUT THIS IS A COMPLETE AND HAZARDOUS FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE TO GENERAL MOTORS COSTING THE CONSUMERS APPROX. $3000 TO $3500 PER INSTANCE. IS THERE NOTHING TO BE DONE TO ASSIST THE CONSUMERS? *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY ACADIA TO WORK ON MONDAY MORNING AND IT STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT IN THE LOWER GEARS AND WOULD REV UP TO 4-5 RPM BETWEEN GEARS. I DROVE IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT, NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. UPON LEAVING THE TRANSMISSION SHOP, IT COMPLETELY STOP MOVING, CAUSING ME TO ROLL TO A COMPLETE STOP ON A HIGHWAY. I GOT IT PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE A BLOCK OR SO BEFORE IT STOPPED AGAIN. I WAS STRANDED AND STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT TO A PARKING LOT AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER TO LOOK AT. *TR

I WAS AT MY SON'S BASEBALL GAME AND WENT TO MOVE MY VEHICLE WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED REVVING AND WOULD NOT MOVE OTHER THAN COASTING (SINCE I WAS ON A HILL). I WAS 3 HOURS FROM HOME AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE TUNE OF $300.00 +. I HAVE SINCE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THIS HAS COST OVER $4500.00 NOT TO MENTION HAVING TO DRIVE 2 VEHICLES WITH MY FAMILY SINCE THE ACADIA WAS THE LARGER OF OUR VEHICLES. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 ACADIA AND IT JUST STALLS OUT FOR NO REASON. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM AND GMC -ACCORDING TO THE DEALER DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THIS WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. THE DEALER AND GMC CAN'T TELL ME WHAT IS CAUSING IT AND THEY GIVE ME THE VEHICLE BACK AND SAY IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN BRING IT IN AND WE WILL LOOK AT IT BUT THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I FEAR GETTING IN THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO JUST STALL OUT ON ME WHILE IN TRAFFIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THERE ARE NUMOURS POSTS ON MANY WEB SITES ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND HOW GMC WILL NOT HELP ANYONE. SOME OF THE WEB SITES ARE WWW.TOPIX.COM AND WWW.EDMUNDS.COM. I THINK THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE ON A TOTAL VEHICLE RECALL. *TR

HAD TO WAIT TO GIVE MY DAUGHTER A RIDE. SAT IN THE POURING RAIN FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES. PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND BEGAN TO PULL FORWARD AND WATER POURED DOWN THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE INSIDE. WATER ALSO CAME IN FROM THE FRONT LEFT CURTAIN AIRBAG AND THE VISOR ARM. ENGINE BEGAN TO IDLE ROUGH. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES GRAB ON LOW SPEED SLOW DOWN. OUR AREA OF TEXAS IS DROUGHT PRONE SO NO MORE SIGNIFICANT RAIN UNTIL JULY 14-16. WATER POURS IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. WATER FROM CURTAIN AIRBAGS AND UNDER THE DASH. STANDING WATER IN THE FLOOR BOARD. OBD LIGHT IS ON AND MY PARKING BREAK WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF. PARK ASSIST GOES ON AND OFF. THE WARNING CHIME COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND WON'T TURN OFF. NO TELLING HOW MUCH DAMAGE ALL OF THIS WILL CAUSE. I HAVE ONE MORE PAYMENT UNTIL THE THING IS MINE FREE AND CLEAR. NO WARRANTY AND NO RECOURSE. IT FIGURES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG, THE STABILITY CONTROL, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS FAILED ALONG WITH THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THE POWER STEERING ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE LIGHT BULB WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE OTHER FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM VACATION AND HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 3.5 HOURS. AS WE PULLED OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM OUR HOME THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE, THE CAR WOULD NOT GAIN SPEED LIKE NORMAL AND IT BEGAN TO OVER HEAT RAPIDLY. WE TOOK SIDE ROADS AND SLOWLY CRAWLED HOME. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP THE NEXT DAY AND IT CAME BACK WITH A CRACK IN THE RADIATOR AND CODES P0700 AND P07016, WHICH THEY CONFIRMED TO BE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND SUGGESTED TO HAVE A SPECIALIST LOOK AT IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS ARE COMMON CODES THAT COME BACK FOR THE 2007 AND 2008 ACADIA'S THAT REQUIRE A REBUILD/REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH AN AVERAGE COST OF $4000. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GMC FOR MANY YEARS AND THEY HAVE YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I AM VERY LUCKY TO NOT HAVE HAD A WORSE INCIDENT IN DISCOVERING THIS ISSUE, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT AT ANY MOMENT THE TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT, AND WE DO NOT HAVE $4000 TO DROP INTO A NEW ONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I JUST SPENT $650 ON A NEW RADIATOR. THESE ARE NOT PROBLEMS THAT A RELIABLE CAR, THE 2008 ACADIA, UNDER 100,000 MILES SHOULD BE HAVING. GMC NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THESE ISSUES AND TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT IT BEFORE SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS HAPPENS. *TR

WE ARE A FAMILY OF 5 DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE STOPPED AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. WHEN I WENT TO PUT INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE. FINALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR GOING AGAIN, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT ITSELF (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). WE THEN HAD TO DRIVE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR 13 MILES TO THE NEXT TOWN WITH THE HAZARDS ON AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. WENT TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THEY READ THE CODES, THERE APPEARS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY OUT. WE WERE MORE THAN 800 MILES AWAY FROM HOME ON VACATION IN MISSOURI. THE CAR IS STILL IN MISSOURI AT THE DEALERSHIP, AS THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TRANSMISSION APART UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING OFF OF THE INTERSTATE ONTO ROCKVILLE RD I NOTICED THAT THE CAR UPSHIFTED FROM 3RD VERY VIOLENTLY. I THEN HIT A STOP LIGHT AND IT DOWSHIFTED PRETTY ROUGH AS WELL. I THOUGHT UH OH AND NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. WHEN I PULLED AWAY FROM THE LIGHT I NOTICED THE CAR WAS MOST LIKELY STUCK IN 3RD GEAR AS THE RPMS MATCHED THE MPH AND FROM DRIVING A STICK ALL THOSE YEARS THEY MADE SENSE. I LATER FOUND OUT THIS WAS DONE ON PURPOSE TO STICK THE TRANSMISSION IN 3RD GEAR TO FURTHER DAMAGE IT AND ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. I GOT TO WORK AND HAD ONSTAR RUN A DIAGNOSTIC. IT CAME BACK WITH A P2715 CODE FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS CODE IT APPEARS TO INVOLVE THE 3-5-R WAVEPLATE THAT CONTROLS THE CLUTCH FOR THESE GEARS. I, OF COURSE, AM 6 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY ON THE DRIVE TRAIN. AFTER CONFIRMATION WITH GMC IT WAS THE WAVE PLATE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM CROPPING UP WITH THIS TRANSMISSION WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA. *TR

WHILE IN TRAFFIC, MY ENGINE REVVED UP AND MY VEHICLE JOLTED FORWARD WHEN MY TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. IF ANYONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND ME, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 5 CHILDREN ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK STOPPED ON HER. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT BUT ONLY DRIVE ABOUT 40MPH WHILE THE RPM'S WERE REDLINING. THE REVERSE WENT COMPLETELY OUT. SHE ENDED UP HAVING TO PUSH THE TRUCK BY HERSELF WITH ALL THE KIDS INSIDE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD, IT'LL COST $2600 TO REPAIR. FROM READING THE FORUMS IT'S OBVIOUS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS INJURED. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY GMC ACADIA AT JUST UNDER 62000 MILES. AS I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE MODEL YEAR AND COULD EASILY CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WHEN MINE FAILED, I LOST ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS. HAD I BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, IT MOST CERTAINLY COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FAILURE AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *TR

ON OCCASION, OUR 2008 ACADIA WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN FIRST ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE. THE TAC WOULD REV TO 5-6000 RPM AT A MAX OF ABOUT 20 MPH. WE WOULD NEED TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART. AT THIS POINT EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING DISPLAYED. AT FIRST THIS WOULD HAPPEN VERY RARELY. IT THEN BEGAN TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS VERY SCARY FOR MY SON, A NEW DRIVE. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A STREET WITH A 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY GO 20 MPH AND THERE WAS NO SHOULDER FOR HIM TO PULL OVER. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED WAVE PLATE. AND FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING, A VERY COMMON FAILURE. THE REPAIR INVOLVED A TRANSMISSION REBUILD AND COST US $2,800. GM REFUSED ANY COMPENSATION. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT A COMPANY WOULD NOT STAND BY AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECT ISSUE IN ITS PRODUCT. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 GMC ACADIA IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. ON JUNE 16TH MY HUSBAND AND I DID NOT GET ANY TYPE OF WARNING BEFORE OUR VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL AFTER IT MADE A LOUD SOUND RIGHT BEFORE QUITTING. IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON A BACK ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME FATALITIES. THE VEHICLE WOULD START AFTERWARDS BUT WOULD NOT PULL IN ANY GEAR. WE CONTACTED A MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED US THAT HE HAD WORKED ON PLENTY OF ACADIA'S WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AND WHEN HE CHECKED OUR VEHICLE IT WAS NO EXCEPTION. OUR REVERSE FUNCTION WAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO SINCE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DID A FULL SERVICE/FIVE POINT INSPECTION ON MY VEHICLE AND FOUND NOTHING, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE AND HAVE FOUND PLENTY OF DISAPPOINTED CUSTOMERS, SO I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WERE NOT DISCLOSED IN TRANSPARENCY AND CAUSING FAMILIES SAFETY AND FINANCIAL STRAINS. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THAT ONLY GM FORUMS WERE A RELIABLE SOURCE, EVEN THOUGH I RECEIVED THEIR EMAIL FROM A NON-GM FORUM WHERE THEY TOLD CONSUMERS TO CONTACT THEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. THEY TO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THIRD AND FIFTH GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR (2013) THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR 2008 GMC ACADIA FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN HOME FROM PRESCHOOL. THANKFULLY I NEVER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR ALTHOUGH IT WAS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING AND A VERY DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE TO NOT BE ABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF MOVING TRAFFIC ON A BUSY ROAD. I BARELY MADE IT HOME, DROVE WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON, SHAKING AND COUNTING MY BLESSINGS THAT OUR CAR WAS NOT HIT AND WE WERE NOT HURT. WHAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE UPSETTING IS THAT GM IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH 2008 ACADIA MODELS BUT YET HAS NEVER DONE A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN OUR CARS. GM IS ESSENTIALLY TELLING IT'S CUSTOMERS THAT IT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR SAFETY OR WELL BEING. THEY ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THEIR CARS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER INVOLVED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHUTS DOWN. I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER CAR FOR MY FAMILY RIGHT NOW SO EVERY DAY I LIVE IN FEAR THAT THIS CAR WILL FAIL AGAIN AND PUT US IN DANGER. IT IS NOT THE SAFE, RELIABLE CAR I WAS LED TO BELIEVE IT WAS WHEN I PURCHASED IT FOR MY FAMILY VEHICLE. GMC SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE CARS (2007/2008 GMC ACADIA) AND REQUIRED TO PUT IN COMPLETELY NEW TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS OVER HEATING AND CAUSING THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO MELT. INCIDENCES ON 8-1-09 8-15-09 4-8-10 AND 11-15-12. AND AGAIN IN 2013. THE FACT THAT THERE IS ENOUGH HEAT TO MELT THE ASSEMBLY TO THE HOUSING TELLS ME THERE IS POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN AND MECHANICAL FLAW OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER END OF THIS IS THAT ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF FIRE, THE VEHICLE'S DESIGN REQUIRES THE ENTIRE FRONT GRILL TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS AND HOUSING. THIS LABOR INTENSIVE METHOD MEANS THAT REPLACING THIS PART CAN COST UPWARD OF $900. AND IT STILL DOES NOT ADDRESS THE INITIAL PROBLEM OF THE OVERHEATING THAT CAUSED THE WIRING HARNESS TO MELT INTO THE HOUSING. SO YOU ARE JUST WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND HOPE THAT IT IS WITHIN THE 30 DAYS WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS. AND WONDERING IF MY CAR IS GOING TO CATCH FIRE. *TR