2009 GMC ACADIA Complaints

THERE IS AN ONGOING AND UNRESOLVED ISSUE CONCERNING THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PUMP ON GM LAMBDA CHASSIS VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY AND UNPREDICTABLY LOSE POWER STEERING ASSIST CREATING AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THE FACTORY QUIETLY SUPPORTED MULTIPLE REPAIRS OF THE SAME COMPONENTS- RATHER THAN RECALL THIS SITUATION GM CHOSE TO CONTINUE TO USE THEIR SUPPLY OF DEFICIENT COMPONENTS WHILE THEY SEEMED TO "WAIT OUT" THE WARRANTY AND THUS NO LONGER BE LIABLE.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 105,000 MILES CAR IS BEING REPAIRED BOBS TRANSMISSION, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND IT ROLLED BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT FELL AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER HIS BODY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED TIBIA, FRACTURED PELVIS, PUNCTURED LUNGS, AND SEVEN FRACTURED RIBS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V073000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 10/26/16*LJ *TR

MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON A SIDE HIGHWAY, AND WAS UNABLE TO BE JUMP STARTED. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND FOUND THE ECM WAS BAD. MECHANIC CALLED DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS TO PRICE AN ECM, AND WAS TOLD BY EACH DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. HE WAS INFORMED THAT EVEN WITH A NEW ECM INSTALLED, IT MAY GO OUT IN ANOTHER YEAR.

WHILE DRIVING IT'S LIKE THE STEERING GOES OUT AND YOU CAN NOT TURN THE WHEEL HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO SEVERAL WRECKS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, IT DOES NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME BUT LATELY A LOT MORE OFTEN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, TO THE POINT THAT I'M ALMOST SCARED TO DRIVE IT. THIS IS MY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK SO I MUST DRIVE IT..

WHILE DRIVING MY POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT. I HAVE ALMOST HIT SEVERAL VEHICLES DUE TO THIS ISSUE. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP. I TRAVEL WITH MY KIDS IN MY VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASIS AND I AM SCARED TO PUT THEM IN MY VEHICLE DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND I AM STILL PAYING ON MY CAR AND CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW ONE. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE,

APRIL 26, 2016 - MY WIFE WAS AT A GAS STATION AND SAID THE WHEELS ON THE GMC WERE VERY HARD TO TURN EITHER WAY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SHE STARTED TO HEAR A WHINING NOISE WHEN SHE WOULD TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. A DAY LATER, THE NOISE WAS MORE PRONOUNCED SO I WENT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE. THE STEERING SEEMED OK AND THE WHINING NOISE DIDN'T SEEM THAT BAD TOO ME. APRIL 28, 2016 - MY WIFE SAID THE NOISE WAS LOUDER SO I TEST DROVE IT AGAIN, THIS TIME, I EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING POWER ON LOW SPEED. ONE TIME I OVERCOMPENSATED WHEN IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL BUT AVOIDED HAVING AN ACCIDENT. I PERFORMED THE OWNER'S MANUAL CHECKS, POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL WAS GOOD. I THEN GOGGLED FOR MORE INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT STEERING ISSUES AND HOW TO RESOLVE ON GMC 2009 ACADIA AND THEN I RAN INTO THE GMC SERVICE BULLETIN SB-10056459-3388 ONLINE. THE BULLETIN DESCRIBED THE INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS WE EXPERIENCED. THE CONDITION IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS "VEHICLES MAY DEVELOP A POWER STEERING PUMP WEAR CONDITION THAT CAN CAUSE AN INTERMITTENT DROP OF POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE THAT WILL CAUSE REDUCED OR LOSS OF STEERING ASSIST. THE VEHICLE MAY REVERT TO MANUAL STEERING WHICH REQUIRES GREATER DRIVER EFFORT, PARTICULARLY AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS". I CALLED OUR LOCAL GM'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR AN EVALUATION BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALLBACK YET. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I BELIEVE, IF NOT RESOLVED, MAY TURN OUT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR US.

I AM SO EXHAUSTED BY REPLACING HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2009 ACADIA. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVE REPLACED HEADLIGHTS, CONNECTORS, WIRING, AND MORE HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE NEVER HAD ALL WORKING HEADLIGHTS AT ANY ONE TIME. THIS CLEARLY IS A SAFETY ISSUE! NOT TO MENTION THE COST INVOLVED....I DO NOT HAVE OVER $100 EVERYTIME ONE GOES OUT SO WE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO REPLACE THEM OURSELVES, WHICH ISN'T EASY EITHER!

I OWN A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE TRYING TO TURN MY POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT. I HAVE ALMOST HIT 3 DIFFERENT VEHICLES DUE TO THIS AND BARELY MADE IT IN TO A PARKING LOT OFF OF A BUSY STREET. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT GMC NEEDS TO ADDRESS. I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT LETTING RIDE IN THE CAR WITH ME DUE TO THIS.