2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WHILE I WAS DRIVING TONIGHT MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN MID TURN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WHERE THIS HAPPENED IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT CAME ON FOR A SECOND THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. THEN WAS ABLE TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN. I HAD MY WIFE AND 6 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME. I HAVE READ MANY OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. I REALLY FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE THAT AFFECTED THE TAIL LIGHTS, LICENSE PLATE LIGHT, HEADLIGHTS, AND POWER LIFT GATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 136,000.

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING. TIMING CHAIN APPARENTLY STRETCHED AFTER ONLY 39,000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIMING CHAIN I HAVE TO REPLACE. GMC HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR SEVERAL MODELS TO 120,000 BUT NOT MY YEAR!

GMC 2010 ACADIA.. 96,000 MILES WHENENGINE LIGHT WITH CODE P0008 INDICATING STRETCHED TIMING CHAINS. MECHANIC AWARE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY ON 2007-2009 VEHICLES. CALLED GMC, THEY SAID 2010 NOT COVERED. SAME ENGINE AS 2009 AND NOT COVERED. FAILED INSPECTION IN NH DUE TO CODE...$2300 IN REPAIRS NEEDED. FILED COMPLAINT WITH GMC...PLAN TO PRINT EXTENSIVE COMPLAINTS FOUND HERE AND HEADING TO DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT.

TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE GM GARAGE FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TO REPORT A SQUEAK IN THE FRONT END. TOLD ME THAT THE POWER STEERING BOX WAS SHOT AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME AS THE LIQUID WAS EMPTY. KNOWING THE VEHICLE'S HISTORY I SAID OH REALLY, MY PARENTS HAD THE VEHICLE IN HERE YEARS AGO RE: THE WHINING WHEN THEY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEY HAD SAID THAT WAS NORMAL. THAT WAS BACK IN 2012. NOW I HAVE TO PAY $1600 TO GET IT FIXED. HOW CONVENIENT NOW THAT IT IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AS IT IS A 10 HOUR JOB. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER IF THEY HAVE HEARD OF SUCH COMPLAINTS RE: THE STEERING THEY SAID NO. THEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY FRIEND WHO OWNS A CHEVY TRAVERESE AND THEY HAD THEIR POWER STEERING BOX REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO. THEY SERVICE PERSON JUST ACTED LIKE OH WELL.

TIMING CHAINS STRETCH. VERY COMMON ISSUE ON THIS AND OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH 3.6L ENGINE. JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND IT'S AT THE DEALER FOR A $2600 REPAOR ON THIS PROBLEM. CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MILEAGE AND WITHOUT WARNING OTHER THAN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TIMING CHAINS STRETCH CAUSING ENGINE TO BE OUT OF SYNC AND EVENTUALLY ENGINE DAMAGE/FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. MINIMUM COST OF REPAIR IS $2500+ AS ENGINE HAS TO BE REMOVED TO DO THE REPAIR. GM HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM AND EVEN ISSUED EXTENDED SPECIAL WARRANTIES TO COVER THE PROBLEM ON 2007-2009 MODELS ONLY EVEN THOUGH 2010 AND NEWER MODELS HAVE SAME PROBLEM WITH SAME ENGINE. ANY INTERNET SEARCH WILL YIELD HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND CRANKSHAFT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,823.

I'M FILING A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY MODEL YEAR 2010 GMC ACADIA. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AT 96,000. THE CODE IS P0008. THIS CODE POINTS TO THE TIMING CHAIN. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GMC ACADIA'S AND IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT CAUSED GMC TO EXTEND THEIR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ON 2009 MODEL ACADIA'S TO 120,000 MILE OR 10 YEARS. GMC IS NOT OFFERING TO EXTEND MY WARRANTY TO 120,000 MILES OR 10 YEARS EVEN THOUGH I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THEM TO EXTEND 2009 MODEL CARS. MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN OCT 2009.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE TURN SIGNAL, DOOR AJAR, SEAT BELT, BACKUP CAMERA, AND OTHER COMPONENTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING AND WERE NOT AUDIBLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED ME THIS WAS A STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN ISSUE - A COMMON ISSUE WITH GMC ACADIAS. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR ERROR CODE P0008 IT PULLS UP LOADS OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE ACADIA TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. IN FACT, MODEL YEARS 2007 THROUGH 2009 HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED FOR THEM UP TO 120,000 MILES FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. MY VEHICLE IS A 2010 AND IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS RECALLED, AND MY VEHICLE WAS MOST LIKELY MANUFACTURED DURING THE TIME THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TIMING CHAIN ISSUES. MY TIMING CHAIN FAILED AT ONLY 71,000 MILES, WELL BELOW THE RECOMMENDED TIMELINE. I CALLED GMC TO FILE A CLAIM AND SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THIS UNDER SOME WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO FOR ME. I HAVE PERFORMED ALL MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE AT THE RECOMMENDED INTERVALS AND STILL EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FIX THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE SINCE IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. GMC SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCTS WHEN THEY ARE AWARE OF ISSUES LIKE THIS.