2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODUAL AND THE WAVY PLATE- TRANSMISSION REBUILD- TRANSMISSION FAILURE

WE HAVE A 2010 GMC ACADIA THAT HAS HAD MULTIPLE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT. THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AS PER MANY COMPLAINTS IN VARIOUS FORUMS ONLINE. GMC KNOWS THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE POWER TO THESE UNITS AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO REPLACE. I HAVE REPLACED SEVEN LOW BEAMS IN TOTAL BETWEEN BOTH LIGHTS. THESE CAN GO OUT AND COME BACK ON AT VARIOUS TIMES ALSO GIVING THE DRIVERS A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. I HAVE INCLUDED WORD DOC OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION TODAY AFTER REMOVAL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH GMC AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IS AT A LOCAL SERVICE GMC LEVEL. THE ENDING COMMENT SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT IF GMC SEES ENOUGH COMPLAINTS THEY WILL THEN CONSIDER A RECALL. BEING A FIRE CHIEF I BELIEVE THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE DUE TO THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF HEADLAMPS. THE OTHER NOTE WAS MY MILEAGE WAS TO HIGH AS MY VEHICLE WAS JUST OVER 100,000 MILES. THIS ISSUE WAS TAKING PLACE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. THEY NEED TO DO A RECALL ON ALL OF THESE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES. I HAVE DATED THIS ISSUE TODAY EVEN THOUGH THE LAST TIME THIS ISSUE STARTED WAS ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO.

THE EVAPORATOR CORE ON MY AND MANY OTHER GMC IS PRONE TO FAILURE. FROM MY RESEARCH IT IS NOT IF THIS PART IS GOING TO FAIL BUT WHEN. THE PART ITSELF IT NOT VERY EXPENSIVE BUT THE WAY VEHICLE IS DESIGNED CAUSES THIS TO BE A $2000.00+ REPAIR. ONCE THE PART FAILS THE TEMPERATURE IN YOUR VEHICLE SOARS SO HIGH THAT IT MAKES THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE. YOU CAN NO LONGER REGULATE THE TEMPERATURE AND GET THE HEAT DIRECTLY OFF THE ENGINE. THE METAL PARTS AROUND ANY OF THE VENTS BECOME HOT TO THE TOUCH. WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN SIT IN THE BACK SO THAT THEY DON'T TOUCH THE VENTS. SINCE THIS PART FAILS SO FREQUENTLY THEY SHOULD RECALL IT TO REPLACE IT IN ALL GMC TRUCKS.

GMC ACADIA POWER STEERING UNIT WENT OUT, LOST ABILITY TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE BACKING UP. I TOOK THE SUV TO THE GMC DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT GMC HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR POWER STEERING UNITS IN THE 2009 - 2013 YEAR MODELS AND THERE WAS AN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THAT CLASS OF SUV. THEIR IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THE ISSUE AND GMC HAS EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY, BUT IT IS SO RESTRICTIVE THAT GMC WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. GMC NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING UNIT BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

2010 GMC ACADIA POSSIBLE TIMING CHAIN STRETCH ISSUE. PURCHASED VEHICLE USED 2 YRS AGO NOW HAVE 96K MILES ON IT. YESTERDAY CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER BEING DRIVE 10 MINUTES EARLIER. PULLED CODES AND ALL POINTED TO THE 1,3, AND 5 CYLINDER IGNITION ISSUE. CLEARED CODES AND SEEMED TO BE FINE, DROVE 20 MILES WITH DEEP RESONATE SOUND AT CRUISE THAT WENT AWAY WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. DRIVE BACK HOME SOUND REMAINED THE SAME AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. PULLED CODES ONCE AGAIN AND DIFFERENT SET CAME UP WITH P0008, P0016, AND P0017 SIGNIFYING TIMING ISSUES WHICH MAKES ME BELIEVE TIMING CHAIN STRETCH. I THINK I MIGHT BE IN FOR AN EXPENSIVE FIX BUT MOST I WANT THIS REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER TO MAYBE BE THE LAST STRAW TO INCLUDE MY YEAR VEHICLE RECALL. ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

HAVING THE SAME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/TIMING CHAIN STRETCH ISSUE. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT THESE MODELS OIL CHANGE CYCLE WERE TO BE SET AT 3000 MILES. OURS HAS BEEN 5000 MILES SINCE WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN MARCH 2010. I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE ON MODELS THROUGH AT LEAST 2012 BUT GM STILL HAS NOT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO THE SAME 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES AS THE 2007-2009 MODELS. OUR ACADIA HAS ONLY 87,000 MILES. THIS IS A $3000 FIX FOR AN ISSUE THAT GM KNOWS IS A PROBLEM.

WHILE IN DRIVE, GOING UPHILL, FOR EXAMPLE AN UP RAMP IN A PARKING GARAGE, THE CAR ROLLS BACKWARDS IF I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. IT HAS ALWAYS ROLLED A BIT BEFORE CATCHING IN THE PAST, BUT NOW IT WILL ROLL BACK WITHOUT STOPPING IF I RELEASE THE BRAKE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP READ THE CODE AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAINS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UNSAFE CONDITION THAT CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY RESEARCH SHOWED GM EXTENDED WARRANTY AND COVERS COSTS FOR TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT ON THE 3.6 ENGINES FOR THE 2007-2009 MODEL YEARS, BUT NOT THE 2010. THE PROBLEM WITH THE 2007-2009 MODELS WERE THE CAR'S COMPUTER ALERTING THE ENGINE OIL NEEDED TO BE CHANGED TOO LATE AND DIRTY OIL WAS RESTRICTED FROM GOING TO LUBRICATE THE TIMING CHAINS AND RESULTED IN THE TIMING CHAINS STRETCHING AND WEARING PREMATURELY. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY COVERAGE FOR THE 2010 MODELS. SAME PROBLEM IN THE 2007-2009 MODELS IS COVERED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFCTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,420.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR HAD FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED A FUEL SPILL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000....UPDATED 06/30/16 *BF