2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

SOMETIMES WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE STEERING GETS REAL TIGHT AND IT FEELS AS IF THOUGH THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT. IN THE BEGINNING THIS HAPPEN PERIODICALLY BUT LATELY IT'S BECOME MORE FREQUENT

JUST BOUGHT MY ARCADIA JULY 2015 BACK IN DECEMBER THE ENGINE CAME ON HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND ERROR CODE P00008 WAS DETECTED GMC DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL ON THIS IT OBVIOUS THAT THIS PROBLEM ISN'T RESOLVED I'M PAYING $16000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT I HAVE TO INVEST MORE INTO MONEY INTO THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN A YEAR YET EVERY WHERE I LOOK ABOUT DETAILS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM I KEEP FINDING THE SAME ANSWERS IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE MY VEHICLE BUT I WILL NOT INVEST $3000 + IN A VEHICLE THAT I STILL OWE ON AND IT'S THE MANUFACTURER LIABILITY TO REPLACE!!!

ENGINE LIGHT PROMPTED A TRIP TO THE GMC DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND IT WAS A KNOW PROBLEM, HOWEVER GMC IS NOT COVERING IT. WHAT? REALLY? SO, WE HAVE TO PAY 3000 BUCKS FOR GMC KNOWN PROBLEM. NEVER BUYING ANOTHER GMC.

ON 9 APR 2016 ON THE WAY TO A CHURCH FUNCTION, OUR 2010 ACADIA TOLD US IT WAS REDUCING ENGINE POWER AND STARTED MISSING AND SMOKING A LITTLE. THANKFULLY WE WERE JUST BLOCKS FROM THE HOUSE, SO WE TURNED AROUND AND LIMPED IT HOME. LATER I MOVED IT FROM THE DRIVEWAY TO THE STREET. THIS TIME, WHILE STILL MISSING, THE VEHICLE PUT OUT A DENSE FOG OF WHITE SMOKE THAT SMELLED OF GASOLINE. THANKFULLY NO ONE LITE A MATCH. I USED MY OBD II CODE READER TO GET FAILURE CODES P0087 AND P0089 INDICATING LOW FUEL RAIL PRESSURE AND INJECTOR ISSUES. SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH ON-LINE LED ME TO TSB PIP4924D (NHTSA# 100419330). I NOW AM OF THE OPINION THAT THE ISSUE IS LIKELY A FUEL INJECTOR THAT IS STUCK OPEN LIKELY DUE TO A FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL LINE THAT IS SHORTING TO GROUND DUE TO BAD MANUFACTURER DESIGN OR IMPROPER MAINTENANCE BY DEALERS FIXING OTHER ISSUES. I VIEW THIS ISSUE AS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM. I CAN THINK OF ALL SORTS OF SCENARIOS WHERE THIS COULD CAUSE DANGER TO THE VEHICLE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. A LITTLE ABOUT ME ... I'VE BEEN WORKING ON CARS FOR THE LAST 48 YEARS AND HOLD A BS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO CONTACT ME AT [XXX]. (UNRELATED ... I WAS ALSO DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN FROM ONE DEALER WHEN FIXING AN A/C ISSUE THAT MY BRAKE BOOSTER DRUM WAS CONTAMINATED WITH BRAKE FLUID DUE TO A BAD SEAL I GUESS. THAT FIX WAS COSTLY AND LIKELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE MANUFACTURER ALSO). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BROKEN FRONT MOTOR MOUNT. CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND FRONT MOTOR MOUNT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT.

TOOK IT IN TO CLEAR CODE FROM LIFT GATE RECALL. WALKED OUT WITH SLIP THAT SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY AT $1900. VERY QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH SAYS THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUICK ENCLAVE AND CHEVY TRAVERSE OF THIS YEAR. PEOPLE REPORT THIS CAUSES DIFFICULTY STEERING AND LOSS OF STEERING WHILE IN MOTION. UPON REFLECTION, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES STEERING HAS GONE BIZARRE BUT I CHAULKED IT UP TO ROAD CONDITIONS (SNOW/SLEET). THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND ONLY DRIVEN 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. SEVERAL PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF THIS STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY REPAIR (SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE) AND THE LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY AT TIMES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

2010 GMC ACADIA WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATING A TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. RECALL EXISTS FROM GMC FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR EARLIER MODEL YEARS BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE 2010 MODELS. THE REPAIR REQUIRES THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE AND EXTENSIVE DISASSEMBLY. REPAIR COST IS OVER $3,000. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS DEFECT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND GMC REFUSES TO EXPAND IT'S RECALL WARRANTY TO INCLUDE 2010 MODELS.

GMC KNEW OF TIMING CHAIN ISSUES FOR 2007-2009 AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR 10 YEAR 120,000 MILES. THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME TIMING CHAIN ISSUES THROUGH 2010 MODELS AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM UNDER THIS WARRANTY. MY ACADIA IS 2010 MODEL, BUT MANUFACTURED IN 2009 AND GMC WILL NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STETCHED TIMING CHAIN. THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES FOR "CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROTECTION" BUT WILL NOT STAND UP TO THEIR PRODUCT UNDER FOR ISSUES THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF.

THE CAM SHAFT ENGINE CORRELATION CODE INDICATED STRETCHED TIMING AND CHAIN GUIDES. EXTENDED WARRANTEES UP TO 10 YEARS AND 120,000 MILES HAVE BEEN OFFERED FOR 2007 AND 2009 GMC ACADIAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. TO DATE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OFFERED FOR THE 2010 MODEL EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME ISSUE. MINE FAILED AT 51,000 MILES. HAD TO HAVE THE TIMING CHAINS REPLACED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED WITH GM PAYING HALF. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE FACT MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2009 AND SHOULD FALL UNDER THE ABOVE MENTIONED RECALL AS THE FAILURE IS FOR THE SAME REASON. I AM CONCERNED WHY SPECIAL COVERAGE #11340 DOES NOT APPLY TO 2010 VEHICLES OF THIS NATURE AS THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THIS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED IN THE 2010 VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO DRIVE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AND ENGINE COOLANT. THE DEALER FURTHER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE POWER STEERING LINES, POWER STEERING GEAR, WATER PUMP, PIPE, AND HOSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND OFFERED A DISCOUNT TOWARD A NEW VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REJECTED THE OFFER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,695.