2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WHILE TURNING AT A LOW SPEED STEERING LOCKED UP MAKING HARD TO TURN. THIS NOW HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING TURNS. SOME TIMES I AM UNABLE TO TURN AT ALL AND HAVE TO TRY AGAIN. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THIS CAR, IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED.

MOST OF THE ACADIA'S 2007-2012 ARE AFFECTED BY THE TIMING CHAIN BEING LOSE AND GM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. HOWEVER, FOR SOME REASON MINE IS NOT COVERED BUT IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. NOW I AM $3600 OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR.

WHEN MAKING TURNS WITH THE CAR THE STEERING COMPLETELY GAVE AWAY AND WAS VERY HARD TO MANEUVER A TURN CORRECTLY. WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE WHO INFORMED US THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS BAD AND THE POWER STEERING COLUMN. FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS A ISSUE WITH ALMOST ALL GMC ACADIA'S WAS VERY UPSETTING TO LEARN. IF THIS IS A ISSUE WITH THAT MANY OF THEM WHY HAS THERE NOT YET BEEN A RECALL ON THIS. SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL I AM STUCK PAYING WELL OVER $1000.00 TO FIX SO THAT I CAN HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN. GMC NEEDS TO DO A BUY BACK RECALL ON THESE MODELS AS THEY ARE NOT SAFE. THANKFUL THAT I WAS ALONE AT THE TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED HOWEVER COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT HAD I NOT NOTICED WHEN I WAS SOPPED TO MAKE A TURN. HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE KILLED OR HURT BEFORE THEY WILL FIX.

DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS FRONT HEADLIGHTS, THESE LIGHTS I HAVE REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN GETTING A TICKET FOR 1 INSTANCE THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY GM

POWER STEERING HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE, 1ST TIME UNDER WARRANTY SECOND OUT OF POCKET COST THIS PAST JANUARY (80K MILES ON VEHICLE) BROUGHT IN VEHICLE RECENTLY AND NEEDED TO HAVE POWER STEERING FLUID CHANGED SINCE IT WAS "BURNT". CLEARLY THIS HAS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT

RUNNING LIGHT WAS OUT AND DISCOVERED THAT BOTH RUNNING LAMPS BULBS HAD MELTED IN THEIR SOCKETS AND ELECTRICAL WIRES BURNED AND SHORTED, THIS REQUIRED THAT BOTH LAMP UNITS BE REPLACED. POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL FIRE HAZARD. I HAD REPORTED TO THE DEALER, IN 2013 THAT THE INSIDE OF THE LAMP APPEARED SMOKY BUT THEIR REPLY WAS THAT IT WAS MOISTURE CONDENSATION. REPLACED PARTS NUMBER 22938888 & 22938889 THE VEHICLE IS ONLY DRIVEN DAYTIME, LOCALLY IN 10 MILE RADIUS, AND GARAGED ALL THE TIME. --THE REASON FOR THE LOW MILAGE. I SUSPECT THAT THE UNIT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN A MANNER THAT THE HEAT OF THE LAMP MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE VENTILATION TO DISSIPATE CONSEQUENTLY THERE IS A SLOW MELTING OF THE PLASTIC HOUSING, THIS IS A DESIGN FAILURE WHICH COULD LEAD TO ELECTRICAL FIRE.

NOTHING SPECIFICALLY HAPPENED, BUT I'M WANTING TO MAKE A COMPLAINT REGARDING ISSUES WITH MY CAR. AT 30K MILES, I HAD A POWER STEERING LEAK IN WHICH THE PUMP WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IN FOR SERVICING TODAY, NOW TOLD I HAVE ANOTHER LEAK, BUT THIS TIME THE GEAR ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. COST IS 1800. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE IN WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND IT SEEMS THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FORTINATE ONES AND HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED OR INJURED SOMEONE ELSE. I HAVE HAD ONGOING ISSUES SINCE PURCHASING MY CAR NEW. THIS IS THE ONE REPEAT ISSUE THUS FAR AND DEFINITELY MOST EXPENSIVE SO FAR. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW GMC CAN PUT OUT A DEFECTIVE PART/CAR WITHOUT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY. SOME OF US CAN NOT AFFORD TO KEEP BUYING CARS. I BUY A NEW CAR, FOLLOW ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICING AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. AS A CONSUMER WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE? FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, NONE. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHAT RIGHTS I HAVE, BUT SAW SUGGESTIONS ON THE ACADIAFORUM TO FILE COMPLAINT HERE OR AT LEAST HAVE MY VOICE HEARD.

THIS IS MY WIFE'S VEHICLE WHICH I RARELY DRIVE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN AT A SLOW SPEED IN CITY DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT THE POWER STEERING WENT AWAY AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL ENOUGH TO COMPLETE THE TURN. ONCE STRAIGHT AND THE VEHICLE MOVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING FINE. IN SUBSEQUENT SLOW MOVING TURNS BOTH TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT STEERING DIFFICULTIES WERE ENCOUNTERED INTERMITTENTLY. MY WIFE STATED THAT SHE HAD ENCOUNTERED THIS TYPE OF STEERING DIFFICULTIES FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAD ASK THE TECHNICIANS AT THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER TO CHECK THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL AT ONE OF HER OIL CHANGES. THE TECHNICIANS INFORMED HER THAT THE LEVEL WAS FULL. I RECENTLY DROVE THE VEHICLE ON A TRIP MYSELF AND NOTICED A RATTLE NEAR THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AREA AND SOME POPPING NOISES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. I WILL BE TAKING THIS VEHICLE TO THE SHOP FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO NEGOTIATE THE CURVE OF THE ROAD, SO HE CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION BARRIER. THE POLICE REPORT STATED THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AS "DEFECTIVE STEERING." THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND A REPORT WAS FILED WITH GMC CORPORATE. THEIR INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE FOUND NO DEFECT WITH THE STEERING. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ME IS THAT MY INSURANCE AND I MUST PAY FOR ALL OF THE REPAIRS (IF THE INSURANCE COMPANY DOESN'T TOTAL THE VEHICLE). IT ALSO MEANS THAT, SINCE THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, THE INCIDENT OF THE STEERING LOCKING UP COULD REOCCUR, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES OR FATALITIES. IN DOING RESEARCH, IT APPEARS FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND THE CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST GMC THAT THE 2010 ACADIA HAS DEFECTIVE STEERING. MILEAGE OF VEHICLE IS APPROXIMATE.

STEERING GEAR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE IS 5 YEARS OLD WITH 55.000 MILES. VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN UNLESS YOU PRESS ON THE GAS OR HAVE MOTION. CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY SO GETTING REPAIRED SOON AT OUR EXPENSE. $600 FOR THE PART PLUS $150 ALIGNMENT AND DEALERSHIP WANTS $1800 TOTAL. WITH THIS MANY COMPLAINTS AND THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT NEED IT DONE (SEEMS TO BE ALL ACADIA'S 4-5YRS OF AGE), THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.