2007 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING LOCK UP . MY WIFE ALMOST GOT INTO A ACCIDENT THIS HAPPEN TWICE IT ALSO HAPPEN TO ME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM THEY GAVE ME A PAPER ABOUT INTERMITTENT STIFF STEERING I TOLD THEM THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WE JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK A YEAR AGO FOR 20.000 DOLLARS

IT ALL STARTED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR TO 30 MPH FROM A STOPEED SPEED AND RPM'S FLEW UP TO 3,000 AND WOULD NOT GO DOWN TO A NORMAL RANGE WHILE CONTINUED ACCERATION OR COASTING. THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPS ON AND PULL OVER TO TURN CAR OFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. TURN CAR BACK ON AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS BUT THE LIGHT IS STILL ON. PROBLEM WOULD SHOW UP RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING BUT THEN WOULD STOP IF CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON ALMOST LIKE A RESET. THEN STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHERE RPM'S WOULD GO FROM 1500 TO 3000 AND WOULD JERK CAR DOWN TO 2500 WHEN FOOT WAS TAKEN OFF THE PEDAL. WOULD RANDOMLY GO BACK A FORTH FROM 1500- 3000 DURING CONSISTENT SPEEDS. EVEN WHILE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS IT WAS NEVER AN "EVERY TIME WE DROVE" THING. THEN AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF HAVING THIS PROBLEM A MESSAGE POPS UP SAYING "TRANSMISSION HOT IDLE ENGINE" THAT IS WHEN IT REALLY WORRIED ME. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO PAY $199.95 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST STATING THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BAD AND OTHER INTERNAL FAILURES EXSISTED AND WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. TO REBUILD WOULD BE $4900 OR A NEW ONE $6200. WITH ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE REGARDING TRANSMISSIONS ON THE 07 AND 08 ACADIA'S IT SEEMS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ON GM'S PART. THIS IS NOT A CHEAP FIX AND IS FRUSTRATING TO SEE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THANKFULLY WE WEREN'T STRANDED ANYWHERE WITH OUR 2 SMALL CHILDREN. SAFETY SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR GM.

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I HAD LOSS OF FORWARD MOMENTUM AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE LEAVING ME AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WITH NO WAY TO ACCELERATE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WHEN I MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE RPM WOULD SPIKE TO 4,000 OR 5,000 EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING. I DROVE THE CAR RIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS ONLY A MILE AWAY. THE DEALERSHIP LATER CALLED BACK AND STATED THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 55,000 MILES ON IT! THESE CARS SEEM TO HAVE A COMMON PREMATURE FAILURE WITH A WAVE PLATE THAT IS INTERNAL TO THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN...I HAD NO DRIVING POWER. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, PUT MY CAR IN PARK, STARTED IT AGAIN, WENT ABOUT 30FT AND IT SHUT DOWN AGAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO A GMC DEALER AND RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I HAVE READ THAT MANY GMC ACADIA'S TRANSMISSIONS HAVE GONE OUT AND THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE. THE SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY! I HAVE READ THAT THE 2007 AND 2008 MODELS HAVE THE DEFECTS AND THEY FIXED THE DEFECTS IN 2009. *TR

WE WERE HEADING HOME FROM FT. DAVIS AND WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE GEARS WERE SHIFTING. WE WERE GOING AT LEAST 60 MPH AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO THE SPEED LIMIT. I HAD CONTACTED ONSTAR WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AND THE DIAGNOSTICS CONFIRMED THAT IS WAS THE TRANSMISSION/POWER TRAIN. WE EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN PECOS, TX AT A GMC DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD ME, AND ONSTAR, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY CLOSING FOR THE DAY. WE GOT THERE BEFORE NOON AND THEY STILL DIDN'T WANT TO RUN TESTS OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY DID SAY I COULD LEAVE MY VEHICLE AND THEY COULD WORK ON IT COME MONDAY. WE HAD PUT TRANSMISSION FLUID IN TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP, BUT ONCE WE STARTED THE CAR WE NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT REVERSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT...WE WERE ABLE TO GET MY CAR BACK HOME AND TWO REPAIR SHOPS BOTH CONFIRMED THAT. THE SECOND GUY EVEN SAID THAT HE'S HAD TO REBUILD/REPLACE AT LEAST 4 TRANSMISSIONS AND I HAD MISSED THE RECALL BY ONE YEAR. FUNNY THING IS I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER BEING NOTIFIED OF ANY TRANSMISSION RECALL, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED OTHERS. I HAVEN'T EVEN FOUND ANY ONLINE. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ONGOING AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP! *TR

THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE WATER PUMP, REPLACED IT AND 2 MONTHS LATER OUT WENT THE POWER STEERING PUMP. AT THAT TIME OF REPLACING THE POWER STEERING PUMP THE DEALERSHIP ALSO REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION AND TIMING CHAIN. NOW, IT'S THE TRANSMISSION. GOING ROUNDS WITH GM TO GET THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE IN ITS ENTIRETY. THIS VEHICLE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 63K MILES ON IT! THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE IN EVERY WHICH WAY. I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WILL GO OUT NEXT. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING RELIABLE AND SAFE AND THIS ACADIA HAS BEEN EVERYTHING BUT THAT. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. LET THE GAME BEGIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT I FEEL IS SO UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE. I AM A HARD WORKING WOMAN WHO DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 13 YEARS AND HAD NONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I AM HAVING WITH THIS ACADIA THAT I PAID TWICE AS MUCH FOR! SO, TO ANYONE WANTING TO PURCHASE AN ACADIA, DO RECONSIDER, EVEN AS DEPENDABLE AS YOU FEEL YOUR DEALERSHIP MAY BE...IT WILL BE A LEMON IN THE LONG RUN. BE PREPARED TO GET YOUR GLOVES ON IN THE RING WITH GMC AS I'M CURRENTLY DOING...AS I'M DRIVING A DEALERSHIP LOANER, FOR 2 DAYS NOW...GOOD LUCK! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,749. PDATED 09/23/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 07/2/2013. AFTER ADDING A HALF QUART OF TRANSMISSION FLUID THE VEHICLE RAN NORMAL UNTIL 08/12/2013. *JS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN SHE FELT A JERK IN THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT THAT HAD TURNED RED AND THEREFORE WAS APPLYING THE BRAKE. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE HIGHWAY IS VERY BUSY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND SHE WAS IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE IN GEAR AND TURN ONTO A SIDE ROAD AND PHONE FOR ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME AFTER SITTING FOR A SHORT TIME, HOWEVER I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OUT OF MY GARAGE AND COULD NOT GET IN GEAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MP AND I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT COULDN'T, IT WAS IF MY GEARS WERE STUCK AND I WAS DRIVING AN AUTOMATIC! THE CAR WAS REVVING LIKE CRAZY AND DRIVING VERY FUNNY AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SLOW DOWN AND THERE WERE CARS BEHIND ME HONKING AND TAILING ME! THERE WAS NO SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PULL OFF TO SO I PRAYED AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT AND CALLED MY HUSBAND. HE CAME TO MY RESCUE AND WE CALLED CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR HELP. THE REVERSE WENT OUT IN THE ACADIA AND MY HUSBAND HAD TO PUSH IT IN REVERSE SO WE COULD LIMP IT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP (DRIVING UNDER 30MP) THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WE DID PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THAT HAS SINCE EXPIRED SO WE HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. WE KEEP UP ON MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE SO WE WERE SHOCKED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHEN I WAS DRIVING, THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL! I WAS SCARED THAT MY GIRLS AND I WOULD BE HURT! WE WERE QUOTED BETWEEN $3,500 OR $4,800 FOR EITHER REBUILDING OR REPLACING TRANSMISSION. MANY REVIEWS SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH OTHERS HAVE PAID TO RE-DO THEIR TRANSMISSIONS ON GMC ACADIA THAT IT EVENTUALLY HAPPENS AGAIN. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET RID OF ACADIA (MANY PAYMENTS STILL) BUT I FEEL UNSAFE KEEPING IT. OTHERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM IN CASE IT HAPPENS TO THEM. I'VE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED OR FELT SO UNSAFE BEFORE. *TR