2012 GMC ACADIA Complaints

TOOK OUR ACADIA TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, FOR LIFTGATE RECALL, WORKED FINE BEFORE THE WORK WAS DONE, NOW IT POPS AND JERKS AT THE THE TOP OF THE LIFT. DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT WAS NORMAL...I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFT GATE SECURE SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE LIFT GATE TO RELEASE HITTING THE CONTACTS HEAD. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V415000 (STRUCTURE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND THE VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

GM RECALLED AND FIXED THE AIRBAGS IN THIS VEHICLE. NOW 3 MONTHS LATER THE ERROR LIGHT IS COMING BACK ON. LAMBERT BUICK GMC IN CUYAHOGA FALLS OHIO IS TELLING ME THAT A COMMON FAULTY DESIGN ISSUE WITH A SUNROOF DRAIN IS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ELECTRONICS AND SHORTING OUT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM (2/5/2016). ERROR CODE B0088 - "SERVICE AIRBAGS SOON". THEY WANT ME TO FIX IT - GM IS NOT COVERING.

TIMING GEAR COVER ON FRONT OF ENGINE LEAKS OIL. IT HAPPENS AFTER EVERY USE AND APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THE 3.6L V6 ENGINES ON THE GMC ACADIA, CHEVERY TRAVERSE AND BUICK ENCLAVE. THE SEAL ON THE FRONT ENGINE FAILS AND LETS THE OIL OUT OF THE ENGINE. IF NOT CAUGHT, OIL POURS INTO THE ENGINE POSING A FIRE AND CONTROL HAZARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DECREASED TO ZERO AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITRAK, AND THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SWITCHED TO REAR WHEEL DRIVE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

PURCHASED A GMC ACADIA DENALI IN SEP 2015. HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED, STRUTS REPLACED IN NOV 2015. BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING LOCKING UP WHEN TURNING WHEEL HARD AND MAKING A LOUD WHINING SOUND AS WELL AS BURNING FLUID SMELL IN JAN 2016. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS ADVISED BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP/MOTOR WAS LEAKING AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT, AND THE RACK AND PINION IS BAD AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. FURTHER RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND GM IS AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING PUMP/MOTOR AND RACK AND PINION. EVEN DEALER SERVICE TECHS ADVISED IT IS A VERY WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE YET THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS TO THE DRIVING PUBLIC AND PEDESTRIANS IN GENERAL. THERE IS AN OPEN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AS WELL. NHTSA SHOULD REQUIRE GM TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND MAKE THE REQUIRED REPAIRS AS TO PREVENT A CLEAR DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFE GATE FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK AND THE SHOULDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE LIFT GATE STRUT WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V415000 (STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

WHEN THE WIPERS ARE ON AND AND THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED, THE WIPERS STOP WORKING. TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN I HAVE TO TURN THE WIPERS ALL THE WAY OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN OR ACTIVATE THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL. IN THE RAIN I HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT VISIBILITY OR USING MY DIRECTIONAL. NOT A GOOD CHOICE TO HAVE TO MAKE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POSITIONING OF THE SEATBELT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD-ROW COULD NOT BE BUCKLED WITHOUT HURTING THE PASSENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TO AVOID THE DISCOMFORT, THE SEAT BELT WAS NEVER BUCKLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

AROUND APRIL/MAY 2015 I BEGAN NOTICING ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING, UPSHIFTING AND DOWNSHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF THE TRANSMISSION SKIPPING, HESITATING, SPUTTERING, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER WORDS THAT I USED TO DESCRIBE THE ISSUE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO BECOME WORSE. TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FURTHER B/C NO CODE WAS COMING UP ON THE CAR. AGAIN, IN DECEMBER 2015, I TOOK MY CAR BACK IN BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS WORSENING. AGAIN, THE SAME STORY FROM THE DEALERSHIP. ONLY THIS TIME THEY SUGGESTED I SERVICE MY TRANSMISSION. I DID. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS CLUTCH MATERIAL IN MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH MEANT THE CLUTCHES WERE FAILING AND I WOULD BE LOOKING AT A TRANSMISSION REBUILD SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I ASKED WHAT IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE, I WAS TOLD NOTHING BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CODES ON THE CAR. SO I HAVE A CAR THAT I PURCHASED 3 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS AGO BRAND NEW LOOKING AT A TRANSMISSION REBUILD. I THEN CONTACTED CORPORATE AND BEGAN THE PROCESS OF A FORMAL COMPLAINT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH CORPORATE AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP TOOK MY CAR BACK IN. THIS TIME. THEY PULLED OUT THE TRANSMISSION, AND BEHOLD, THE 35R WAVE PLATE WAS CRACKED (WHICH I ASKED IF THAT WAS IT BACK IN MAY AFTER DOING SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND SEEING THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH A CRACKED WAVE PLATE) AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS AND THE SYSTEM FLUSHED. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, WHY IS GMC ATTEMPTING TO PLAY DUMB WHEN THERE ARE OBVIOUS ISSUES AND PUSH THE COST OFF ONTO ITS CONSUMERS?I FEEL 100% THAT THE DEALERSHIP KNEW ALL ALONG.