2011 GMC ACADIA Complaints

I SAW AN ERROR MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD THAT READ "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL", THEN IT READ "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT READ WAS "ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED". THAT'S WHEN MY CAR DROPPED FROM GOING 55 MPH TO 20 MPH AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD A FEW MINUTES THEN BACK ONTO ROAD BUT HAD NO POWER. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO SHOP.THEY REPLACED ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY. COST ME $259.84. *TR

MY SON IN LAW WAS DRIVING, I WAS IN PASSENGER SEAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGINE RACED, TACK NEEDLE WENT VERY HIGH AND VEHICLE BEGAN SLOWING DOWN ALL AT THE SAME TIME. SON IN LAW REMOVE FOOT FROM GAS PEDDLE AND VEHICLE ACTED NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES PRIOR TO THIS. TWO OR THREE TIMES I TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO STATED THE COMPUTER DIDN'T 'REGISTER' ANYTHING. IT HAS HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS 18 WHEELER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, VERY SCARY. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PARTS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V118000 (AIR BAGS) WERE UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP. THE CAR WOULDN'T TURN IN ANY DIRECTION. I APPLIED MORE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE THE SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND IT SMELLED HORRIBLE. I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT WAS PERFECT. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK, BUT NOW THERE'S A WHINNING SOUND EVERY TIME I TURN. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND THAT GM IS GOING THROUGH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUALS INSIDE THE CAR. THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS CASE # [XXX] FILED ON 03/22/2013. AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 2009-2012 GMC ACADIA, 2009-2012 BUICK ENCLAVE, 2009-2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT HOUSING AND WIRING MELTED. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX AND WANTS $1000 TO REPAIR WHAT IS NOW A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD AND WILL REOCCUR AFTER REPLACEMENT. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE, TEMP GAUGE GOT OVER 240 DEGREES STOPPED AND FOUND WATER POURING OUT OF FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE.AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE WATER PUMP TO BE LEAKING BADLY. *TR

AIR CONDITION NOT WORKING, LIGHT ON CONTROL BLINKS 3 TIMES AND GOES OUT. COULD BE EVAPORATER COOR. KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. WHY IS THIS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

STEERING WOULD INTERMITTENTLY LOCK UP OR BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AT LOW RPMS. THIS PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE IN THE LAST YEAR AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. UPON RESEARCHING A FIX TO THE PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE ON ALL GM ACADIA, TRAVERSE, ENCLAVE AND OUTLOOK VEHICLES. GM HAS A COUPLE OF TSB COVERING THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND DONE NOTHING OTHER THEN TO CHARGE YOUR $1500+ TO FIX A KNOWN STEERING DEFECT. *TR

OVER THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THAT WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PUSH THE GAS TO MAKE MY CAR GO FASTER THAT IT DOESN'T ACCELERATE. IT IS USUALLY WHEN MY VEHICLE IS ALREADY IN MOTION AND I ATTEMPT TO GO FASTER. I CAN HEAR IT MAKING A NOISE LIKE IT'S TRYING TO GO FASTER BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY STARTS TO GO FASTER. USUALLY I AM ON A NORMAL STREETS GOING ANYWHERE FROM 35-55 MPH (DEPENDING ON THE STREET AND POST SPEED LIMIT), SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS A HUGE DEAL WHEN IT HAPPENS. I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND THIS IS WHERE MY CONCERN COMES INTO PLAY. A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS MERGING ONTO 696. THERE WAS MORE THEN ENOUGH ROOM IN THE FIRST LANE FOR ME TO SAFELY MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, HOWEVER, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 35MPH FOR A GOOD 30 SECONDS AND A CAR THAT WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE PROBABLY GOING AT LEAST 70MPH ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. THERE WAS ANOTHER INSTANCE WHEN I WAS MERGING ONTO THE VANDYKE EXPRESSWAY WHERE THE POSTED SPEED IS 70MPH AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC WITH A POST SPEED OF 70MPH AND MY VEHICLE NOT GOING ABOVE 35MPH IS NOT SAFE. MY VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY IN THE SHOP BECAUSE MY AIR COMPRESSOR LITERALLY MELTED AND STARTED SMOKING AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR. WHEN IT WAS IN THE SHOP THIS PROBLEM WAS MENTIONED TO THEM AND WE WERE TOLD "THE PROBLEM WOULD BE LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK" THE AIR COMPRESSOR WAS FIXED ALONG WITH THE CURRENT AIR BAG RECALL, HOWEVER, THIS ACCELERATION ISSUE WAS NOT ADDRESSED WHATSOEVER. TO ME THIS IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PRIORITY. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT WHEN I AM MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY WITH FAST MOVING TRAFFIC THAT MY CAR IS GOING TO ACCELERATE AND NOT POTENTIALLY CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAD TO HAVE MY STEERING PUMP REPLACED BECAUSE OF A LOUD WHINING SOUND. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW. ALSO THE HEATING ELEMENT WENT OUT IN MY HEATED SEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE WHERE IT IS RARELY USED. ALL REPAIRS OVER $1100. *TR