2007 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WHILE MAKING A TURN DURING A RAIN STORM THE ENGINE BELT BEGAN TO SQUEAL AND I SUBSEQUENTLY LOST POWER STEERING AND THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK. I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES DURING RAIN EVENTS SINCE I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS TO OCCUR WHEN EXCESSIVE WATER GETS ONTO THE DRIVE BELT CONTROLLING THE ENGINE AND POWER STEERING UNIT. *TR

STARTED THE VEHICLE THIS MORNING WITH REMOTE START, GOT IN AND PUSHED THE KEY FORWARD. AS I LEFT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON MY WAY TO THE POST OFFICE, I NOTICED MY ACADIA STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS SHIFTING PAST 20MPH. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WHEN THEY DRAINED THE FLUID, THE FLUID WAS BURNT REQUIRING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE OPENED UP. I HAVE STILL NOT HAD THE TRANSMISSION MANIPULATED PAST THE FLUID DRAINAGE. I EVEN TOOK VIDEO OF THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGE WHILE IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING. *TR

CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. AFTER AWHILE IT STARTED BACK UP BUT IT WOULD ONLY GO ON FIRST GEAR SO I COULD GO MORE THAN 20MPH. THEN WHEN I WENT HOME, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE REVERSE DID NOT WORK. I HAVE READ ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 2007 ACADIAS. I HOPE THESE CARS GET RECALLED BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I WAS WERE THERE WEREN'T ANY CARS AROUND OR IN THE INTERSTATE. *TR

OUR CAR WAS SERVICED BY JIM SALERNO GMC IN RANDOLPH,NJ ON 5/4/13. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS INSTALLED BY SALERNO IN 2011 BUT WE WERE TOLD TRANS IS OK, THE TIMING CHAINS NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE GET THE JOB DONE WHICH REQUIRES THEM TO TAKE THE ENGINE OUT OF THE CAR. WE GET THE CAR BACK FROM THEM AND IT IS IDLING VERY LOW TO THE POINT IT STALLED ONCE WHEN MY WIFE STOPPED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR TO GET OUR MAIL. AND WE NOTICED IT DIDN'T START UP THE SAME AS BEFORE (SLOWER) BUT WE DIDN'T MENTION THIS TO SALERNO BECAUSE WE TRUSTED THEM IN DOING THE JOB RIGHT (BIG MISTAKE!) FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, MY WIFE DOES SOME LOCAL DRIVING WITH THE CAR UNTIL 6/22/13 WHEN WE (MY WIFE AND I AND OUR TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND OUR DOG) LEFT FOR A LONG DRIVE UP TO MAINE. WE MADE IT INTO MASSACHUSETTS AND THEN AN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY A LOT OF RATTLING FROM THE ENGINE. THIS WAS QUITE SCARY SINCE THE CAR STARTED DRIVING ERRATICALLY AND WE WERE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON RT 84. WE LUCKILY PULL OVER INTO A SMALL REST STOP AND 5 HOURS LATER, A INGERSOLL GMC COMES WITH A FLATBED TRUCK AND A LOANER CAR. *TR

VEHICLE IS HARD SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. HAD SERVICED WITH NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID ON 7/2/13. ON 7/5/13 VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT AT ALL WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY ON OUR WAY TO FAMILY VACATION TO HILTON HEAD SC. IT WAS TOWED TO PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC WHERE TRANSMISSION WAS DISASSEMBLED WITH PARTS REPLACED AND REBUILT. UPON DEPARTURE OF PICKUP VEHICLE IS STILL SHIFTING HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR (AROUND 20-25MPH) AND WE HOPE TO MAKE BACK HOME TO OHIO SAFELY. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE IS COMMON IN GMC ACADIAS. ISSUES NEEDS ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED FOR SAFETY! I WILL BE RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO CHEVY DEALER WHEN WE RETURN HOME FOR FURTHER SERVICE. WE HAVE ALREADY PAID THE WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE AND HOPE TO NOT INCUR MORE EXPENSES! *TR

MY CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH ON A HIGHWAY AND THE RPMS WERE SHOOTING UP TO 9,000. I SAFELY MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT AND WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE! I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR, WITH MY 5 CHILDREN IN IT, OUT OF THE SPOT!! (I'M A TOUGH CHICK BUT THIS WAS CRAZY!). I GOT THE CAR OUT OF THE LOT AND WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY MAKE IT HOME. MY CAR IS ONLY 10 MONTHS PAST WARRANTY AND WE WILL BE STUCK WITH A BIG BILL. I THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED OR GMC SHOULD REIMBURSE THE REPAIR FEE. *TR

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE DASH; TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AVAILABLE TO DEALER FOR SIMILAR ISSUE ONLY COVERS THE AIRBAG CONNECTOR NOT THE AIRBAG MODULE, WHICH HAS GONE OUT IN THIS VEHICLE, ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH DEALER AND GM AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO REPAIR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT IN THE 2007, 2008 GMC ACADIA AS WELL AS THE BUICK ENCLAVE AND EARLY CHEVY TRAVERSE. A SIMPLE INTERNET REVIEW WILL SHOW MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS. GM IS UNWILLING TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS PART WHICH WOULD BE THE PROPER CUSTOMER CARE BUT INSTEAD WILL COMPLAIN HERE FOR REVIEW. A REVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS SAFETY ISSUE IS NEEDED. *TR

THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER ON THE INTERSTATE. IT LOCKED DOWN INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE. WE HAD CRAWL ALONG THE BERM AT 30 MPH. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY GM AS TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAILING OF THE WAVE PLATE. THIS WAVE PLATE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO GM BUT AS OF NOW NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. I HAVE READ ONLINE BLOGS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT IS A FREQUENT AND UNSAFE FAILURE OF THIS DRIVE-TRAIN. OUR CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY YEARS BUT ONLY HAS 84K MILES ON IT. GM HAS OFFERED US A 50/50 SPLIT ON THE REPAIR WHICH THEY WOULD NEVER DO IF THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE THEIR FULL RESPONSIBILITY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE, THANK YOU. *TR

DRIVING UP HILL, LOOSING POWER, FINALLY MADE IT UP HILL CAR JUST STOPPED - ALMOST LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL GEAR. COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE, CAR STARTED RIGHT UP AND WHEN I PRESSED ON GAS IT REVVED UP LIKE IT WANTED TO GO, BUT NO MOVEMENT. STILL LIKE IN NEUTRAL GEAR. FOUND OUT THAT LOTS OF 07 AND 08 ACADIA OWNERS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE WAVE PLATE (WHICH IS WHAT MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT IS). AND THE POWER TRAIN, WHICH ENDS UP MAKING THE TRANSMISSION FAIL. THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY ACADIAS OWNERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE HAD THESE ISSUES. I THINK IT'S WRONG THAT GMC DOESN'T INVESTIGATE OR RECALL THE CARS FOR THIS COST. I CALLED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FEEL AS IF THEY DON'T TRULY CARE, THEY JUST WANT TO SNUB OFF THE ISSUE AND TELL YOU TO HAVE A GREAT DAY! MY DAD WORKED FOR GMC FOR 20 YEARS, AND I ALWAYS HAD A HIGH OPINION OF THEM UP UNTIL NOW. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THEM. I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE LOST THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS. BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY GMC WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE THAT'S ALL MY DAD BOUGHT IN THE PAST IS GMC. I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE CAR DIDN'T GIVE OUT WHILE I WAS GOING UP THE HILL AND I DIDN'T HAVE MY KIDS IN THE CAR. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT UP THE HILL. I FEEL GMC SHOULD STEP UP AND INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND REPLACE THEM WITH MORE QUALITY PARTS. I FEEL AS IF THE ACADIA IS VERY CHEAPLY MADE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD RATTLING FROM THE FRONT END AND NOTICED A BURNING OIL SMELL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT FOUR OF THE DRIVE-SHAFT BOLTS WERE MISSING AND TWO WERE BENT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000. ...UPDATED 07/22/13 *BF