2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

AT LOW SPEEDS THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILS AND YOU CAN'T TURN THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS PULLING OUT INTO THE STREET OR INTO A PARKING SPOT. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR AND THE DEALERSHIPS CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. THEY JUST WANT TO CHANGE PARTS COSTING UP TO 2K AND WON'T ENSURE ME THAT IT WILL BE FIXED. THEY ARE SEEING IT ON MANY ACADIA'S AND ENCLAVE'S AND THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED DUE TO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY WIFE AND FAMILY BEING IN A VEHICLE THAT WON'T TURN. JUST REVIEWING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE SOMETHING YET. TAKE A LOOK AT THE GMC ACADIA BLOG OR OWNERS SITE AND YOU WILL SEE LOTS MORE COMPLAINTS EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. *TR

MY 2010 ACADIA HAS PERIODIC LOSS OF POWER STEERING, MOSTLY AT LOW SPEEDS, WHEN BACKING UP, PARKING, TURNING, ETC. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICALLY, AND AT TIMES CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS. *TR

STEERING WAS HARD TO TURN. THE GMC SERVICE DEPT. FOUND THE POWER STEERING COOLING COIL RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING POWER STEERING FLUID TO DRAIN. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT OLD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED. *TR

WINDSHIELD DEFROST WILL NOT FUNCTION. AIR ONLY BLOWS FROM DASH VENTS. THE DASH CONTROLS ARE INEFFECTIVE AND WILL NOT CHANGE THE MODE FROM DASH TO FEET OR DEFROST. VISIBILITY WAS SEVERELY IMPAIRED. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION TOMORROW. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT KEPT GOING OFF AND ON. A WEEK LATER I PULLED THE BULB TO FIND THE WIRE CONNECTOR MELTED. I CALLED GMC AND FOUND OUT THEY DO NOT MAKE THE PIGTAIL AND I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE WIRE HARNESS FOR ALL OF THE LIGHTS. I CHECKED ON ACADIA FORUM.NET AND SEEN WHERE GMC ACADIA HAS HAD THIS ISSUE SINCE 2008 AND HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. I WILL BE CHECKING FOR AFTER MARKET PLACES TO GET A PIGTAIL FOR THE ASSEMBLY, BUT IT IS MY BELIEF THAT IF GMC WOULD HAVE MANUFACTURED THIS CORRECTLY, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. *TR

THE TAILGATE OPENED AND ONCE IT WAS COMPLETELY OPEN IT FELL SUDDENLY A FEW FEET AND WITHOUT WARNING. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN THIS ON MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY SAID THE STRUTS GO BAD. THEY REPLACED THE STRUT (SPELLING?) AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT IF THIS OCCURS WITH SOMEONE ELSE IT COULD HIT THEIR HEAD AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

AT RANDOM TIMES, MY CAR'S STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY STIFF, SOMETIMES TO THE POINT THAT I CANNOT MAKE THE TURN. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE OR MAKING A TIGHT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. I'VE NOTICED THAT IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN APPLYING MY BRAKES WHILE TURNING. I'VE LEARNED TO MAKE THESE TURNS WITHOUT USING THE BRAKES. I HAD THE FLUID CHANGED, BUT DIDN'T HELP THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE "FIX", AS HE THINKS IT IS THE PUMP. SHAME ON GM FOR NOT RECALLING THIS PRODUCT. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET INJURED? HOW SAD IS THAT! I'M SURPRISED TO READ OF SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO MINE. BECAUSE OF THIS... GM'S TURNING A BLIND EYE... I WILL MOST LIKELY NEVER AGAIN PURCHASE A GM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT 3-5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

STARTING IN JULY 2013, AFTER DRIVING MY 2010 ACADIA FOR OVER 90 MILES AND STOPPING IT FOR AN HOUR OR SO I RESTARTED THE ACADIA AND THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT APPEARED AND STAYED ON. I STOPPED FOR GAS AFTER 60 MILES AND WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR THE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. I STOPPED AGAIN AFTER 25 MILES AND WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR THE LIGHT CAME ON. I RESTARTED THE ACADIA THE NEXT DAY AND NO AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT. THIS AGAIN OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER A 1 HOUR DRIVE OR LONGER. RECENTLY, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013 THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT APPEARS AFTER MUCH SHORTER TRIPS (LESS THAN 10 MILES). UP TO NOW, WHEN I FIRST START UP THE CAR IN THE MORNING, THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. BUT NOW IT COMES ON AFTER MORE FREQUENT STOPS AND RESTARTS. CURRENT MILEAGES 33,143. 3 YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD EXPIRED 5/2013 HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT REACHED THE MILEAGE WARRANT PERIOD. *TR

IT SEEMS THAT EVERYTIME I AM AT A LOW SPEED <15MPH (SUCH AS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, TURNING AT A FOUR WAY STOP, ETC) THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO LOCK UP AND IT TAKES ALL MY STRENGTH TO TURN IT TO GO THE CORRECT DIRECTION. IT IS DANGEROUS. PULLING IN A STRAIGHT LINE ISN'T BAD, BUT BACKING OUT OF A PUBLIC PARKING SPACE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR COULD BE BAD. I JUST NOTICED IT EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMETIME IN AUGUST, HOWEVER, WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IT HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE. FLUIDS APPEAR FINE. IT ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE A 2010 GMC ACADIA FULLY LOADED, ALL THE AWESOME GADGETS, PAID OUT THE WAZOO FOR A CAR LIKE THIS, I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. WAITING ON THE DEALER TO TELL ME WHATS GOING ON NOW, HOWEVER, THEY ARE SAYING IT COULD COST ME OVER $1000 TO FIX. I HAVE THE 100,000 POWER TRAIN WARRANTY ON IT BUT THE OTHER RAN OUT AT 60,000 MILES. THIS IS NO WAY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CONSUMER. I WILL NOT PAY FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN YEAR MODELS 2009-2012. SEEMS LIKE A RECALL IS IN ORDER! NOT THE BEST WAY TO KEEP YOUR CONSUMERS. BEFORE THIS PROBLEM, I SWORE I WOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING BUT AN ACADIA, DEPENDING ON THIS OUTCOME, THAT DECISION COULD BE DRASTICALLY CHANGED. AND SO I HAVE READ FROM SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS. *TR