2007 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, I HAD TO BRAKE QUICKLY BECAUSE OF ACCIDENT AHEAD. AT THIS TIME, THE STABILITRAK SERVICE MESSAGE AND BRAKE MESSAGE STARTED ALTERNATELY FLASHING ON DIC. BRAKE AND STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHTS ALSO CAME ON. THE CAR DECELERATED LIKE WHEN YOU SHIFT DOWN ON A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, NO RESPONSE. TRIED TURNING STABILITRAK BUTTON BACK ON AND OFF, BUT THIS DID NOTHING. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WAS DIFFICULT TO GET OVER TO SHOULDER. I HAD ABOUT 10 MILES TO GET TO MY HOUSE, SO WATCHED THE ENGINE TEMP GAUGE, AND MADE IT HOME. ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED LIT. THE ENGINE GAUGE INDICATED THE CARS TEMPERATURE ROSE ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE WHAT IT USUALLY IS .STARTED THE CAR THE NEXT DAY WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS OR MESSAGES DISPLAYED AND TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC, HE RAN THE CODES ON CARS COMPUTER. IT SHOWED NO ERRORS,WAS A LITTLE LOW ON WATER. HE SAID TO DRIVE IT AND LET HIM KNOW IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ANOTHER 45 DAYS, WITH NO MORE SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. 46TH DAY, THE VEHICLE'S SERVICE MESSAGE FOR STABILITRAK AND BRAKE FLASHED AGAIN, WITH WARNING LIGHTS FOR THESE COMING ON AS WELL, AFTER CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROX. 4 MILES AND PARKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THE VEHICLE OPERATED FINE. I PARKED THE CAR AGAIN FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AFTER ABOUT A MILE THE NEXT DAY THE SAME EPISODE. NOW I'M INTO THE 2ND WEEK OF THE BRAKE AND STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF. WILL CALL THE DEALER BECAUSE AT THIS POINT I'M AFRAID OF ANOTHER GEAR DOWN LIKE THE FIRST INCIDENT AND BEING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC-THAT'S NOT SAFE HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER BEFORE ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR SAYING IT'S OFF WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER SITTING THERE. CHECKING CARS COMPUTER SAID ?CODES? SHOWED NOTHING WRONG? ARE THE "CODES" INFALLIBLE? *TR

MOLD/MUSTY SMELL, WATER LEAKING FROM DVD ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND UNDER DASH ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOORBOARDS. DEALER CLEANED SUNROOF DRAINS, REPLACED SUNROOF SEAL, STILL LEAKING. WATER IS SETTLING INTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN DASH INCLUDING THE BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED SKIPPING/CATCHING WHILE ACCELERATING AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO CREEP UP. I ENTERED A LEFT TURN LANE IN ORDER TO PULL OVER. WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO MAKE IT INTO THE PARKING LOT. WARNING BELLS STARTED GOING OFF "SHUT OFF ENGINE" "SHUT OFF A/C" "ENGING OVERHEAT" AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. I HAD PICKED UP ENOUGH MOMENTUM AS I HAD BEGUN MY TURN BUT IT WAS STILL LITERALLY A COAST INTO THE PARKING LOT, NARROWLY AVOIDING A T-BONE SITUATION WITH AN ONCOMING MINI VAN. IT WAS SO CLOSE THE MINI-VAN LAID ON THE HORN AND SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES. I COASTED INTO THE PARKING LOT BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT INTO A SPOT. I TOOK OUT MY KEYS AND OPENED MY DOOR TO GET OUT. THE ALARMS CONTINUED EVEN WITHOUT KEYS IN IT. THERE WAS ANTIFREEZE POURING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO TURN ON AND OFF THE CAR NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES TO STOP THE WARNING BELLS. I CALLED A LOCAL SHOP AND HAD IT TOWED. THEY REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND A/C BELT. GOT MY VEHICLE BACK TWO DAYS LATER. DROVE TO WORK IN THE MORNING WITH NO ISSUES, HOWEVER COMING HOME IT STARTED TO CATCH/SKIP AGAIN. (I LIVE ONLY 5 MILES AWAY FROM WORK). I HAD MY HUSBAND DRIVE IT BACK UP TO THE SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. WHEN HE GOT INTO IT HE WAS UNABLE TO REVERSE IT; REVERSE JUST SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING. HE HAD TO TURN AROUND IN OUR YARD - ON THE WAY TO THE SHOP (6 MILES AWAY) THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH AND AGAIN SHUT OFF ON HIM WHILE TRYING TO TURN INTO THE AUTO SHOP. THE DIAGNOSIS NOW IS THAT IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. UPON FURTHER ONLINE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL/MAKE AND YEAR WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUES OCCURRING ROUGHLY AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE/TIME FRAME. THERE ARE THREE OTHER ACADIAS ALONE AT OUR LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP WAITING TO BE FIXED WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. *TR

DRIVING IN MODERATE RAIN AROUND A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP FOR 1-2 SECONDS ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THE PUT A NEW PIECE INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL BUT IT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT RECENTLY HAPPENED TO MY WIFE IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. *TR

WE PURCHASED A USED 07 GMC ACADIA FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEPT GOING ON AND OFF BY ITSELF. I ASKED THE DEALER TO CHECK THE RECALL LIST FOR OUR VEHICLE, HOWEVER THEY STATED ALL THE RECALLS HAD BEEN DONE. WE HAD TO PAY $500.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2007 GMC ACADIA IN APRIL 2011 USED FROM CARMAX. ON MAY 6, 2011, I HAD IN BRING IT IN BECAUSE I NOTICED WATER AND LOUD WIND NOISE. THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT THE GASKET SEAL ON THE SUNROOF HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE WATER WAS LEAKING FROM INTO THE HEADLINER AND INTO MY CAR. AFTER THAT I STILL HAD THE SAME ISSUES BUT HAD NO TIME TO BRING IT TO GET FIXED. THE WATER HAS LEAKED FROM THE MOONROOF AREA, FROM THE READING LIGHT ON THE THIRD ROW, FROM FRONT DIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR AIRBAGS, FROM THE PASSENGER SEATBELT AREA, AND FROM THE HEADLINER ABOVE THE MIDDLE ROW. ON JULY 7, 2012 THE LEAKING HAPPENED AGAIN SO I CALLED GM. THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL OR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DRAIN TUBE EXTENDERS WERE DONE ON 2-9-09 AT 26,139 MILES AND THAT THE TUBES MAY BE CLOGGED. I WAS TOLD I SHOULD TAKE IT IN TO A GMC DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I TOOK IT IN ON JULY 12, 2012 AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE SUNROOF GASKET THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED AND THAT THE TUBES WERE NOT CLOGGED. THEY COULD SEE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM THE SEAL. SO IT COST ME 240.00 TO HAVE THAT FIXED AND GM SAID THEY WOULD NOT HELP PAY BECAUSE THE ISSUE HAD BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE DRAIN TUBE EXTENDERS. I GOT MY VEHICLE BACK ON JULY 16, 2012 THE GM DISTRICT SPECIALIST ASKED ME IF I WAS SATISFIED WITH THE WORK AND I TOLD HIM I WAS NOT SURE BECAUSE IT HAD NOT RAINED AGAIN YET. WELL, ON JULY 19, 2012 IT RAIN AND THE 240.00 I PAID TO THE HAVE PROBLEM FIXED BY REPLACING THE SUNROOF GASKET SEAL STILL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM.THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING AND NOT SAFE BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL AND AIRBAGS THAT ARE GETTING WET WITH WATER. WILL MY AIRBAGS WORK IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE THEY HAVE HAD WATER COMING FROM WHERE IT SAYS AIRBAG! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE SHOWING 27 CODES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,452.

POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS AFTER MAKING A TURN THROUGH WATER OFTEN NO MORE THAN A FEW INCHES IN DEPTH. USUALLY OCCURS DURING OR AFTER RAIN, WHEN WATER HAS ACCUMULATED AT INTERSECTION CORNERS OR RESIDENT/BUSINESS ENTRANCES. WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING IN AND HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT TWICE SO FAR. *TR

03/01/2008 - 16,000 I WASN'T ABLE TO STEER, POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 12/01/2008 - 32,000 - MISFIRE IN THE 2 ENGINE CYLINDERS AND WAS MAKING LOT OF NOISE, DEALER TOOK 5 WEEKS TO FIX THE PROBLEM 06/01/2009 - 41,000 ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE MAKING NOISE AT START, HAD TO MAKE MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALER 06/01/2011 - 66,000 WATER PUMP LEAKING 03/01/2012 - 72,000 BRAKE CONTROL FAILURE 06/29/2012 - 76,000 BROKEN WAVE PLATES, EVAPORATER SOLENOID, AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE MOST OF THESE ISSUES ARE VERY COMMON IN THIS MODEL, GMC NEED TO RECALL AND FIX ONCE FOR ALL RATHER THAN WAITING ON THE ISSUE TO HAPPEN ON EACH VEHICLE. *JS

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN RAINY WEATHER I WAS UNABLE TO STEER MY CAR AND TURN IT BECAUSE WATER HAD GOTTEN ON THE BELTS AND BELTS WERE SLIPPING AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING TO CONTROL THE CAR. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE BOTH FRONT INNER WHEEL WELL FRONT COVERS REPLACED. THIS WOULD ELIMINATE WATER GETTING ON THE PULLEYS AND ELIMINATE THE SLIPPAGE OF THE BELTS THAT RUN THE POWER STEERING. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN OUT TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION. I HAD TO PAY FOR THIS WORK THAT WAS DONE WHICH I FELT SHOULD BE COVERED BY GMC AS I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I ALMOST HIT TWO OTHER VEHICLES AS A RESULT OF MY NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER MY CAR AND THAT WAS QUITE SCARY. I WOULD NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE WITH THIS MODEL CAR. *TR