2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT IT WOULD NOT BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE JUMP STARTED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY JUMPED THE BATTERY FOR A THIRD TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE DRAIN THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE SUNROOF BECAME CLOGGED AND DRIPPED ONTO THE FUSE BOX. AS A RESULT, THE FUSE BOX SHORTENED AND DRAINED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DEPRESSED THE BUTTON FOR THE LIFT GATE TO OPEN HOWEVER, ONCE IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY OPEN, THE LIFT GATE COLLAPSED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS AT THE HOTTEST POINT OF THE DAY (SPRING, SUMMER) WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A FEW HOURS IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND YOU TRY TO USE THE KEYLESS ENTRY TO UNLOCK THE DOORS, IT DOESN'T WORK. YOU CAN START THE VEHICLE BUT NONE OF THE ELECTRICAL FEATURES WILL WORK (WINDOWS, SUNROOF, RADIO, ETC..) AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE DISPLAY STATES THAT THE HOOD IS OPEN. YOU CAN POP THE HOOD AND OPEN AND CLOSE IT BUT THE PROBLEM WILL NOT FIX ITSELF. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO 2 SEPARATE DEALERSHIPS IN 2 DIFFERENT STATES AND THE VEHICLE WON'T DO IT WHILE IT IS THERE. ONCE IT COOLS DOWN OUTSIDE OR THE SUN GOES DOWN, THE CAR WILL START AND GO INTO DRIVE. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE AND THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND IT HAS BEEN A PAIN. JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE-IT IS GETTING OLD!!! *TR

WITHIN A MONTH AFTER BUYING OUR 2010 GMC ACADIA THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS CONTINUALLY GOING FLAT. WE WERE CONSTANTLY REFILLING THE AIR ON A WEEKLY BASIS. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED ST AND THE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. WE USED FIX A FLAT AND CONTINUED TO REFILL AIR AND IT HAS GONE LONGER PERIODS WITHOUT GOING FLAT ALTHOUGH TIRE IS CONSTANTLY LOW. TOOK THE CAR IN TO DEALERSHIP JULY 2012 TO HAVE OIL CHANGED AND SERVICED WITH TIRE ROTATION ETC. WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH 3 OF MY KIDS IN THE CAR, GOING 65-70 ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR STARTED SHAKING. IT WASN'T THE STEERING WHEEL BUT THE WHOLE CAR ITSELF. IT FELT LIKE ONE OF THE TIRES WAS GOING TO FALL OFF OR THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE AND THE PSI TO THAT TIRE WAS THE SAME AS WHAT IT WAS BEFORE I DROPPED IT OFF FOR SERVICE, SO THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T FILL THE TIRES BUT I KNEW I DIDN'T HAVE A FLAT TIRE EITHER. I TOOK THE CAR STRAIGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MY WAY TO WORK IN THE MORNING. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE AND I NEEDED A NEW TIRE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS THIS HAD BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES. JUST BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FOND THE PROBLEM BEFORE DOESN'T MEAN THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM BEFORE. *TR

THE STEERING MAKES AN AWFUL NOISE WHEN TURNING. THIS IS USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, NOW I AM PAST THE MILEAGE WARRANTY AND NOTHING WILL BE DONE. I HAVE CONTACTED GMC SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE WERE NO SUGGESTIONS. THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING SEEING THAT IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN A YEAR SINCE THE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THE MAIN BATTERY CABLE RUNNING FROM THE BATTERY LOCATED BEHIND THE PASSAGER'S SEAT WAS RESTING ON A BOLT FROM THE FRAME. THE THREADS FROM THE BOLT CUT THROUGH THE BATTERY CABLE AND SHORTED OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSING THE FLOOR MATTING TO CATCH FIRE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. SINCE IT WAS THE MAIN BATTERY CABLE THE CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE BATTERY WITH NO FUSE, THE SHORT CONTINUED TO SPARK. IN THE PARTICUAL VEHICLE THE BATTERY IS LOCATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE, BELOW THE PASSAGER SIDE REAR FLOOR. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE RUNS FROM THERE TO INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO THE ALTERNATOR, WITH NO FUSE IN BETWEEN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. I RAISED THE QUESTION WITH THEM ABOUT A RECALL AND GOT NO WHERE. I DID SOME SEARCHES ON GMC BLOG SITES AND THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OTHER VEHICLES, ONE LEADING TO A WRECK. LUCKILY I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT TURNING WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THE STORY COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. *TT

I HAD SOME WARRANTY WORK PERFORM ON MY 2010 GMC ACADIA. I RECEIVED MY CAR BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND NEEDED TO REINSTALL MY TWO FORWARD FACING CAR SEATS IN THE SECOND ROW SEATS FOR MY TWO CHILDREN. I HAD BUCKLED MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE INSTALLED CAR SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT WHILE I WAS DOING OTHER WORK IN THE CAR. AT SOME POINT, I PUSHED THE DRIVER'S SEAT MEMORY BUTTON 1 WHICH HAD BEEN SET FOR MY DRIVING PREFERENCES. I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THE SEAT MOVED BACKWARDS AND ALSO INTO A RECLINE AS A RESULT OF THE AUTOMATED MEMORY SEAT. I ONLY NOTICED WHEN MY CHILD BEGAN SCREAMING BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK WAS PUSHING INTO HER LEGS AND CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO HER. SHE WAS THANKFULLY NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN. AFTER THE INCIDENT, I ESTIMATED THAT SHE HAD ABOUT 2 INCHES OF SPACE FOR HER LEGS BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND HER CAR SEAT. THE MEMORY SEAT SETTINGS WERE NOT SET AS I EXPECTED WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ANY SETTING SHOULD NEVER ALLOW IT TO AUTOMATICALLY PUSH INTO A CHILD'S LEGS TO THE POINT THAT SHE COULD BE INJURED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT SLIGHTLY TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL AND THERE WAS AN ABRUPT FORCEFUL RESPONSE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM WANDERING OFF THE ROAD OR INTO ANOTHER LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED WITHIN FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 350. UPDATED 03/14/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT IN EITHER DIRECTION. WHEN HE TRIED TO CORRECT IT, THE VEHICLE WOULD DIVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA 2WD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STEER PROPERLY WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO BULB LIFE. WHEN I CHANGED THE BULB I FOUND THAT THE HARNESS SOCKET WHERE THE BULB PLUGS INTO WAS BURNT/MELTED. I PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE BULB ANYWAY TO SEE THE RESULT. 5 MINUTES LATER THE LIGHT BULB BURNT OUT AGAIN. THIS LOOKS TO BE A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD AND I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL COMPLETED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THIS WAS FOR THE LOW BEAM LIGHT BULB. *TR