2008 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE STABILITRAK OFF LIGHT, SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND BOTH PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED OR THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM COULD/WOULD FAIL. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE GMC ACADIA AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT/FATALITY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF AN ISSUE DUE TO AN APPARENT DEFECT IN CONSTRUCTION WHERE THE BRAKE FLUID DOES NOT LEAK EXTERNALLY, BUT RATHER INTERNALLY TO ANOTHER COMPONENT. THIS SERIOUS ISSUE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GMC.

NUMEROUS UNCOMMANDED GEAR CHANGES....CAR BECAME STUCK IN 2ND GEAR....MOVED TO RIGHT LANE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY...EVENT OCCURRED DURING HEAVY THUNDERSTORM....CAR ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE....FINALLY CAME TO AN EXIT...CAR CREEPING ALONG....PULLED INTO SERVICE STATION AND STOPPED AT PUMP...WHEN TRYING TO RESTART....CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD...I WAS ABLE TO BACK TO CLEAR THE PUMP...VERY SCARY INCIDENT...INTERNET REVEALS NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE...ALL WERE INVOLVED WITH 2008 GMC ACADIAS. INCIDENT OCCURRED SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015. UNABLE TO ENTER DATE OF INCIDENT

DRIVING VEHICLE WITH MY FAMILY IN IT 3 KIDS AND WIFE AND IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. NO WARNING NO NOTHING JUST STOPPED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FUSE BLOCK WAS CORRODED AND HAD AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

GET ON THE FREEWAY WITH 30 MPH, THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR STOP ACCELERATE. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MERGE INTO EXIT RAMP. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE CAR WON'T MOVE ANY MORE. I BE ABLE TO START THE ENGINE BUT THERE IS NO ACCELERATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE SEAT BELTS FOR THE MIDDLE ROW BUCKET SEATS WERE PULLED AND LATCHED, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELTS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING ONTO THE FREEWAY AND TRYING TO MERGE MY VEHICLE HAD SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE IT WAS IN DRIVE. I HAD NO ACCELERATION AND I WAS ON AN INCLINE. ONCE MY VEHICLE SLOWED TO 20MPH IT HAD RE ENGAGED AND I WAS ABLE TO MERGE OFF OF THE FREEWAY. THIS CREATED A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY GIRLFRIEND AND I AND HER 3 YOUNG CHILDREN BECAUSE THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE FREEWAY WAS 65 MPH WITH VERY LIMITED SPACE TO MERGE BECAUSE OTHER DRIVERS ARE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO AN EXIT RAMP. THIS CREATED A SAFETY HAZARD NOT ONLY FOR OUR FAMILY BUT FOR OTHERS TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY BEHIND US AT A VERY LOW SPEED AND THOSE TRYING TO EXIT AT THE SAME TIME. LUCKILY FOR US NOBODY WAS HURT. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN THE SHOP AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT IS THE 3-5-R WAVE PLATE. AFTER READING ON MULTIPLE FORUMS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES I BELIEVE THAT GMC NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MALFUNCTIONS IN THIS TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO THOSE ON THE ROAD.

NOTHING IN THE CAR WILL MAKE SOUND ANYMORE. THE DOOR CHIMES DON'T WORK, THE BACKUP SENSOR DOES NOT SOUND, TURN SIGNALS DON'T MAKE SOUND AND THE RADIO IS ON BUT DOES NOT SOUND. I HAD TO RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS AND IT STILL MAKES NO SOUND.

MY VEHICLE BEGAN GIVING A STABILITRAK NOTIFICATION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUE I WAS TOLD BY THE GM SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING INTO THE BOOSTER AND WOULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE BRAKES TO FAIL. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY ISSUE THAT IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO CAUSE INJURY OR POSSIBLY FATALITY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE VEHICLE OF THE CONTACT'S SISTER WAS REAR ENDED BY A DRUNK DRIVER AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT WAS FRACTURED AND THE SEAT DETACHED FROM ITS SPRINGS AND HINGES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED LOWER BACK AND FACE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING COMPANY AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.