2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SPUTTERING AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF GASOLINE AND THEN IT STALLED. THERE WAS GASOLINE IN THE FUEL TANK AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND AFTER THREE DAYS, THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 9,000. ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE, THE VALVE SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE CYLINDER AND SEIZED. UPDATED 09/19/11

MY 2010 GMC ACADIA SLT ROLLS BACKWARD ON INCLINES EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE. I HAVE DRIVEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLES FOR YEARS AND IN MY EXPERIENCE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ROLL BACKWARD IN DRIVE. IF ANYONE IS BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURS THEY COULD VERY WELL BE CRUSHED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR, BUT THIS IS NOT AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2010 GMC ACADIA ROLLS BACKWARDS ON INCLINES EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE. I HAVE DRIVEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLES FOR YEARS AND IN MY EXPERIENCE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ROLL BACKWARDS IN DRIVE. IF ANYONE IS BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURS THEY COULD VERY EASILY BE CRUSHED. THE DEALERSHIP ACTS AS IF THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR BUT IT IS NOT AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE FUEL LIGHT IN MY WIFE'S 2010 ACADIA WILL NOT GO OFF. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD US THERE WAS TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN THE FUEL, @ 12%, AND IF IT REACHED 15%, THEY WOULD NEED TO DROP THE FUEL TANK. THEY SAID TO RUN A COUPLE OF TANKS OF 93 OCTANE THROUGH THE VEHICLE AND IT SHOULD CORRECT ITSELF. AFTER 8 TANKS OF 93 OCTANE AT $3/GALLON, THE LIGHT IT STILL ON. GAS STATIONS DO NOT READILY ADVERTISE OR DISPLAY THE % OF ALCOHOL IN THEIR FUEL, MUCH LESS IF ALCOHOL IS EVEN IN THE FUEL. IT SEEMS A BIT DISINGENUOUS ON THE PART OF GM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ACADIA, KNOWING HOW ALCOHOL IS USED IN FUEL THESE DAYS. WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE, BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO RUN 93 OCTANE THROUGH IT THE REST OF THE TIME WE OWN IT. I'VE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF GM, BUT THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING. *TR

2010 ACADIA FRONT WHEEL DRIVE , WHEN IN DRIVE OR IN PARK ON INCLINE THE CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARD OR FORWARD DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE INCLINE IS. IT DOES NOT HOLD WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE BRAKE TO THE ACCELERATOR WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR WHEN YOU ARE PARKING. I HAVE HAD THE CAR BUMP A PASSENGER WHEN THEY WALKED AROUND THE FRONT OF MY CAR TO GET IN AND I HAD PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS AND VANS AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND IT OCCURS OFTEN AND THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM. IF AN ELDERLY PERSON OR CHILD SHOULD HAPPEN TO BE CLOSE TO THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM. *TR

ON 9/23/10 MY WIFE EXITED OUR 2010 GMC ACADIA LEAVING THE KEYS PARTIALLY INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION. TODAY 9/24/10 SHE HEARD A NOISE IN THE GARAGE. WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR SHE FOUND THE VEHICLE TRYING TO START BY ITSELF. WE DO NOT HAVE A REMOTE STARTER INSTALLED. SHE REMOVED THE KEYS AND TOOK THEM BACK INTO THE HOUSE. IF THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED DURING THE NIGHT WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEND YOU THIS MESSAGE. LATER WHEN I RETURNED HOME I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE ACADIA AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THEIR SERVICE SPECIALIST. THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. HAS THIS PROBLEM BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA? *TR

2008 GMC ACADIA SL RIGHT (PASSENGER SIDE) LOW BEAM CONNECTOR AND BULB BURN'T AND WIRES HAVE BEEN MELTED . *TR

2010 GMC ACADIA. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH TIRES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HER HUSBAND NOTICED THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD AIR BUCKLES IN THEM. IT WAS DETERMINED, THAT THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. THE FRONT TIRE BEADS WERE TORN DURING INSTALLATION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 GMC ACADIA THE PASSENGER LOW BEAM WENT OUT. UPON OPENING THE HOOD WHEN I STOPPED I NOTICED THE DISTINCT ODOR OF BURNT PLASTIC. UPON FURTHER EVALUATION WHILE REMOVING THE BULB I OBSERVED THAT THE INSULATION FOR THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED OFF AND SHORTED AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE WIRE AND CONNECTOR. THE CONTACT FOR THE BULB ALSO EXHIBITED CHARRING AT THE CONNECTOR CONTACT. AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT BULB ALERTED ME THAT THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN (09-08-42-004) ADDRESSING THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS HARNESS SHOULD THE HEADLIGHT FAIL. I FEEL THIS IS A OEM DESIGN FLAW AND SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE HARNESS CAN SHORT OUT TO THE POINT TO WHERE THE INSULATION IS MELTED COMPLETELY OFF EXPOSING BARE WIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE THE CONTACT DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN FIRST GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHENEVER A RIGHT TURN WAS ATTEMPTED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY DRIVEN TO A LOCATION TO BE PARKED AND UPON RESTART THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY OPERATED AS NORMAL UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 9,400.