2014 GMC ACADIA Complaints

GENERAL MOTORS HAS ANNOUNCED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE NUMBER FOR THIS CAMPAIGN IS 14187. GM CONSIDERS THIS DEFECT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO ISSUE A "STOP SELL" FOR THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. NHTSA REGULATIONS PROVIDE THE MANUFACTURER A "REASONABLE" PERIOD OF TIME TO NOTIFY OWNERS. DEFINE REASONABLE! IN 21 MAY 2014 GM REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME ANY INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO RESOLUTION. ON 22 MAY 2014 THE DEALERS HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF WHAT ACTIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, FOR A DEFECT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO RESULT IN A STOP SELL ORDER, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS LEVEL OF DELAY. IF MY SON IS KILLED OR INJURED AS A RESULT OF INACTION BY GM OR NHTSA, THE CONSEQUENCES WILL NOT BE PLEASANT. ALSO BE ADVISED I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF GM RECALL NUMBER 14007 ANNOUNCED ON 05 MAY 2014. I DEMAND MORE TIMELY ACTION FROM NHTSA AND GM WITH RESPECT TO RECALL NUMBER 14187. CONDUCT YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY. *TR

VEHICLE JERKS AND LURCHES WHEN SLOWING TO TURN A CORNER, THEN ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT. THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO DOWNSHIFT, BUT PAUSES, THEN JERKS INTO GEAR WHEN UPSHIFTING WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. THIS ONLY OCCURS WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO TURN A CORNER (APPROX. 10-15 MPH), THEN PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE LURCH USUALLY HAPPENS BETWEEN 15-20 MPH. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE GMC DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. THEY MENTIONED THAT IT COULD JUST BE THE VEHICLE "LEARNING," BUT IT NOW HAS OVER 4000 MILES ON IT. THEIR LATEST THINKING WAS THAT IT WAS A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM, BUT THEY SAID THAT GMC HAS NOT CREATED A SOFTWARE FIX FOR THE PROGRAM, AND THEREFORE THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE, SO I SHOULD JUST KEEP DRIVING IT. I'VE CONTACTED GMC, BUT THEY JUST REFER ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE ARE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM ON WWW.ACADIAFORUM.NET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC ACADIA. WHILE PARKED, THE FUEL TANK GAUGE INDICATED A HALF TANK OF FUEL. FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE FUEL TANK GAUGE INDICATED IT WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V223000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), ALTHOUGH IT EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN TRAFFIC, THE GREEN CAR INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND SLOWED DOWN MY SPEED TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PULLED OVER AND ALLOWED CARS TO GO AROUND ME AS I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, 3 TIMES, AND IT WOULD NOT START. I CALLED ONSTAR TO SEE IF THEY COULD DO A CAR CHECK AND TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. AFTER AN HOUR OF BEING STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START, ONSTAR GOT ME A TOW TRUCK AND TOWED ME TO THE DEALER SHIP. THE DEALER SHIP AT FIRST COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND TRIED TO SEE IF IT WAS THE INDICATOR LIGHT, AFTER 3 DAYS THE CALLED ME AND INFORMED ME THAT THE BATTERY HAD A BAD CELL WHICH HAD CAUSED THE CARS SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THEY GAVE ME A NEW BATTERY AND THAT CLEARED UP THAT PROBLEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ON A HIGHWAY, IMAGINE IF SOMEONE COULD NOT CONTROL THERE CAR AND SPEED WHILE DOING 70 MPH IN THE FAST LANE, THIS COULD EASILY CAUSE A CAR CRASH!!! I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY GOING 25 MPH BUT IT STILL COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT SINCE THERE WAS CARS BEHIND ME. IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION AS I REALIZED I HAD NO CONTROL OF MY CAR, PLEASE MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD OF GM HAVE MORE BAD BATTERIES! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL ALTHOUGH THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS 1/4 FULL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

MY CAR RAN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I LOOKED UP MY VIN NUMBER AND ITS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND NEVER RAN OUT OF GAS BEFORE. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH MY FUEL GAUGE AND GMC IS NOT RECALLING MY VEHICLE, AND CONSIDERING GMC'S RECENT PAST REGARDING RECALLS I BELIEVE GMC IS CONTINUING THIS TREND OF NOT RECALLING THE VEHICLES THAT IT SHOULD. *TR

REAR DOOR LOCK AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED IN DRIVE OR LOCKED VIA KEY PAD. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UNLOCK THE REAR DOOR LOCK DOES NOT UNLOCK AND CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

CONSTANT VIBRATION EARLY IN MORNINGS FROM TIRES AND RIMS. GM SAID ITS BRIDGESTONE, BRIDGESTONE SAYS ITS GM. *JS

MY ACADIA HAS FORWARD COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM AND HAS NOT EVER WORKED TO PROVIDE ANY WARNING AT ANY SPEED OR UNDER ANY CONDITIONS. I HAD A GMC TERRAIN WITH THE SAME SYSTEM AND IT OPERATED AS DEFINED IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. THE ACADIA ,COULD LITERALLY BE DRIVEN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT ANY WARNING FROM THE COLLISION SYSTEM. *TR