2008 GMC ACADIA Complaints

WATER LEAKS IN CAR WHEN IT RAINS, OVER THE PAST 4YRS MY CAR HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR SAME PROBLEM, IN WHICH THEY FIXED AT NO CHARGE TO MYSELF AND ONCE AGAIN I AM EXPERIENCE THE SAME LEAK WHEN IT RAINS. THEY SAFETY CONCERNS ARE VERY BIG BECAUSE OF ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT THE WATER MAY BE COMING IN CONTACT WITH, INCLUDING THE AIR BAGS. I HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND GMC AND THEY BOTH SAY THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS THIS TIME. THE PROBLEM IS THEIR DESIGN AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE OF THE MANY,MANY,MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE, SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER, RACK AND PINION AND THE WAVE PLATE FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION, BRAKE BOOSTER, AND THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

WE BOUGHT OUR 2008 GMC ACADIA IN JANUARY 2008. THE BATTERY DIED IN JULY 2008 WHILE VACATIONING IN CANADA LEAVING US STRANDED. AFTER IT WENT DEAD SEVERAL MORE TIMES THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT. THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN 2010 AND WE HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE AC RECHARGED TWICE SINCE. IN JULY 2013 WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WHEN IT STOPPED SHIFTING INTO GEAR. OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN JANUARY OF THAT YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID GET GM TO PAY HALF BUT IT STILL COST US ALMOST $2,000.00. NOW IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AS IT LOST POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS. WE ARE HAVING IT REPAIRED AT AN ESTIMATE OF NEARLY $1,800.00 MORE. THIS VEHICLE COST ABOUT $36,000.00 IN 2008. SINCE THEN WE HAVE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD AND SAFE. THIS IS A LEMON AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL FOR BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND LOSS OF STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS. I SEE THAT BOTH OF THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR OUR EXPENSES. *JS

HEADLAMP WIRING MELTED THE HEADLAMP MODULE AND BULB RECEPTACLE THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN I WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A SERVICE DIRECTIVE ON THIS THAT EXPIRED ON 12/31 BUT I STILL HAD TO PAY $240 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM I FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECT. I FEEL IT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO. *TR

I HAD BEEN HEARING A CLUNKING SOUND WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL AT LOWER SPEEDS LATELY, BUT ON THE WAY TO MY MOTHER IN LAWS HOUSE, WITH OUR ONE YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR, THE POWER STEERING FELT LIKE IT WENT OUT. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP HOPING IT WAS AN INEXPENSIVE FIX, BUT WERE NOT SO LUCKY. THIS REPAIR WILL SET US BACK ABOUT $1,500! RIDICULOUS! I LOOKED ONLINE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE STEERING OF THIS VEHICLE. I TRULY LOVE THE LOOK AND RIDE OF MY ACADIA, BUT SAFETY ALWAYS COMES FIRST WHEN IT INVOLVES MY FAMILY. *TR

2008 GMC ACADIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE IGNITION ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON APRIL 18, 2014, HE WENT TO START THE VEHICLE AND DESPITE REPEATED EFFORTS, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE, THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS BINDING. IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 321.85. *JB

BOUGHT THIS LIFE ALTERING MESS OF A VEHICLE IN JUNE 2013 WITH 77K MILES. SINCE THAT TIME A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ISSUES HAVE AROSE AND COST ME FOR THAN JUST MONEY. WINDSHIELD WIPER QUIT WORKING AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED (I NOW SEE THAT WAS A RECALL) CONSTANT ELECTRIC ISSUES IN USING BEEPING, LIGHTING UP AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES, NOT REGISTERING A GROWN ADULT IN PASSENGER SEAT. ALSO, LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. GM DID COVER THAT CHARGE WHICH WAS NO HELP WITH THE REAR END THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $3000. TRANSMISSION STILL (BEFORE LEAK "FIXED") AND AFTER WILL READ IDLE TRANSMISSION HOT AT MANY TIMES. LEAKING WATER WHEN WE RECEIVE HEAVY RAINS. LEAKING COMES FROM DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG "LABEL") I HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY STRAPPED BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE I HAD WORKED AND SAVED SO HARD FOR JUST TRYING TO KEEP MY JOB! I NEED MY VEHICLE TO WORK AND MY LIFE IS AT RISK WHEN I'M FORCED TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES THAT GM IS AWARE OF. WITH THE MONEY I'VE SPENT (I'M A SINGLE WORKING MOTHER WITH TWO YOUNG SONS) BECAUSE OF GM TURNING A BLIND EYE I AM IN DIRE NEED OF THE PROPER RESOLUTION TO THIS YEAR LONG DEVASTATION OF PREVENTABLE EVENTS. PLEASE ASSIST ME IN THIS FORE I'M UNABLE TO GO FURTHER WITH CONTINUING TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. THANK YOU. IN 2011 MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF LOST OUR HOME TO A DEVASTATING FLOOD THAT ROCKED OUR CITY AND AS OF FEB 2014 WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE CAMPER AND GET A HOME. I CANNOT PREVENT A FLOOD AND ALL THE PAIN IT CAUSED MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN BUT I WILL NOT CEASE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT IT RIGHT. THAT IS REPLACING MY VEHICLE WITH EQUAL, RELIABLE SAFE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY! AFTER ALL, THIS WAS COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE AND SHOULD'VE BEEN FIXED BEFORE NOW. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY ACADIA STARTED OUT HAVING THIS ISSUE AT AROUND 20 MPH IT WOULD LOSE POWER AND THE SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WOULD SHOW UP. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN DOING IT ON THE HWY RUNNING AROUND 55-60 AND WHEN IT LOOSES POWER IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE SLAMMED ON YOUR BRAKES THROWING YOU SLIGHTLY FORWARD. HAD ANYONE BEEN BEHIND ME THEY WOULD HAVE RAN OVER ME! IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, ALWAYS WITH A REPORT OF "CANT DUPLICATE PROBLEM" OR ONE TIME IT WAS IN THERE WAS A BULLETIN TO MAKE SOME SMALL REPAIR, THIS WAS A VERY SHORT TERM FIX AS IT HAS STARTED AGAIN AND IS WORSE NOW THAN EVER. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION FROM A STOP SIGN AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE NO LONGER MOVED FORWARD WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. ENGINE WAS RUNNING, SO I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED IT OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TURNS OUT TRANSMISSION DIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT THE WAVE PLATE FAILED. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS ACADIA ON 5-5-2014, THE VEHICLE RAN GREAT FOR TWO DAYS AND ON THAT SECOND DAY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I-80 IT STARTED TO HAIL WITH SNOW AND RAIN AS THIS HAPPENED THE STABILI TRACK AND TRACTION CONTROLE TRIED TO INITIATE BUT INSTEAD THE WARNING INDICATORS SHOWED UP ON THE DASHBOARD SAYING SERVICE STABILI TRACK AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROLE AS PROCEDING TO DESTINATION THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT HARD WHICH IN MY OPINION IS A SAFETY HAZARD SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND MANY OTHER ACADIA OWNERS WITH THIS SIMULAR COMPLAINT. THE ACADIA IS A VEHICLE THAT CAN SEAT UP TO 8 PASSENGERS AND IS CONSIDERED IN MY OPINION A FAMILY VEHICLE. GMC HAS BEEN MADE WELL AWARE THAT THESE DEFECTS HOLD A HIGH POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR THE SAFETY OF ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN AND I SEE NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THESE DEFECTS, I URGE SHOPPERS TO SEEK OUT MORE THAN ONE DEALERSHIP WHEN PURCHASING A FAMILY VEHICLE, GMC STAFF HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD ON WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THEIR VEHICLES IN MY EXPERIANCE AND HAVE LIED TO MY FACE TO GET ME TO SIGN OFF ON A DEAL THAT HAS LEFT ME WITH A $20,000 SAFETY HAZARD SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY. I ASK FOR THE NHTSA TO PLEASE INVESTIGATE GMC ACADIA'S FOR IT IS MY BELIEFE THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE RE-CALLS THEN WHAT I SEE LISTED! *TR