2010 GMC ACADIA Complaints

RANDOM LOSS OF POWER STEERING DURING TURNS...AS OTHERS...LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCUR THROUGH DURATION OF TURNING...ONCE TURN HAS BEEN FORCED, POWER STEERING RETURNS....HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE I GET A "SERVICE AIRBAGS" WARNING. I PUSH THE DASH BUTTON THAT CLEARS THE DISPLAY AND IT DOES NOT COME BACK ON. ONLY WHEN I AM STATIONARY AND HAVE JUST STARTED THE ENGINE. I MENTIONED IT TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID, "OH, THAT COULD BE EXPENSIVE." I HAVE YET TO GET IT SERVICED BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE STATED THE PROBLEM AND SPENT LOTS OF MONEY TO NO AVAIL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF EVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE 159,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND THE WARNING BEGAN IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

MY TIMING CHAIN WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY 4 YEAR AND 50,000 MILES AGO. NOW I AM HAVING TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I CONTACT GMC ABOUT RECALL10287 PREMATURE CHAIN WEAR FOR REPROGRAMMING OF THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. I WAS TOLD THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO MY YEAR AND THERE WAS NO PART LISTED BECAUSE IT JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT. NOT SURE WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. HERE IS MY CASE # FOR GMC 8-4704107640. I AM STILL AWAITING THE PART INFORMATION FROM THEM.

AS I ATTEMPT TO MAKE TURNS, WHETHER RIGHT OR LEFT I LOOSE MY POWER STEERING FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AND THEN IT COMES BACK.

THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT TEN TIMES NOW ALL WITHIN THE PAST 3-4 MONTHS. I WILL BE DRIVING AND GO TO MAKE A TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE ENGINE DIES. THE BRAKES STILL WORK SO I AM ABLE TO STOP THE CAR, TURN THEY KEY OFF AND RESTART IT. IT HAD HAPPENED TO ME ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE REST OF THE TIMES HAVE BEEN STOP AND GO TURNS IN THE CITY BUT ONCE WAS WHILE TURNING LEFT ONTO ON CMONG TRAFFIC AND MY CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. I TOOK IT TO 3 DIFFERENT AUTO PLACES AND ALL TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. I THEN RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY SET ME UP WITH A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED. GMC SAID IF IT WAS UNDER 150,000 MILES THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT AND IF IT WAS OVER THEN I WOULD STILL QUALIFY FOR A PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. HOWEVER A DAY AFTER DROPPING OFF MY CAR TO GET FIXED THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME AND SAID THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX MY CAR AND TO COME GET IT OUT OF THEIR PARKING LOT. WE TOLD GMC ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID IT'S NOT THERE PROBLEM. I'M AT A LOSS AT THIS POINT AS NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIX THE CAR AND IT IS A DEATH TRAP FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I'M ALSO NOT JUST GOING TO SELL TO THE CAR TO SOMEBODY LIKE THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME TO DO BECAUSE 'THEY WOULDN'T WANT THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER DRIVING THAT THING' (EVEN THOUGH THEY SEEM PERFECTLY FINE TO HAVE ME DRIVE IT OFF THEIR LOT ASAP AND NOT BE THEIR PROBLEM ANYMORE) BECAUSE I WOULDNT FEEL RIGHT SELLING A CAR TO SOMEONE KNOWING IT COULD KILL THEM THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE. THE RIGHT THING TO DO WOULD BE TO PUT THAT CAR IN THE JUNKYARD AND BUY A NEW ONE BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CASH. WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS.

WHEN I MAKE TURNS, IT LOSES POWER STEERING, THEN COMES BACK AFTER THE TURN IS COMPLETED.

TAKATA RECALL WHEN I GO TO TURN IT SEEMS SOMETIMES LIKE THE POWER STEERING GOES OFF AND I HAVE TO USE ALL MY STRENGTH TO TURN. I'VE ALMOST HIT SOMETHING NUMEROUS TIMES. MY NEIGHBOR HAD TO DRIVE ME TO HOSPITAL AND PANICKED WHEN THAT HAPPENED. SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT DRIVE THAT CAR AGAIN UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. IT DOESN'T DO IT EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE IT. I TOLD THE CAR DEALER(WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR) ABOUT THIS MY LAST OIL CHANGE. THEY DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND SAID IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. SO NOTHING WAS DONE. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR NOW, I AM SO AFRAID IT WILL DO THIS UNTIL I ALMOST COME TO A STOP BEFORE TURNING. I LOVE MY ACADIA AND AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOW. PLEASE HELP ME!!

THE PASSENGER SEAT SEATBELT AND AIRBAG LIGHTS COME ON WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT, OR WHEN SOMETHING VERY LIGHT, SUCH AS A COKE CAN IS IN THE SEAT. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY POINT DURING A TRIP, AND I HAVE TO BUCKLE THE SEATBELT TO STOP THE WARNING BELL. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS THAT THE SEAT IS SO SENSITIVE, AND I FEAR THE AIRBAG MAY BE SENSITIVE AS WELL. I MAKE MY DAUGHTER SIT IN THE BACK, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. THE VEHICLE CAN BE STATIONARY OR IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT USED TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY, BUT IT'S BEEN HAPPENING EVEN IF NOTHING IS IN THE SEAT THE LAST FOUR DAYS. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE.

WHILE IM DRIVING MY DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK TH WA BMY RPM JUMPS UP TO 5OR6 CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION SKIP GEARS THEN IT WILL CUT OFF. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHOP SINCE JUNE 5TH. THEY REPLACED SO MANY THINGS ON IT INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP ON 7-27-18 WHILE ON 95 MY TRUCK DID THE SAME THING, SCARIEST THING IVE EVER DEALT WITH CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO GO TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD CAUSE MY DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RPM JUMPED TO 6 AND SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING AND IT CUT OFF.

THE STEERING IS BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY AT LOW SPEEDS. IT APPEARS TO ALMOST LOCK UP. I CONTACTED GMC BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VERY THING AND IT IS QUITE COSTLY TO REPAIR. GMC REFERRED ME BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE AND IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS CAUGHT UNABLE TO STEER THEIR MOVING ACADIA WITH DISASTEROUS CONSEQUENCES. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WITH A HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM FROM 2014 THIS CAR WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT THE DEALERS LOT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THIS ISSUE YET I PURCHASED IT JUST LAST YEAR. WHAT DO I DO NOW? I SEE THAT I AM THE 129TH OWNER TO COMPLAIN....GMC SHOULD OWN THIS ISSUE AND REPAIR/RECALL IT IMMEDIATELY.