2008 GMC ACADIA Complaints

I BOUGHT MY 2008 GMC ACADIA AND NOT LONG AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. I HAD THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP REPLACE IT WHICH WAS ALMOST $3000.00. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. AND I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER $3000.00. NOW IT'S JUST SITTING. VERY UP SET ABOUT THIS.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO JUMPED TIMING 3 DAYS AFTER WE HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A DEALERSHIP AND A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER IT HAD JUMPED TIMING AGAIN SO NOW I HAVE TO COME UP WITH 800 TO TEAR DOWN THE MOTOR SO THEY CAN PROPERLY DIAGNOSE IT. SO I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT SO NOW I AM STUCK WITH A VEHICLE THAT I AM PAYING FOR AND CANNOT DRIVE. IT IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AS WE SPEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE WHEN IT HAPPENED. BOTH TIMES. THE DATES IT HAPPENED WERE 1/5/2018 WITH 137000 MILES ON IT AND THE OTHER DATE WAS 2/5/2019 AND IT HAS 152045 MILES ON IT.

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT ALWAYS ON. REPORTED ISSUE TO GMC THEY STATED THAT YES THE 2008 GMC ACADIA HAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR CERTAIN VIN NUMBER AND THAT ALTHOUGH MY ACADIA HAS ALL THE SAME EQUIPMENT AND AIRBAGS AS THE RECALLED ACADIA'S BUT BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT ON THE LIST THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST AND THAT FOR THEM TO REPAIR THE ISSUE WHICH IS SPECIFIED BY THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN SPECIFIED FOR THE AIRBAG RECALL WOULD BE AT MY COST. IF THE RECALL DOESN'T AFFECT MY VIN NUMBER WHY IS THE REPAIR EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE RECALL? THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AT ALL TIMES

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE LOCKED IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF BUSY TRAFFIC

WORSE PROBLEM IS THE GEAR SHIFTER, WHEN IS COOL IT WILL SHIFT BUT AFTER I AM DRIVING IT I CANT HARDLY GET IT TO CHANGE GEARS OR GO INTO PARK. MY LIFT GATE KEEP COMING DOWN WHEN OPEN. ALSO MY

STEERING GETS STIFF INTERMITTENTLY. STEERING GLITCHES (HARD TO TURN) AT TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNING. HAPPENS IN MOTION TAKING TURNS ON SURFACE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CHANGING LANES AND TAKING CORNERS. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.

THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAG READINESS LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE AND/OR A 'SERVICE AIR BAG' MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN VEHICLE'S DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER, THE AIRBAG TOGGLES OFF AND ON WHEN I HAVE A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. I FOUND THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR WEBSITE: 15536 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. CERTAIN 2008 – 2013 BUICK ENCLAVE, 2008-2013 GMC ACADIA, 2008-2010 SATURN OUTLOOK, AND 2009-2013 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE VEHICLES WERE RECALLED TO ADDRESS CORROSION AND/OR LOOSE CRIMPS IN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER-SEAT MOUNTED SIDE-IMPACT AIRBAG (SIAB) WIRING-HARNESS CONNECTORS, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN RESISTANCE THAT MAY DISABLE THE SIAB, FRONT-CENTER AIRBAG, IF EQUIPPED, AND SEAT-BELT PRETENSIONERS. GM HAS RECEIVED REPORTS THAT, IN SOME CASES, THE REQUIRED REPAIR MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY PERFORMED BY THE DEALER SERVICE TECHNICIAN. THE GM RECALL NUMBER WAS N14030 (GFPE NUMBER N-140030) NHTSA RECALL 14V118. DEALERS ARE TO REMOVE THE SECTION OF THE WIRE WITH THE FAULTY REPAIR AND RE-CONNECT WIRES

SOMETIMES THE AIRBAG LIGHT DOESN'T SAY IT'S ON WHEN I HAVE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, IT WILL STILL SAY THEY ARE OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING ANYWHERE.

I PURCHASED A 2008 GMC ACADIA AND IN THE WINTER THE WIPERS WON'T TURN ON, I LIVE IN EASTERN WASHINGTON WHERE WE GET A LOT OF SNOW AND ICE AND I SEE YOUR RECALL DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY PART OF WA STATE AND I FEEL IT SHOULD INCLUDE EASTERN WA STATE. OUR TEMPS HERE GET BELOW 0 AT TIMES! I NEED MY WIPERS TO WORK ALL THE TIME IN THIS PART OF WA.

THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT I HAVE MADE HAS STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. THIS IS SAD THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN DEALT WITH. I HOPE MY FAMILY IS NOT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS CAR.