Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 GMC Acadia submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Lift gate closes by itself I have to put a pole to hold it up and it won’t hit me, it says the air bags needs to be serviced, stabilitrak keeps going off, ball bearing needs work. Radio won’t turn on no sound on air signals, the body chasis something popped while driving, the tracking control keeps turning off, the seats move while driving, catalytic converter are moving car only go 12 mpg.
The contact owns a 2008 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while her daughter-in-law was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made a popping sound, and then the fuse box near the passenger's side headlight caught fire. No warning light was illuminated. The contact's daughter-in-law was able to exit the vehicle. There were no injuries, and medical attention was not received. Bystanders called the police and fire departments. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. Police and fire department reports were filed. The fire chief informed the contact that the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction. The vehicle was towed to the residence and had not yet been deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE BRAKES SEIZED, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 131,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK, STALLED, AND SHUT OFF. THE STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, AND RESTARTED IT AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO RESET THE "STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROLS", BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT AND STABILATRAC COMES ON EVERY TIME YOU START THE VEHICLE AND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. HAVE NOT RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM THE DEALERSHIP YET. WILL THERE BE A RECALL THAT EFFECTS THIS OR IS IT OUR PROBLEM TO DROP 1500 DOLLARS TO REPAIR A MANUFACTURER DEFECT
NOTHING IN THE CAR WILL MAKE SOUND ANYMORE. THE DOOR CHIMES DON'T WORK, THE BACKUP SENSOR DOES NOT SOUND, TURN SIGNALS DON'T MAKE SOUND AND THE RADIO IS ON BUT DOES NOT SOUND. I HAD TO RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS AND IT STILL MAKES NO SOUND.
I JUST PURCHASED A 2008 GMC ACADIA ONE MONTH AGO. WE LIVE IN WASHINGTON STATE AND IT RAINS ALOT. THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WE EXPERIENCED WATER DRIPPING ALL OVER OUR SEATS, FLOOR, AND IN CORNERS OF WINDOWS WHEN WE DROVE IT GETTING MY 3 CHILDREN AND MYSELF WET. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL AT FIRST SINCE I FIGURED IT WAS A MINOR LEAK I COULD EASILY FIX. OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS, I NOTICED MY FRONT HEADLIGHT WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF AND SOMETIMES NOT WORK AT ALL. I ALSO FIGURED IT WAS A TYPICAL VEHICLE ISSUE. UP UNTIL A WEEK AGO I TRIED TO START UP THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START, I KNEW IT WAS THE BATTERY. I TOOK IT TO GET CHECKED ONLY TO DISCOVER THE BATTERY, WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE FLOOR BOARD ON THE PASSENGER BACK SIDE , WAS SUBMERGED WITH WATER. THE BATTERY WAS TAKEN AND CHECKED OUT GOOD OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I RESEARCHED ONLINE THAT THERE PLENTY OF OTHERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS IN PLACE NOW. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AS ITS AFFECTING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD,4 YEAR OLD, AND A 5 YEAR OLD. MY 5 YEAR OLD HAS HEALTH ISSUES AND MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN HOPES TO HAVE A RELIABLE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SAFE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE IS IN THE U.S. NAVY AND IS AWAY ALOT ON DEPLOYMENTS AND UNDERWAYS. THE RAIN DRAINING INSIDE ALSO CAUSES MOLD WHICH IS DANGEROUS FOR MY CHILDREN. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE US ALMOST 1,000$ TO REPAIR THIS. THEY WERE UNSURE HOW TO FIX THIS PERMANENTLY SO THEY REFERRED ME TO THE BODY SHOP. *TR
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, MY WHEELS LOCKED UP. STILL THINKING THE WHEEL HAD TURNED ENOUGH, I ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR A CEMENT BEA, HOWEVER THE CAR ROLLED INTO IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE HAD DETACHED FROM THE CAR "ROD UNDER THE CAR" WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM TURNING. *TR
I HAVE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY VEHICLE! WHEN I WAS IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE I NEW I WANTED THE ACADIA. I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME CUSTOMER AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE LOT THEY HAD JUST BROUGHT IN A 2008 THAT HAD ONE OWNER. I WAS ECSTATIC BECAUSE IT WAS EVERYTHING I COULD WANT AND NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS A 2012. WHEN I FIRST STARTED DRIVING IT WAS GREAT I LOVED IT! I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 8,000 OR SO MILES ON IT AND AS TIME WENT ON I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT IT WASN'T DRIVING LIKE IT DID THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT IT. I DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK 5 DAYS WEEK ROUGHLY 35 MILES A DAY. I WAS IN TOWN AT THE BANK AND AS I STARTED TO PULL OUT INTO THE LANE MY RPM'S WENT SKY HIGH AND WOULDN'T COME BACK DOWN AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS SO SCARED I PULLED OVER IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE SPOT AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. I WAITED FOR 5 MINUTES, TURNED IT BACK ON AND PROCEEDED TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC. EVER SINCE THAT DAY MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I CURRENTLY HAVE 29,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND IT DRIVES LIKE CRAP! I HAVE IT ALIGNED, TIRES ROTATED, AND I CANNOT GET A SMOOTH RIDE. THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES OVER 50 MPH, SHIMMIES WHEN I HIT THE BREAKS, MY HEATER DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK WELL UNLESS IT IS ON 85 WAY TOO HOT. I NOW HAVE TO TAKE THE CAR BACK INTO THE SHOP YET AGAIN FOR THE SAME THING TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ALIGNMENT OFF, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. I READ A LOT REVIEWS ON THIS MODEL AND SEEMS AS THOUGH WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME PONTIAC/GMC BUYER AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GM FOR NOT TAKING THIS TRANSMISSION THING SERIOUS. HOW MANY MORE COMPLAINTS DO YOU NEED TO RECEIVE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE? FATAL ACCIDENT? IN WHICH CASE I HOPE IT ISN'T ME BUT ALSO NOBODY ELSE. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE IT HAS BEEN A THORN FOR SOME TIME AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT GM DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! *TR
THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING AND I HAD TO COMPLETE EMERGENCY MANEUVERS TO GET THE CAR OFF OF THE ROAD. *TR
I NOTICED THAT WHEN DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY AND WOULD ATTEMPT TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE, AS I WOULD MOVE INTO THE PASSING LANE AND ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULD HESITATE FOR A FEW SECONDS, LOSE SPEED, THEN SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT AND ACCELERATE AT AN UNEXPECTED RATE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, BUT THE WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 6-SPEED TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I FOUND IT DANGEROUS. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE AND THE DEALER'S REMEDY WAS TO "RESET THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER." DURING THIS TIME, I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE "SERVICE STABILITRAC AND TRACTION CONTROL" WARNING WOULD COME ON. ONSTAR RECOMMENDED I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE TO RESET THE SYSTEM. I FOUND THIS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN I FIRST USED THE CAR IN THE MORNINGS TO GO TO WORK. AGAIN, THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND THE COMPUTERS WERE SHOWING NO CODES -- THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I GOT THE CAR BACK FROM THE DEALER AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN - AT 7:00 AM. I CALLED ONSTAR AND THEY GAVE ME TWO CODES. I BOUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND GAVE HIM THE CODES. IT NOW SEEMS THAT THERE WERE TWO DEFECTIVE SENSORS CONTROLLING THE STABILITRAC / TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THAT GM IS CHANGING MANUFACTURERS ON THE SENSORS. I HAVE NOT HAD USE OF THE CAR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE AND AM STILL WAITING FOR GM TO PRODUCE THESE PARTS. IN THE MEANTIME, UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, AND GEAR SHIFTING WAS OCCURRING UNDER ALL DRIVING SITUATIONS CAUSING -- IN MY MIND -- A DANGER TO MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SINCE JUNE 8. THIS LAST SERVICE THEY HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE JULY 20. *TR
POWER AND POWER STEERING FAILURE- WHEN IT RAINS OR I DRIVE THROUGH PUDDLES OF WATER THE CAR LOOSES POWER AND SLOWS. ALSO WHEN I AM DRIVING THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND THERE IS A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE. I HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT MY ACADIA AND THEY SAID THEY COULD READJUST THE BELT GUARD. THIS DID NOT WORK AND THEY SAID JUST BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T COAST AND THE SPEED INCREASES AS YOU GO DOWN HILL. *TR
EXISTING ODI ID NUMBER REFERENCES FOR 2007 ACADIAS: 10255735, 10254149, 10248331, 10211267, 10210839, 10210533. EXISTING ODI ID NUMBER REFERENCES FOR 2008 ACADIAS: 10246694, 10243591, 10241649, 10230134, 10229896, 10212682. THE ABOVE ODI ID NUMBERS SIGNIFY EXISTING COMPLAINTS IDENTIFYING WATER LEAKS AND RESULTING DAMAGE IN 07 & 08 GMC ACADIAS. GM INSTITUTED RECALL CAMPAIGN #08207: CUSTOMER SATISFACTION - SUNROOF WATER LEAK-INSTALL DRAIN TUBE EXTENSIONS DATED: AUG 27, 2008. CAMPAIGN WAS PRECEDED BY NUMEROUS TSBS LINKED TO THE SAME TYPE OF WATER LEAK. *** PURCHASED CERTIFIED VEHICLE ON 3/4/09. TSB #08027 PERFORMED PRIOR TO CERTIFICATION AND SALE. SERVICE MANAGER STATED WATER WAS PRESENT IN THE REAR DOME LAMPS AND HEADLINER. RETURNED TO DEALER 3/5/09 FOR WATER IN THE PASSENGER FLOOR AREA. TSB # 080857003A WAS PERFORMED. PRIOR TITLE OWNED BY A COMMERCIAL ENTITY AND MOST LIKELY NEVER RESPONDED TO THESE ISSUES. PICKED UP VEHICLE ON 3/6/09. STILL TAKING IN RAIN WATER. TOOK BACK TO DEALER ON 3/9/09. DOOR SEALS REPLACED AND RETURNED ON 3/11/09. HAS NOT RAINED SINCE THIS POSTING BUT CONCERN IS FOR ELECTRICAL INTEGRITY ON VEHICLE AS WATER LEAKAGE WAS CONCENTRATED NEAR MAIN FUSE BLOCK NEAR KICK PANEL AND MAIN WIRING HARNESS UNDER PASSENGER FLOOR AREA. MOLD IS ALSO A CONCERN AS DEALER HAS NOT REPLACED CARPETING OR HEADLINER BUT ONLY CLEANED AFFECTED AREA. VEHICLE IS USED FOR TRANSPORT OF FAMILY OVER LONG DISTANCES AND AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING ON ROAD USE CAN BE CATASTROPHIC. *TR
2008 GMC ACADIA HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH SAFETY RECALLS AND DEALERSHIP RESPONSE. *NJ WATER ENTERED THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE ROOF. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER SEAT MADE A NOISE WHILE BEING ADJUSTED AND THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN IT WAS COLD.*JB THE RADIO AND NAVIGATION SCREEN WENT OUT AND THE DRIVERS SEAT DID NOT MOVE. UPDATED 01/23/09. *JB
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