2012 GMC Acadia Driver assistance Problems

Was waiting on dealership to catch up to bring in for a transmission problem. I know it is transmission related due to not wanting to shift properly and the fact my friend has same make and model only about 100000 more miles than mine does was doing same symptoms and she took to 3 or 4 mechanics and all said nothing wrong..no codes show up...needless to say after about 2 months it stalled out on her on interstate with speed limit 75 and she barely moving. I myself was at a sharp curve in turn lane waiting on traffic and when I braked to stop it made horrible sound and felt like brake was pushed through floorboard. When I was clear to go i push accelerator down to the floor and am barely inching along and am now stuck in the road in a 90 curve where its hard to see traffic coming. This was very scary and traumatic having this happen. I'm just glad it was only myself and the other drivers were being observant and paying attention to the road. This has happened a lot compared to research on blogs car complaints websites. The common problem is it doesn't give a code when diagnostic checked. 99% of cases show they best guess or find something else wrong and you pay 3 or 4 charges until you finally convince them its the transmission and then you're out 5000. Not counting the average 4500 you've already pd due to not listening to the driver of their vehicle and causing unnecessary charges and leaving you without a vehicle too long that isn't necessary.

NHTSA ID

11431779

Incident

Aug 8, 2021

Driving at 55mph, suddenly the Traction Control blinks on & off, the vehicle starts skipping. Next, Service Stabilitrack System appears and I almost come to a complete stop, Engine Running at Reduced Power appears. I barely made it to the side of the road, traffic was heavy at the time. This is apparently a common issue with other Owners and could be a number of different sensors, parts malfunctioning.

NHTSA ID

11430560

Incident

Aug 25, 2021

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING. ALL GAUGES STOP RESPONDING AND AUTOMATIC CONTROLS BECOME DISABLED. ALL DASHBOARD GAUGES BECOME DISABLED AND UNRESPONSIVE AND LOOSES INFORMATION. THE DASHBOARD LIGHT BRIGHTENS TO DAY MODE. AUTOMATIC LIGHT SYSTEM, CRUISE CONTROL, AUTOMATIC LOCK SYSTEM, BLINKER INDICATOR, RADIO, DVD PLAYER, SEAT BELT SIGNAL, DRIVER DOOR BUTTONS, AND HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY BECOME DISABLED. INFORMATION READS PARK ASSIST OFF, SERVICE AIR BAGS, CHECK GAUGES AND ALL FAULT LIGHTS DISPLAY. ISSUES OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AND RELATIVELY. THE ONSET, FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF ISSUES FLUCTUATE AT RANDOM.

NHTSA ID

11397074

Incident

Feb 20, 2021

Mileage

144,000 mi

ON 2/6/20 AFTER GETTING INTO MY VEHICLE AND TURNING ON THE IGNITION VEHICLE WOULDN'T START SO THE SAME DAY I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A CERTIFIED DEALER IN UNION. AT THE DEALER THEY FIRST STATED THE GROUND WIRE TO STARTER WAS CHEWED UP SO THEY REPLACED THE STARTER AND THEN A FEW HOURS LATER THEY STATED NO COMUNICATION WITH ECM & BCM. THEY THEN STATED THEYFOUND WATER INTRUSION ON PASSAGE SIDE FUSE BLOCK THAT SHORTED OUT THE ECM AND BCM. AT DEALER THEY REPLACED FUSE BLOCK, ECM AND BCM. WELL AFTER $2027.05 LATER THEY WAS ABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE RUNNING AGAIN BUT NOW THE CAR RADIO AND MY ONSTAR IN VEHICLE DON'T WORK, ALSO TRACTION CONTROL,,STABILITRAK , ABS & AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHTS ARE ON. TWO WEEKS LATER MY CAR BATTERY DIED SO I REPLACED DEAD BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE. MY THING IS THIS IF ALL THESE ARE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT I TRULY THINK ALL THESE ISSUES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED A.S.A.P. BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. BY THE WAY I JUST BROUGHT 2012 GMC ARCADIA ON NOV.27,2019 AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE GOING OUT OF MY POCKET TRYING TO GET ALL THESE ISSUES FIXED.

NHTSA ID

11312016

Incident

Feb 6, 2020

Mileage

87,110 mi

WHILE DRIVING MY GMC ACADIA THE CAR STARTED LOOSING POWER, IT THEN GAVE A MESSAGE THAT SAID TRACTION CONTROL OFF/ON IT ALSO HAD STABILITY TRACK MESSAGE.

NHTSA ID

11291202

Incident

Dec 25, 2019

Mileage

100,000 mi

I BOUGHT MY CAR AT THE END OF APRIL. JUNE 27. 2019 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD THE STABILITRAK ISSUE. AT 102206 MILES, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RR AND RF SPEED SENSORS AND RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WHEEL BEARINGS. TODAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 AND AT 103003 MILES IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING BOTH TIMES, AND BOTH TIMES THE BRAKES GRIND AND I COULD FEEL LOOSENESS IN THE GAS PETAL AND IT SQUEAKS LIKE AN OLD SPRING BED. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN AND I ONLY USE THE CAR TO GET TO VA APPTS, GROCERY STORE AND GENERAL ERRANDS. I CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND ANOTHER $1,200 TO GET THIS FIXED. I HAVE READ ONLINE MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THIS STABILITRAK SYSTEM AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE I CONTACT A LEMON LAW LAWYER.

NHTSA ID

11254231

Incident

Sep 9, 2019

Mileage

103,003 mi

THE RPM GAUGE IS FLUCTUATING UP AN DOWN WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, HIGHWAY, CITY ROADS IT IS HAPPENING WHEN COLD OR WARM AND IT DON'T MATTER IF IT'S FLAT ROADS OR A INCLINE. IT BEEN HAPPENING MORE AN MORE NOW.

NHTSA ID

11241331

Incident

Aug 2, 2019

AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. MY HUSBAND JUMPED THE CAR OFF AND ONCE STARTED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH AN ERROR CODE OF P062F. NOW, IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY BUT IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENTLY IN LAST WEEK' IT WILL FAIL TO START THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL APPEAR WITH THE SAME ERROR CODE, WHILE DRIVING AT TIMES IT WILL BEGIN TO STALL UNTIL THE GAS PETAL IS ENGAGED AGAIN. PER THE GMC DEALERSHIP IT'S THE CHASSIS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE HOWEVER MY VEHICLE YEAR MODEL DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE RECALL, BY ONE YEAR.

NHTSA ID

11222369

Incident

Jun 21, 2019

Mileage

121,000 mi

MY WINDOWS WILL ROLL DOWN ON THEIR OWN WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I CAN ONLY ROLL THE WINDOWS UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY WHILE PARKED AND IN MOTION. WHILE DRIVING STABILITY CONTROL WILL TURN ITSELF OFF AND BLOW SOME SORT OF GAS THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS IN THE CAR, THEN IT WILL START SHUDDERING AND SLOWING DOWN THE CAR TO THE POINT I HAVE TO PULL OVER. AFTER THAT ISSUE STARTED, MY A/C WILL ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY AS WELL.

NHTSA ID

11217076

Incident

Apr 10, 2017

Mileage

90,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LAST WEEK MY 2012 AWD ACADIA HAVING A MAJOR MALFUNCTION. 1. WHILE DRIVING, DOOR LOCKS ENGAGE/DISENGAGE 2. TRANS APPEARS TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL (HIGH REV/ NO POWER) 3. ON THE DASHBOARD DIGITAL READOUT THE TRANSMISSION "BLINKED" INTO P FROM D (WHILE DRIVING) 4. TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES/DISENGAGES AND THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD AND HARD STOPS 5. TRANS ENTERS SOME SORT OF LIMP HOME MODE WHERE IT ALLOWS ME TO DRIVE ONLY UP TO 60MPH, @4000 RPM (LIKE 3RD GEAR) THIS PROCESS REPEATED CONTINUALLY FOR OVER AN HOUR DRIVE TO THE DEALER, NORMAL OPERATION APPEARED TO OCCUR AT SPEEDS BELOW 45MPH, BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY AND THE ISSUE CONTINUED AGAIN AT THE LOWER SPEEDS. I CALL ONSTAR AND THEY PULL CODES FOR ME WHILE ENROUTE TO THE DEALER: ECM CODE =U0101 TCM CODE= NONE (FAILED TO PROBE MODULE) ABS CODE= U0101 ABS CODE= C0561 (ISSUE WITH TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM)- "SERVICE WITHIN 7 DAYS" A QUICK SEARCH IN AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS REVEALS SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH ALMOST THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, WITH NO SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS.

NHTSA ID

11194750

Incident

Apr 6, 2019

Mileage

98,500 mi

ON MARCH 22, 2019, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON RTE. 130, AGAIN IN THE FAST LANE, I HEAR THAT FAMOUS BEEP AGAIN, BUT KNEW I DID NOT REQUIRE GAS. MY VEHICLE READ TO SERVICE STABLE TRACK ONCE AGAIN AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF. MY TRUCK DROPPED DOWN TO BASICALLY NO POWER IN THE FAST LANE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THANK GOD I SAID MY PRAYERS THAT DAY, AND THREE CARS THAT ALMOST PLOWED INTO THE BACK OF MY TRUCK AND ANY ACCIDENTS WERE AVOIDED. I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS, ONCE AGAIN, AND MAKE MY WAY OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO GET MY TRUCK INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT. I HAD THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR, BUT MY TRUCK WAS MOVING AT ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR'. NOWHERE!! I WAS SCARED BUT RELIEVED BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. I COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT, OR EVEN BEEN HURT. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP T&T COAST IN SEA GIRT, AND EXPRESSED TO THEM MY PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM I JUST HAD THIS STABLE TRACK/SENSOR REPLACED JUST A YEAR AGO, I SHOULD NOT BE FACING THE SAME ISSUE. THEY MADE FALSE PROMISES, PROMISED TO GET ME INTO A MORE RELIABLE VEHICLE, BUT IT DID NOT WORK OUT DUE TO MY CURRENT CREDIT ISSUES. I ASK IF THEY COULD NOT GET ME INTO A MORE RELIABLE TRUCK, COULD THEY AT LEAST FIX THE ISSUE THAT I THOUGHT WAS JUST REPAIRED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY TOLD ME NO, IT WAS MY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH MILEAGE ON THE CAR. I HAVE LEARNED THAT A STABLE TRACK/SENSOR OR TRACTION CONTROL IS SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR VEHICLE. IT SHOULD NOT GO DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR OR HIGH MILEAGE. I ALSO DID ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION ON MY END, AND LEARNED THAT GMC HAS BEEN HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS, ALONG WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES.

NHTSA ID

11191824

Incident

Mar 15, 2019

Mileage

104,000 mi

I HAVE BEEN CHANGE MANY TIMES THE HEADLIGHT DAY LIGHT OF THE DRIVER SIDE, STABILITY CONTROL GOING ON AND STOP MY MOVEMENT, I AVE TO WAIT FOR 5-10 MINUTES AND UNBLOCK BY ITSELF, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR AC SOMETIMES ARE SUPER HOT.

NHTSA ID

11080412

Incident

Mar 3, 2018

TL-CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA ---- CONTACT HAS HAD ISSUE LOSING TRACTION CONTROL ON VEHICLE --- STABILITY SYSTEM DOES NOT STAY ON ---- CONTACT WAS ON INTERSTATE GOING 70MPH AND TRACTION CONTROL WENT OFF --- TRACTION CONTROL WENT OFF A SECOND TIME AND ENGINE STARTED SMOKING WHILE DRIVING --- VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND DEALERSHIP STATED GAS PUMP WAS FAULTY... GAS PUMP WAS FIXED ... ENGINE WAS SMOKING AGAIN TWO DAYS AGO AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON.... CONTACT WAS GIVEN NUMBER TO GM --- 0 RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN.... CB

NHTSA ID

11057953

Incident

Jan 1, 2018

Mileage

79,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, IT ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS WERE NOT DISCLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000. *AS

NHTSA ID

10968620

Incident

Mar 12, 2017

Mileage

36,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DECREASED TO ZERO AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITRAK, AND THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SWITCHED TO REAR WHEEL DRIVE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

NHTSA ID

10822570

Incident

Sep 30, 2015

Mileage

60,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT AND THE IDLE MODE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE SPEED REDUCED RAPIDLY TO 15 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11000.

NHTSA ID

10460530

Incident

May 28, 2012

Mileage

11,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT DISENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRIEFLY WHILE SWITCHING LANES. UPON ENGAGING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AGAIN THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE RPM READING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VEHICLES COMPUTER NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THE THROTTLE GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE HESITATION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS NO REPAIR NECESSARY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED WHEN SLOWLY APPROACHING A LIGHT, THAT THEN TURNED TO GREEN BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP. WHEN HE APPLIED THE GAS, THE ENGINE RPM'S WOULD RISE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE FOR A PERIOD OF 3-5 SECONDS. UPDATED 04/25/12

NHTSA ID

10454168

Incident

Nov 15, 2011

Mileage

3,000 mi