NHTSA Complaint #10403829 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WOULD NO LONGER ILLUMINATE. WHILE REPLACING THE HEADLIGHT HIMSELF, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS ABLE TO REWIRE THE WIRING HARNESS TO REPAIR THE HEADLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.