NHTSA Complaint #10415021 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

2008 ACADIA. LOW BEAM LIGHTS SUDDENLY STOP OPERATING WHILE DRIVING. SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. GMC FORUMS ON INTERNET SHOW HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS EXPERIENCING SAME ISSUE. OUR LOW BEAM DRIVERS SIDE WENT OUT. LOW BEAM PASSENGER SIDE TWO DAYS LATER. DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING, THE LIGHTS CANNOT BE ACCESSED WITHOUT REMOVING THE BUMPER OR TIRES. NOT A BULB ISSUE. PROBLEM WITH MELTED WIRING HARNESS. THERE WAS NO TO WAY REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS WITHOUT SPLICING THE WIRING AND INSTALLING AN AFTERMARKET CONNECTOR PART. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AS THE BULBS ARE TOO HOT FOR THE CURRENT WIRING. THE HARNESS REPLACEMENT WILL ONLY FAIL AGAIN BECAUSE THE WIRING CANNOT HANDLE THE HEAT. THIS ISSUE CAN LEAVE YOU STRANDED ON A DARK ROAD AT NIGHT WITH NO HEADLAMPS THAT MAY JUST SUDDENLY GO OUT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS AND DEADLY PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE MANY FORUMS, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON ACADIAS AND SATURN OUTLOOKS. *TR