NHTSA Complaint #10435393 — 2007 GMC ACADIA

MY 2007 GMC ACADIA HAS ALWAYS HAD VERY POOR TRACTION ON WET ROADS AND SOMETIMES ON DRY ROADS. YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY RAIN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE RIGHT AS THOUGH MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD RUN OVER A LARGE OBJECT. A FEW MINUTES LATER IT JERKED RIGHT THEN LEFT THEN RIGHT AGAIN. EACH TIME THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK FOR AN INSTANT. I FOUND MYSELF PARTLY OVER IN THE OTHER LANE. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY WARNING LIGHTS. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE MORE BEFORE I REALIZED THAT IT SEEMED TO BE HAPPENING ONLY ON UPSLOPING PARTS OF THE ROAD OR WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. AS I HAD ALWAYS SUSPECTED, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ON THIS CAR IS FAULTY AND DANGEROUS. FAULTY POWER STEERING COLD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. I TRIED TO DRIVE HOME AT A STEADY SPEED AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I TOLD MY LOCAL GMC DEALER THAT I THOUGHT THE CAR HAD VERY POOR TRACTION AND THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. THEY TOLD ME THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. *TR