NHTSA Complaint #10486569 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

WE WERE COMING HOME FROM FAMILY ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WE WERE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN WE GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ONTO OUR EXIT, WE HIT A RED LIGHT. LUCKILY, IT WAS ON A HILL, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HIT THE GAS AND WE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. THE CAR JUST REVVED UP TO AROUND 4 RPM'S. WE FINALLY GAINED SOME MOMENTUM GOING DOWN THE HILL AND THEN THE CAR DROVE JUST FINE AGAIN. NEXT STOP LIGHT, SAME THING...ONLY THIS TIME, WE WERE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND FACING ON-COMING TRAFFIC. IT TOOK EVERYTHING IT HAD AND ABOUT 20 SECONDS JUST TO ROLL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION! IF OUR KIDS HAD BEEN IN THE CAR WITH US, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF WE HAD BEEN HIT! THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANICS AND WAS FOUND TO BE A BROKEN WAVE PLATE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WAVE PLATES IN THE ACADIA'S, TRAVERSE'S, AND THE OUTLOOK'S, BUT NO RECALL. I AM ALSO ONLY 1 MONTH OUT OF THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY! PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU! *TR