NHTSA Complaint #10546294 — 2009 GMC ACADIA

TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE ISSUE...CAR STARTED "HARD-SHIFTING" FROM 2ND-3RD GEAR...ONCE THIS STARTED, IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF DAYS, HAD TROUBLE EVEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR...BARELY WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE...MY ISSUE IS THAT I HAVE TO PAY $4500 FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A KNOWN DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH GMC ACADIAS ACROSS ALMOST ALL MODEL YEARS BASED UPON MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SITUATION. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULT SOMEWHERE WITH THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS TO BE THIS HUGE OF A PROBLEM. THIS COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT. ON 9/27, I WAS TURNING LEFT OFF A MAIN ROAD INTO MY SUBDIVISION. CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR, SO WAS JUST COASTING ACROSS THE LANE WHERE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WOULD BE UNTIL IT ENGAGED MAYBE 3 TO 4 SECONDS LATER. HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC COMING, THE ONCOMING VEHICLE WOULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO ME BEFORE I COULD HAVE GOTTEN ACROSS. *TR