NHTSA Complaint #10549225 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I AM COMPLEXED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. FEBRUARY 2012 MY GMC LOST POWER AS I WAS DRIVING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO GMC AND I WAS TOLD SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION (ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD) THIS LUCKILY WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. FAST FORWARD ONE YEAR LATER FEBRUARY 2013 TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING WENT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY PUT IN A DYE TO TRACE THE LEAKS AS THEY SAID THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, THEY WANTED TO CHARGE FOR THIS BUT AGREED TO DO THIS FOR FREE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE TRANSMISSION THAT THEY FIXED WAS ONLY COVERED FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. AT THIS POINT IT WAS A LOST CAUSE DEALING WITH THE DEALER AS THEY WERE NOT COVERING ANY OF THEIR WORK AND SAID THESE ISSUES DID NOT FALL UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL UNDER THE 5 YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY PERIOD. AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A WHILE WE NOTICED MORE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE CAR SO MY HUSBAND BROUGHT THE CAR TO GMC IN EARLY OCTOBER 2013 TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF THE TRANSMISSION, HE WAS TOLD THE 5 YEARS PERIOD ENDED 9/27/13. ON OCTOBER 15 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 40 MPH. I DROVE THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AS GMC WAS CLEAR THIS CAR WAS NO LONGER WARRANTIED. I AM NOW TOLD THAT MY CAR IS IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION COSTING OVER $4,000. CALLS INTO THE DEALER WENT UNANSWERED FOR OVER A WEEK AND COMPLAINTS TO GMC CORPORATE WERE USELESS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF A CAR AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS MADE ON THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS CAR THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AS THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSIONS FAILING MORE THAN ONCE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUICK ENCLAVE AND SATURN OUTLOOK YAS THESE "TRIPLETS" ALL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES IT IS ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A RECALL OR CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. *TR