NHTSA Complaint #10550506 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

HAD A COMPLAINT WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT DOWNSHIFTING ADEQUATELY ON 10-25-2010 AND COURTESY GMC REPROGRAMMED IT ... UNDER WARRANTY. FOR ABOUT A WEEK PRIOR TO 10-22-13 THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVING RIGHT WITH THE SHIFTING ACTING UP SO I BROUGHT IT IN AND AS I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY CAR TO A SERVICE CAR CENTER IT WOULD QUIT RUNNING, BUT I GOT IT IN THE SHOP IN TIME BEFORE IT STOPPED FOR A THIRD TIME. IT ACTED UP ON HIGHWAY 90 WHILE DOING 57MPH AND AGAIN AT DOING 45MPH AND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN INTO THE SERVICE CENTER. THE SERVICE CENTER (DAVE'S), AFTER CHECKING IT OUT, BROUGHT IT IN TO A-ABAL TRANSMISSION FOR ME SINCE I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT IN CASE IT DIDN'T MAKE IT. MY TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT ($4205) AT MY EXPENSE (HAD MULTIPLE BROKEN PARTS) SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS UP IN MARCH. CALLS WERE MADE TO GMC WITH NO AID IN HELPING ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. UPON RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THE ACADIA'S TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAKDOWN BETWEEN 50,000-70,000 MILES IN CARS PURCHASED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS ... '07, '08 AND '09 (A PROBLEM THEY KNEW ABOUT). THE COMPLAINT LIST IS LONG. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GMC HAS NOT STOOD BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT SINCE IT HAS PLACED CONSUMERS IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS (READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS). *TR