NHTSA Complaint #10564509 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

WHILE TRAVELING A BUSY HIGHWAY GOING UPHILL, MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HAVE WHAT FELT LIKE SLIPPING CLUTCH ISSUES, AND FINALLY FAILED - LEAVING ME STRANDED ON A VERY BUSY STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 80 EAST BOUND. IT WAS VERY SCARY TO BE JUST BARELY OFF THE ROADWAY (WAS LUCKY TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY OFF THE ROAD) WITH HUGE TRUCKS WHIZZING BY. I HAVE HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND THE CLUTCH WAVEPLATES ON THESE ACADIA GMCS HAVE A WELL KNOWN AND COMMON FAILURE ISSUE. A $3500 BILL IS NOT WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO REALLY HURT. THIS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED ON A BUSY FREEWAY. THE PROBLEM IS THERE WAS NOT MUCH WARNING OF AN EMINENT FAILURE BEFORE IT BASICALLY LEFT ME DEAD IN THE WATER - I WAS JUST FORTUNATE THIS TIME THAT I WAS TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT LANE. IF I HAD BEEN IN THE LEFT LANE OR MIDDLE, I AM NOT SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OVER BEFORE IT WOULD JUST LEAVE ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT'S DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. WHO COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT IT IS NOT UNSAFE? *TR