NHTSA Complaint #10611305 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

I WAS ON MY WAY TO MY KIDS SCHOOL WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR WITH ME, WHEN I EASED OVER A SPEED BUMP I APPLIED GAS AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AT THE TIME. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND MY SON AND I TRIED TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SIDE BUT COULD NOT. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. I PUT CAR IN PARK THEN TRIED DRIVE AND REVERSE EVEN LOW BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. A NICE MAN STOPPED AND HELPED PUSH CAR OUT OF ROAD. MY CAR IS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. WE WAITED FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE. IT HAS 81,487 MILES ON IT. I AM TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS CRAP. I AM SHOCKED AND UPSET. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I DO NOT APPRECIATE PUTTING MY LIFE AND ESPECIALLY MY CHILD'S LIFE IN DANGER. THANK GOODNESS WE WERE OFF THE MAJOR HIGHWAY!!!! AND THAT MY ENTIRE FAMILY OF SEVEN WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. GMC NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THE ISSUES. PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THERE ARE FATALITIES. THANKS! *TR