NHTSA Complaint #10641087 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10641087
Vehicle 2008 GMC ACADIA
Component POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 108,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State TX

Consumer Description

WELL A LOT HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR. FIRST THE POWER STEERING PUMP WENT OUT. THEN THE LIFTERS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 54000 MILES. THEN AT 104000 MILES THE LIFTERS ARE BACK MAKING THE SAME NOISE THAT IT MADE THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO SHOP.THE TRANSMISSIONS WENT OUT AT 108000. GOT IT REPLACE. BUT THE HEADS ARE STILL RATTLING. THEN THERE IS THE ELECTRIC PROBLEM MY WINDOWS WANT GO UP OR DOWN MOST OF THE TIME THEY SAID THE MOTORS OR STILL GOOD IN THEM. THEY SAID THAT IT NEED ELECTRIC WORK THAT'S WHY MY GAUGES GO CRAZY SOMETIMES. THEN THERE ARE THE STRUTS AND SHOCKS THAT WENT OUT AT 60000 MILES. EVER SINCE I PUT MY CAR IN THE SHOP AT PEILTER CHEVROLET IN LUFKIN TEXAS I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. THEY FIX A RECALL IN THE TIRE AREA ON MY CAR, AND I THINK IT WASN'T DONE RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T PUT MY TIRE GUARDS ALL THE WAY BACK ON ITS MISSING SCREWS. THEY SAID THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS I TOLD THEM IT WASN'T HANGING DOWN WHEN THEY GOT IT. THEN WHEN THE REPLACE MY HEADS AND I PICKED UP MY CAR. THE BLACK GUARD PIECES THAT GOES UNDER THE HOOD HAD SCREW SETTING ON IT. THE WHERE NOT PUT BACK IN IT. THEN THERE WAS A 2 BIGGER SCREW AND THE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WENT TO. I HAD MORE THING WRONG WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK FROM THEM THEN WHEN I CARRIED IT TO THEM. I RESEARCHED GMC ACADIA AND I REALIZED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THE SAME THING LIKE LIFTERS REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT AROUND 90000 MILES TO 110000 MILES, PROBLEMS WITH THERE STRUTS AND SHOCKS. POWER STEERING AND MUCH MORE. WHAT I CANT FIGURE OUT IS WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION AND HEADS OR LIFTERS, IF EVERYBODY IS HAVING THIS MUCH TROUBLE OUT OF THESE PARTS ON THE 2008 ACADIA'S. WE ALL PAY GOOD MONEY FOR THESE VEHICLE'S AND TO HAVE THIS MUCH TROUBLE OUT OF THEM THERE NOT WORTH WHAT WE PAY FOR THEM WE ARE GETTING CHEATED OUT OF OUR HARD EARNED MONEY. THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT. *TR

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