NHTSA Complaint #10659896 — 2009 GMC ACADIA

THE TRANSMISSION BEGIN TO SLIP INTERMITTENTLY 2 DAYS AGO. IT CONTINUALLY BECAME MORE FREQUENT. I GOT IT INTO THE DEALER RIGHT AWAY AND THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE 3/5 WAVE PLATE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE BEGINNING AROUND 35,000 MILES. GM SEEMS TO BE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE IS CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC AND ADVISOR AT THE DEALER EVEN SAID THEY HAVE HAD MANY IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS REPAIR IS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO VEHICLES WITH SUCH LOW MILES. I HOPE THAT GM WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO RECALL THIS AND COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE OIL LIFE MONITOR AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. THE ADVISOR STATED THAT THESE ARE TRASH AND SHOULDN'T BE USED AS THEY ARE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE ISSUES. PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAN STRETCH THE TIMING CHAINS CAUSING MORE SIGNIFICANT AND COSTLY REPAIRS. AGAIN, GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT SEEM TO BE IGNORING THE TRUTH. PLEASE HELP HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND RECALL THESE ITEMS TO PREVENT THE CUSTOMERS FROM VERY COSTLY REPAIRS. *TR