NHTSA Complaint #10661054 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

WE WERE OUT IN SOUTH DAKOTA 200 MILES FROM HOME. WE WERE DRIVING THE ACADIA AND THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. WE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT FIRST. WE DROVE THE ACADIA HOME AND SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. ON THE MONDAY AFTER WE GOT HOME, I WAS DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY OUT OF GEAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED PUTTING IT INTO PARK AND THEN BACK INTO GEAR AND HAD NO LUCK IN GETTING IT TO GO INTO GEAR. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT DID GO INTO GEAR. I DROPPED MY KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL AND WHEN IN PARK IT WENT OUT OF GEAR AGAIN. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND ON AGAIN AND GOT IT TO GO INTO GEAR. DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO THE AUTO SHOP. THEY RAN THE CODES. THEY SAID IT WAS A 3/5 WAVE PLATE ISSUE. HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. 2200 FOR THE REBUILD. READING ONLINE THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH VEHICLES. TALKED TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE REBUILDING 8 OF THESE A WEEK FROM THE SATURN, BUICK, CHEVY AND ACADIAS WITH THE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID THE WAVE PLATE WASN'T HEAT TREATED AT THE FACTORY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT GETS HEATED AND DETERIORATES. GM WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP. HOPEFULLY, YOU GUYS CAN. *TR