NHTSA Complaint #10818743 — 2012 GMC ACADIA

WHEN STATIONARY AND USING THE BACK LIFE GATE. BACK LIFT GATE WILL OPEN, THEN VIOLENTLY COME DOWN ABOUT 10-12 INCHES. VERY LIKELY TO INJURE. IF YOU HOLD IT UP, IT SEEMS TO PUSH DOWN. IF YOU ARE HOLDING IT UP, WHEN YOU LET GO IT VIOLENTLY SLAMS SHUT. IT COULD SEVERELY INJURE SOMEONE. I WAS TOLD BY GMC THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A CURRENT RECALL FOR OTHER GMC ACADIAS -- FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.. THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR AS PART OF THE RECALL, SINCE MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THEIR RECALL. I AM RELUCTANT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED MYSELF, AS I BELIEVE IT IS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE ADDRESS IN THE RECALL. IF YOU SHUT OFF THE POWER LIFT GATE IT BECOMES EVEN MORE DANGEROUS, AS THE HEAVY DOOR WILL VIOLENTLY SLAM SHUT WHEN YOU LET IT GO. THE DATE IS A GUESS. NO SERIOUS INJURIES, JUST SOME SMALL BUMPS ON THE HEAD -- BUT IT HAS A POSSIBILITY OF INJURING FUTHER, FOR A SHORTER PERSON OR CHILD.