NHTSA Complaint #10972168 — 2009 GMC ACADIA

I BOUGHT THE CAR ON MARCH 21ST OF 2017 CAR SEEMED TO BE RUNNING AND DRIVING FINE( SHIFTING AND DRIVING SMOOTH) AND ON APRIL 10TH 2017 I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK I HAVE A APPROX 12 MILE DRIVE ONE WAY COMMUTE TO MY WORK PLACE AND I NOTICED ALL OF THE SUDDEN WHN TRANS WAS SHIFTING GEARS IT WOULD SLIP A LITTLE BIT SO I DROVE IT IN A MANNER TO WHERE THE SLIPPING WAS MINIMAL AND AFTER WORK WHEN I PUT IN REVERSE IT WAS SLIPPING WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS THAT MORNING IN DRIVE I DROVE IT HOME SO AT MOST FROM THE TIME THE PROBLEM STARTED IT WAS DROVE LESS THAN 20 MILES BUT BY THE TIME I GOT HOME TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND TRANS COMPLETELY STOPPED PULLING CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL LUCKILY I WAS ON SMALL INCLINE AND THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME SO I WAS ABLE TO PUT IN REVERSE AND GET THE CAR OUT OF THE ROAD SO I CALLED THE CAR LOT WHERE I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY SAID TO NOT GET TO EXITED THAT IT COULD JUST B A SENSOR SOMETHING SMALL THAT THEY WOULD SEND A TOW TRUCK TO PICK IT UP AND TAKE TO MECHANIC SHOP AND WE GO FROM THERE WE'LL NOW ON APRIL 12 WE WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY SHOT AND IT WAS COULD B UPWARDS TO 3500$ FOR USED TRANSMISSION THAT HAD 76KMILES THAT ALSO INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF TRANSMISSION I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PAYING THAT MUCH FOR USED TRANSMISSION THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING AND ALSO NO WARRANTY ON OR GUARANTEE I BOUGHT THE THE CAR AS IS BUT I TRADED IN MY 03 TAHOE STILL A VERY DEPENDABLE SUV AND I ALSO PUT 5000 $ CASH DOWN ON THIS ACADIA AND NOW THIS THE DEALER SAYS HE WILL NEED 2000$ UP FRONT AND HE WILL PAY THE REST OF IT AND WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT IS THAT HE WOULD PUT IT ON TOP OF WHAT HE HAD ALREADY FINANCED BECAUSE (HE WANTS TO HELP OUT) NO HELP OTHER THAN NOT HAVING TO COME UP WITH THE WHOLE 3500$ AT ONCE. ANY ADVISE ON WHT I SHOULD DO OR IF THIS MAY B PART OF A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE