NHTSA Complaint #11013566 — 2008 GMC ACADIA

WHEN TRAVELLING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER SCHOOL SHOPPING WITH MY TWO CHILDREN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY REDUCED POWER, BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE RAPIDLY APPROACHING VEHICLES BEHIND ME IN TIME. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, AFTER THE REDUCED ENGINE ALERT APPEARED. STABILTRAK WAS ALSO DISABLED AND ONE MORE FEATURE I CANNOT REMEMBER. I HAD TO SHUT MY VEHICLE DOWN AND SIT WITH TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR WAITING FOR THE CAR TO SOMEHOW RIGHT ITSELF. AFTER 10 MINUTES I TRIED TURNING IT ON AND THE ERRORS WERE GONE AND THE CAR DROVE AGAIN, EXCEPT ROUGH. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL AUTO STORE AND THE DIAGNOSED IT WITH THE CODE READER AS TAC. THROTTLE BODY. THE PERSON AT THE COUNTER SAID THEY SEE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH THIS VEHICLE. IN FACT, IT SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE IT'S SO COMMON AND A CLEAR FLAW IN THE DESIGN. TO THE TUNE OF $199 YOU CAN REPLACE THE PART AND HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN AT SOME OTHER RANDOM, UNSAFE TIME! THANK YOU GM FOR YET ANOTHER UNRELIABLE FAMILY VEHICLE. I WILL HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO REPLACE THE PART, AS THIS IS THE CAR USED FOR EVERY DAY TRANSPORTATION IN MY HOUSEHOLD TO SCHOOL, WORK AND BACK. RESEARCHING THE INTERNET HORROR STORIES CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERE. IT SEEMS TRAGEDY HAS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THIS $200 PART A RECALL. PLEASE REDESIGN AND REPLACE. THIS MOM CARES FOR HER KIDS.