2007 GMC ACADIA Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered, and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with incorrect piston rings which caused excessive oil consumption. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to call the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 218,000.

The contact owned a 2007 GMC Arcadia. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at 45 MPH, the contact's daughter heard an abnormal grinding noise and inadvertently smoke came from underneath the front hood of the vehicle and the vehicle was in flames. The local fire department arrived at the scene of the fire and distinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence, however, the vehicle was not yet been inspected for damages. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. VIN information was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Acadia. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the failure recurred mostly while driving and exceeding 45 mph. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the alternator needed to be replaced. The failure recurred and the alternator was replaced two more times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the instrument cluster and battery was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

MY 2007 GMC ACADIA SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. NO WARNING LIGHTS AND OR NOTIFICATIONS CAME ON. MY CAR BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE FROM THE FLOORBOARD AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE HOOD. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, TOTAL LOSS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR 15 MINUTES. THE FLAMES WERE PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. A FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT WAS FILED. THE ENGINE AREA AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WERE BURNT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE CONTACTS DRIVEWAY AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING ON THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS EMAILED WITH THE INCIDENT. THE DEALER RIVARD BUICK GMC LOCATED AT 9740 E ADAMO DR, TAMPA, FL 33619; PHONE NUMBER: (813) 200-8752 INFORMED THERE WERE NO RECALLS AT THE TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER ENTERED INTO THE REAR WINDOW CONTROL BUTTON AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND COOLANT INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND THE TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, SMOKE WAS PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, FLAMES WERE PRESENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAS 86K MILES AND THE RACK AND PINION IS LEAKING HEAVILY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. SOMETIMES, THE POWER STEERING CUTS OUT AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IMPOSES SERIOUS RISK WHILE DRIVING AND THE PROBLEM CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. THERE IS NO REPEATABLE SCENARIO TO DEMONSTRATE THE FAILURE. IT IS RANDOM. THE FRONT ENGINE COVER ALSO LEAKS OIL HEAVILY. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THIS COULD RESULT IN RAPID ENGINE OIL LOSS AND ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER YESTERDAY FOR INSPECTION. UNFORTUNATELY NO PICTURES WERE TAKEN, BUT THEIR TWO TECHNICIANS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND AGREED ON THE KNOWN ISSUES. THE SERVICE ADVISOR ALSO AGREED ON THE KNOWN ISSUES. I INQUIRED ABOUT GM HELPING WITH THESE KNOWN ISSUES,...

2007 GMC ACADIA, HAS HAD PROBLEM STEERING ISSUES SINCE PURCHASED, LOUD WHINING NOISE FROM POWER STEERING, STEERING WAS FINE FOR A ALONG WHILE EVEN WITH THE NOISE BUT NOW POWER STEERING HAS CEMENT, TRUCK ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITH OUT ANY WARNING, ISSUES IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WINDOWS NOT ALWAYS ROLLING DOWN AND LIFT GATE INTERMITTENTLY OPENS WHILE DRIVING OR IT WON'T OPEN AT ALL SOMETIMES, POWER TOO LIFT GATE SEEMS TOO BE GONE WHEN OPENING

WE GOT THIS 2007 GMC ACADIA AT 100,230 MILES ON AUGUST 2014. NOW IT HAS AROUND 133,800 MILES. AT 115,000 MILES IT STATED TO HAVE ISSUES WHERE IT SAID STABILITY TRACK. THE TRACTION CONTROL TURNS OFF BY ITSELF AND NOT SURE IF THE STABILITY AND THIS ARE THE SAME THING. SOME ELECTRIC PARTS HAVE ALREADY FAILED. THE CHARGING OUTLET AND ELECTRIC WINDOWS DON'T WORK RIGHT. THE PASSENGER SIDE CAN NOT BE PUT DOWN BY DRIVER SIDE. THE REAR RIGHT SIDE CAN ONLY BE PUT DOWN OF UP BY THE DRIVER. THE LEFT REAR DOES NOT WORK WHEN THE DRIVER PUTS IT DOWN OR UP. THE POWER IN THE LIFT GATE IN THE BACK HAS GONE OUT. IT ONLY OPENS OR CLOSES MANUALLY. THERE WAS ALSO A RECALL WITH THE LIFT GATE AND WE GOT IT FIXED. AFTER IT WAS FIXED THEN A WHILE LATER IT WOULD CLOSE ON US AND...

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THREE WARNINGS CAME ON "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" "SERVICE STABILITRAK" AND "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" THEN, THE SPEED BEGAN TO DECLINE AND I COULD NOT GO MORE THAN 35 MPH. GOT THE CAR TO A SAFE PLACE TO STOP AND WHEN I PUT IN PARK A SPUTTERING IN THE ENGINE COULD BE FELT. I TURNED OFF AND WHEN I STARTED IT TO BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE IT RAN FINE BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. A VERY SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. ALSO MENTION OF THE TPS SENSOR ON THE THROTTLE. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CURRENT ISSUE FIXED YET.

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2010 WITH 89000 MILES IN 2013 TIMING CHAINS WENT OUT TOOK TO GMC DEALER AND EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A RECALL ABOUT THE TIMING CHAINS CARDINAL IN HAZARD KY WOULD NOT FIX THIS RECALL BECAUSE THEY SAID IF THE VEHICLE HAD OVER 120000 MILES THE RECALL WAS EXPIRED. .SO TIMING CHAINS GO OUT AND I READ FROM THIS SITE THE RECALLS NEVER EXPIRE ?? NO THE VEHICLE HAS MAJOR PROBLEMS

BAD ENGINE OIL LEAK AND IS DRIPPING ON MANIFOLD SHIELD WHICH CAUSES SMOKE...IT IS GETTING WORSE. COULD CATCH FIRE.

DRIVING UP ON THE HILL THE CAR JERKED AND SHAKES. PASSENGER FEELS IT. IT'S DISPLAYING SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM JUST UNDER A YEAR AFTER IT WAS DONE. IT'S NOW DISPLAYING, STABILITRAK AND CONTROL TRACTION. AFTER STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT UPON THE DEPARTURE THE CAR SHAKES AND JERKS. WHEN IT RAINS REAL HARD, I HAVE A LEAK ON THE PASSENGER DOOR. I FEEL LIKE THE CAR FALLS APART LIGHT AFTER LIGHT. SOME PEOPLE SAYS ITS TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD ALWAYS HAS A WET SPOT WHEN IT RAINS. THE REAR SPEAKERS DO NOT WORK. THE PASSENGER WINDOW CANNOT BE OPERATED BY THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE REAR WINDOW WIPER FLUID WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK IF THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK WITH THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON.

AT 80,000 MILES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REBUILT. CAR IS ALSO LEAKING UNDER THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER FLOOR BOARD AND MOON ROOF/SUNROOF DRIPS DOWN FROM DOME LIGHTS ONTO THIRD ROW SEATS. LEAKING HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN IGNITION WILL STILL RUN EVEN AFTER KEY IS TURNED OFF AND KEY IS OUT OF IGNITION CAR IS CURRENTLY AT 130,000. ALSO IGNITION WILL POWER DOWN EVEN WHILE CARE IS IN MOTION WARNING LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE STATING "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" "TRACTION CONTROL OFF" AND VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. CAR HAS HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN ANY OTHER I HAVE OWNED, WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM VEHICLE.

VEHICLE. WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. WOULD GET TO ALMOST 5 RPM BEFORE IT FINALLY SHIFTED. WHEN IT DID SHIFT OUT, IT SHIFTED HARD. PROBLEMED STARTED IN AUGUST 2012 AFTER WE PURCHASED AND HER IT IS JULY 2015. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE GAS PEDDLE DID GET STUCK ONE TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE. WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT. NOW MY PARKING BREAK HAS A LEAK AND IS ALWAYS SAYING THAT THE BREAK IS ON.

UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY THE 2007 ACADIA WOULD NOT SHIFT EITHER INTO OR OUT OF 3RD GEAR, I'M NOT SURE. I COULD NOT TELL WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHEN I DETERMINED THIS WAS NOT GOING TO CORRECT ITSELF I EXITED THE HIGHWAY. I'VE RECIEVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT VEHICLES EQUIPED WITH 6T70 AND 6T75 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS ARE EXPERIENCING CRACKED OR FRACTURED WAVE PLATES. THIS CLEARLY IS A FAULTY PART AS IT IS OCCURRING ON MANY VERSIONS OF THIS VEHICLE AND HAS BEEN UPGRADED. I WAS LUCKY IN THAT IT WAS ONLY ME IN THE AUTO AND NOT THE ENTIRE FAMILY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. VERY DANGEROUS.

AFTER TAKING MY VEHICLE TO PHIL MOORE BUICK GMC ON 10/16/2014 AND PAYING $1341.10 FOR REPAIRS AFTER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ON 10/20/2014 AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLOW FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR TO 20 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON10/21/2015, I WAS TOLD THERE WERE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS NEEDED ON THE ENGINE AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $2789.18. BECAUSE REPAIRS HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED ON THE SAME AREA 5 DAYS EARLIER, I CALLED THE GM CORPORATION AND I WAS INFORMED THAT REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER A RECALL AND THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THE RECALL AT THE TIME OF SERVICE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY, CAR DISPLAYS MESSAGE "SERVICE STABILITRACK ENGINE POWER REDUCED". CAR SLOWS DOWN AND SHAKES. TURNING CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN TURNING BACK ON CLEARS ISSUE, HOWEVER, HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS OR FREEWAYS. *JS

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING JERKS AND BUMPS WHEN SHIFTING. PASSENGERS NOTED THERE WAS ISSUES ALSO. LOSES POWER GOING UP HILLS. TOOK IT TO COCHRAN PONTIAC FOR TWO YEARS AND DID NOT CORRECT SITUATION, SINCE THERE WERE NO CODES ON THE COMPUTER EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAD NO POWER AND WAS JERKING. ENGINE LIGHT, ANTILOCK BRAKING, NO REAR SENSORS, AND THE FUEL GAUGE LIGHTS ARE NOW ON AFTER ANOTHER DEALER FIXED TRANSMISSION AND I HAD TO PAY $1,500 AND I SHOULD HAVE NOT PAID ANYTHING. I DID NOT HAVE THESE LIGHTS ON MY DASH BOARD WHEN I WENT TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED AND THE DEALER HAS NOT FIXED THEM. RECENTLY, MY CAR LOST POWER AND DIED ON A BLIND DANGEROUS CURVE AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. I WAS AFRAID TO GET HIT AND FELT MY CAR WAS UNSAFE. WE PUT GAS IN AND WOULD NOT START AND ENGINE WAS HOT. I HAD...

2007 GMC ACADIA...IT HAS 62000 MILES ON IT & JUST IN MARCH WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH A METAL ON METAL SCRAPING SOUND(& YOU COULD FEEL IT WHEN YOU BRAKED) LIKE IT NEEDED NEW BRAKES BUT BRAKE PADS WERE LIKE NEW. AND THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, THEN SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGE, & SERVICE STABILITRACK MESSAGE CAME ON TOO & IT STARTED JERKING WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES LIKE THE ABS BRAKES WERE KICKING IN. SO WE TOOK IT TO ROBINSON'S & THEY TURNED THE ROTARS & ROTATED MY TIRES & WHEN I GOT IT BACK IT RODE LIKE A DUNE BUGGY. TOOK IT BACK & SAID IT NEEDED NEW STRUTS CAUSE "SOMETHING" STAYED IN A LOCKED POSITION OR ANOTHER. SO THEN WE GOT IT BACK & THE SCRUBBING NOISE/FEELING CAME BACK WITH THE BRAKES AGAIN SO THEN THEY FINALLY JUST PUT NEW BRAKES ON IT & SO FAR...

WAVE PLATE BROKE AND TRANSMISSION BEING REBUILT. *TR

I WAS COMING HOME WITH MY FIVE CHILDREN WHEN GETTING CLOSE TO HOME MY TRUCK JUST WOULD NOT GO OVER 10 MPH I WOULD PULL OVER FOR CARS BEHIND ME TO PASS AFTER I TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING BUT IT WOULD DO THE SAME GLAD I WAS CLOSE TO HOME THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR. I GOT HOME SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND TRIED TO TURN BACK ON AND IT WOULDN'T I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WAS A SENSOR AND REPLACED IT AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK KNOW I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS THE MOTOR THAT IS BAD IT IS EMBARRASSING TO HAVE A TRUCK IN YOUR DRIVEWAY THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE AND STILL OWE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF WHAT IT WAS SOLD TO US. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS COMMON ON 2007 BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY...

I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE, GOING DOWN HILL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. MID-WAY DOWN A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE COMPUTER SAYING "ENGINE FAILURE, POWER OFF" AND THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN WITH OUT WARNING. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE GAS THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF. THE STEERING WENT OUT AS WELL AND I HAD TO STAND IN THE SEAT TO USE ALL MY POWER TO TURN THE WHEEL. PREVIOUS TO THIS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD NOT BEEN ON, NO ADVANCE WARNING OF THIS. I HAD BOTH OF MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. LUCKILY THERE WAS A BP GAS STATION WITH GARAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, I WAS ABLE TO COAST THE CAR INTO THE GAS STATION WHERE THEY RAN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRED MY CAR AND RESET THE SENSORS. NINE MONTHS LATER I WAS DRIVING WITH BOTH...

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, IN THE MIDDLE OF TUNNEL TRUCK TURN ON CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, IN PANEL " REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND REDUCED THE VELOCITY BY ITSELF TO 10MPH. I TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN , STARTED RUNNING BUT IN LESS THAN 1 MINUTE RUNNING, DID THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AROUND 5:05PM ON THE 5 NORTH FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND I FELT A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IN MY ACCELERATION. AS I STEPPED ON THE GAS MORE TO KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, THE RPM NEEDLE JUMPED UP TO BETWEEN 4 AND 6 ON MY GAUGE, BUT MY VEHICLE WASN'T GOING ANY FASTER SO I HAD TO STEER TO THE RIGHT TO GET TO THE EXIT. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO EXIT WITHOUT ALMOST GETTING REAR ENDED BUT I HAD NO CHOICE AS MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 40MPH. AFTER GETTING IT CHECKED AT THE NEAREST SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A STUCK SOLENOID. AFTER I GOT THAT FIXED, 4 MONTHS LATER, SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THEY WILL HAVE TO REBUILD MY...

WHEN BEGINNING TO DRIVE OUR VEHICLE FROM CHURCH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT, AND SPEED WOULD NOT GET ABOVE 30 MPH. WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50K AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE, AND IT IS A TRANSMISSION SAFETY ISSUE. HAD WE BEEN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED, A MAJOR ACCIDENT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE. OTHER SITES HAVE LISTED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEM OCCURRING IN VARIOUS ACADIA'S AS WELL. A RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND GM SHOULD PAY FOR THE FULL REPAIR AS IT IS OVER $4,000. *TR

I'M HAVING CHRONIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I'VE SPENT &2000. SO FAR ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE GMC DEALER HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY TELLING ME I'M HAVING MULTIPLE ISSUES REGARDING THE TOTAL WAVE PLATE OF THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS EFFECTING OTHER AREAS OF THE CARE. NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS A LEMON-MAKE. THAT IT WAS BUILT FAULTY & GMC KNOWS IT. THEY HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS AND REFUSE TO RECALL THIS TRANSMISSION. THIS IS TOTALLY UNFAIR. I STILL OWE 18,000 ON THIS TRUCK. I'M PAYING TWO MORTGAGES AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT HOW I WILL MAKE IT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. THE MAKER OF THIS TRUCK SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAULTS NOT THE CONSUMER. DO TO THIS ISSUE GM ISSUED AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM BUT THE DEALER SHIPS WON'T ENGAGE IN THIS. PLEASE ASSIST ME WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

WENT TO BACK OUT OF MY GARAGE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO. HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. WE HAD NOT BEEN EXPERIENCING ANY ISSUES WITH THE CAR REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION IN THE DAYS BEFORE IT QUIT WORKING. OTHER THAN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON FOR A FEW MIN AND THEN WENT OFF ABOUT 5 MIN LATER ABOUT 2 DAYS BEFORE IT QUIT WORKING. I LOVE THIS CAR BUT DISAPPOINTED THAT OUR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 81,246 MILES.

THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE WATER PUMP, REPLACED IT AND 2 MONTHS LATER OUT WENT THE POWER STEERING PUMP. AT THAT TIME OF REPLACING THE POWER STEERING PUMP THE DEALERSHIP ALSO REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION AND TIMING CHAIN. NOW, IT'S THE TRANSMISSION. GOING ROUNDS WITH GM TO GET THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE IN ITS ENTIRETY. THIS VEHICLE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 63K MILES ON IT! THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE IN EVERY WHICH WAY. I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WILL GO OUT NEXT. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING RELIABLE AND SAFE AND THIS ACADIA HAS BEEN EVERYTHING BUT THAT. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. LET THE GAME BEGIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT I FEEL IS SO UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE. I AM A HARD WORKING WOMAN WHO DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 13 YEARS AND HAD NONE OF THE ISSUES THAT...

CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. AFTER AWHILE IT STARTED BACK UP BUT IT WOULD ONLY GO ON FIRST GEAR SO I COULD GO MORE THAN 20MPH. THEN WHEN I WENT HOME, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE REVERSE DID NOT WORK. I HAVE READ ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 2007 ACADIAS. I HOPE THESE CARS GET RECALLED BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY AS I WAS WERE THERE WEREN'T ANY CARS AROUND OR IN THE INTERSTATE. *TR

OUR CAR WAS SERVICED BY JIM SALERNO GMC IN RANDOLPH,NJ ON 5/4/13. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS INSTALLED BY SALERNO IN 2011 BUT WE WERE TOLD TRANS IS OK, THE TIMING CHAINS NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE GET THE JOB DONE WHICH REQUIRES THEM TO TAKE THE ENGINE OUT OF THE CAR. WE GET THE CAR BACK FROM THEM AND IT IS IDLING VERY LOW TO THE POINT IT STALLED ONCE WHEN MY WIFE STOPPED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR TO GET OUR MAIL. AND WE NOTICED IT DIDN'T START UP THE SAME AS BEFORE (SLOWER) BUT WE DIDN'T MENTION THIS TO SALERNO BECAUSE WE TRUSTED THEM IN DOING THE JOB RIGHT (BIG MISTAKE!) FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, MY WIFE DOES SOME LOCAL DRIVING WITH THE CAR UNTIL 6/22/13 WHEN WE (MY WIFE AND I AND OUR TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND OUR...

VEHICLE IS HARD SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. HAD SERVICED WITH NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID ON 7/2/13. ON 7/5/13 VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT AT ALL WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY ON OUR WAY TO FAMILY VACATION TO HILTON HEAD SC. IT WAS TOWED TO PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC WHERE TRANSMISSION WAS DISASSEMBLED WITH PARTS REPLACED AND REBUILT. UPON DEPARTURE OF PICKUP VEHICLE IS STILL SHIFTING HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR (AROUND 20-25MPH) AND WE HOPE TO MAKE BACK HOME TO OHIO SAFELY. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE IS COMMON IN GMC ACADIAS. ISSUES NEEDS ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED FOR SAFETY! I WILL BE RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO CHEVY DEALER WHEN WE RETURN HOME FOR FURTHER SERVICE. WE HAVE ALREADY PAID THE WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE AND HOPE TO NOT INCUR MORE EXPENSES! *TR

ON MONDAY, WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR, I STARTED NOTICING THAT THE CAR WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY. I DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. THEN ON THE WED OF THAT WEEK AS I WAS DRIVING IN A MAJOR CITY DOWNTOWN AREA FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON... I WAS AT A STOP TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPM'S REVVED. STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO 1 TO 2 MILES AN HOUR THEN SPEED UP ... DEALER SAID THAT THERE WERE "MANY PARTS IN THE PAN" AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. $3600 PLUS TAX OR HAVE IT REBUILT $3300 PLUS TAX. CALLED GM AFTER READING THE VARIOUS POST ON EDMUNDS ABOUT THE ACADIA PROBLEMS. THEY WERE VERY NICE AND OPENED A CLAIM BUT AS OF YET, NO ONE EVER CALLED ME BACK. WHEN THEY OPENED THE CLAIM THEY SAID SOMEONE...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY FACTORY ISSUED WAVE PLATE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL AS GM APPEARS TO BE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN MOST EARLY YEAR MODEL ACADIAS. THE PRICE TAG ALONE IS $4,000+... NOT TO MENTION A RENTAL CAR AND MAKING PAYMENTS ON AN UNDRIVABLE VEHICLE WHILE IT SITS FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG SINCE THE TRANSMISSION IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER BECAUSE ITS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE, ENGINE JUST REVS AND RPMS INCREASE TO 5000+ WHEN ATTAMPTING TO CHANGE FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THANKFULLY, I WAS ON A ROAD LESS TRAVELED AND DID NOT GET SMASHED IN THE BACK WITH MY SON IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE HIGHWAY. WHAT A SAFETY HAZARD! *TR

ENGINE LIGHT ON VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR - HAPPENED THREE TIMES HAD TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO NOT GET HIT FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND 5 YEAR OLD WAS ALSO IN CAR WITH ME. HAD TO SHUT OFF THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET STARTED AGAIN AND FOR IT TO FINALLY SHIFT INTO GEARS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE VALVE. ON 4/1/13 CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE ON INCLINE. HAD TO DRIVE FORWARD AND REVERSE ON FLAT AREA, DEALER NOW SAYS THEY FOUND BROKEN WAVE PLATE AND BURNED 3-5 REVERSE CLUTCH. ALSO FOUND INTERNAL DEFECT PARK OF VALVE BODY. CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 55 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. SAW OTHER ISSUES ON THIS DATABASE ALL WITH BROKEN WAVE PLATES ON 07 ACADIAS. PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED. *TR

VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 50,000 MILES BUT A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEM SHIFTING GEAR. RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND A LOT OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OUT THERE BUT GM IS REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND MAKING OWNERS PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

MANUFACTURER DEFECT TO TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE DRIVING ON I-79 4 HOURS FROM HOME, WHILE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 60-65MPH, HAD TO PUSH CAR OUT OF ROAD, TOWED CAR TO A DEALERSHIP THAT WE DID NOT KNOW, WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY GONE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A REPLACEMENT COST OF $3600. HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET BACK HOME IN WHICH COST $275.00, WENT LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER FOUND OVER 90 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON EDMUNDS.COM. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AFTER 58,000 MILES AND 5 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. SO I AM OVER MY WARRANTY BY 5 MONTHS AND AM OUT $3300. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE SEEMS BE AN ABNORMALLY HIGH INCIDENT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THE 2007 GMC ACADIA. SOME BLOGGERS INDICATE THAT THE ACADIA MODELS HAVE BIG ISSUES BEFORE THE 2010 MODEL. IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC ISSUE THAT GMC NEEDS TO ADDRESS OR AM I JUST UNLUCKY? *TR

BASICALLY BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS THE 4TH MAJOR THING I'VE HAD MY ACADIA IN THE SHOP FOR. THIS REPAIR OF A REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS COSTING ME 3500.00 OUT OF MY POCKET. SUPPOSEDLY THE GM CUSTOMER REP DOES NOT THINK THERE IS ANYTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME BECAUSE MY CAR IS 5 YEARS OLD AND 131000 MILES.. THAT IS JUST BS!!!!! I SPENT 40,000.00 ON THIS CAR TO DRIVE IT LONGER THAN THIS AND FOR ALL THE THINGS TO START NICKEL AND DIMMING ME IS RIDICULOUS. THE MECHANIC AT THE GM CERTIFIED GARAGE TOLD ME THAT GM USED A PRT IN THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 07-10 MODELS OF THE ACADIA THAT COST THEM 1.69 AND THAT THEY KNOW THEY SHOULD HAVE USED A PART THAT COST THEM 39.00, SO THIS IS THE PART THAT IS BREAKING IN THE TRANSMISSIONS AND MAKING THEM JUNK AND HAVING TO BE REBUILT OR...

MY TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED AT 131,000 MILES AND A COST OF OVER $3400.00 OUT OF MY POCKET. WELL HERE I AM AGAIN... THIS IS THE THIRD MAJOR THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY 2007 ACADIA.. I HAD TO HAVE ALL NEW TIMING CHAINS PUT ON 103,000 MILES, HAD TO HAVE MY SERVICE TIRE SENSOR FIXED AT 112,000 MILES, I HAVE DONE ALL THE RE-CALLS FOR THE SUN-ROOF LEAK, THE HEATED WINDSHIELD FLUID, AND WHATEVER ELSE HS BEEN RE-CALLED ON THIS VEHICLE!!! MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR JUST STOPPED AND THEN HE COULD ONLY GET IT TO GO 30 MPH. HE IS LUCKY HE WAS NOT REAR ENDED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, IT WILL NOT GO OVER 30 MPH AND REVERSE. I SPOKE WITH THE HEAD MECHANIC AT THE GM GARAGE THAT IS...

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED SKIPPING/CATCHING WHILE ACCELERATING AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO CREEP UP. I ENTERED A LEFT TURN LANE IN ORDER TO PULL OVER. WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO MAKE IT INTO THE PARKING LOT. WARNING BELLS STARTED GOING OFF "SHUT OFF ENGINE" "SHUT OFF A/C" "ENGING OVERHEAT" AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. I HAD PICKED UP ENOUGH MOMENTUM AS I HAD BEGUN MY TURN BUT IT WAS STILL LITERALLY A COAST INTO THE PARKING LOT, NARROWLY AVOIDING A T-BONE SITUATION WITH AN ONCOMING MINI VAN. IT WAS SO CLOSE THE MINI-VAN LAID ON THE HORN AND SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES. I COASTED INTO THE PARKING LOT BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT INTO A SPOT. I TOOK OUT MY KEYS AND OPENED MY DOOR TO GET OUT. THE ALARMS CONTINUED EVEN WITHOUT KEYS IN IT. THERE WAS ANTIFREEZE POURING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE...

03/01/2008 - 16,000 I WASN'T ABLE TO STEER, POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 12/01/2008 - 32,000 - MISFIRE IN THE 2 ENGINE CYLINDERS AND WAS MAKING LOT OF NOISE, DEALER TOOK 5 WEEKS TO FIX THE PROBLEM 06/01/2009 - 41,000 ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE MAKING NOISE AT START, HAD TO MAKE MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALER 06/01/2011 - 66,000 WATER PUMP LEAKING 03/01/2012 - 72,000 BRAKE CONTROL FAILURE 06/29/2012 - 76,000 BROKEN WAVE PLATES, EVAPORATER SOLENOID, AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE MOST OF THESE ISSUES ARE VERY COMMON IN THIS MODEL, GMC NEED TO RECALL AND FIX ONCE FOR ALL RATHER THAN WAITING ON THE ISSUE TO HAPPEN ON EACH VEHICLE. *JS