2008 GMC ACADIA Power Train Problems

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 2AM AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY USED ACADIA AFTER I BOUGHT IT ONLY A WEEK BEFORE. I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND COUNTLESS OTHER 2008 ACADIA OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AND POSSIBLY RECALLED. I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS UNRELIABLE FOR THEM. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO MY KIDS SCHOOL WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR WITH ME, WHEN I EASED OVER A SPEED BUMP I APPLIED GAS AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AT THE TIME. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND MY SON AND I TRIED TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SIDE BUT COULD NOT. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. I PUT CAR IN PARK THEN TRIED DRIVE AND REVERSE EVEN LOW BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. A NICE MAN STOPPED AND HELPED PUSH CAR OUT OF ROAD. MY CAR IS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. WE WAITED FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE. IT HAS 81,487 MILES ON IT. I AM TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS CRAP. I AM SHOCKED AND UPSET. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I...

STARTED FROM A RED LIGHT, CAR DROPPED IN GEAR AND JOLTED. TACH REVVED UP TO 3000+. FINALLY CAUGHT A GEAR AND SLOWLY MADE MY WAY OFF THE ROAD. PARKED AND WAITED FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO COME TOW MY CAR. REVERSE AND 3RD GEAR DEFINITELY OUT. BY LOOKING AT THE OTHER THREADS, SEEMS TO BE THE OMINOUS 35R WAVEPLATE. NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION NOW. LUCKILY I CAN DO THE LABOR MYSELF AND SAVE SOME MONEY. I'M ASTOUNDED HOW ANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INJURIES YET THOUGH SO I DOUBT THIS WILL BECOME PART OF THE NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF RECALLS GM IS SENDING OUT. *TR

TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. MOST OF MY MILEAGE IS IN-TOWN DRIVING AND HAVE UNDER 64,000 MILES. I HAVE HEARD OF MANY GMC ACADIA'S 2007-2009 HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *JS

I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE TRUCK DID NOT RESPOND. I THOUGHT SOME HOW THAT IT SLIPPED IN NEUTRAL BUT WHEN I LOOKED IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE. AFTER THAT HAPPENED THE TRUCK WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. I GOT HOME AND WENT TO PARK AND HAD NO REVERSE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

I PULLED OUT TO MERGER WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC AND MY 2008 GMC ACADIA TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T HAVE A CRASH WAS BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK ON THE MERGE LANE. NO WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DASH. I MY CAR WAS TOWED . WHEN I CALLED A REPAIR SHOP (GM DEALER WAS BOOKED WITH RECALLS) AND TOLD THEM I HAD A 2008 GMC ACADIA I WAS TOLD THEY HAD 4 OTHERS AND THIS WAS ONLY TUESDAY ! MY ISSUE IS THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE (3,5,R WAVE PLATE) FOR YEARS AND NOT SENT OUT ANY ALERTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE . IF I HAD BEEN HIT I AM NOT SURE ANYONE WOULD HAVE GUESS WHY I PULLED OUT IN TRAFFIC AND JUST STOP. THE OWNER OF THE SHOP SAID HE HAS CALLED GM AND ASK THEM TO SEND OUT SOMETHING...

THE CAR TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE REVVED TO 5000 RPMS. I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 91 IN SPRINGFIELD , MASS. I HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO MANUAL AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET THE CAR INTO GEAR. THE CAR REDUCED SPEED AND IT WAS VERY SCARY. I HAD MY SON AS A PASSENGER IN THE CAR. THE GM DEALER TOLD ME THE "WAVE PLATE CRACKED" ON THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

OUR 08 ACADIA HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. THE LATEST ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT WHILE ON A FAMILY VACATION GOING 65MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE STABILITY TRACK LIGHTS START LIGHTING, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPS WORKING. WE GET THE CAR PULLED OVER, SHUT IT OFF, TURN IT BACK ON AND IT RESETS ITSELF. IT STARTS GOING, BUT THEN GOES BACK OUT AGAIN. WE'VE HAD TOWED IT TO OUR FINAL DESTINATION. WE ARE NOW MORE THAN $4500 OUT OF POCKET AND RUINED OUR FAMILY TRIP, WE COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. A TRANSMISSION SHOULDN'T GO OUT WITH ONLY 72K MILES. WE SEE THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GMC ACADIA AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY GMC. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING ISSUES. MANY FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD THESE...

THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN HARD SHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 4TH FOR ABOUT 200 MILES. AT 25 MPH WHILE TURNING THROUGH A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION THE ENGINE REVVED SHIFTED THROUGH WHAT FELT LIKE EVERY GEAR, THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION POWER; GOING FROM 25 MPH TO 10MPH. PARKED THE VEHICLE. RESTARTED TO FIND THAT ONLY FIRST AND SECOND GEARS WORKED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DURING THE 200 PREVIOUS MILES OF CONCERN; I HAD HEARD A FAINT WHINE DURING ACCELERATION. THE FIRST TIME ANY TROUBLE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BEHIND A SCHOOL BUS LOADING AND WHILE I APPLIED THE BRAKE (STILL COMPLETELY STOPPED) THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, NOT WANTING TO REAR END THE SCHOOL BUS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING WHEN I GOT OUT. A FEW MINUTES LATER I GOT BACK IN AND PUT IT IN DRIVE AND WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD NO GEARS AT ALL. I EVENTUALLY GOT IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT 4 MONTHS EARLIER. THEY SAID THE 3-4 REVERSE WAVE PLATE FAILED AND FILLED THE TRANSMISSION WITH DEBRIS. HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COST ABOUT $4200. *TR

MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS 5-25-2014- TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE BROKE. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THESE PLATES WERE NOT STRESS RELIEVED ON THE 2008S. 02-2014 WATER PUMP CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, THIS CAUSED A TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN SHOP, ALL REPAIR PAPERWORK IS IN THE VEHICLE. I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS OF THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS DAYS AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE. *TR

SO THE WINDOW SWITCHES DON"T WORK, WHEN I'M TRYING TO OPEN THE WINDOW IT WILL OPEN BUT THEN IT WON'T CLOSE BACK, THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES SQUEAKING NOISES AND MOST IMPORTANT THE MOST COSTLY THING TO REPAIR WAS THE TRANSMISSION. WE PURCHASED THE CAR USED WITH 53,000 MILES ON AND AFTER DRIVING ANOTHER 20,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BROKE I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY PACKET ABOUT 4,000 DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND WHEN IT COMES FOR SAFETY IM NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD KEEP THE VEHICLE. WHEN I'M READING ALL THOSE RECALL ISSUES I'M GETTING WORRIED ABOUT MY KIDS SAFETY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE, SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER, RACK AND PINION AND THE WAVE PLATE FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION, BRAKE BOOSTER, AND THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

WE BOUGHT OUR 2008 GMC ACADIA IN JANUARY 2008. THE BATTERY DIED IN JULY 2008 WHILE VACATIONING IN CANADA LEAVING US STRANDED. AFTER IT WENT DEAD SEVERAL MORE TIMES THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT. THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN 2010 AND WE HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE AC RECHARGED TWICE SINCE. IN JULY 2013 WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WHEN IT STOPPED SHIFTING INTO GEAR. OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN JANUARY OF THAT YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID GET GM TO PAY HALF BUT IT STILL COST US ALMOST $2,000.00. NOW IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN AS IT LOST POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS. WE ARE HAVING IT REPAIRED AT AN ESTIMATE OF NEARLY $1,800.00 MORE. THIS VEHICLE COST ABOUT $36,000.00 IN 2008. SINCE THEN WE HAVE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO KEEP IT ON...

BOUGHT THIS LIFE ALTERING MESS OF A VEHICLE IN JUNE 2013 WITH 77K MILES. SINCE THAT TIME A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ISSUES HAVE AROSE AND COST ME FOR THAN JUST MONEY. WINDSHIELD WIPER QUIT WORKING AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED (I NOW SEE THAT WAS A RECALL) CONSTANT ELECTRIC ISSUES IN USING BEEPING, LIGHTING UP AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES, NOT REGISTERING A GROWN ADULT IN PASSENGER SEAT. ALSO, LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. GM DID COVER THAT CHARGE WHICH WAS NO HELP WITH THE REAR END THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $3000. TRANSMISSION STILL (BEFORE LEAK "FIXED") AND AFTER WILL READ IDLE TRANSMISSION HOT AT MANY TIMES. LEAKING WATER WHEN WE RECEIVE HEAVY RAINS. LEAKING COMES FROM DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG "LABEL") I HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY STRAPPED BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE I HAD WORKED AND SAVED SO HARD FOR JUST TRYING TO KEEP MY JOB! I NEED MY VEHICLE...

I WAS PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION FROM A STOP SIGN AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE NO LONGER MOVED FORWARD WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. ENGINE WAS RUNNING, SO I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED IT OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TURNS OUT TRANSMISSION DIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT THE WAVE PLATE FAILED. *TR

VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR SMOOTHLY. GEARS WITHIN TRANSMISSION BROKEN. GMC REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT AT 52,086 MILES THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING DOWN. *TR

I JUST HAD THE CLUTCH WAVE PLATE BREAK INTO PIECES INSIDE MY TRANSMISSION CAUSING US TO ALMOST GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AS MY KIDS AND I WERE GETTING ON THE FREEWAY. WE LOST OUR GEARS AND HAD TO BE TOWED. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A MORE THAN COMMON ISSUE WITH THE ACADIA AT THIS MILEAGE. IF THIS IS SUCH A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WHY DOES GM NOT FIX THIS ISSUE? *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THIRD GEAR. I AM TOLD THAT A WAVE PLATE HAS FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, COST $3000+. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE @ 67070 MILES. 35R WAVE PLATE. GMC DEALER SERVICE REP. SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. PERSONALLY TALKED TO DEALER MECHANIC, AND HE STATES THAT HE HAS REPLACE A NUMBER OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS FOR WAVE PLATE FAILURE. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM AND GM DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO LIE TO ME RIGHT OFF THE BAT, TAKES THE CAKE. NO MORE GM PRODUCTS FOR ME, EVER..... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,700.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 06.19.14

TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE ISSUES....THE CAR SHIFTS INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AND ABOUT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND IT IS A TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE THAT NEEDS REPLACED. GOING TO COST US AROUND $4000. JUST SPENT 1000 DOLLARS TO FIX THE POWER SEATS THAT QUIT WORKING ALSO. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN IS GOING OUT ON IT FOR THE 3RD TIME. THIS LAST TIME THERE WAS SNOW ON THE ROAD AND WHEN IT KICKS DOWN BECAUSE OF THE WAVE PLATE FAILING AGAIN THIS TIME I WAS GOING AROUND A CORNER AND IT KICKED DOWN AND MADE ME SLIDE OFF THE ROAD I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND ALMOST HITTING THE GUARD RAIL

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON TURNPIKE. CAUSING FAMILY TO MISS A FAMILY MEMBERS COLLEGE GRADUATION. CAR WAS STUCK ON SIDE OF TURNPIKE FOR 3 HOURS WITH LITTLE KIDS IN CAR WHILE HIGH SPEED VEHICLES DRIVE BY. WHEN I TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIR THEY HAD IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH ANOTHER ACADIA. THIS CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE FOR FAMILIES. *TR

I PURCHASED THE GMC ACADIA FROM A DEALERSHIP IN KAISERSLAUTERN GERMANY IN MAY 2012. BY APRIL 2013 THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. AT FIRST THE SUV WOULD JUMP GEARS 6-3 SOMETIMES 6-1 WHILE MOVING AT SPEEDS HIGHER THAN 35 MPH. I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE RESULT OF SUCH SUDDEN SHIFTING COULD HAVE CAUSED WHIPLASH AND DID CAUSE FEAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AUTO SCHNEIDER IN WEIDEN GERMANY WHO IDENTIFIED THE SPEED SENSOR AS THE PROBLEM VIA THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED THE PART. BY 10 MAY 2013 THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY IMMOBILE. I CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND OVER 1000 ENTRIES SPECIFYING THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AROUND 70000 MILES, AND SOMETIMES TWICE, WITH GMC COVERING 0 COSTS. AS A US SERVICE MEMBER I BELIEVE THAT THE NHTSA SHOULD MONITOR COMPLAINTS ON OTHER SITES AND INVESTIGATE POOR MECHANICS ESPECIALLY WHEN TAX DOLLARS WERE USED TO...

MY GMC ACADIA HAD THE TRANSMISSION FAIL AND IT WILL COST ME $4000 TO PUT A NEW ONE IN. I AM FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE IN THE ACADIA AT FAIRLY LOW MILAGE.

WHILE DRIVING CAR BUCKED AND SHIFTED IRREGULARLY, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, NO POWER, NO REVERSE. *TR

MY 2008 ACADIA TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I EXITED A HIGHWAY (70 MPH) AND WAS GOING UP THE EXIT RAMP. IT BEGAN BUCKING LIKE A HORSE. ONCE I PULLED OVER AND PARKED, I COULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND A NEW TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE PUT IN IT AFTER ONLY 56K MILES. ALSO HAVE HAD THE SUNROOF / MOON ROOF TRAYS OVERFLOW BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE TUBES ARE NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO DRAIN ALL THE WATER FROM THE TRAYS. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS A POOR DESIGN AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO REPLACE IT. NOW WATER HAS ENTERED MY VEHICLE CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL BOX TO BECOME WET CAUSING THE HORN TO BLOW RANDOMLY AND THE CAR TO CONTINUE RUNNING AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND REMOVING THE KEY. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING A BUSY HIGHWAY GOING UPHILL, MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HAVE WHAT FELT LIKE SLIPPING CLUTCH ISSUES, AND FINALLY FAILED - LEAVING ME STRANDED ON A VERY BUSY STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 80 EAST BOUND. IT WAS VERY SCARY TO BE JUST BARELY OFF THE ROADWAY (WAS LUCKY TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY OFF THE ROAD) WITH HUGE TRUCKS WHIZZING BY. I HAVE HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND THE CLUTCH WAVEPLATES ON THESE ACADIA GMCS HAVE A WELL KNOWN AND COMMON FAILURE ISSUE. A $3500 BILL IS NOT WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO REALLY HURT. THIS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED ON A BUSY FREEWAY. THE PROBLEM IS THERE WAS NOT MUCH WARNING OF AN EMINENT FAILURE BEFORE IT BASICALLY LEFT ME DEAD IN THE WATER - I WAS JUST FORTUNATE THIS TIME THAT I WAS TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT LANE. IF I...

DRIVING THE VEHICLE THAT HAD 7 PEOPLE. I TURNED ONTO A STREET IN TOWN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. SO I TURNED TO HEAD TO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT. STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND AGAIN THE VEHICLE SHOOK FROM A TAKE OFF. DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT INTO THE DRIVEWAY BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY INTERSECTION AND WE HAD TO PUSH IT INTO THE PARKING LOT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CLUTCH HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 5/27/14*CN

TRANSMISSION ORIGINALLY STARTED SKIPPING AROUND 75,900 MILES. AT 100,000 MILES STARTED SYSTEM ALERT OF " TRANSMISSION RUNNING HOT, IDLE TO COOL DOWN". TRANSMISSION SERVICED ON 11/11/13. TRANSMISSION DRAINED AND REFILLED BY GMC DEALER IN EL PASO, TX. RAN OK UNTIL 2/06/14. IN GMC REPAIR SHOP IN RICHMOND,CA . TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED! $4000.00 REPAIR. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO INCREASE SPEED DESPITE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.- LL

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED THE GMC DEALER SAID IT WAS PURGE VALVE AND MAY BE MY TIMING CHAIN BELT! AND MY MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING INTO MY BOOSTER, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A SENSOR FOR THE TIRE AND SERVICE THE TRACK/STABILITRAK! SERVICES CAME TO $1000 NOW COME 2 MONTHS LATER TO JAN 2014 ENGINE LIGHT IS ON SERVICE STABILITRAK IS ON TAKE IT BACK, MY TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACED@ 74000 MILES WHICH IS ABOUT A $2000 JOB AND MY TRANSMISSION PLATELETS NEED CHANGED! TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING WE CALLED GM AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO AS I WAS INFORMED THESE ARE "COMMAND PROBLEMS " IN THESE VEHICLES!! WHAT!! I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN SOLD A LEMON AND NO ONE ARE GM CARES BECAUSE THESE ARE COMMAND PROBLEMS FOR THEM! NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A GM AND I'M CONFUSED ON HOW...

WIFE DRIVING ALONG AND TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT. CAR IS VARY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. IN 5 YEARS AND TEN MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE THE TRANNY GOES? CAR ONLY HAS 49000 MILES, AND APPARENTLY THERE IS A NONE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANNY. VEHICLE REPAIRS COST 4000, COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. CODE ON VEHICLE WASP0776.00, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER COMPLAINT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS CAR TO ANYONE. MY FATHER IS A GM EMPLOYEE AND HE IS DISGUSTED WITH THIS. *TR

WARNING INDICATORS TURN ON FOR THE SYSTEM BRAKING COMPONENTS SUCH AS ABS BRAKE FAILURE, TRACTION CONTROL AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ACCELERATING BETWEEN 35 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. ENGINE POWER DECREASE AND THE CAR SPEED AND POWER IS DECREASED WITH THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WARNING. THE CAR WOULD JUST STOP AT THIS POINT. I CONTACTED ONSTAR EACH TIME THIS ISSUE OCCURRED TO A DIAGNOSTIC SCAN AND EACH REPORT INDICATED THAT SAME WARNING REPORTED ON THE CONSOLE. AFTER 10 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WOULD RE-START AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT. THIS ISSUE HAS RE-OCCURRED WITHIN 2 YEARS AND THE GMC SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BUT DURING THE LATEST INCIDENT THE MECHANIC HAD RULED THE ISSUE AS LOW BRAKE FLUID. I'VE INVESTIGATED THIS ISSUE ONLINE ON VARIOUS BLOG FORUMS FOR THE GMC ACADIA WITH THE SAME DESCRIPTION OF BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE AND OTHERS REPORT...

TRANSMISSION STARTED FAILING AND FINALLY WENT OUT AT 108,000 MILES, SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. GM DEALER REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE LABOR COST US SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. NOW AT 170,000 MILES, THIS REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION IS NOW GOING OUT. IT STICKS IN LOW SPEED AND THEN OVERHEATS DRIVING 65MPH IN 40DEG WEATHER. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT A STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN HAS TO BE FIXED FIRST, BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION, AT A COST OF $1944. THEY ALSO SAID THE ON BOARD COMPUTER DIDN'T STORE THE NUMEROUS OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION EVENTS THAT BEGAN OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED AT 108,000 MILES. THE GM DEALER IS TRYING TO TELL ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS PROBABLY OK AND THAT THE OVERHEATING IS DUE TO SOME OTHER REASON, BUT HE THEN COULDN'T EVEN GUESS AT WHAT THE OTHER REASONS MIGHT BE! THE FLUID LEVEL IS...

AFTER EXITING THE INTERSTATE WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 GMC ACADIA, I STOPPED AT THE END OF EXIT RAMP AND WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE, I LOST POWER AND UNABLE TO REACH POSTED SPEED LIMITS. THE CAR LOST POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GMC DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE 3-5 WAVE PLATE FAILED AND CAUSED FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT NO SIGNS OF OPERATOR ABUSE WERE OBSERVED AND IT APPEARED THAT THE WAVE PLATE FAILED ON ITS OWN. THE COSTS OF REPAIR WAS APPROX. $4700 SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT WARRANTY BY 8 MONTHS AND HAD 60,400 MILES. I HAVE CALLED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAITING FOR RESOLUTION ON MY CLAIM THAT MY COSTS TO REPAIR SHOULD BE MITIGATED SINCE IT APPEARS THAT THE WAVE PLATE FAILURE WAS A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE STABILITRAC AND SEVERAL OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY 2008 GMC ACADIA MY FIRST PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAVING TO BE REPLACED. WHICH JUST BARELY WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY I HAD AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE USED SINCE THAT FIRST INCIDENT I HAVE HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS. MY ENGINE WILL STAY RUNNING AFTER THE KEY IS TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION AND THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION THE CAR CONTINUES TO STAY RUNNING THE ENGINE DOES THAT IS ALL OTHER LIGHTS GO OFF NO RADIO OR AC STAY ON. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP DIFFERENT TIMES NO ONE CAN CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE ISSUE. I AM NOW WATCHING THE TOW TRUCK HOOK MY CAR UP TO BE TAKEN TO THE GMC DEALER WHICH IS GOING TO COST MORE THAN I AM SURE I CAN AFFORD TO PAY AS A SINGLE MOTHER TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. SO...

I HAD STARTED NOTICING SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION, THIS PRIMARILY OCCURRED WHEN REVERSING AND THEN WHEN TRYING TO GAIN SPEED LIKE ON THE ON RAMP TRYING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT LOOKED IT WITH OUR LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PRECEDED TO TELL ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND TO BRING IT BACK IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THAT WAY THEY COULD HOOK IT UP AND GET THE CODE. I HAD AN UPCOMING TRIP OUT OF STATE AND PRAYED THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE IT AND IT DID. I CONTINUED TO NOTICE THE SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION AND APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN, GOING ABOUT 35 MPH AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON. I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND DROPPED MY DAUGHTER AT DAYCARE, GOT BACK IN THE CAR TO LEAVE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE...

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. I WOULD PULL OUT ONTO A STREET AND IT WOULD SLIP AND I ALMOST GOT HIS BY A CAR. I TOOK IT IN REPEATEDLY TO DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE AND AFTER REPEATEDLY TAKING IT BACK AND THEM KEEPING IT FOR A MONTH THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. REPEATED STEERING ISSUES. I TOOK IT IN CONSTANTLY AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG BUT AFTER LOOKING AT IT MYSELF I FOUND MELTED BUSHING AND AFTER BEING TOLD ALL THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED ALREADY. STEERING PROBLEMS FROM DAY 1. 4 TIMES OF HAVING POWER STEERING REPLACED AND STEERING COLUMN AND EVERY TIME I GOT THE VEHICLE BACK THE VIBRATION WAS WORSE, TODAY I FOUND THE PROBLEM ON MY OWN. THE RACK AND PINION HAS A MAJOR LEAK. NOT SURE HOW REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T SEE THIS. MY STEERING ALSO LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING ALMOST HIT A...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE. ONLY TO FIND OUT THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MULTIPLE ACADIAS WITH THIS FEW MILES TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AND LEAVE US STRANDED MILES FROM HOME. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOW FINDING OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN BUT NOONE BOTHERED TO TELL US ABOUT IT OR WARN US THAT THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM. AND OF COURSE OUR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED BECAUSE WE HAVE OWNED IT 5 YEARS AND HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR VEHICLE HAVING THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES AND TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED ROUTINELY AND YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AND IT LOOKS BRAND NEW.. BUT NOW WE ARE OUT $4000.00 + WHICH SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WITH THIS VEHICLE.. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND ANGRY THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD MY HUSBAND NOT BEEN THE ONE...

I WAS MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY WHEN THE RPM'S ON MY VEHICLE WENT TO 5 (OR ABOVE) AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED INTO GEAR. AFTER THAT HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 45MPHS. EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE GEARS AFTER THIS THE RPMS WOULD CLIMB BEFORE CHANGING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS ADVISED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION WAVE PLATE FAILURE A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY NOW I AM STUCK WITH REPAIRING IT WHEN IT IS A KNOWN PART DEFECT. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT WHILE DRIVING. GMC AWARE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK. WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM BECAUSE MY 5YEAR 100,000 MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN AUGUST. DEALER WHERE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT WILL NOT HELP NOR GMC IS HELPING. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS IS USA, I WANT JUSTICE!!!! CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THIS FIXED. TRUCK NEEDED TO TAKE MY SON TO SCHOOL AND FOR WORK, CHURCH. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN DISRUPTED. THEY USE TAX DOLLARS TO BAIL OUT AUTO MAKERS. BUT THE AUTO MAKERS (GMC) WILL NOT HONOR THE CUSTOMER. *TR

ON THE FREEWAY, POWER WENT OUT. CAR WAS TOWED . TRANSMISSION WAS OUT AND WAS REPLACED. *TR

PURCHASED 2008 ACADIA IN MARCH 2012. EIGHT (8) MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE WHILE DRIVING WITH INFANT SON IN VEHICLE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR LIGHTS THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. LUCKILY, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DIDN'T OCCUR. THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CAUSE WAS A BROKEN 3-5 WAVEPLATE, THE TRANSMISSION HAD HEAT DAMAGE, AND MATERIAL THROUGHOUT. OUR LOCAL GMC DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT REMOVED, TORN DOWN, AND OVERHAULED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS SERVICE WAS COVERED UNDER A 5 YEAR 100,000MI WARRANTY. IT HAS BEEN 1 YEAR AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLOW TO CHANGE GEARS AND SHAKING RUMBLING AT 20MPH AND 40MPH. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER THEY WERE UNABLE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR 4 DAYS, THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDS $4,900.00 OF WORK. THE CAUSE OF THE SHAKE AND RUMBLE DURING ACCELERATION IS THE FAILURE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER ($2,000). THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED...

STARTED CAR AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. NO ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION PRIOR TO THIS. MECHANIC SAYS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD MY WARRANTY EXPIRED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. NOW I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THE ACADIA. *TR