2009 GMC ACADIA Power Train Problems

The stabilizer/traction control keeps going off and it will stay off.i can turn,hit a bump or start it up and the traction control/stabilizer system is off.i almost had a accident on the freeway in the rain because it turned off out of nowhere and I almost lost control. Also I was going down the road and all of a sudden my vehicle died and I had little control over vehicle. Once it came to stop it would not start again and when attempting it sounded like something was stuck in my fan or something because of the way it rattled and sounded and was rough sounding. Vehicle was inoperable and had to be towed. Upon investigating it was the timing chain kit that had failed suddenly for no apparent reason. Vehicle was well maintained and kept accordance with running policies and practices required and suggested by manufacturer. Still the failing...

The stabilizer/traction control keeps going off and it will stay off.i can turn,hit a bump or start it up and the traction control/stabilizer system is off.i almost had a accident on the freeway in the rain because it turned off out of nowhere and I almost lost control

The wire harness corroded , and it caused everything in my car to stop working my back passenger window won’t go down , my back driver side cannot be put up or down from the back , my airbag light is now on and now my car will not shift while driving to allow me to drive it over 30mph .. I’ve paid the dealer almost $1400 to fix wiring. I’ve owned the car exactly a year now

THE VEHICLE STARTED GIVING US PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS (25 - 30 MPH) THE MOTOR WILL START TO SHUTTER OR JUMP AROUND. AFTER TAKING IT OT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WE FOUND THAT THE ISSUE IS A THE TIMING CHAIN. I ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM BETWEEN 120,000 AND 200,000 MILES. GM ONLY OFFERED AN EXTENSION UP TO 120,000 MILES. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR THAT WE CAN NOT AFFORD. GM KNOWS THIS IS A CONTINOUS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR IT. I AM GETTING A P0007 CODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME! I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL GM CUSTOMER FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. MOST RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING LEAVING THEM FOR ANOTHER MANUFACTURER SINCE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME BEING SCREWED OVER BY THEM IN THE PAST 3 - 4 YEARS.

THERE WAS A RECALL AT ONE TIME FOR THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE ABOUT IT POPPING OFF, I AM NOW HAVING IT POP OFF I HAVE NO CLUE HOW LONG IT BEEN THIS WAY SEEING AS IT GOES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING BUT IT HAD BEEN THAT WAY FOR A WHILE YOU CAN JUST LIFT IT OFF. HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT ALMOST EVERY 6 MONTHS ON THE DOT! I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT TWICE WITH NO LOW BEAMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, A LOUD WHINING NOISE OCCURRED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SHIFTER WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO D'ARCY BUICK GMC (2022 ESSINGTON RD, JOLIET, IL 60435, (815) 673-7146) TO BE TEST DRIVEN, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED A FEW YEARS AGO PER BULLETIN NUMBER: 14404A (POWER TRAIN) AT THE SAME DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 95450230066. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45MPH I RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE SHUT OFF ENGINE. OIL WAS FINE SO WE TOOK IT TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THERE ARE NO CODES BEING STORED IN THE SYSTEM. EVERYONE IS GUESSING WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH IT FROM A BAD OIL PUMP OR THE PAN NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. THERE IS A FORUM A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND SPENDING THOUSANDS AND GETTING NOWHERE. SOME HAVE HAD TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW ENGINE INSTALLED. GM SAYS THERE ARE NO BULLETINS AND THEY WILL GIVE ME A 100 $ FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED BY A TECH. JUST TO BE CHECKED IS 250 $ NOT INCLUDING ANY FIXES FOR THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTED OUT OF SECOND INTO FIRST GEAR ON ITS OWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT, WHEN IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE SEIZED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NELSON HALL CHEVROLET (1811 S FRONTAGE RD, MERIDIAN, MS 39301, (601)-621-4324) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 123,499.

I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS DRIVING MY VEHICLE. IT WAS RIDING ROUGH AND MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED, SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND I GOT SPARK PLUGS AND AN OIL CHANGE-STILL WAS RIDING ROUGH. I WENT BACK AND GOT A CAM SHAFT POSITION REPLACED-STILL NOTHING CHANGED. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS AN O2 CENSOR. CHANGED IT AND NOTHING CHANGED. NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG OR WHAT THE NOISE WAS. FINALLY ONE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY BC THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. GOT IT TOWED TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I WAS GETTING QUOTES FOR $2000-$2500. FINALLY ONE PLACE TOLD ME TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. I CALLED GMC. THEY SAID THERE IS A...

TAKARA RECALL WELL MY TRUCK JUST STOP CHANGING GEARS ON SUNDAY NITE 03/24/19 I WAS GETTING OFF ABOUT TO DRIVE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHEN I SAW THE RPM HAND GO UP BUT DIDNT COME BACK DOWN I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG THEN IT DIDN'T CHANGE AT ALL I DROVE 20 ALL WAY HOME WITH MY FLASHERS ON AND ALMOST GOT RAN OVER

DEC 2018 MY ACADIA WAS LEFT AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF WHITMORE CHEVROLET IN WEST POINT VA 23181 FOR A DIAGNOSIS. MY VEHICLE RAN WHEN I LEFT IT THERE. OVER A MONTH LATER INCLUDING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT I GET MY VEHICLE BACK AND IT IS DEAD. I WOULD START MY VEHICLE AND DRIVE AWAY SOMETIME STOPPING SOON OR RANDOMLY ON THE ROAD. IT'S DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN TOO. I NEED MY VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND THE POSSIBLE RECALLS FIXED. I AM WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S UNBEARABLE. I AM A MOTHER OF THREE WONDERFUL SONS AND WE NEED OUR VEHICLE TO RUN PLEASE!!!MY REVIEW IS IN THE PICTURES AS WELL

THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY IN WINTER WHILE IN ND. THE VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. VEHICLE HAS 105,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A GM DEALER THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ACADIA. *DT*JB

I LEASED MY 2009 GMC ACADIA ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO, IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. I BOUGHT AS IS SO DEALER WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALLS THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH PROBLEMS. FIRST, NOT EVEN 3 WEEKS AFTER I LEASED THE VEHICLE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED TO GO, MY DRIVER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING, MY BACK HATCH WELL I CAN'T EVEN OPEN IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO KEY TO OPEN NOR IS THERE A BUTTON ANYWHERE THE MECHANICS SAID I NEED TO TAKE IT TO AN ELECTRICAL MECHANIC...WONDER HOW MUCH THAT WILL COST?, MY STABILTRAK SYSTEM CONSTANTLY FLASHES. THE ENGINE BURNS UP TOO MUCH OIL EVEN AFTER AN OIL CHANGE WITHIN 3WEEKS I NEED TO PUT OIL, I DO NOT DRIVE FAR NOR ALOT. TO WORK AND BACK. IT WILL COST MORE TO FIX THIS TRUCK THAN WHAT IT IS WORTH NOW I'M STUCK WITH $5,000 LEFT ON A VEHICLE...

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, WILL START BUT IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT IT HAS OR CORDS AREN'T CONNECTING AND IT WON'T SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR-JUST MAKES A CLICKING SOUND-SHIFT LEVER. LIFT GATE/BACK HATCH WON'T STAY UP AND KEEPS FALLING DOWN. POWER/ELECTRICAL ISSUES INVOLVING THE TRANSMISSION WAS DRIVING, AT A RED LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED WORKING AND I COULDN'T EVEN GET IT STARTED AGAIN. THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE.

MY CLOCK SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO STOP, MY SUSPENION ON MY CAR IS GOING OUT AT 167,000 MILES MALING THE CAR RIDE HORRIBLY, AND APPARENTLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT NOONE WANTS TO DO ANYTHING I WAS DRIVING THE MOMENTS THESE OCCURED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE INDEPENDENTLY REVVED AND THE RPMS INCREASED. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT WITH UPGRADED PARTS. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TT

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...

9/2014 AT 93,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEALER CONFIRMED GMC AGREED TO PAY 60% OF REPAIR, BUT LATER AFTER TRANSMISSION, WAVE PLATE RECALL I WAS REIMBURSED. 2/2017 133,000 MILES NEW REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AGAIN IN 3RD GEAR WITH SAME INTERNAL FAILURE CODE PER MY SERVICE PERSON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN OVER 40 MPH. THE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, "ENGINE HOT" AND "A/C OFF" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAILURE AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND INDICATED THAT THEY ALSO HAD CAMPAIGNS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THERE WAS A LOSS OF...

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 105,000 MILES CAR IS BEING REPAIRED BOBS TRANSMISSION, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND IT ROLLED BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT FELL AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER HIS BODY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED TIBIA, FRACTURED PELVIS, PUNCTURED LUNGS, AND SEVEN FRACTURED RIBS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V073000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 10/26/16*LJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOO THIN AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,046.

2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE USED I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IGNITIONS COILS, SO MANY RECALLS AND ONLY HAD SOME REPLACED CUZ OF BEING TOLD THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART IN STORE AT THE DEALERSHIPS. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR HEAT AND A/C DON'T MATCH UP WHEN TURNING THE KNOB AND THE DEFROST DOESN'T WORK 3/4 OF THE TIMES. I GET FLASHES OF LOSS POWER AND MY TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM KEEPS ACTING UP. NOW MY ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARE FAILING AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WITHOUT PAYING $5000 FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSTIC IT AND TAKE IT APART!! WHERE DO I HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY?? THIS VEHICLE WAS THE WORST $16000 I HAVE EVER INVESTED IN AND HAVE ONLY HAD IT LESS THAT 2 YEARS!! I AM SCARED ON A DAILY BASIS TO DRIVE MY KIDS ANYWHERE IN IT LET ALONE MYSELF TO WORK....

I TOOK MY 09 GMC ACADIA TO THE GM AUTO TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN NOT FIX UNLESS I PAY THE $2043 TO FIX MY POWER STEERING, BUT I BELIEVE ITS ALL RELATED TO THAT POWER STEERING FAILURE THAT IS COVER UNDER THE GM POLICY. AND ITS THE SAME PROBLEM TO ALL THE ACADIA THAT ARE OUT THERE SO I SUGGEST THE GM TO FIX ALL GMC ACADIA WITHOUT ANY COST TO ALL THE OWNERI IF THEY FIX IT RIGHT WE WOULDN'T COMPLAINT AT ALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD WHILE IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING WHILE IN THE DRIVE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVE POSITION. THE CONTACT HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING UP TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN WHEN TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT..THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ERRATIC AND WIFE WAS ABLE TO SAFE AREA BUT NOT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RISK TO FAMILY. ONLY 1 YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, I'M DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL AGAIN WITH FAMILY IN CAR.. AFTER REVIEWING ONLINE, THIS IS A BLATANT RECURRING THEMES WITH ACADIAS AND WE HAVE NOW BEEN AT RISK TWICE. *TR

I WAS LEAVING WORK AND NOTICED A SHUDDER IN THE VEHICLE. DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT THE TIME. WHEN I GOT ABOUT 2 MILES FROM MY HOME THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOOSE POWER. ENGINE WOULD REV BUT COULD NOT GET MUCH SPEED OUT OF IT. MADE IT HOME AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER NEXT DAY. DEALER DIAGNOSED ISSUE AS 3-5-R WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. ENDED UP COSTING OVER $5,300 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. AFTER REPAIRS I DID SOME RESEARCH AND SAW THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS (FROM THE FEW WEBSITES I VISITED..THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY MORE) OF COMPLAINTS BY CONSUMERS WHO OWNED 2008 THROUGH 2011 ACADIAS AS WELL AS OTHER GENERAL MOTOR CORPORATION (GMC) VEHICLES THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE WAVE PLATE FAILING. CALLED GMC AND THEY TOLD ME SINCE THE REPAIR WORK WAS ALREADY DONE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. APPARENTLY FROM READING ALL...

THE CAR BEGAN BUCKING AND SURGING OVER TIME WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING PRESSED. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NOT THE IGNITION COILS AS I HAD INDICATED, BUT THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. MUST REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOR $4800. REPAIR COMPLETED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SPUTTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURES, THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS FAULTY. AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP MODULE, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO THEN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,072.

VEHICLE WAS MISSING IN 3RD AND 5TH GEARS. ENGINE WOULD REV TO 5000-6000 RPM'S WITHOUT SHIFTING GEARS. I WOULD HAVE TO EASE OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO GET IT TO SHIFT. NOW THE NEXT DAY, WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE IT WILL NOT GO. ENGINE JUST REVS WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON US 53 IN EAU CLAIRE, WI. THE 3-5-R WAVEPLATE IN MY 2009 GMC ACADIA BROKE CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY DECELERATE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES NEAR ME AT THE TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE OF THE 2007-2009 ACADIA/OUTLOOK VEHICLES. *TR

BROUGHT IT TO THE GMC DEALER TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WHICH WAS ON RECALL NOTICE ONLY IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEED SO I TOOK IT TO DEALER. AS A RESULT, PUMP WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS RACK AND PINION. PUMP COVERED, RACK AND PINION NOT, $1700. THE DAY AFTER I PICKED UP THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. AS I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY, MOTOR REVVED BUT TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. HAD TO HAVE A FLATBED PICK IT UP AND BRING IT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER. TRANSMISSION REPLACED...$3,140.00. I FEEL THAT I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN IN THE LANE CLOSEST TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. DEALER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. EIGHT MONTHS PAST WARRANTY. *TR

I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED FROM WHAT I HAD THOUGHT WAS A REPUTABLE DEALER, BOY WAS I WRONG. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME WITH IT FROM THE DEALER AN HOUR AND A HALF DRIVE 1 WAY , GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65 MPH, WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE SOMETHING SEVERE , AND THE RPM,S WENT WILD. I SLOWED DOWN , BUT THE SHAKE , VIBRATION CONTINUED. FINALLY IT DID STRAIGHTEN OUT, AND I GOT HOME. A COUPLE DAYS LATER ON MY WAY TO WORK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THAN THE SERVICE ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT DAY MY DAD WHO IS A MECHANIC, DROVE IT AND IT SHOOK AND VIBRATED SO BAD , HE THOUGHT THE WHEELS WERE FALLING OFF. CAME BACK AND PUT IT IN THE WORKSHOP AND CHECKED THE WHEELS FOR TIGHTNESS, THEY WERE OK. NOTICED A...

2009 ACADIA JUST UNDER 60K MILES, TRANSMISSION SLIPS, CAN'T GO OVER 45MPH, TOOK TO GMC DEALER WHO STATED OUR WAVE PLATE WAS DAMAGED, NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION, WARRANTY ENDED 6 MONTHS AGO $4000 BILL AND GM WON'T BACK THEIR VEHICLES, HAD VEHICLE AT SAME GMC DEALER LESS THAN 1 YEAR AGO COMPLAINING ABOUT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING BUT WAS TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. *JS

THE CAR FELT AS THOUGH THE GEARS WEREN'T CATCHING AND RPM WOULD DROP BUT IF YOU TOOK YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR IT WOULD GO AWAY FOR A SECOND BUT THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT SPEEDS OF 50 MILES AND HIGHER WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAYS. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2009 ACADIA FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER THAT CLAIMS QUALITY IN REGARDS TO THEIR USED VEHICLES. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 6 MONTHS AND THE VEHICLE HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND COMPROMISED OTHERS INDIVIDUALS AND MY OWN WELL BEING. FIRST INCIDENT THE CAR WAS IN GEAR BUT WOULD NOT START. WE NEVER FOUND THE REASON THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY FULLY CHARGED. NO OTHER ISSUES NOTED. SECOND INCIDENT THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE AGAIN DID NOT START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START. EVENTUALLY CAR JUST STARTED, NO ISSUE WAS UNCOVERED AS THE CULPRIT. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED OUT OF THE BLUE WHILE IN ROUTE TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY CALL AND HAD THE WATER PUMP REPLACED. WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY 4 MONTH OLD GRANDSON THE VEHICLE JERKED AFTER REACHING THE SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND THEN THE RPM REGISTERED ABOUT 3800...

I HAVE A 2009 ACADIA. IT HAS 79K MILES. WE ARE 4 MONTHS OUT OF OUR WARRANTY. I HAVE A BROKEN WAVE PLATE. 5K TO FIX. I'VE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE HAD THIS AUTO BUT ALL MY PREVIOUS TIMES THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS TIME, OF COURSE, NOW THAT THERE'S COMPLETE FAILURE AND MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, THEY'VE TOLD ME I NEED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION BEGIN TO SLIP INTERMITTENTLY 2 DAYS AGO. IT CONTINUALLY BECAME MORE FREQUENT. I GOT IT INTO THE DEALER RIGHT AWAY AND THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE 3/5 WAVE PLATE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE BEGINNING AROUND 35,000 MILES. GM SEEMS TO BE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE IS CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC AND ADVISOR AT THE DEALER EVEN SAID THEY HAVE HAD MANY IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS REPAIR IS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO VEHICLES WITH SUCH LOW MILES. I HOPE THAT GM WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO RECALL THIS AND COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE OIL LIFE MONITOR AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. THE ADVISOR STATED THAT THESE ARE TRASH AND SHOULDN'T BE USED AS THEY ARE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE ISSUES....

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2009 ACADIA AT HIGHWAY SPEED (75MPH) WE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN RPM SPIKE AND LOSE OF ACCELERATION. ANY ATTEMPT TO APPLY GAS WAS JUST MET WITH RPM WITH NO ACCELERATION. AS SPEED SLOWED THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AS WE APPROACHED 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN THIS SPEED AND WOULD CONSTANTLY LUNGE AND LURCH TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS TO ADJUST FOR THE SPEED. THE TIMING WAS NOT GOOD FOR THIS AS WE ARE STATIONED IN GERMANY, AND WE WERE AN HOUR FROM HOME DRIVING ON THE AUTOBAHN. WHILE WE WERE STRUGGLING TO STAY AT THE MINIMUM SPEED (ROUGHLY 40 MPH), OTHER VEHICLES ARE APPROACHING US AT AUTOBAHN SPEEDS, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, GERMANS ARE VERY GOOD DRIVERS AND VERY AWARE OF SLOWER MOVING VEHICLES. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE PULL OFF AREAS TO COOL THE TRANSMISSION, BUT OUR TRIP TOOK FIVE HOURS. APPARENTLY...

TRANSMISSION HAD A HARD SHIFT INTO REVERSE. DIAGNOSIS WAS THE 3-5-R WAVE PLATE AND UPON READING OTHER COMPLAINTS SEEMS TO BE COMMON. TRANSMISSION SHOP THEORY IS THAT THE WAVE PLATE WAS HARDENED TOO MUCH AND BECAME BRITTLE WITH THE FLEXING CAUSING IT TO BREAK. DEALERSHIP FIXED PROBLEM WITH WARRANTY HELP FROM GM BUT STILL COST $750.00. I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD HAVE PAID THE ENTIRE AMOUNT SINCE IT WAS WELL UNDER THE 100,000 MILE BUT WE OWNED IT FOR 6 YEARS. SEEMS THAT THIS FAILURE IS A FUNCTION OF MILEAGE AND NOT TIME AND THUS SHOULD BE TOTALLY COVERED. *TR

THE GMAC DEALER IS TELLING US THE OUR 2009 ACADIA HAS A DAMAGED WAVE PLATE AND WILL COST US ABOUT $2500 00 -- $3,000.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. OUR 5 YEAR 100,000 MILEAGE JUST EXPIRED LAST MONTH. THE CAR WAS JUST AT THE SHOP FOR THREE RECALLS AND OIL CHANGE. WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST HAPPENED I INFORMED THE DEALER AND TOLD THE PROBLEM. *TR

MOST COMMON AT SLOWER RATES OF SPEED, THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT & THE VEHICLE BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER. HOWEVER, THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING AT 65+ MPH. THAT WAS EXTREMELY SCARY. MORE THAN ONCE, I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TURN INTO AN ONCOMING LANE B/C THE STEERING IS TOO STIFF TO TURN PROPERLY. THE ISSUE WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT IS NOW CONSTANT. HAVE FLUSHED/REPLACED POWER STEERING FLUID, REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP & RESERVOIR. THE VEHICLE IS AT MY LOCAL DEALER NOW (AS OF 8/22/14) & THEY ARE TELLING ME THE NEW PUMP IS BAD & THAT THE STEERING GEAR IS LEAKING...ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF IT LEAKING EXTERNALLY ON THE GROUND & THE DIP STICK CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THE RESERVOIR AS FULL. APPROXIMATE REPAIR COST IS $1500 AS OF NOW... THIS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS & APPARENTLY COMMON SITUATION THAT GMC SHOULD BE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT SHIFTING WAS DIFFICULT. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REVERSE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

AT 72000 MILES WE HAD THE ACADIA SERVICED BECAUSE OF SHIFTING PROBLEMS, LOOKED AT AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN THEM AN 108000 WHEN MY WIFE HAD A NEAR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED RE ENGAGE WHILE IN DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND CALLED 911 BECAUSE OF THE DANGER TO MY DAUGHTER, HERSELF AND THOSE MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD WHO COULDN'T SEE THE HAZARD LIGHTS IN THE SETTING SUN DRIVING WESTBOUND - SHE NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING REAR ENDED AND LEFT THE VEHICLE AND SAT ON THE EMBANKMENT UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. *TR

WHILE TURNING LEFT FROM A STOP SIGN, MY 2009 GMC SLT HAD AN RPM INCREASE AND FAILED TO CHANGE INTO A HIGHER GEAR. I WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE BECAUSE MY VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. I PARKED AT THE POST OFFICE AND WHEN I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE AND TRIED TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED TO CARMAX AND HAVE IT REPAIRED. IT IS STILL AT CARMAX AND HAS TO HAVE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. LUCKILY I HAVE AN EXTENDED MAINTENANCE PLAN SO I ONLY HAVE TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. I FEEL THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SAME COMPLAINTS AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT GMC SHOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL TO HAVE ALL THE TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED VERSUS THE INDIVIDUAL VEHICLE OWNERS HAVING TO PAY. IF RESEARCHED IT...

I HAVE A 2009 ACADIA SLT2. I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATING WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED AS I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I WAS NEARLY HIT BY A SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER THIS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD BY A GM AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND THEY REPLACE A COIL. THE CAR STILL DOES THE SAME THING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS CAR HAS HAD OTHER SAFETY ISSUES, LIKE WATER LEAKING INTO THE CABIN AND NEARLY SHOCKING ME WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS WATER LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WOULD SPORADICALLY SEIZE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN COMPLETING A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE WATER PUMP AND IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AN UNKNOWN REPAIR WAS MADE TO THE STEERING COMPONENT TO RECTIFY THE FAILURE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TIE RODS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND WE NOTICED QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SHAKING/VIBRATING A LOT WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN DRIVING UP INCLINES IT WOULD START TO SURGE BACK AND FORTH. AFTER SOME DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE IT SEEMS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF THE COMMON WAVE PLATE PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER COMMON ISSUES THAT THIS PLATFORM HAS, BY GM. *TR

MY 2009 GMC ACADIA WAS PURCHASED IN AUG 2009. ASIDE FROM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP, THE RADIATOR, & THE TIMING BELT (NONE OF WHICH WERE COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY) BUT ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 , MY TRANSMISSION LET GO. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR 20 DAYS. CLAIM THEY COULDN'T REBUILD IT AND HAD TO GET A NEW ONE. (WHICH I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT WAS A LIE, THAT THEY HAVE TO USE FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS). GOT MY VEHICLE BACK ON SEPT. 28. ON MARCH 22, 2014, I BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF SLIPPING TRANSMISSION AGAIN. DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS FINE SENT ME HOME. LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LATER ON APRIL 8, THE TRANSMISSION LET GO AGAIN. NO REVERSE & TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE JUST REV THE ENGINE. BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR "ANOTHER...

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING AT 60MPH WHEN ENGINE RPMS REVVED EXCESSIVELY HIGH YET VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS. WITH NO ACCELERATION YET ENGINE RED LINED, ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL WHILE BRAKING AND PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN FULL CONTROL. VEHICLE ENTERED NON TRAVELLED PORTION OF THE ROAD (DITCH). ISSUE WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE REVERSE WAVE PLATE (AKA - DRIVE/REVERSE CLUTCH) REQUIRING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD. *JS