GMC Acadia Change Vehicle

"AC compressor failed. It has failed twice since we bought the vehicle"

"Replaced at 36,000"

"ac didn't blow cold. Just shot out heat. Had to replace a part"

"Fans stopped working"

"compressor stopped operating"

"I have had the dealership attempt to fix the aircon at every visit for about six years. In that time, it has worked for a few days after each visit, but in that half-decade or so, it has operated correctly for perhaps 20 hours. That's probably well over $100.00 in repairs per hour of operation"

"compress stopped operating and was replaced"

"It no longer worked. Bought the part ourselves and had a mechanic install it. The issue began in late July 2020 and was repaired by Aug 1 2020"

"I have had to replace several solenoids that control the heat/air vents at a cost of $350 each!!!!! also the headlights bulbs have had to be replaced several times"

"The actuators for changing the air mix (e.g. from defrost to floor heat) have burned out a couple times."

"switch or whatever you want to call it that controls the temp on the passenger side was stuck"

"The climate control actuator appears to be broken. It only blows on the floor. It will not switch to any other setting"

"Experienced significant roll back when putting the car in park. Would also roll back if on hill and you take your foot off the brake. The fan for the defroster broke. Very dangerous driving it in the cold. Visibility poor. Exterior trim held tog"

"I can't remember the name of the part that needed replacing, but the front passenger side would only blow cold with the heat on"

"System would not blow or turn on to defroster"

"Troubles with ac blend door actuator and passenger side ac not blowing cold. Replacement didn't resolve the issue and problem still exists."

"This part was also purchased along with the Compressor."

"The motor for the actuator door for the front window defroster failed leaving the car without a defroster. I considered this a dangerous mode of operation as the window would fog up and could not be cleared easily"

"evaporator had Refrigerant leak"

"Evaporator leak necessitated replacement, involved removal of dashboard, which cascaded to subsequent problems with electrical services in the dashboard due to poor reassembly"

"Replaced at 41,000"

"This is a recurring issue based on online user forums. GMC refuses to address the defect as a recall. This is a $2,000 repair"

"the heated seats do not remain on turning off within minutes of being turned on"

"same issue as other described"

"Heat stopped working. Needed thermostat"

"temp control would not adjust between cold & hot"

"cannot change air flow of heater or AC. It is stuck on air coming out of dash vents. Can't change to defrost or floor for airflow"

"heat and ac control directiing air flow stopped working. can only get heat and ac through the dash vents."

"heater continues to blow through the dashboard vents instead of the floor vents"

"It required refilling refrigerant and fixing the leak. The AC had stopped working entirely"

"Apparently, the ac system feeds the front and the rear on separate lines. The rear line started to leak refrigerant at 35000 miles, affecting the autos total ac. The dealer cost to replace the tubing was excessive so I had a local garage install a kit that shut off the line feeding the rear at a quarter of the cost"

"refrigerant leaks very slowly over a year and must be replaced - dealer shop cannot find cause - this has happened two times"

"Twice in the last year I have taken the 2011 GMC because the A/C was not cooling. Both times the repair was diagnosed as a leak but ultimately the repair shop was not sure this was the total problem. I was told A/C has had a history of problems in the Traverse and the Acadias."

"This vehicle has had refrigerant leaks every year we've owned it."

"This is a continuing problem - easier and cheaper to recharge system than to have it fixed"

"Leaking refrigerant requiring several cans of additional refrigerant in the past 4 months. We have not yet brought it in for repair as the warranty is expired"

"Have had to refill refrigerant a few times, dealer attempted to find leak (did pressure tests, etc) and could not find issue. Still have to check and refill"

"Very slow leak in the evaporator. Service could not find the issue initially and only refilled the refrigerant. Car then went out of warranty and the issue came back. Dealer replaced rear evaporator and covered 90% of the repair under warranty aft"

"Power steering rack leaking. Dealership wants $1600 to replace. used stop leak for now."

"Whole power steering rack needs to be replaced. estimated $1650."

"Two separate repairs about a month apart. First, the power steering pump had to be replaced. Then, the power steering cooler developed a leak"

"Timing chain cover began to leak. Had to remove engine to repair gasket"

"Fluid leaking, dealership fixed at no charge"

"Related to warranty repair. Power steering fluid leak"

"Leaks and made noises and had to be replaced"

"power steering leaked on to the brakes"

"power steering had to be replaced, but not the pump. The pump is now under extended warranty but the power steering gear isn't"

"The Acadia groaned every time you would turn into a parking spot or back out. Then it became worse doing it at low speeds like turning at a stop sign. It felt as if you had no power steering at all when this happened too. The pump and assembly had to be replaced and a leaky hose as well."

"Power steering pump replaced"

"Power steering failed at 105000. GM paid for repair even though out of warranty and no official recall"

"Some of the pumps did not produce enough pressure and made steering effort higher. Dealer replaced pump under warranty and corrected problem"

"Power steering failed had to replace power steering pump"

"Power steering pump failed and was replaced by warranty. This was a known issue to gmc as they voluntarily extend the warranty specifically for this part"

"power steering pump had to be rebuilt at 45,000 miles due to leakage"

"Power steering pump failed while driving. Would halfway operate if engine rpm over 2500. Should be a recall. GMC released a service bulletin to extend coverage to 10 years or 150k miles from build date(not sale date). Mine failed with less than 6 months left to go so was luckily replaced for free. Was at the dealer shop for 8 days. Power steering rack also leaking, dealer would not fix at same time so I would have to pay for all the labor hours for 90% of the same work."

"front struts starting to leak"

"We were told it we needed new struts which we installed the front end noise did not go away and that is when we learned it was a motor mount"

"Front end suspension on V6 models lack durability of V8 models. In order to cut front end weight for the under powered engine and lower cost, the front struts are very prone to wear out quickly."

"Struts were leaking."

"Rack & pinion was replaced at 54000 miles then again at 84000...motor mounts continue to break for no apparent reason; struts replaced twice"

"noise at low rpm , they say common issue with cars about that vinyage."

"seals on rack and pinion failed resulting in complete replacement and power steering replacement too"

"The entire steering rack needed to be replaced, at a cost approaching $2000. This is a known problem with the Acadia."

"Steering gear leaked into rt. boot,gear,bled sys. ,rplaced gear. Saved by extended warranty"

"Covered under warranty"

"I was told ok to drive until the next week. It was very erratic"

"Steering box leaking. This is a known problem based on internet owners comments. GM provided the parts as "goodwill" but the labor came to over $1000. There is no guarantee that the replacement parts are any better than the original and won't cause f"

"So GMC recalls the power steering pump but when I took it in because of the grinding they claim it is also the rack and pinion. It is $1,000 to replace the rack and pinion. This is a common issue and GMC refuses to address this as a recall"

"2019 I felt the steering became harder. Took it to Auto Centric. They diagnosed new rack & pinion needed. I think they also replaced shocks & struts. They fixed everything and it has been driving fine since."

"There was a recall for vibration when making turns"

"Was not on recall, but GMC had some problems with this. Repaired without cost to us"

"Loud grinding on power steering during normal USge. This is intermittent"

"Wheel bearring failure on rear wheel"

"Over the period of the past 12 months at independent times both the left and right rear ABS system failed, it was traced to the wheel bearing assembly that required a total replacement of the assembly, not able to just replace the failed ABS component. - EXPENSIVE"

"Electrical issue with driving lights. Replacing the lamp system does not take care of the issue"

"Daylight running lights overheated"

"Replacing headlight requires major disassembly"

"Headlight replacement should be trivial. It requires a major disassembly of the car to do this simple chore, rendering it extremely expensive"

"Both headlight assemblies melted and had to be replaced at $1000 each (half covered under good faith warranty)"

"both headlights have burned out and often melted the housing around them. We've had the car in a total of 8 times in the last 2 years with this issue and have talked to everyone including the head quarters but no answer to why this keeps happening"

"Headlamp on right side burned out and shortly there after the left side burned out. At this time the dealer replace both headlamp assemblies under warranty"

"Terrible headlight design. Changing light bulb requires going in through wheel well. It cost almost 150 dollars to replace burned out headlight by dealer and takes hours to do yourself"

"Drive lights illuminate at various times. Wiring issue which was explained to me that the wiring into the light was melted. Repair unknown"

"One of the daytime headlights that are on auto all the time failed; to just replace the bulb, you must remove entire headlight assembly $200.00+; however, after two auto repair shop estimates, both confirmed that the entire headlight assembly had to"

"The bulb went out on one of my running lights"

"Driving light on one side went out and was replace by dealer. Driving light went out again, dealer said it melted the head light housing and would cost $1,000.00 to replace"

"My complaint is the cost (twice) to change a light bulb. Labor was $160 because the grill and fender must be removed to get to the lamp"

"Daylight running lights burned out the internal mount on both headlights and the lens was completely obscured. I replaced both headlight assemblies."

"driver side heated seat does not work"

"Right rear tire pressure monitor gives erroneous readings both in the car monitoring system and via computer upload to Onstar monitoring service which is e-mailed monthly; tire pressure manually checked to be 35 psi, reads 28-29 psi !!"

"Right front tire is constantly losing air. Monitor is accurately showing a loss of pressure. Refill tire every two weeks"