In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Vehicle has 360 degree cameras. The have failed 4 times in 3 years."
Anonymous, PA (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Backup camera stopped working"
Anonymous, MI (2017 GMC Acadia SLE 3.6-L V6)"I ASSUMED it had a CD play,because it is a Denali, and it doesn't! And the electronic is very difficult to use"
Russell L., OH (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"The manual is terrible too use, one instruction will send me too another page and that page will send me to another, not enough visual reference to the instructions,difficult to find a name in the index, because you use a different name to identify it"
Russell L., OH (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"outside thermometer doesn't change Last read 55 when temperature was 78"
Anonymous, NY (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"1. frequent message no key fob detected= unable to start car in the normal way. 2. one time locked out of car when fob not detected. Had to wait for spouse to drive up with second fob and then normal operation resumed."
Anonymous, FL (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"screen went blank service person had to reload program"
Anonymous, NY (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"For almost the first year of ownership the screen would go blank, sometimes for hours sometimes for days. This meant no radio, GPS or back up camera."
Richard H., PA (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Screen goes blank, car will not start,key fob did not allow me to open the car, leaving me stranded"
Anonymous, FL (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Does not allow car to start"
Anonymous, CO (2017 GMC Acadia SL 3.6-L V6)"Car would not start, display screens blank. Had to start car by Remote start function."
Anonymous, CO (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"Display would just show a blue screen for hours to days."
Richard H., PA (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Screen has gone totally black while driving several times. In additional entire dash went black. This vehicle has had many many electrical problems throughout the car"
Anonymous, CA (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Entire radio and display needed to be replaced"
Anonymous, MN (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"Sometimes the vehicle will pair with my Iphone and sometimes it won't. Sometimes shutting vehicle down and starting over will solve problem and sometimes I just wait until the next day or trip."
Don M., OR (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Would freeze and not work"
Anonymous, CA (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Entire system would shut off unexpectedly"
Anonymous, MI (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Navagation system is from 2015 and there is no update available. current roads are not even displayed on the device"
Scott V., TX (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"Sometimes it works and remains paired and at other times it will disconnect. Intermittent ongoing problem."
Anonymous, OR (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"get one ring, screen say incoming call, unable to answer. display is then stuck with that message on the screen and none of the other functions on the display can be used until the car has been turned off for a while."
Anonymous, FL (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"It would not pair. I had to disable bluetooth on my phone for awhile. I updated the car and my phone, then it worked."
Anonymous, TX (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"The radio was not maintaining volume between uses. The dealership updated the software and it seems to work now."
Anonymous, CO (2017 GMC Acadia All Terrain 3.6-L V6)"Replaced"
Anonymous, MN (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"This continues to be a problem, despite my complaining to the dealership many times. The volume control on the remote control does not work, They claimed they replaced it but I don't believe it."
Karina F., NY (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"Screen randomly turned on and off and started back and the beginning. I wasted 4 hours on a saturday at the dealership while they "trouble shooted" the problem, at last determining that I was entitled to a replacement. I only had the car 3 months! It's been 3 months more since they promised me the replacement, and I still don't have it. This cost over $2,000 I bought it so my children would be quiet in the car while I drive- I view this as a safety feature. I paid all this money and still d"
Karina F., NY (2017 GMC Acadia SLT 3.6-L V6)"Map updates is expensive and very slow, very poor upgrade techno;ogy"
Anonymous, FL (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)"Parking brake indicator light needed a software update"
Anonymous, IA (2017 GMC Acadia Denali 3.6-L V6)
"The system would not recognize that my iPhone was connected and therefore would not initialize Apple CarPlay. The dealership replaced the unit and reprogrammed the new one to work properly."
Anonymous, VT (2017 GMC Acadia SLE 2.5-L 4 Cyl)