2015 GMC Acadia

TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING AND SURGING FROM TAKE OFF AND AT SHIFT POINTS. FLUID LEVEL OK AND MOTOR NEVER HAS RUN HOT. CAR RAN OK AND PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. DROVE CAR UNTIL RECENTLY AND PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. VEHICLE ACTS LIKE TRANSMISSION JERKS IN AND OUT OF GEAR AT HWY SPEEDS. ISSUE STARTED AT ABOUT 98000 MILES, MOST ALL ARE HWY MILES. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM OCCURS AT ALL TEMPERATURES. TOOK CAR TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT PROBLEM WAS WITHOUT EVEN OPENING HOOD. THEY SAID WAVE PLATE IN 3-5 GEARS ARE CRACKED AND WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETE REBUILD. GOT 2 ESTIMATES OF 3995.00 AND 4800.00 FROM TWO REPUTABLE SHOPS. DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS PROBLEM STARTING AS FAR BACK AS 2007 AND IN VARIOUS GM VEHICLES THAT USE THE SAME TRANSMISSION. WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE CAR AROUND TOWN DUE TO SAFETY ISSUE. WILL BE GETTING TRANS REPLACED SOON. WITH SO MANY REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND AT TRANS SHOPS, PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND BROUGHT TO ATTENTION OF OWNERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SEAT DID NOT LOCK AND SLID BACK AND FORTH. THE FAILURE BEGAN IN JUNE OF 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FELDMAN CHEVROLET OF LANSING (2801 E MICHIGAN AVE, LANSING, MI 48912) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT TRACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

IT HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ... GAS GAUGE IS INTERMITTENT AND CROSS TRAFFIC ALERTS GO OFF RANDOMLY (WITH NO TRAFFIC OR OBSTRUCTIONS) PAINT HAS HAD TO BE REDONE LEATHER REPLACED TRIM REDONE ETC... THE CAR ALMOST KILLED ME AND MY CHILDREN, I'M DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70MPH AND SUDDENLY I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IT SLOWED DOWN TO 49 THEN 25 LOST STEERING AND ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE BEFORE THE WHOLE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I SHUT IT DOWN AS I BELIEVED IT WOULD EXPLODE (I WAS TERRIFIED) I CALLED A DEALER AND THEY ASKED IF I TURNED IT OFF AND ON AGAIN ? ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TRACTION CONTROL WOULD NOT RENEGADE AND MESSAGE SAID DECREASING POWER TO ENGINE WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING AND ABS LIGHT ON ... ALL FAILURES... MANAGED TO GET TO DESTINATION BUT VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH AND JUMPING GEARS FELT REALLY JERKY... 4TH START ALL LIGHTS DISAPPEARED AND ALTHOUGH CAR WAS STILL SLUGGISH FIGURED MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL FAULT MADE APPOINTMENT FOR DEALERSHIP TOLD IT WOULD COST ... PARKER CAR DROVE OTHER VEHICLE THEN HAD TO USE THIS ONE AND SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN SO TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE CODES WAS TOLD HAD BROKEN ENGINE MOUNT (SAID IT WAS ON BACKORDER AS IT'S BEEN HAPPENING A LOT) AND WAS SENT ON MY WAY TO SEE IF IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THAT WEEKEND IT HAPPENED AGAIN HAD FIGURED OUT BY THEN THAT 5-7 STARTS IT WOULD ACT UP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND LEFT RUNNING SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT WAS WRONG (FAILED TRANSMISSION, STEERING COLUMN BLOCK PUMP SENSOR ETC REPLACED. WAS GIVEN A RENTAL GMC BY HERTS AND YOU GUESS IT SAME THING ON FREEWAY ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH START LIGHTING UP FAILED TRACTION EAS AND BREAKS (SUPER SCARY BRAND NEW ONLY 600 MILES ON THAT CAR) SWITCHED OUT VEHICLE FOR A SAFER CAR (TOYOTA) I'M UNABLE TO CHECK MORE BOXES BUT SPEED AND CONTROL WERE ALSO AFFECTED

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A HUGE POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT WHEN I LOOKED UP MY SUN ROOF GLASS WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. AFTER INSPECTING MY SUN ROOF I NOTICED THE GLASS SHATTERED FROM WITHIN I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT HAPPENED EXTERNALLY ON THE VEHICLE BUT DID NOT I BELIEVE THERE IS DEFECT IN THE GLASS I DON'T SEE HOW ELSE THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. IN ADDITION THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE NOTICED WITH THE SUN ROOF ONE DAY IT WAS RAINING AND I NOTICED THAT WATER HAD SOME HOW SEPT IN FROM THE GLASS THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY LINING IN THE VEHICLE THAT NOW SHOWS WATER DAMAGE. I DID NOT THINK NOTHING OF IT AT FIRST BUT SEEING THIS HAPPEN NOW MAKES ME BELIEVE THERE WAS IS A DEFECT IN THE SUNROOF.

WHEN SHARP TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS, HEAR METAL GRINDING. NO LIGHTS ON DASH. CHECK UNDER CAR AND SEE LEAK AT POWER STEERING. NOT LINE BUT IT IS THE PUMP. LEVEL WAS EMPTY BUT NO LIGHTS COME ON. LOOK UP THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IT IS VERY COMMON WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS INCLUDING ACCIDENTS FROM PUMP GOING OUT COMPLETELY WITH NO WARNING. NO RECALL BUT HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR A 2015 VEHICLE IS HORRIBLE. MINE HAS WAY LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT. NOW I AM HAVING TO TAKE IT TO BE REPAIRED FOR $1000-$1500 BECAUSE OF WARRANTY NOT COVERING IT AND NO RECALL. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND LIVES ARE AT STAKE BECAUSE STEERING WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. WE TRAVEL A LOT WITH OUR 3 CHILDREN FOR TRAVEL SOCCER ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS GOING HIGH SPEED LIMITS AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED IF WE DIDN'T NOTICE LIKE OTHERS THAT DIDN'T.

VEHICLE STARTED MAKING GRINDING / SQUEALING NOISES WHILE DRIVING WHEN I TURNED. STEERING WAS VERY TIGHT AND HARD TO TURN WHEEL. BROUGHT VEHICLE INTO SHOP AND POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING. $1,100 DOLLARS LATER MY VEHICLE WAS FIXED AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD HAVE LOST MY STEERING ALL TOGETHER IF THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS DEPLETED ANYMORE.

FOUND LEAKS ON DRIVEWAYS. TOOK IT GET AN OIL CHANGE AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK THEY SAID THEY COULDNT SEE ANYTHING LEAKING. JUMP FORWARD 2 MONTHS LEAK IS LARGER ON MY DRIVEWAY FROM A DIME TO SIZE OF A BASEBALL. AND MY STEERING WAS DIFFICULT WHILE DRIVING I HAD NO CONTROL CAUSING ME TO STOP DEAD IN ROAD WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD IN BACK SEAT ...SCARY , MY HUSBAND CHECKED FLUIDS AND PUT IN SOME POWER STEERING FLUID AND IN MORNING FRESH POWER STEERING FLUID WAS FOUND ON CARDBOARD TOOK IT TO A BODY SHOP FOR MINOR BODY REPAIR AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE SEAL POWER STEERING PUMP TO PULLEY IS LEAKING. NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY I HAVE OR POWER TRAIN. COST IS ABOUT 1,300.00 TO FIX I BOUGHT THIS GMC IN FEBRUARY 2019 FROM CARMAX I HAVENT EVEN HAD IT FOR 4 MONTHS BEFORE IT STARTED LEAKING. CARFAX ON THIS HAS NO MAJOR PROBLEMS OF ANY ACCIDENTS. LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND 16 OTHER PEOPLE THIS SAME MOTH HAVING SAME ISSUES.

POWER STEERING REVERTS TO MANUAL. THIS OCCURS GENERALLY AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TURNING IN ANY DIRECTION. THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE PROBLEM FEELS LIKE THE STEERING IS LOCKED. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED BEFORE GMC ISSUES A RECALL.