2015 GMC Acadia

INJECTORS STICKING OPEN. BROUGHT TO DEALER AT 26,000 MILES AFTER IT BROKE DOWN 200 MILES AWAY. THAT WAS AFTER THE GMC DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT SHOULD BE OK TO DRIVE. INJECTOR STUCK OPEN AND THE DEALER WE BROKE DOWN AT SAID THE VEHICLE COULD CATCH FIRE IF WE KEPT DRIVING. THEY REPLACED THE INJECTOR THAT WAS THE ISSUE. NOW LAST WEEK ANOTHER DIFFERENT INJECTOR FAILED. THIS TIME THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE FILLED WITH THE SMELL OF FUEL AND WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING ON THE ROAD. WE COULDN'T PULL OVER RODGER AWAY BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ON A SAFE ROAD TO STOP AT. ENDED UP DRIVING IT TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. MY WIFE AND SON WERE IN THE CAR SCREAMING AND CRYING AT HOW BAD THE CAR WAS DRIVING AND SMELLED. WE WERE VERY FEARFUL THE CAR WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. GMC ONCE AGAIN STATES IT'S AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AFTER IT'S HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN MONTHS. AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE ALL INJECTORS OR RECALL THE VEHICLE. WE TOLD THEM WE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT BUT THEY DON'T CARE TO HEAR IT. BOTH TIMES WE WERE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-70MPH AND IT'S A VERY SCARY UNSAFE FEELING WHEN IT HAPPENS.

MY ACADIA LOST POWER STEERING MAKING VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. I COULD HEAR A WHINING SOUND I'D NEVER HEARD BEFORE. WE TOOK IT TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP SINCE WE WERE ON VACATION. SERVICEMAN SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING AND NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CALLED DEALER, BOWSER, IMMEDIATELY COULD NOT GET AN APPT FOR 5 DAYS. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, CONCLUDED THE PUMP WAS NOT UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND ESTIMATED IT WOULD BE OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR. SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL ON PREVIOUS MODELS.

ON 15 PLUS OCCASIONS, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN THE PARKING GEAR AND RUNNING, THE FRONT END WILL START TO VIBRATE MILDLY, INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND THEN THE TRACTION LOSS LIGHT ILLUMINATES, A BLINKING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, "SERVICE STABILITRAK" AND "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" MESSAGES APPEAR. THEN TRACTION CONTOL OFF APPEARS, FOLLOWED BY AN AUDIBLE LOUD CLICK AND VIBRATION CEASES, MESSAGES DISAPPEAR AND LIGHTS TURN OFF. ONCE WHILE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND BEING OPERATED ON A ROADWAY, I PULLED RIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION TO HAVE THIS SAME SEQUENCE HAPPEN DURING DRIVING, RESULTING IN AN ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION AND A NEAR ACCIDENT. THE SEQUENCE WAS IDENTICAL AND ONCE THE ERRORS CLEARED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AND FORCEFULLY. I HAVE DOCUMENTED MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ON VIDEO WHILE STATIONARY OVER A MULTI MONTH PERIOD AND HAVE FURNISHED THOSE DOCUMENTS TO MY LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP WHICH HAS FAILED TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE AND TODAY RETURNED MY VEHICLE TO ME WITH AN APOLOGY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THAT THE VEHICLE MUST EXHIBIT THIS BEHAVIOR IN THEIR PRESENCE TO WARRANT A FIX. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT CLEARLY COVERS THESE PROBLEMS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO EMAIL THE VIDEOS, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN THE SUPPORTED FORMAT AND LIKELY LARGER THAN 5MB.

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC, MY WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON FOR "REDUCED POWER", 'TRACTION CONTROL" MALFUNCTION, 'STABILITRAC AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. POWER REDUCED TO 25MPH. I WAS CLOSE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WENT THERE RIGHT AWAY. THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 2 TO 4 HRS BEFORE ANYONE COULD LOOK AT. MY MILEAGE WAS 36,432...432 MILES OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY...HE TOLD ME THE CHARGES FOR DIAGNOSING WOULD BE $130. I AGREED. THEN HE EXPLAINED THAT THE THE LOW HP FUEL PRESSURE/PURGE SOLENOID WAS STUCK OPEN, DIANOSE CODES WERE PO191 AND PO496, THEY REPLACED A HIGH PRESSRE FUEL PUMP, R&R INTAKE PLENUM TO REPLACE FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR AND REPLACE A PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID. COST TO ME WAS $1,760.51 ($866.06 LABOR- $820.43 PARTS -$30.00 MISC.CHARGE-$82.29 MISC.DISCOUNT- TAXES OF $126.31. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY COULDN'T BE MORE LENIENT WITH MILEAGE ON WARRANTY. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM THEM AND HAVE COMPLETED ALL MY SERVICE WORK THERE. THIS WAS A SCARY SITUATION IN NOON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY ROADSIDE PULL OFF AT THE TIME. COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A DEFECTION FUEL PUMP? I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE WRITER "IF YOU HAD DRIVEN ANY FURTHER MORE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ENGINE BLOCK".

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC ACADIA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR FORTERA HL TIRES, SIZE: P255/65R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15T002000 (TIRES); THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC ACADIA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR FORTERA HL TIRES, SIZE: P255/65R18. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT WALLINGFORD BUICK GMC (1122 OLD NORTH COLONY RD, WALLINGFORD, CT 06492, (888) 765-9107), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD CRACKS AND TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE TREAD PATTERNS. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,590.

MY 2015 GMC ACADIA HAS A SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND (MINOR OR MAJOR). NOT SURE IF IT IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR IF IT IS A BAD AIR BAG. NOW I HAVE NO IDEA IF THE AIRBAGS WILL EVEN DEPLOY IF WE ARE IN AN ACCIDENT. SINCE IT IS 3 YEARS OLD THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. TO ME THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH COST TO THE CONSUMER. I HAVE LOOKED FOR ANY RECALLS BUT HAVE NOT FOUND ANY. I'M SURE MY VEHICLE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU