2007 GMC Acadia: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jul 26, 2023 · Engine · WA · fire

The contact owned a 2007 GMC Arcadia. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at 45 MPH, the contact's daughter heard an abnormal grinding noise and inadvertently smoke came from underneath the front hood of the vehicle and the vehicle was in flames. The local fire department arrived at the scene of the fire and distinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence, however, the vehicle was not yet been inspected for damages. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. VIN information was unavailable.

Filed May 19, 2023 · Airbags, Electrical · 63,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power with the battery saver mode activated. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic on two occasions, where the vehicle was diagnosed, and it was determined that the alternator and battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired on both occasions; however, the failure persisted. Additionally, the service air bag and transmission warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that there was smoke coming from the battery. The vehicle had not yet been taken back to the mechanic or a local dealer for further diagnostic test or repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the warranty had expired. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000.

Filed Mar 30, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 186,000 miles · IL · fire

My 2007 gmc acadia spontaneously caught fire while driving. No warning lights and or notifications came on. My car began to fill with smoke from the floorboard and smoke came from the hood. The front end of the car was fully engulfed in a matter of minutes, total loss.

Filed Jan 8, 2020 · Engine · 169,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 gmc acadia. The contact stated the vehicle caught on fire after being parked in the driveway for 15 minutes. The flames were put out by the fire department and the vehicle was totaled. A fire department report was filed. The engine area and the front of the vehicle were burnt. The vehicle was parked at the contacts driveway and the contact was waiting on the manufacturers response. The manufacturer was emailed with the incident. The dealer rivard buick gmc located at 9740 e adamo dr, tampa, fl 33619; phone number: (813) 200-8752 informed there were no recalls at the time. The failure mileage was 169,000.

Filed Jan 2, 2019 · Engine · 160,000 miles · MI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc acadia. While driving approximately 55 MPH, smoke was present under the hood of the vehicle. After stopping the vehicle, flames were present. The fire department was called to the scene and extinguished the flames. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed away. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Mar 6, 2018 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · NV

Vehicle was at idle for 10 minutes before putting it in to drive on the evening of 3/3/2018. Began driving the vehicle and the stability/traction control light immediately came and began to shake violently on acceleration. All the dash lights began to flicker and then all electrical eventually died within 30 seconds of putting the vehicle in to drive. Once the car was safely pulled over, I noticed smoke coming from under the hood that had the smell of plastic or burnt wires. I popped the hood and the smoke was coming from the fuse box area. Thankfully the car didn't catch on fire. Some history on this vehicle; it was brought in to our local gmc dealership around september 2016 with stability trac control issues which was causing the car to hesitate roughly at idle and acceleration. After investigating, the dealer found that it was a loose wire on the bottom of the fuse box that was causing the problem; which they fixed and the problem never came back until the evening of our incident when the stc light came on; followed by the electrical failure throughout the entire vehicle... I'll put my money on that fuse box again as being the culprit. Aaa (battery systems technician) came out this morning to take a look at it and when he tried to run tests on the battery but the gmc was back feeding power in to his cables and melted them and the connector on his truck. He said that he thinks that it's the fuse box (without knowing history) but has never seen anything like this and suggested that we take it to a shop. It doesn't look like there are any recalls relating to this so this will be out of pocket to keep my family safe. Car will be headed to the shop soon but dreading the thought of that bill I don't feel we should have to pay on seeing is that this is a big safety issue.

Filed Nov 13, 2012 · Electrical, Visibility · 63,009 miles · WI

We were driving and smelled a burning smell coming from the drivers door. The drivers side windows switch, door lock switch would not work. We took it to our mechanic and he determined that the drivers side switch had burned up and melted to the door wiring harness. The switch and harness both had to be replaced.