2007 GMC Acadia engine problems

Filed Jul 29, 2024 · Engine · 218,000 miles · MO

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered, and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with incorrect piston rings which caused excessive oil consumption. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to call the federal safety agency Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 218,000.

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 Aug 10, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 120,000 miles · AL

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Acadia. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the failure recurred mostly while driving and exceeding 45 mph. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the alternator needed to be replaced. The failure recurred and the alternator was replaced two more times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the instrument cluster and battery was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

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 Sep 4, 2019 · Engine · 157,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc acadia. The contact stated that water entered into the rear window control button and the check engine and coolant indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the timing chain and the tensioner needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 157,000.

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 Sep 1, 2018 · Engine, Steering · 86,000 miles · CA

Our vehicle only has 86k miles and the rack and pinion is leaking heavily. The dealer stated that this is a known issue, but it is out of warranty. Sometimes, the power steering cuts out and it is very difficult to move the steering wheel. We believe that this imposes serious risk while driving and the problem can happen at any time. There is no repeatable scenario to demonstrate the failure. It is random. The front engine cover also leaks oil heavily. The dealer also stated this is a known issue. This could result in rapid engine oil loss and engine failure while driving. I took the vehicle to the dealer yesterday for inspection. Unfortunately no pictures were taken, but their two technicians inspected the vehicle and agreed on the known issues. The service advisor also agreed on the known issues. I inquired about gm helping with these known issues, but the dealer stated that their district aftersales manager was not kind or helpful and would revert to general motor's online goodwill calculator. He accessed the online system which determined my vehicle was out of warranty and/or coverage and that there was no goodwill available to use for my vehicle. We're not looking for goodwill, but rather for gm to repair these high risk product failures. Since these components wear with use, not time, we feel that with our low usage, these components should not have failed.

Filed Jul 26, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 89,000 miles · PA

2007 gmc acadia, has had problem steering issues since purchased, loud whining noise from power steering, steering was fine for a along while even with the noise but now power steering has cement, truck engine stopped running with out any warning, issues in electrical system, windows not always rolling down and lift gate intermittently opens while driving or it won't open at all sometimes, power too lift gate seems too be gone when opening

Filed Jun 29, 2018 · Engine, Steering · 120,000 miles · CA

We got this 2007 gmc acadia at 100,230 miles on august 2014. Now it has around 133,800 miles. At 115,000 miles it stated to have issues where it said stability track. The traction control turns off by itself and not sure if the stability and this are the same thing. Some electric parts have already failed. The charging outlet and electric windows don't work right. The passenger side can not be put down by driver side. The rear right side can only be put down of up by the driver. The left rear does not work when the driver puts it down or up. The power in the lift gate in the back has gone out. It only opens or closes manually. There was also a recall with the lift gate and we got it fixed. After it was fixed then a while later it would close on us and it almost hit us but we reacted fast. It only closed on us about three times then it stopped working. It was recall 15240.the safety issue is that the steering wheel gets hard to turn when making a turn or u turn. It has happened many times as I am driving. One time is almost made me crash into a car. I have taken it to two mechanics and it has engine and transmission codes. For just the transmission codes it will cost me up to $4,000. According to the carfax records it has had internal transmission repairs at 53,543 miles. I feel like this car post a safety issue because of the steering wheel problem. We have had this car for 3years and we have experienced many problems with it. Gm should pay for this faulty parts.