Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced several electrical failures. The rear doors would not unlock, the liftgate failed to open, the check engine indicator illuminated intermittently, and the battery failed while the key was stuck in the ignition. When the battery was replaced, the key was removed; however, the engine was still operable. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing where it was stated that the body control module needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
2008 GMC Acadia body complaints
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Water leaking after rain storm down to floor mats on both the driver and passenger side. We had our windshield recently replaced back in may of this year, so I thought that this was maybe the issue and took back to the glass repair shop. Upon investigating further, they found that the issue was happening to many of the gmc vehicles on the electrical recall. I went to gm's website and entered my VIN and nothing about this issue on our personal vehicle. In our small community there have been two house fires, major damage caused by the electrical system ignition etc on gm vehicles. We do not want to be the next victim.
Back hatch on vehicle will not open. Replaced fuse and still will not open, there is not a safety open included with this vehicle therefore the door cannot be opened from the inside. The full vehicle is not able to be used and is unsafe for third row riders in the event of an accident.
I purchased this vehicle from the gm dealer in anchorage alaska on jan. 27, 2014. At approximately 63550 miles, during a hared rain storm, water entered the vehicle from some point. It poured out of the interior heating fan cover, under the glove box on the passenger side of the vehicle. It covered and soaked the floor mats and insulation around the area. In order to determine the extent of the leak, I removed the glove box and the heating system fan cover. The fan cover was completely full of water. I removed about 3 cups once and only hours later it was full again.
Water leaking into vehicle cabin entering through panoramic sunroof and ending in the electronic components under the driver side causing multiple dashboard warning lights to turn on and inoperable at times when lit. On two instances vehicle unable to start took to dealership for repairs and after a few days and unable to replicate was sent home. Currently breaks and electronic stability control lights come on and off intermittently and unable to operate cruise control.
Water leaking into the floorboard saturating the carpet.
Water sloshing under the glove box, and getting on passenger's shoes. Pulled plastic housing around blower motor to find it completely filled with water (same as described at this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnykjlhusxi). Turns out the sunroof drain is clogged and the interior is filling with water (like in this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzygdlln-u). The battery compartment is full of water.
Water leaks in car when it rains, over the past 4yrs my car has been back to dealership for same problem, in which they fixed at no charge to myself and once again I am experience the same leak when it rains. They safety concerns are very big because of all the electrical wires that the water may be coming in contact with, including the air bags. I have contacted dealership and gmc and they both say that I am responsible for the repairs this time. The problem is their design and I know that they are aware of it because of the many,many,many other customers having the exact same problem. Something must be done.
First incident occurred when we went to a family reunion for the weekend. We were at a camp ground in a cabin and did not enter the car all weekend. It rained all weekend very hard at times. When we did enter the car to go home noted approx. 1 inch of water to the floor of both driver and passenger side of vehicle. At the time I thought maybe I just didn't have the sun roof closed all the way. Dried it up and didn't think much more about it. Car is garage kept so most of the time it is not exposed to rain. Another day took my son to dentist, it was raining very hard that day on the way home water started pouring out of 3rd row light then noted sounds of water splashing around in headliner. I was able to dry it up and mentioned it when I had an oil change. I was told the drain tubes were probably blocked and did a check on those with no problems. As I said the car is garage kept so fortunately it has not been exposed to a lot of rain. However this week we have had a lot of rain the car has been parked out side while I work. Yesterday when I came home I again noted large amount of water in floor boards. Dried it up again with plan to take to dealer on next day off. Today when I came home from work I had placed towel in sunroof area in case of more rain, towel was soaked dripping down onto seats floor was again soaked. When I got home turned key off, removed key but car continued to run, sputtered for approx. 2-3 mins then shut off. Started it up again and shut it off removed the key and it did the same. Heard a continued humming sound coming from engine. At this point I had worked all night so just left it. I will take to dealer tomorrow but it is out of warranty. I have researched this problem and found hundreds of complaints. No fix by gmc.
Fluid leaked from master cylinder to power booster no visible leaks repaired at my expense about a week later a bulletin from gm that was to extend my warranty to 10 year 120000 miles. There is a process in place to return my money. No safety recall ! Both front struts have gone out . The air conditioner is causing problems because of off and on cooling. All of this is with in 55000 miles, the car has 55055miles as of this dated. There seems to be a process of no safety recalls but to issue extended warranty. We all know what recalls do to sales.
Problem #1 of 3: during heavy rains, water would leak in through the sun visors on both sides. Took it to the dealership several times. They said the drain tubes from the sunroof were clogged, they blew it out, when that didn't work, they charged me to put it longer tubes, when that didn't work, they said it was because they only replaced the front tubes, not the back. Problem #2 of 3: when driving through water puddles at low speed I lose power steering for a brief time (which is troublesome when turning). Problem #3 of 3: two warning lights for airbags come on everytime I start the vehicle. I can push a button each time to make the written warning go away, but the red light with a picture stays on. Not sure if the airbags would deploy or not.
While attempting to maneuver out of a parking space, my wheels locked up. Still thinking the wheel had turned enough, I attempted to clear a cement bea, however the car rolled into it. I was told that the tire had detached from the car "rod under the car" which prevented me from turning.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated that water was leaking through the roof of the vehicle, causing water damage to the interior. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that there was a defective seal on the roof. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 93,000.
Water leaks in front driver and passenger side floor boards, hard to tell where the leak is occurring. Water leaks everytime it rains and drips down onto the wiring and airbags. This causes the gas and brake pedals to become slick posing a safety issue. We bought the vehicle used and this is the first few times we've noticed it. Water leaking on the wiring system cant be good everyone knows water and electricity do not mix.
We were parked with the back end up on a slope, when we went down onto level ground a large amount of water came in between our windshield and ceiling- it poured onto our passenger side dash. We thought we got all the water soaked up right away. The next morning our car was making a clicking sound and wouldn't start. It wouldn't give the key back. When we jumped it- it wouldn't shut off. We had to unhook the battery- very dangerous. This went on for days.
Our vehicle sat out in the rain for several hours because we were at our daughter's sporting event in another town. When we came back to our vehicle to drive home, we noticed the carpet was wet and when my husband pulled forward water began to come out of both the third row light and seatbelts. We did our best to clean the water up and planned on contacting the dealership as soon as we could. We drove the car to work the following morning as this is our main vehicle and when my husband shut off the car he noticed that it was making a strange noise. When he tried to restart the car it would not start. We attempted to jump the car, but it would not turn over. We ended up contacting a towing company to take the car to the local dealership. After a month of our car being out of commission, gm and the dealership have determined that there is extensive damage and we will need to have the wiring and circuit boards replaced at a cost of $6000. Gm has completely washed theirs hands of this and continues to say it is an environmental issue and we didn't maintain the sunroof properly (although no documentation was given to inform us that this needed to happen) and clearly they know of the design flaw since they recalled it once for a leaky roof (we had the recall done). There are documented mold issues (which make people sick), airbags that have quit working, defroster motor issues in northern states, in addition to a complete vehicle failure while driving in an undesirable neighborhood. Here is a link to edmonds.com where there are many, many complaints. Http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f1e12d1.
Vehicle leaks water when it rains onto driver and front passenger. Water leaks into airbags and visors. After rains, vehicle will not turn off, even with key removed. Vehicle rolls significantly while in park or when in gear. Transmission skips and slips.
Water water water leaking in vehivle everywhere. Dripping from rear overhead lights, rear back-up sensor, around emergency brake, a-pillars are soaked, pooling on driver side floor. Water and electrical = nothing but problems and more problems. This is now our second acadia in the last month first was a 07 which water was also leaking from even more areas (opened overhead dvd and water just poured out). That vehicle was fixed per tsb yet problem never solved it just continued to leak. Dealership bought it back once they found us a different acadia which I now have a 08. They said they found out that the 07's water leaking was a major issue but not with the 08's. Well we signed the papers on march 1st and no suprise water leaking everywhere by march 10th. I contacted gmc and was told to have it diagnosed and then they will pass it on to some other department claim specilist person to see if they can help. Oh yeah and found out from gmc that the tsb for drain tube extensions has already been done on vehicle. I am hopefull that gmc will take care of this issue at their expense. ---with the first vehicle, after water issue started my wife would be driving and the power seat would move all the way forward and she could not stop that from happening. She tried to hit the button to stop the seat from moving but it was non responsive until the seat was all they way forward. My wife as very long legs and said if she would have had to make any sort of emergency manovers she would not have been able to. If gmc does not reslove this issue I plan on start the process of a class action lawsuit for all affected acadia owners.
Water leak from either sunroof drain tube or faulty seam seal, caused water to come into vehicle causing floors and doormats to be wet and cause moldy odor. Also caused major corrosion to harness and fuse box. Told there could be more corrosion, but won't know until they pull those parts out. I have researched water leak recalls for gmc acadia's, and although it is currently not a recall, it is a very common problem that happens in many acadia's, therefore, I believe this problem should be made a recall! I am told that water leaks are not covered under my limited warranty and they only offered to go half with me on the repairs. Told it will be between $900-$1,600. Even going half on either of those amounts, I do not feel it is fair that I pay anything toward a problem that gm knew about when the acadia came out in '07. Instead of doing something about it back then, they opted to wait and deal with it on a case to case basis. This is not fair that we consumers have to pay for their poor workmanship! Gm should be held accountable for their negligence in selling a vehicle that has proved to have continuous water leaks.
We bought the acadia used from a local dealer and the first time it rained significantly water leaked in around the door post at front of vehicle. This leak caused some of the electrical boards to short out which allowed us not to be able to shut the vehicle off even with the key removed. We took it to the dealer, they informed us about the electrical boards and stated the charge to repair. After a call to gm complaint line they repaired the board at no charge to us, but after about 2months same problem accrued same issues. Dealer said water still leaking in but could not find, they dried out the electric connections and said to try it again. After 2months the problem happened again to no help from dealer,my concern is fear of fire from shorted boards or the build up of mold under carpet. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. While parked, the contact noticed water had entered the vehicle from under the glove compartment and the overhead light compartment, flooding the floorboard. The contact stated that the failure recurred whenever it rained. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 58,000.
While it was raining outside, I was sitting in the back seat and happened to look up and saw water/ rain trickling out from around the rear interior overhead light, it was also coming in around the sensor in the overhead. The trickle eventually slowed down to a drip. In my opinion, water and electricity don't mix.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated the tail gate door would opens by itself sporadically while driving. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 35,775.
Anytime we get a heavy rain water makes it's way inside the roof of the vehicle. I've got water coming out of seat belt panels, overhead lights, and all over the place. Water/mold and electricity don't mix.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated that whenever it would rain, water would enter through the sunroof and the instrument cluster. The dealer was notified who advised that they would perform a diagnostic test and inspect the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 85,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated that he noticed water on the dashboard prior to starting the vehicle. The contact then attempted to start the vehicle, but it would not start. The vehicle was successfully jump started and all of the air bag warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnosis. The dealer stated that a seal needed to be placed between the firewall and cab. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 49,000 and the current mileage was 52,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated that there was a severe water leak coming from the moon/sun roof and into the instrument panel, causing a shortage with all of the electrical components. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the headliner that surrounded the moon/sun roof area. The replacement did not correct the failure. The manufacturer was notified who stated that the failure was caused by an engineering flaw and offered no assistance. The vehicle was taken to the dealer four times for repairs. The contact filed a claim with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 53,000 and the current mileage was 56,000.
Bought our gmc acadia dec. 2011 had no issues till jan 2012. Since then it has been back to the dealership repeatedly for seemingly linked problems. Started with just a dead battery upon further investigation found that the wiring harness was submerged in water, causing battery to short out, replaced the battery and fixed the apparent point of entry. Not two weeks later back in the shop, water pouring from the head liner (around the interior lights, sunroof moldings, and seat belt joints). Our acadia remained at the dealership for three days with no luck of finding a leak (checked all drain lines and ran the vehicle through the water machine). Here we are again vehicle has been at the shop for a week with no luck of finding the point of intrusion; this time the water leak shorted out the entire fuse panel. After trying to find the leak for over a week, sending the vehicle to another shop to "get a fresh set of eyes on it", and contacting gm for advise (which was no help) the dealership still has been unsuccessful in locating the water leak. Not sure what to do next. All I know is we bought a $30,000.00 car so we wouldn't have problems and here we are with problems, expensive problems.
Gmc is aware of the problem with the acadia that the car leaks water from the roof, and I mean pours in. This water also enters the electrical system of the vehicle and affects the airbags. This is a huge safety concern for me. There is no telling what other safety features will be compromised with this water leak issue. Any help concerning this issue will be greatly appreciated.
Cause code: 6021 - component damaged/cracked, reverse clutch plate replacement reading various forums, these seems to be a problem with all lambada platforms, hundreds if not thousands of transmission failures, creating a major safety concern for myself and the public. Gm needs to replace these trannys with a new more durable/reliable design before someone is seriously injured or killed, its only a matter of time. Please confront gm with these complaints...thx http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/webx/.f215073?displayrecent.
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