2008 GMC Acadia: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jul 13, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 142,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the residence. Wilkins buick-gmc 6913 ritchie hwy, glen burnie, md 21061, 410 999-1419, was contacted and the contact was informed that the engine and transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 142,000.

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Electrical · FL

When I turn the ignition key to off when I came home of work the vehicle stays running for 10 to 50 seconds before it stalls out.I try to turn on the ignition 4 hours later the battery is dead.my 2008 arcadia is parked at my home. I will need a jump start to go anywhere because the battery is dead.I have to unplug the battery after I park the 2008 arcadia.when I come home or try to start the vehicle.

Filed Jul 12, 2019 · Engine · 120,000 miles · RI

The timing chain broke which in turn broke the engine as well. It happened as I was exiting the highway, it just stalled and would not start again.

Filed Jul 10, 2019 · Electrical · 153,934 miles · CA

The sunroof leaks in the front driver seat, passenger, and water comes out of the air vents in the back seat as well as the dvd player and air bags. The battery will not hold a charge and now with a new battery the car stalls when trying to start it. The car was parked in my driveway. The water leak happened in december 2018.

Filed Jan 13, 2019 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · TX

The vehicle turns off abruptly while driving. The vehicle as turned off in a parked-idling position, rolling at five MPH, and even between 60-70 MPH. Most of the time when the car shuts down, you are not able to restart the car without removing the key out of the ignition and inserting it to the on position cycling that motion four to five times. I have researched and spoken to other owners with the same make, model, and year as I have and they are dealing with the same issue. I am certain I am not the only complaint regarding this issue. I am worried about the safety for my family and myself because as mentioned before, this happens at random. This is copied and pasted from a previous post because I have the exact same issue. No accident so far because I was able to get off highway safely while car stalled at 70 MPH.

Filed Apr 19, 2018 · Transmission · 106,000 miles · PA

For the past 6-9 months I have been experiencing problems with unwarranted speed shifting, hard shift changes & overall transmission issues. I have had my car to transmission specialists almoat on a monthly basis for these issues. I was told by the specialist that he repairs at least 3 cars of my same make & model per week. He said he is noticing a very common failure in each vehicle. My vehicle has power but the speed & gear shift are huge safety issues, as it is very random & unprovoked. I have been driving on the highway & my vehicle would just stall or shift. I have had to carefully pull over to the side of the road to avoid a major accident.

Filed Feb 15, 2018 · 106,000 miles · MD

My 2008 gmc acadia leaks water in several different locations inside the vehicle when it rains. It has leaked water through the air bags and I'm now concerned that the air bags could be water damaged and compromised. It leaks through electrical components. It smells like mold and mildew in the car. Condensation builds up in the car frequently after it rains. The car will also sputter and act like it is going to stall out while driving on the highway sometimes. It tells me to 'service traction controls' and 'service stabilitrack'.

Filed Jan 3, 2018 · Engine · 95,000 miles · ME

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc acadia. While driving various speeds, the "reduced engine power" indicator illuminated without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle's speed was reduced to 20 MPH and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after approximately 15 minutes. Quirk auto of bangor, maine (295 hogan rd, 04401) was made aware of the failure, but the source of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

Filed May 26, 2017 · Driver assistance · 160,000 miles · LA

As I was driving to pick my kids up from school, my traction control light come on indicating that my traction control was turned off. Then the stablitrack light came on. I pulled over because my vehicle felt like it was missing and about to go dead. I cut the vehicle off and waited about 10 minutes and started the engine again. The lights were off and it run fine. Two days later while on my way to work the lights started to come on again and then I received a message that the engine had reduced speed. I mashed the accelerator but could not drive faster than 20 miles per hour. There was a lot of traffic behind me and when my vehicle stalled I almost was hit from behind. I've called gmc and they were no help! This is a serious problem and needs to be addressed. I looked online to see if other acadia owners have had the same issue and found multiple complaints. This really needs to be looked into and a recall to fix the issue before someone gets hurt. It's very dangerous for your vehicle to stall out on you on a main highway or interstate. Took it to a mechanic and they are not sure what the issue is. Others reported taking their acadia to the dealership and having to pay to replace several parts and the issue is still not resolved.

Filed Apr 20, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 135,250 miles · CO

Happened 2x already. Vehicle is in motion high rate of speed 55 to 75 MPH, engine light comes on and vehicle starts to slow down drastically on its own. Eventually the engine shuts off loosing all power and power steering. Happened once on highway and once on a major busy road. If you try to accelerate there is no power. The vehicle eventually stalls without warning. Once I could not even tell the engine stopped because the dash board lights still worked. Pulled over, wait 10 to 15 minutes and then try to start vehicle. It will start and everything seems normal again. Each time this happened I had my 3 kids in car. Not safe at all. Took it to dealer and they have no clue. Said it may have something to do with transmission.

Filed Mar 21, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 143,000 miles · SC

Approximately 3 weeks ago, my 2008 gmc acadia was serviced at 140,000 miles for worn out timing chains. Now, I am looking at problems with my transmission. How convenient. Within three weeks this vehicle has failed on me. The timing chains were rattling in turns when it was taken into the dealership and the problem was discovered. I actually visited and left the dealership several times before the problem was diagnosed, so I was riding around with a faulty part in my engine. The transmission went out after I had exited the interstate at which point I could not accelerate more than 10 MPH. Good thing I was not on the interstate when it decided to stall out on me as I can only imagine how disastrous that would have been. The 2007 and 2009 gmc models were recalled for timing chain issues, never the 2008 model. The transmission problem is related to the 3-5-r wave plate, which had a 20,000 mile extension from gm to cover the repair if this broke, which of course I am out of, thus the repair costs for both defects are my problem. I do not understand how they will not back their products knowing that they are faulty. Gm needs to step up and man up to the fact they have inferior products inside these engines and transmissions.

Filed Feb 23, 2017 · 167,000 miles · CT

The engine stutters and jolts, traction control keeps kicking on and car is stalling right in the middle of the road.