2008 GMC Acadia: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Apr 30, 2024 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · MO · fire

The contact owns a 2008 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while her daughter-in-law was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made a popping sound, and then the fuse box near the passenger's side headlight caught fire. No warning light was illuminated. The contact's daughter-in-law was able to exit the vehicle. There were no injuries, and medical attention was not received. Bystanders called the police and fire departments. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. Police and fire department reports were filed. The fire chief informed the contact that the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction. The vehicle was towed to the residence and had not yet been deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

Filed Jul 19, 2022 · Electrical, Fuel system · AL

The headlights don't work even after replacing. It rains in the vehicle from the sunroof. The gas tank isn't registering even after fixing it. So the engine doesn't know how much to put out etc etc and it makes the car jerk horribly. This vehicle is a fire hazard due to raining inside on everything upfront. I have kids I pray nothing happens!!

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · Airbags, Electrical · NC

My passenger airbag light has been on since I got the car in march of 2020. I have just replaced my low beam headlights october of 2020 and now the driver side lights doesn't work. On the dashboard the light that's suppose to show when your bright's are on, doesn't come on anymore and I was in motion when I realized they had stopped working.

Filed Feb 18, 2019 · Lights · 200,000 miles · IL

Headlights are burning up about every 2 months does not matter what side they are not lasting

Filed Jan 3, 2019 · Driver assistance, Lights · 134,500 miles · LA

The lights are going in and out, and the high beams as well as the taillights are doing the same. I was told there is a short in the system. The steering system is making a very loud noise any time the steering wheel is moved. The stability lights as well as others keep coming on and off but when checked shows nothing is wrong.

Filed Feb 4, 2018 · Airbags, Seat belts · 80,000 miles · IN · crash · 2 injuries

My wife fell asleep ran off the road struck a utility pole and a large dirt embankment. The air bags did not deploy nor did the belt tensioners,she hit the steering column so hard she it broke the column and broke her sternum. Our granddaughter was in the front passenger seat the air bag nor the tennsioners deployed resulting her back being broken in two places and also her foot was broken. I contacted general motors and they sent a man to download the computer information they sent me a copy of the info and later contacted me saying the info showed everything was working properly. Pryor to the accident I had the auto in for the recall on this problem. I also had it in for another recall for the headlights and they had to remove a large part of the front to do the repair and done a poor job of putting it back together I returned it and they finally got it right,in the mean time the service air bag light came on and they repaired that.later after the accident I went back to the dealer and questioned the body shop manager about putting it back together properly and then told him about the accident then he had nothing else to say. The auto was a total loss after a length of time wife and granddaughter got out of hospital. This car was recalled for this very reason. My insurance company paid my granddaughter $95,000 for her injuries and commented that they would probably sue gm to get that back.

Filed Apr 22, 2017 · Lights · 100,000 miles · FL

I have hid lights and the low beam socket of the headlight assembly has melted to the point that the light bulbs will no longer stay in place.

Filed Feb 15, 2017 · Lights · 160,000 miles · MN

Known issue with daytime running lights on gmc acadia, but we were not notified. Assembly can cause melting of housing and has done so to our left headlight assembly. If headlight were to burnout, we'd have to replace the entire assembly (we were quoted $1700 to do so). We cannot financially afford to do this and are concerned that this could cause a fire or melting of other parts.

Filed Aug 22, 2016 · Lights · 125,000 miles · MD

I have hid headlight and both daytime running lights have severely melted and cracked reflectors. Both bulbs were melted into there sockets to the point I had to completely replace the socket. When I attempted to re insert the socket into the reflector housing I was un able to install it as the reflector was missing over half of the retaining ring due to it being melted. One socket looked extremely blackened due to excessive heat. Both light are temp installed as I am unable to correctly install due to severely melted reflector.

Filed Jun 2, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · 94,119 miles · KY

I just replaced my left side low beam light for the second time in the past 12 months. When I pulled out the old bulb, it looked burnt on the tip of instead of the first time I treplaced it a year ago when the wires became loose and burnt out like a typical light bulb. Today is the second time within a week that the speakers went out and there was no sound coming out at all. The main fuse is good and I drained the water from the connectors on all the doors. There seems to be a shortage somewhere in the system because it would take 5-10 minutes for the sound to come back on. Does anyone know any solutions to fix this problem diy instead of taking it to the dealer?

Filed May 17, 2016 · Lights · 103,452 miles · CA

I have a 2008 gmc acadia and my passenger low beam kept going out every 2-3 months. Finally after replacing it 5 times, we found out the wiring harness was getting so hot it actually melted the harness. I've read several times that this is a normal thing, but gmc refuses to do a recall on the headlights. Not only is it dangerous to only have 1 low beam working, but it is a fire hazard if you just keep replacing the bulb. My wiring harness is so bad that it disintegrated in my hand the last time I went to change a bulb. That's how I found out there's a major problem.

Filed Apr 4, 2016 · Lights · 83,440 miles · WI

The running lights burn out frequently. Not at the same time. Each one we've replaced at least 4 times, which is way too much. We are using good quality bulbs too. Now the inside of the headlight assembly is melted where the bulb socket itself snaps in so we can't keep the socket and bulb in its place. The replacement headlight assembly is not cheap for this vehicle