Bought used 2009 acadia in 2011 with 55000 miles and nothing but headache 1) 60k miles: liftgate came crashing down my wife's back while getting the groceries. They should have some safety measures to stop the gate from crashing. 2) 70k miles: truck wont start in drive way. Towed truck to dealer and they changed fuel pump. 3) 70k miles: engine misfire code. Replaced one coil. 4) 76k miles: coolant always low. Dealer changed water pump. 5) 76k miles: truck hesitate and feel a misfire between 45 and 55 MPH. Took truck to dealer and they quoted me over $3300 to replace all coils, spark plugs, steering wheel column and steering rack busing. 6) since we bought the car we cant even drive it with the windows down or the roof open. The truck shakes roughly with both roof and windows open.
2009 GMC Acadia fuel system complaints
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Driving on sr at approx. 65mph when check engine light comes on and "engine power reduced" is displayed. Car slows dramatically and eventually comes to a stop. Power steering is also lost concurrently. After swerving into opposite lane, I managed to get car off to the side of road. Car was towed to dealership (courtesy gm roadside assistance). Fuel pressure sensor was replaced after finding the sensor intermittently shorting and causing the low pressure condition. The power steering assembly was also leaking. The steering gear was replaced and flushed. Exactly one week later while driving on the same sr at approx. 55mph, the check engine light came on and "engine power reduced" is displayed. Car slows dramatically and comes to a stop. However, this time I was able to steer car off the side of the road with no problem. Heavy smoke was also coming from the exhaust and the car smelled unusual on the interior. After waiting 3 hours for a tow (gm roadside assistance), the car was towed to the dealership. Two fuel injectors were found leaking (# 1 and 3) and were replaced. Fuel injectors 2, 4, 5, and 6 were rebuilt. This same vehicle had two fuel injectors (#3 and 5) replaced in august 2011 when this same chain of events occurred (previously reported). I am concerned as to why fuel injectors in this vehicle continue to fail causing the engine to flood with fuel. The safety concern is the vehicle will decelerate and stop with no warning which could cause a fatality if I were on a interstate with little to no shoulder.
While at wyatt johnson dealership to buy car, salesperson, [xxx], states there is a problem with the plastic pieces attached to floor mats. States he needs to order them and bring car back in. Less than week later, check engine light comes on. They kept car for a few weeks because they state they needed to order a part that they did not have in. Finally picked up car to realize there was so many miles on it that I thought it was not the acadia we bought, or they set it up on a dolly to let tires rotate to hike the miles. They knew we were moving soon, military, and did not have time to do something about it. Within a 100 miles the check engine light came on again. Long story short, this happened time and time again where dealership would have car for weeks with us to drive around a $5000 loaner vehicle while making payments on a $40,000 vehicle. Because we were not stationed as same state as where we bought it, no gmc dealership would take the vehicle back as a lemon. Twice we ran from the vehicle fearing for our life because it stalled, smoked, and had the smell of gas in the cabin area. No dealership at new duty station would take the car back without sever penalties, and said we would need to return it to the state we bought it in order to turn it in as a lemon, however, the vehicle was not safe to drive from florida to tennessee. Keep in mind the car went in and out of shop 8-10 times with them keeping the vehicle weeks at a time. We paid $680 with 0% interest rate a month for the car to sit at the dealerships. Frustrated, we told the dealerships in melbourne fl and ally financial we were too scared to drive it, nothing the repairmen did helped the gas smell or check engine light, and they could tow it off our driveway. On a car fax report, it shows a title change occurred during the time they kept it. I feel sorry for whoever bought this vehicle. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 gmc acadia. The contact stated that the engine power reduced message illuminated on the instrument panel as smoke and fire emitted from the exhaust pipe. The fire department was not contacted and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who diagnosed that two fuel injectors were stuck, which resulted in the fuel lines and engine to become flooded. The dealer stated that in order to repair the problem the fuel lines, catalytic converter, oil and oil filter needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who covered all costs of repairs to the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 23,500 and the current mileage was 24,500.
My client was driving a 2009 gmc acadia (acquired 09-03-2008) on interstate 10 near marriana florida on 08-08-09 when the car caught on fire and burned completely. My client, her daughter, ann and ann's 2 young boys were traveling to a destination in florida. Fortunately one of the boys needed to go to the bathroom so they stopped along side the interstate. The car burned up in front of their eyes. . We have received no reports of the cause yet. I have a lot of photographs. Fortunately ,no one was burned - but the car and all of its contents were burned completely.
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