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I have 60,050 miles on my 2007 Acadia, so obviously, I'm well past the bumper to bumper warranty. So here's the question: How do I get GMC to pick up the tab for a problem that is obviously occurring for just about all Acadia owners?
I still LOVE my car!! Stupid I know. But, it is what it is.
Kim
My next problem came when I was leaving work and the car wouldn't start - I had it jumped. Well, I also had it jumped at least 5 other times. Finally got tired of unreliable transportation - took the car in and the report stated that it had a bad cell. The battery was replaced Jan 15, 2009. Here it is - Jan. 8, 2010 and since the new battery I have had to be jumped 3 times in the past month. This am I went to the dealer where they replaced my battery and was told it would cost $190.00 to check it out and put a new battery in. You are out of warrenty and your extended warrently wont cover bad batteries. When I am sitting in my car and nothing is on, I can hear it clicking. I don't know what to do.
My water pump also went out when I was taking my car in for servicing right in front of the service guy. Thankfully, my extendend warrently di help to cover that cost.
Could the battery be a short from all the water leaking into the car.
I am at my wits end. My co-workers see my car and love it, until they remember the problems I have had. They have older, less expensive cars and they never have problems. I don't want this car anymore - I know I have a lemon.
I am still terrified of driving my vehicle, so I am constantly looking in the rear view mirror, making sure no one is too close to me, just in case it shuts off in traffic again; don't want anyone to run into the back of me. However, it has not shut off since I picked it up before Christmas, but as I told General Motors and BBB, it happens randomly.
what is the lemon law exactly, can you please explain it.
i have a 2007 gmc acadia and i am starting to hate it
it is still under warranty since it has around 30k miles
thanks
Kerrie
My question is: Do I keep the car since it will have a new engine or do we trade it in for something else? I am not sure if something else can go wrong.
Yesterday we went to start the car and no luck -- the dealer told us that it was a software problem and that we would have to pay $160 for a software upgrade. We did not agree and they waived the fee. Software upgrade? No one mentioned that when we bought the car! Watch out! Question everything. It appears that the inital transmission proble (which now seems to be widespread) may have had something to do with the computer system recall.
But even with all of this, I still like my Acadia "o)
Just wait until you have to replace the $1400 tires (that only Mr. Tire and the dealership stock....) The struts had to be replaced in September and also we had a problem with the antenna being too high for a standard garage...we had to have it replaced due to damage (in the meanwhile we had our garage door professionally raised) when we got the car back the new antenna stood up at a 90 degre angle and waas impossible to fit....
"Just wait until you have to replace the $1400 tires (that only Mr. Tire and the dealership stock....) "
Labor doing it that way was $70 dollars for both.
First, I was really wrong with my miles on an earlier post, I'm at 46,500 miles (my hubby's truck is at 60,000).
Anyhow, since last Friday, I've been driving around in a beautiful red Dodge Charger that doesn't leak in water!!!!!!!!!!!!! If only I can take all the bells & whistles out of my Acadia and put them into the Charger, I'd be in heaven once again!
Last Tuesday, I took my 2007 Acadia into be serviced. Well, earlier I posted a water leak coming from the front passenger door..........it had only just begun. I had water streaming out the door, the interior lights (all 3), and the 3rd row seat, driver's side, seatbelt assembly! Go figure!!!! I took the car in and the service rep told me they would essentially put it under a shower to see where all the leaks are. Heck, they could've just left it sitting outside since Northern Calif is having massive rain day after day. Oh, they found the LEAKS alright.
So, this is the 2nd go around with the sunroof & moonroof leaking as well as the interior lights (3rd row only) and the front passenger door; however, GMC says, "PAY UP!!!!!" The GMC local rep, advises that they will not cover the bad seal around the moon & sun roofs. I've been told that I have to pay a $200 deductible to have these issues fixed!!!!
Due to the water pouring in like a river, the interior carpet is TRASHED! We were quoted roughly $13,000 - 18,000 to rip out the interior carpeting and replace it with new. Thank God for car & home owners insurance. We called our insurance company & they sent an adjuster out to look at the car. They will pick up the tab and deemed it undriveable for now. We have to pay our $300 deductible with them as well. So now, I'm forking out $500 of my money when GMC needs to pull their heads out of their as-es & place a recall on ALL models & years on the Acadia!!!!!
I am spending the day calling any & all numbers I can find for the head offices of GMC!! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated mad. :mad:
I have had a battery replaced, a horrible noise in the front passenger wheel area, they replaced the air compressor for the AC b/c they thought that was causing the noise, then coming down into campus one day, I felt like I was driving a Power Wheels toy car, it just started shutting down. The water pump had gone out. Now the power steering goes out when driving in heavy rain or thru a puddle of standing water, when its raining heavily the car literally sounds like a squealing PIG coming down the road. I am so disgusted with the vehicle, but there is nothing I can do. We did not buy and extended warranty (why I don't know) and now we are more or less praying that every problem that comes up falls under power train!
It extremely frustrating, I can't get rid of it fast enough! If I could ever get turned back up right in my loan, I'd get rid of it! :mad:
So, no problems for about 4 days... and then (of course) same issue.
Took it to the dealership... they can't get it to do it again... and claim they've never heard of any issue like this before.
So - anyone had this issue and had it resolved (or identified what caused it)? :confuse:
Thanks
I was going to buy the cross bars but now that you mention the noise, I guess I will not.
If you have water on the floor it could be the sun roof if you have one or when I had a similar problem the doors hinges needed adjustment.
According to the fraction of posts I've read, several consistant issues are popping up. 1.) Water leaks from sun roofs or holes which aren't plugged, 2.) transmission isses (which I myself have had), and 3.) random shut downs while driving. There seems to be a host of others but I'm not sure if they're frequent enough to catagorize into common problems.
I'm writing this post because as an engineer (not for car companies, thankfully) I can understand how a very small percentage of vehicles can have parts problems, especially if the parts come from places like china where quality is worse than horrible (I know from experience). I understand that people experiencing issues with their car are upset but it's important to understand GM is probably not seeing these issues with most cars leaving their factories. Most likely the 50 cars before and after yours on the assembly line turned out alright.
Now as I said I had a transmission problem myself. I bought my car April 27th, 2007, and I already have just under 72,000 miles on it (yes I drive alot). After having my car for about a year I took my car in for an oil change and the transmission fluid was low. It was refilled, but later that week a friend noticed the drip under my car, which was the leak. I was out of town but luckily had a dealership nearby; apparently there was already an upgrade for the car (so I figured GM already knew something about the problem). Since then I haven't really experienced anything.
I've read posts about people describing the air leaving the tires; I have this issue at cold weather and have never experienced it in the other two cars I've owned. Perhaps it's my inexperience, but the dealership told me it's what happens to tires at cold temperatures so I just learned to deal with it. I've also noticed the sound the car makes when you turn the steering wheel left or right (usually in parked). Again, I always thought this was normal. The tire problem does not occur unless it's winter, and now that I have a garage I have not experienced it at all this year. The steering sound only really occurs in park and has had no adverse affect on the car.
I've driven in horrible Michigan winter weather and in Tennessee mountains. I've driven in down-pours and even off roaded. My only REAL complaint is that my old 2005 pontiac grand pri would NEVER wipe out, even when I tried to do so in a vacant, icy lot in 2007. I could not get it to slide. This car is prone to slide if you accelerate too fast, but as I'm reading today it may be more to do with the tires than with the car. I have not experienced good traction control with this car.
The only other 'issue' I have, which I haven't read about, is when you turn the 'turn' signals on, you can hear static coming from the speakers. Obviously there is some noise getting into the radio electronics, but maybe the problem was fixed after my model year. But really, a little static is trivial. This for me, as I'm sure it has been for many other Acadia drivers, has been a great car.
That brings me to my last point: The first couple years of any new model is going to have some trouble. Some co-workers much more experienced with cars than me warned me about this yet I loved the car and wanted it anyway. Yes I've had some trouble but I suppose I expected some. As an engineer, I think GM should replace all cars with serious issues (the car turning off on the high way, design mistakes / defects causing leaks) but I don't think people should assume their problem is prevalent or happening to everyone. I assure you GM would not allow this product on the market if it did. I would also like to remind everyone that GM does not seem to be having the worst quality defects at the moment. That achievement probably belongs to Toyota right now since their pedal recall affects at least 2 million vehicles, as of January 21st, 2010.
I'll keep you posted once i have mine checked...
as you stated-the traction control is awful-if it rains and especially when it snows-I'm all over the road-or if i'm at a stoplight-i sit & tires spin with out hardly giving it any gas-i love my 2007 acadia but that is my biggest complaint...i wasn't sure if the AWD handled better?? anyone know?
I have a 2008 SLT1 AWD. I live in an area where it is winter 5-6 months of the year. This car is phenomenal in winter driving conditions. Of course, ice is ice and whether you have 4 wheel drive or not, you are going to slide if you brake suddenly if you are going too fast. I, too, have stopped worrying about every little thing. After owning over 20 cars/trucks in life, I can honestly say that the Acadia has given me more cause for concern than any of the others. But, keeping that perspective, cars are getting a little more technical and adding features we could only dream of 20-30 years ago. Each of those amazing features lends an opportunity for failure! There really is a lot right with the vehicle. It has made it so I don't care if I ever own a car again. I am flat spoiled with the ease of getting in and out of the car, especially after knee surgery, and if you are transporting kids or seniors. It is perfect! It isn't too tall and it isn't too low! The seats aren't quite as comfortable as the seats in the Cadillac Escalade my daughter drives, but hers came with a higher price tag.
I really hope they can get the bugs worked out. It has a lot of possibilities. I hope they make the interior a little more upgraded, like more comfortable seats, a little more use of leather on the doors and less plastic, upgraded carpeting, better looking and better quality headliner,etc. The interior is a little inferior for a mid 40s priced car. Love Onstar, rear camera, parking assist, heated seats, great sound system (Bose) and great safely ratings, remote start, remote tailgate lift, and dvd player. It could use a gas cap with a release lever inside the car for a little less opportunity for theft of fuel, and heated captains chairs in middle row, like the new Yukons. Just spoil me, GMC!
I've read the engineer discuss how this is a minority of the cars with problems. He obviously hasn't had this problem or he'd think differently.
GM told us that the car is fixed to THEIR satisfaction. What a joke.
So we're stuck with a dud. This is too bad and very frustrating. GM! you should be ashamed of yourself.
I know a guy at GM from college. I'll see if I can get in touch with him about your issue.
Did you have to pay for this out of your pocket, up front? How does that work?
Did you get stuck with a car payment higher than the one you were previously paying?
Shirley
This is not the part of the tailight that is located on the trunk lid, but rather the
part located on the back fender.
Thanks
Thank you for replying back to me, I'm glad they took care of you.
I understand your frustration with your Acadia, but when you make blanket statements you lose credibility.