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2017 GMC Acadia problems

Owners have filed 954 complaints about the 2017 GMC Acadia with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 24.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 20.3%. A further 17.5% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints954

Crashes13

Fires4

Injuries20

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Power train 24.6% · 235

Electrical system 20.3% · 194

Unknown or other 17.5% · 167

Air bags 8.0% · 76

Engine 6.4% · 61

Service brakes 3.5% · 33

Steering 3.5% · 33

Exterior lighting 2.6% · 25

Severity

Of those complaints, 13 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire and 20 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 16 model years of the GMC Acadia in this data, 2017 ranks 2nd by complaint volume — 2008 draws the most.

Filings are rising — 271 in the last three years against 212 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 34,261 miles.

In owners' own words

Starting about a month ago when I put my car in park and then turn my vehicle off a 'shift to park' warning comes on and the car will not turn off. The car is in park and I have to shift to a different gear and back to park trying to get it to register it is in park. Sometimes it takes multiple times of trying this before it will recognize it. My vehicle is past the 36,000 miles with about 42,000 miles. Power train · reported at 42,000 miles

The contact owns a 2017 GMC Acadia. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle decelerated independently. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle failed to respond. The parking brake warning light illuminated. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000. Power train · reported at 65,000 miles

When parking the vehicle, after shifting to park, the dashboard displays a warning shift to park and will not allow the vehicle to be shut off. The vehicle was stationary on a city street, in our driveway, and also in a parking lot. This prevented me from exiting the vehicle for about 10 minutes each time, will I continued to restart the car, shift from park to another gear and then reshift into park. Power train · reported at 17,800 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other GMC Acadia years

2014 603 complaints · 40.6% air bags 2015 310 complaints · 35.2% air bags 2016 280 complaints · 46.4% air bags 2018 529 complaints · 30.8% power train 2019 539 complaints · 28.4% power train 2020 160 complaints · 16.9% electrical system

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