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2019 GMC Acadia problems

Owners have filed 539 complaints about the 2019 GMC Acadia with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 28.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 19.3%. A further 22.1% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints539

Crashes8

Fires3

Injuries4

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Power train 28.4% · 153

Unknown or other 22.1% · 119

Electrical system 19.3% · 104

Engine 9.5% · 51

Steering 6.1% · 33

Service brakes 3.0% · 16

Exterior lighting 1.9% · 10

Forward collision avoidance 1.1% · 6

Severity

Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 4 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 16 model years of the GMC Acadia in this data, 2019 sits 5th by complaint volume. 2008 draws the most.

Filings are rising — 324 in the last three years against 172 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 39,700 miles.

In owners' own words

Gmc acadia keeps flashing the lamp that says to !shift to park, when the car is in park and will not turn off. Does not go off when I turn the car off and does not go off when I reshift the car to park. It takes several trys of putting it back in park then goes off, now it does this every time I park and turn the car off. I'm not the only one with this issue. Its been going on for over week now 38k-ish miles. Power train

I have a 2019 GMCAcadia Denali with less than 60000 miles. The problem I have with the vehicle is I get a error that say "Park to Shift. I don' know if it is in park or not. I am afraid that it isn't in park and will create a safety issue and injuries. It is my understanding that the same problem with the 2020+ GMC Acadia and is listed in a RECALL. Why isn't 2019 not included in this recall? Power train

The contact owns a 2019 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while shifting the into park(P), the message to âShift to Parkâ warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the contact was unable to turn off the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 21,000. Power train · reported at 21,000 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other GMC Acadia years

2015 310 complaints · 35.2% air bags 2016 280 complaints · 46.4% air bags 2017 954 complaints · 24.6% power train 2018 529 complaints · 30.8% power train 2020 160 complaints · 16.9% electrical system 2021 215 complaints · 17.2% electrical system

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