2020 GMC Acadia problems
Owners have filed 160 complaints about the 2020 GMC Acadia with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 16.9% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of engine at 15%.
Complaints160
Crashes10
Fires0
Injuries4
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 16.9% · 27
Engine 15.0% · 24
Power train 13.1% · 21
Steering 11.3% · 18
Unknown or other 8.1% · 13
Forward collision avoidance 7.5% · 12
Fuel/propulsion system 5.6% · 9
Service brakes 4.4% · 7
Severity
Of those complaints, 10 describe a crash and 4 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 16 model years of the GMC Acadia in this data, 2020 draws comparatively few complaints; 2008 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 98 in the last three years against 47 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 9,500 miles.
In owners' own words
Brand new vehicle. Purchased on 10/30/2020. Front collision keeps flashing a red light in the top of dash that shows up in windshield. This happens with no other vehicles on the road at random times. When the vehicle needs to stop or warn you it will not. It will just let you hit a pedestrian or another car. We noticed that the same thing is happening with the rear safety cross traffic. Electrical system · reported at 55 miles
While driving the vehicle goes into Automatic Braking. It has stopped me while I'm driving or it will make a loud scrubbing noise as if I've hit the brakes quickly. It has happened over 15 or more times. I've taken to dealership and they are not very responsive to check into the issue I am having. It is a danger to me if I am on the Interstate with vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed. Electrical system
My infotainment screen just has lines on it. I am the second owner of this vehicle. It just stopped working on day and has not come back. I cannot use my back up camera system now either. I have read where this has been an issue with the 2020 model and a possible crimping in the wiring system. I am wondering if this is the issue here. The car has been in no accidents under my ownership. Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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