general problems of the 2011 GMC Acadia

Engine timing chain need to be replaced prematurely. Gm appears to be avoiding the issue for specific model year.

The contact owns a 2011 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that air conditioning system failed to operate properly. The failure was persistent. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (courtesy Buick GMC, 7 autocenter drive, louisville, ky 40299) where it was diagnosed that the auxiliary vapor line failed and needed to be replaced. The contact was also informed that the failure occurred due to the power steering hose chafing the auxiliary hose. The vehicle was not repaired due to the repair cost. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 11,100.

I purchased this vehicle about a year and a half ago and have been having problems starting the car every time that I put gas. The dealership that I purchased the vehicle from stated that the vehicle only had one previous owner but refused to give me a carfax report. They stated that they did a full vehicle inspection, and stated there were no defects, but no inspection report was in the car what so ever. I am ready to file an arbitration complaint if this situation doesn't get resolved because I am still making monthly payments on the loan.

June 11th 2014, it was a Wednesday. I drove over a set of railroad tracks and all of a sudden my car starts beeping and flashing all of these lights at me. The “park assist off” , the “traction control off”, the “service stabilitrak” and the “check engine” lights all come on. We are in town and not going very fast so I don’t notice the car driving any differently at first. I stop and still everything seems fine, except for all these lights flashing at me. When I try to go again is when I realized that there is a problem. My car will not accelerate. I have the gas pushed all the way to the ground and my car is moving at like snail speed, I’m trying to make a left hand turn, up a hill, to get to the parking lot but my car literally will not move! vehicles are swerving to avoid crashing into us, I call a tow truck and my finance. When we do hear back from the GMC dealership they basically tell us that we’re idiots. They test drove the car and looked it over and hooked it up to their fancy machines and there’s nothing wrong with it. August 16th. My fiancé is driving,on a highway at 65 all of those same lights come on and my fiancé announces, “omg samantha, I think it’s happening again. “ sure enough he is unable to accelerate and the vehicle stalls out in the middle of the road. Luckily for us this time we are on flat terrain and we are able to coast into my mother’s driveway. Because it is so late we decided to just go to bed and deal with it in the morning. In the morning, though, we get into the car and it drives perfectly fine. We drive 6 hours back to rapid city, with no issues, although we are sick to our stomachs. Saturday, September 27, 2014 the exact same thing happens. Dash reeds as this traction control off park assist off service traction control service stabilitrak.