Power Steering Pump problems of the 2012 GMC Acadia

The vehicle has less than 70,000 miles. Steering wheel got jammed right by house when I was turning in to my parking lot. Thank god I was not on freeway when it happen became it was very difficult to turn the steering wheel after I took it to GMC dealer service it was determined that both the power steering pump and the power steering gear box has to be replace as a significant cost as they were seized up and would have posed a serious driving risk.

The rack leaked and was replaced at approx 50 k miles. Then the power steering pump was replaced at approx 60k miles.

Continued issues with power steering fluid ejects from the power steering pump when wheel is turned near exhaust pipe and have noticed flames and smoke. Vehicle was stationary.

The vehicle has major steering issues. Power steering loss at low speeds making turning and operating the vehicle unsafe. This vehicle should be included in the recall that ended with the 2011 models. The steering rack and pump should not have to be replaced at the buyers cost due to manufacturing defects.

The steering on the vehicle began to act limited and tough to control. Last week when turning through an intersection, it became difficult to control and avoided an accident only due to low rate of speed. Pulled the off to the side and got the vehicle off of the road immediately after this issue. If turn was conducted at a higher rate of speed, it could have been a problem. After having the vehicle in the shop for three days it was determined that there was a malfunction of the power steering and a bad power steering pump. This was extremely frustrating for a vehicle with only 70,000 miles.

During the last year or so, my steering goes out when I'm making a turn after driving through a puddle. It kicks back in after 15-30 seconds. I took it to the dealer last year, they just blew it off, said it was a dirty sensor or something, but didn't fix it, nor did they document it. It kept happening. I took it back to the dealer last week (after my warranty expired) and they did $1800 worth of work to the car (new steering pump and steering hose). My extended warranty covered some of it. Last night it stormed again, there were a lot of puddles on the roads and now it's worse than ever!!! the steering is going out even when I'm driving straight through a puddle and it's lasting longer. The battery warning light also flashed on, but then it went off when the steering kicked back in. I'm petrified to drive the car!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at a high speed, the steering wheel the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact had to apply force to the steering wheel in order to turn the vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that while driving at a low speed, the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the power steering pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. However, after repairs the steering wheel seized and failed to turn. The vehicle was towed back to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was also included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v415000 (structure) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The failure mileage was 56,650. Oo.

6/18/15 liftgate came crashing down on my head so the struts were replaced at dealership for 116. 72 plus tax. There is a recall #15240 for this repair. But my car was built on 3/8/2012 which is 9 days after the recall dates you submitted. This date needs to be extended. More investigation needs to be looked into this and obviously my car in within the parameters of this recall. Are they waiting for someone to get hit so hard in the head and be killed. I would hope not. On Dec 12, 2014 secondly there is a problem that at 46000 miles the steering pump went out dealership told me to keep the receipt that they are seeing more of this type of repair. This repair cost me 2000. 00. Can this be looked into also. No steering pump should go out with such low mileage. While steering you could hear a whining noise.

Intermittent loss of power steering. Especially at low speeds. GMC knows this is a problem. Extended warranty on 2008 - 2011's but, of course, not for 2012's ("let's see how many people complain before we fix the issue. "). Forced to replace power steering pump, rack and alignment.