general problems of the 2014 GMC Acadia

The rack unit is going out. It makes the vehicle suddenly jerk to the left at highway speeds. It could cause a collision if there is a car on the left or a head on collision if on a two lane road. It also increases the amount of force needed to steer at low speeds. I took to the mechanic and was told that it needed to be replaced and would be 2500+ dollars to repair it and that they could not do the repair their only recommendation was to take it to the dealer. So gm is not wanting to issue a recall because it would cost them a lot of money to fix it.

The contact owns a 2014 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds and making a turn, there was an abnormal grinding sound coming from the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v334000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The dealer informed the contact that the part for the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The failure mileage was approximately 81,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

My wife was driving our 2014 GMC Acadia to work. She stopped to fuel up her car about 4 miles from home. She left the gas station and proceeded to head to work. She called me (her husband) in a panic because she had lost all power steering and could not turn the wheel through an intersection. I asked her if she had made it to work and she said she was about to pull into the parking lot, but was going to have to park aways out from the building as she couldn’t turn into a park spot. I went and checked out our car when she was inside working and sure enough the cars power steering fluid was all over the ground under the driver side of the car. I trailered the car back home where I could get a better look at things. The rack and pinion had failed without any warning and was spraying fluid out of the top of the rack. No warning lights or indicators on the dash, warning of low fluid or anything malfunctioned. Still when you start the vehicle there is still no warning lights of low fluid or anything. Of course we are dealt to deal with the repair and expenses ourselves because the extended warranty we have doesn’t cover anything to do with steering components with our car that we have owned now for 1 1/2 years.

Steering column came out while driving.

Steering completely stopped, couldnt steer vehicle while I was driving on hwy with 6 high school football players inside coming back from a scrimmage. All of our safety was put at the utmost risk, as we were traveling at hwy speed of 65 and had to maneuver in between traffic to get the vehicle off the road without being hit by oncoming traffic at high speeds. We dodged several accidents during this incident. Let alone putting the lives of the 7 of us and several others on the road. Problem has been declared by a professional auto diagnostics dealer in town, as my vehicle is at, diagnosis is failure of steering rack and pinion, which caused the replacement of powersteering pump, hoses, serpantine belt and reservoir replacement. So far. . . . The vehicle did not give any signs, signals, or any noises were heard to let us know that there was any failure issues regarding this dangerous incident.

The contact's daughter owns a 2014 GMC Acadia. The contact stated while his daughter was driving 70 mph, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact's daughter was able to pull into a local pep boys where the power steering fluid was replaced. There was no further information provided. However, the failure reoccurred while driving. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 135,000.

I purchased my 2014 GMC Acadia denali July 29th, 2021. It has been back to the dealer five times, with repairs not being completed. Within weeks of purchasing it, the service air bag light came on, and won't go off. The low tire light came on. The serpentine belt broke and had to be replaced, and the power steering pump started making horrendous noises and leaking fluid. I bought an expensive service contract, and of course these repairs are not covered. I also had them repair tires twice, and ended up having to replace the two front tires, after being told there was nothing wrong with them, except one had a screw. They also said that tire rotation was causing the lights to go off, and wasn't reset, and supposedly they reset it to reflect where the tires are on the vehicle in relation to the tpms's. Well, two tires lost air constantly, and there were numerous leaks. I finally took the vehicle to a real tire store for tire replacement. The estimate for the driver's side airbag system replacement is $1400 pre-tax, and the power steering pump replacement is $1100, pre-tax. So within two months, I've had nothing but trouble; spent $380 on two new tires, and will have the cost of these repairs on top of the extra $2200 I spent on a service contract. The vehicle is beautiful, and seemingly was well-maintained, but it immediately began breaking down. I've had very limited use of it since July 29th when I bought it. (it's now October 6th, 2021). I have a meeting with the owner of the dealership tomorrow, October 7th, at the suggestion of the dealership's repair manager, as well as the salesman.

While traveling approximately 75mph the service traction control light came on followed closely by the low oil pressure stop engine immediately light. We attempted to travel to a more safe area along the interstate. Within seconds the engine immediately shut off causing the loss of power steering and power brakes. The steering wheel locked in place causing the total loss of steering control. We were able to bring the vehicle to a safe stop, I would attribute this success to my being a defensive driver instructor and transportation safety professional. The risk associated with the issues we were faced with could have easily ended in tragedy especially at this speed (75 mph, 80 mph zone) the diagnosis of the vehicle was inconclusive due to the number of codes that were shown. The vehicle was no longer functional and had to be replaced. No documentation, other than the bill for towing is available. Diagnosis was done at no charge.

Power steering went out, changed the pump and now there are metal shards throughout the entire system. Power steering system needs replaced.

My SUV that I like very much recently started having issues while turning. After researching online it seems that this is an ongoing issue with GMC Acadia models. This could easily cause a wreck and is a safety issue when driving. Since there are alot of reports for this issue I thought that there would be a recall , unfortunately when I searched my VIN no recall was found. There are alot off issues with this model and problem therefore it should be covered by GMC.

On March 15, 2017 our 2014 GMC Acadia spontaneously lost steering power assist as I was making a turn at around 10 miles per hour. The vehicle regained power assist 15 to 20 seconds later. For the next several miles, it appeared to lose the power assist only when at low idle and otherwise drove fine. I did some research on-line and this problem appears to be somewhat common for this make and year but I cannot find any recalls for it.

The contact owns a 2014 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at 50 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. In addition, the steering wheel and the brakes failed. The contact also stated that the heater motor fan increased in temperature and the radio volume increased. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician informed the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 24,000.

At about 53,000 miles the power steering starting making a loud whining noise and a grinding noise when wheel was fully turned either direction. The power steering stopped working when the vehicle is at a stop of slow speeds and makes a buzzing, whining sound all the time. The steering feels very unstable when at freeway speeds winding around any corners. I feel this could be a serious safety concern due to the loss of power steering and the unstable steering at high speeds feeling like you are going to lose control of the vehicle on a curve.

On 08/17/14 at approximately 15:30, I was backing up in my driveway from a major roadway and my vehicle suddenly lost all power, steering and brakes. I looked at the driver information center and it said something like "power loss" and "battery". I was in too big of a hurry to put it in park and restart the vehicle and get out of the road to concentrate on what it was saying. I signed a lease for this vehicle on July 3, 2014 and actually was told after I signed all the papers that my vehicle was one that was involved in the ignition recall and to please drop it off at this dealer on Monday, July 7, 2014 so they could replace the ignition. On Monday,July 7, 2014, the dealer picked my vehicle up from my workplace, I'm just down the road. I picked my vehicle up on my way home. From that time forward, I noticed occasionally I was unable to turn the key in the ignition. Like sometimes when your steering wheel is just wrong. After a few attempts, I was able to start the vehicle. This happened maybe 5-6 times. On 08/18/14, I tried to contact my salesman and he is on vacation until next Monday. I have not called the dealer back yet to report this, I am at work. My motivation for reporting this is that the ignition was replaced because of the recall. Now, I don't know that that is the reason for the power failure on Saturday, but I am suspicious of that replacement ignition. It's a brand new vehicle!.

I parked the vehicle and left it running with my mother in the car with her seat belt on. As she was sitting there the vehicle rolled forward on its own and hit a Ford f150 parked across from my vehicle causing damage to my vehicle as well as the truck. I filed a claim with GMC and they had someone come to my home and run test on my vehicle and was told they could find notihing. After they finished the test NY locking mechanism is not working properly.

During evening rush hour, the car stalled out completely while going approximately 75 mph on a mild incline on the highway. Gas gauge said approximately a quarter tank of gas. All power steering was lost, but I was able to drive the car to the shoulder of the freeway. A service truck put approximately 5 gallons of gas into the tank, but the car would not start and I had to be towed to dealership. Head of gm dealer service said nothing wrong with car and they could not replicate problem, and that the thing with this car is that you can't drive it on an incline with less of a quarter tank of gas or it might stall. Sales rep at dealer shared similar story of 2014 Acadia stalling on him but as he told us, he was fortunate he was only going 25 mph.