Battery Dead Problems of GMC Acadia

1. Could not put car into park or turn off. Caused battery to be dead as it would not turn off when put into park. 2. Steering wheel locked and jerked repeatedly. Could not turn into parking spot. The steering wheel had a mind of its own and could not stop the jerk. It is dangerous and scary ! 3. At night, the headlights do not light the road. It is as though there are no lights at all. It is dangerous to not see the road at night because headlights do not give appropriate lighting.

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1. The battery totally dies after sitting for 3 days. 2. Sometimes a warning message appears "shift into park" when the shifting handle is in park and sometimes prevents turning the engine off. Sometimes after trying several times it stops the engine but dash lights remain on. Dealership says this is a common problem and they do not have a definative solution.

This all began at about 75000 miles. It first started with the stabilization/traction light coming on while driving once this happened you could not accelerate the car. I once was on a highway in the middle lane when it happened I could not accelerate and had to try to get over to the break down lane. This happened several times but then turned into a completely different problem. While driving the battery would start to die with no warning. When this happens you can not jump the car you have to bring the battery to be charged on a charger. Although the car won't start the other things like lights, radio, etc will still work. This happened several times but once the weather was warm it ran perfect for 4 months. The first day it was extremely cold the battery died while driving. I also had a headlight go out on the drivers side and about 3 weeks later it came back on and stayed on. I have brought it to several places but nobody has been able to figure out the problem. I can't keep spending money to get it diagnosed with no results. After researching online it seems to be a very common problem in the Acadia.

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When shutting the Acadia off it prompts a message saying must be in park. It is in park but computer is not recognizing it. This forces you to leave car running. If you dont then your battery will go dead. When speaking to local dealership they are aware of issue but dont know anything to resolve it. Customers shouldn't have to pay for this since it's a safety issue.

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The car will not recognizes it is in park and will not let you shut it off sometimes. Even worse it lets you shut it off but isn't actually al the way off. So the battery dies. Gm dealer put new shifter in and it happened again. Then they put a bother new sensor in and it happened again.

Known dash prompting me to shift into park when the indicator lights show its in the park position so the engine shuts off but dashboard lights stay on and won't stop until battery is dead.

Battery died, had to have replaced. Car was approximately at 2 year mark when it died.

My car is on his 4th battery since I bought it. Something keeps draining the battery. Two trips to the dealer and they say all ok. Today after been the 4 days ago, the battery is dead as gain. It does take charge. Can I apply for the lemon law, I wonder.

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When I turn the ignition key to off when I came home of work the vehicle stays running for 10 to 50 seconds before it stalls out. I try to turn on the ignition 4 hours later the battery is dead. My 2008 arcadia is parked at my home. I will need a jump start to go anywhere because the battery is dead. I have to unplug the battery after I park the 2008 arcadia. When I come home or try to start the vehicle.

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I purchased a new 2017 GMC Acadia on December 14th 2017. On October 11th 2018, my Acadia was rendered completely disabled by a what has been described by the dealership as a " dead battery" I was almost locked in the vehicle because the entire electrical system failed and the electronic locks would not operate. There was no previous indication, notification or warning by the vehicle and monitoring service or of an impending battery failure obviously, a 10 month old battery in a new car should not be completely drained after only 10 months of ownership ( leading me to believe there may be more at play than just a bad battery). Had this happened anywhere else besides my driveway, it would have been a major issue. The vehicle was then towed to the nearest authorized GMC repair facility. The dealership ran diagnostic tests of the electrical system and found nothing wrong, but this still leaves me with doubts about the reliability of the vehicle and integrity of the electrical system.

When you put the shifter into the park position and you try to turn off the vehicle with the start/stop button an on dash error code of �shift to park� appears even though the vehicle is clearly in park. You are not able to turn the vehicle off. It beeps incessantly, the battery remains on and the doors do not want to lock. GMC has been made aware of the issue by hundreds of 2017 Acadia owners however their engineers have not found a solution. This defect is forcing me to turn the engine on and off multiple times, trying putting the car in reverse and then shifting back in drive, wiggling the shifter, opening the rear passenger doors and repeating any and all of these processes until it eventually turns off the shift to park message and allows the vehicle to shut down (or if you can confuse the electrical panel and have another message pop up to override it, such as the one that says 'check rear passenger seat". I do not know if my car is ever truly in gear or not. I'm afraid that it might cause a dangerous situation where my vehicle rolls thinking it is not in park or the battery dies unexpectedly or the vehicle is stolen because it will not shut off or the doors will not lock. I bought this vehicle brand new and this started occurring at around 15,000 miles and is a highly reported problem that necessitates a recall fix for safety.

Lift gate would not open, tried to open my driver door to open it from there and it still would not work. Tried to crank car and it made a lot of clicking noises and looked as if the battery was dead but then all of my doors started making clicking noises. Won't start. Won't release key.

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The contact owns a 2008 GMC Acadia. When the contact attempted to open the sun roof compartment, it was filled with water which affected the radio, turn signal volume, and radio. In addition, the electrical components that ran from the door into the side wall of all four doors, were filled with water. The vehicle also failed to start. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the blowing amplifier and battery failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 108,153.

Battery goes dead overnight. Tested for continuity. Short in the system. Something is draining the battery overnight. There was a recall last year. Shop said they did not have the part. I forgot about the recall.

My 2011 GMC Acadia suddenly drained the battery, I tried to start it and didn't work, the battery was dead, so I replaced the battery with a new one, the next day the new battery was drained like the old one, so I took the battery back to autozone, they checked the battery and was nothing wrong with it, they also checked the vehicle for any possible problems and the diagnostic didn't show any problems, so they replaced the battery again with a new one,. . . So I had the new battery installed on my vehicle and went home, the next morning when I tried to start the vehicle the battery was dead, I went online and found forums talking about the same problem, I bought this vehicle for my wife and she got very dissapointed for having this issues with the vehicle, it's the first time that we purchased a GMC, we had always bought Ford vehicles, I called GMC and they don't have any reports with this type of problems but there is a lot of comments on internet from people suffering the same situation, . . . . . I don't know what to do, and can't keep changing the battery everyday to be able to use my vehicle.

The contact owns a 2009 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 mph, the vehicle stalled as the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the coil and the spark plugs needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure occurred after the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v266000 (seat belts) and 14v118000 (air bags). In addition, the contact stated that the all the doors locked and unlocked sporadically and the battery failed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 114,000.

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Various gm vehicles have a known defect that allows water from the sun roof drain to enter the passenger compartment and more importantly allows water to enter the passenger compartment fuse block. This defect is covered under service bulletin #08-08-57-003c. This vehicle has had numerous electrical system issues that only occur during heavy rains and the dealer has been unable to recreate the problem after things have dried out so to speak. Most recently after a heavy rain, the battery was dead and when replaced with a new battery, the engine would not shut off even after the key was removed. This is a serious safety concern that can result in injury or death. The only way to shut off the engine is to remove the ecm fuse from the under hood fuse block. Not being able to shut the engine off via the key can have serious life consequences in the event of an emergency. This is a wide spread issue that seems to get worse over time and ends up with not being able to shut the engine off. The gm models affected by the service bulletin as follows: 2008-2012 Buick enclave 2007-2012 GMC Acadia 2007-2010 Saturn outlook.

The contact owns a 2010 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that he attempted to start the vehicle but it would not because the battery was dead. The contact attempted to have the vehicle jump started but to no avail. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic for inspection where they jumped the battery for a third time. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the drain that was connected to the sunroof became clogged and dripped onto the fuse box. As a result, the fuse box shortened and drained the battery. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified but they did not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 31,000.

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The sunroof drainage tubes get clogged and leaked water which caused the fuse box in the dash to be filled with water. Also flooding all the floors and the battery compartment inside the car. Which in return causes the car to not shut off when you turn the key off and take it out. It also causes all kinds of sensors and check engine lights to come on on the dash like service airbag service stable track causes the traction control to turn off falsely tells you that engine oil needs changed also causes the battery to go dead for no reason also displays ac off engine hot.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 GMC arcadia. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicles sunroof leaks. The water also leaks from the drivers side airbag. The contact also stated that the leak occurs from the rear dome light. The vehicle while being driven 10 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact had no power steering and was able to be pulled over. The vehicle was shut down and able to be restarted but the problem recurred. The vehicles battery also failed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it could not be diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,000. Ed.

The battery has died three different times after being driven the night prior. I have taken it into the shop once where they said nothing was wrong, but the battery was low, they charged it. The second time (a week later) I was told the battery could not keep a charge so they gave me a new one. Now three months later, it dies again. Waiting to hear what they are going to do now. I can't imagine a car that is a year old can go through two batteries, needing a third.

The contact owns a 2008 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that the vehicle would not shut off once the key was turned to the off position. The contact could remove the key from the ignition, but the vehicle continued to run until the battery died. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the engine continued to run due to an electrical shortage caused by a water leak. The dealer replaced the molding around the sun roof where the water was leaking in from. The failure continued, as water continued to leak into the vehicle and the engine continued to run when the key was removed from the ignition. The contact also stated the headlights were malfunctioning as well. The failure mileage was 27,000.

The battery on my GMC Acadia died on the 15th February and the dealer could not identify anything wrong with the vehicle. The following Monday the service air bag light came on and I was told the sensor was not working right and the parts were ordered. The Friday of 2/26 the check engine light was on and the vehicle would not accelerate above 50mph and half the gas tank was emptied in 25 miles. During that Friday the engine was still running even after I pulled the key out of the ignition. That same night the battery died and could not be jump started. The vehicle was inspected on 3/1 and the air bag sensors along with fuse box was replaced as water was leaking into the fuse box. All of this happened in the mileage range of 6800 to 7100 approximately. The dealer has replaced the fuse box and the vehicle is running fine so far.

2007 GMC Acadia with several serious safety issues. She states that the vehicle has had these problems: a large puddle of oil under the vehicle, windshield wipers stopped working, battery died and side curtain airbags deployed while driving. The dealer told the consumer the front shaft seal needed to be replaced to correct the leak from the transmission. They also stated there was a drain on the system that caused the battery to fail. The consumer took the vehicle back to the dealer where they upgraded the transmission, which had to be done twice. The power steering made a loud noise, the consumer stated it sounded as if the pump was about seize and then the steering becomes hard. The vehicle rolled backwards while in drive on a slight incline. Updated 04/10/08.

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