Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of GMC Acadia

GMC Acadia owners have reported 71 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (42 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (15 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of GMC Acadia


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of GMC Acadia

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

The contact owns a 2026 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while at a stop sign and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated and crashed into the rear passenger's side of a semi truck. Both the aeb and the iaeb failed to engage during the incident.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

Telematic modular control is not working properly and part is on backorder. Dealership and GMC have refused to put into writing that my vehicle is safe to drive; however, they are refusing rental vehicle while awaiting arrival of part.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Today, June 11, 2026, my wife and 9 month old baby were on their way home from running errands in town when the vehicle started to violently shake, becoming frightened my wife tried to apply pressure to the brakes. When she pushed down on the brake pedal nothing happened and the pedal hit the floor.   Read details...

The Sensing System Camera problem

The contact owns a 2022 GMC Acadia. The message "front assist blocked" was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with a camera failure. The camera was replaced; however, the failure recurred while the contact was driving an hour later.   Read details...




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