Power Steering Pump Problems of GMC Acadia - part 1

Power steering gives out at low speeds. Took it in and was told it's a cracked power steering fluid pump. $2700. Car has 55,000 miles and has been maintained by dealership.

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Took vehicle into a GMC dealership for service air bag issue that was covered under a special GMC coverage. Dealership found an issue with the power steering and pump had to be replaced due to moderate leak, mileage 65366 on 11/7/19. Vehicle is only 4 years old and all maintenance completed on time at a GMC leadership. Extended warranty ended in September 2019. This has been an ongoing problem GMC issue for years according to complaints on the internet. The power steering pump on a 4 year old car should not have to be replaced. Called GMC customer service number and they called the dealership to give me a cost discount. Case number from GMC is 9-562-8743162. I had to pay almost $900 on an issue that GMC knew about. I was lucky the issues was identified at this appointment and not when driving. GMC should have a special coverage on this issue just like the service air bag issue.

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The steering two days prior to the incident was really tight and hard to steer as is there were no power steering the vehicle two days later broke down on the interstate I went from 70mph to 30mph within seconds was almost rear ended the seat belt jerked my shoulder it jerked so hard when the engine reduced power due to what the message on the dash said was a traction control system failure I spent 1600 getting the power steering pump, water pump and what they said was a loose wire causing th traction control problem fixed just for the car to break down again with the same traction control system failure message the car slowed down so quickly I hit the steering wheel with my seat belt on and the breaks were very hard to push I had to crawl to a stop almost got rear ended again and no steering this car is not safe there should be a law suit.

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At low speeds or stops the power steering get super tight like I don't have any power steering. Took it to the dealership and they said the pump is leaking and it should be replaced. I haven't even had it a year and it not covered. They even know its an issue. Seen a lot of other people have the same problem. Why is this not fixed ????.

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It has been since I bought the vehicle . . . Gas gauge is intermittent and cross traffic alerts go off randomly (with no traffic or obstructions) paint has had to be redone leather replaced trim redone etc. . . The car almost killed me and my children, I'm driving down the freeway at 70mph and suddenly I lost control of the vehicle it slowed down to 49 then 25 lost steering and able to drift to the side before the whole vehicle started shaking violently and I shut it down as I believed it would explode (I was terrified) I called a dealer and they asked if I turned it off and on again ? engine light came on traction control would not renegade and message said decreasing power to engine while it was happening and abs light on . . . All failures. . . Managed to get to destination but vehicle was sluggish and jumping gears felt really jerky. . . 4th start all lights disappeared and although car was still sluggish figured might have been an electrical fault made appointment for dealership told it would cost . . . Parker car drove other vehicle then had to use this one and same thing happened again so took to dealership they couldn't figure out the codes was told had broken engine mount (said it was on backorder as it's been happening a lot) and was sent on my way to see if it would happen again. That weekend it happened again had figured out by then that 5-7 starts it would act up. Took to dealership and left running so they could see what was wrong (failed transmission, steering column block pump sensor etc replaced. Was given a rental GMC by herts and you guess it same thing on freeway all the lights on the dash start lighting up failed traction eas and breaks (super scary brand new only 600 miles on that car) switched out vehicle for a safer car (Toyota) I'm unable to check more boxes but speed and control were also affected.

When sharp turning at slow speeds, hear metal grinding. No lights on dash. Check under car and see leak at power steering. Not line but it is the pump. Level was empty but no lights come on. Look up this problem and see it is very common with hundreds of complaints including accidents from pump going out completely with no warning. No recall but hundreds of complaints for a 2015 vehicle is horrible. Mine has way less than 100,000 miles on it. Now I am having to take it to be repaired for $1000-$1500 because of warranty not covering it and no recall. This is dangerous and lives are at stake because steering will go out completely. We travel a lot with our 3 children for travel soccer on major highways going high speed limits and could have been killed or seriously injured if we didn't notice like others that didn't.

My vehicle is a 2016 GMC Acadia denali with awd. The power steering was very stiff while at low speeds when the weather was cold last winter. During this spring and summer the steering continued to get worse and now there is no power steering at low speeds and low rpm. The vehicle just turned 39,000 miles. This makes driving very dangerous while making turns and trying to park the vehicle. The vehicle is now in the dealers shop and they have said the power steering pump and steering gear both need to be replaced as the pump is failing and the steering gear is leaking internally.

Tl the contact owns a 2008 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that the steering wheel was extremely difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was not diagnosed by a dealer. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the power steering pump was faulty and diagnostic testing was required. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

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Car has 40k miles on it. Past month it started to become so hard to turn the wheel in parking lots and turns, that we were concerned for safety. Told power steering pump needs replacing.

I have repeatedly been having problems with my power steering in my 2015 GMC Acadia. I have spent nearly $2000 having two power steering lines replaced, as well as having the power steering fluids flushed. Neither repair has corrected my problems. The power steering becomes very stiff at low speed�s, for example in parking lots. In addition the steering is very noisy and makes a whining noise at low speeds. My service garage indicated I may need a new power steering pump (another $1500) . . . My vehicle only has 70,000 miles. I've seen many similar complaints and know that gm has recalled some other models for this issue. When will the 2015 Acadia be added to the list?.

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.

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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 steering in my 2008 gms Acadia is severely tightening when I'm at low speed making a turn into parking space or garage for example. Its very hard to turn and is dangerous. We've had the power steering pump replaced one time before but this is the first time we've had this issue. I have 123,000 miles on the vehicle. This issue should be required to be recalled.

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.

Steering became very tight while driving almost causing an accident. Could not hardly turn the steering wheel at all. Had never been notified this vehicle had defective parts that could have been replaced under a warranty extension. My husband travels for a living in his vehicle so he puts a lot of miles on it and when it first happened he had 178,085 miles and we had to replace a power steering pump. Now at 184,624 miles we are putting our second power steering pump and finding out that now the gear will have to be replaced. Don't know why we were not notified not to mention this vehicle is a death trap and my husband or someone else could have been killed by this happening. Now I look online and there are hundreds if not thousands of people having the same issue. Why was a recall not done on this? a warranty extension is not good enough when people can be killed. This is as bad and the air bag recall if not worse.

I was driving on the freeway with my 4 children in the car. As I was exiting the freeway I suddenly lost all ability to steer my car. I was almost hit by a big rig because I did not know what was happening and no indicator light was displayed on my dashboard. The car was almost impossible to steer at slower speeds. I was put in an extremely dangerous situation. My car only has 45,000 miles on it. The dealership says my warranty is only good for 36,000 miles. Research has shown this is a very common defect with GMC Acadia vehicles and they have not issued a recall and the problem seems to occur just after their standard warranty ends. The steering pump is defective and the cost to fix is over $2,000.

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!.

Shortly after I purchased my Acadia 2 years ago my power steering pump started whining. When the belt or pump gets wet the power steering itself goes out unexpectedly for a few seconds. I have had the system flushed thinking maybe just air bubbles. . . It would be good for 2-3 days and right back to its same routine again! its irritating reading everyone else complaints with their 13' Acadia power steering issues and gm has still not done anything about it.

The contact owns a 2009 GMC Acadia. While driving approximately 65 mph, there was a sudden loss of engine power and the vehicle was unable to be driven over 40 mph. The stability traction control warning indicator illuminated. The dealer was unable to replicate and diagnose the failure. In addition, while driving highway speeds, "engine hot" and "a/c off" appeared on the instrument panel. The contact noticed smoke under the hood. The vehicle was coasted over to the shoulder of the road and turned off. The vehicle was unable to be driven due to the failure and was towed to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed that the water pump needed to be replaced. The dealer replaced the part. The manufacturer was notified of the failures and indicated that they also had campaigns that needed to be addressed. The timing chain needed to be replaced, there was a loss of power steering assist, and the transmission cutlet leave plate failed. There were no recalls. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

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2008 Acadia purchased new. Noticed power steering becoming more and more difficult at low engine speed over the last couple of years. Fluid level ok. Took to dealer to assess and quote. They said it was a common problem with Acadia, traverse, outlook, and enclave. They said it needed power steering pump, reservoir and steering rack, about 1,100 dollars to fix. They said gm had extended the warranty to 120,000 and my vehicle was not covered. 152,000 actual miles. I googled this problem and found out just how common it is, and that the warranty coverage actually was to 150,225 miles. I called the GMC customer engagement center after stewing over this for a couple of months. They said that since I was beyond the allowed mileage, there was nothing they could do. I was talking with my boss about this. He has a 2009 enclave with 60k miles. He is having the same problem with steering, and dealer told him it was not covered. I showed him what I had found. He is going back to the dealer with documentation. This is a serious safety issue when steering is entirely manual at low engine speed for instance pulling into a parking spot or drive. Even turning a corner when not accelerating. Parallel parking is almost impossible. Gm should have recalled these vehicles. I am going to have to pay to get this fixed. Gm has just lost a customer.

April 26, 2016 - my wife was at a gas station and said the wheels on the GMC were very hard to turn either way. Shortly thereafter, she started to hear a whining noise when she would turn left or right. A day later, the noise was more pronounced so I went out for a test drive. The steering seemed ok and the whining noise didn't seem that bad too me. April 28, 2016 - my wife said the noise was louder so I test drove it again, this time, I experienced a momentary loss of steering power on low speed. One time I overcompensated when it was hard to turn the wheel but avoided having an accident. I performed the owner's manual checks, power steering fluid level was good. I then goggled for more information online about steering issues and how to resolve on GMC 2009 Acadia and then I ran into the GMC service bulletin sb-10056459-3388 online. The bulletin described the intermittent power loss we experienced. The condition is described as follows "vehicles may develop a power steering pump wear condition that can cause an intermittent drop of power steering hydraulic pressure that will cause reduced or loss of steering assist. The vehicle may revert to manual steering which requires greater driver effort, particularly at low vehicle speeds". I called our local gm's service department for an evaluation but have not received a callback yet. I am concerned because I believe, if not resolved, may turn out to be a safety issue for us.

I own a 2008 GMC Acadia I have had it used since Jan 2015 I have had it in dealership almost every 3 months since I bought it. I was recently driving and had a fire in the passenger heated seat where my daughter was sitting and it burned a small hole in her jeans so far GMC is checking to see if its a defective equipment failure or not? in the mean time my sunroof has quit working and now my roof is leaking and my car smells like mold. The whole electrical system is going crazy with flashes of interior lights. I also had the vehicle stop on me in the middle of parking and found out the power steering pump needed to be replaced. They need to have a recall on these vehicles because our children ride with us and they are unsafe especially now that her jeans are burned and she has a small pink spot from the heated seat. The dealership told me today likely the seat wont be replaced and if its not I will be contacting me a lawyer. My children s safety come first. Hopefully the will also do a recall on the electrical equipment and the sunroof leaking because our vehicles are not safe after water gets onto all the electrical devices and shorts out and may cause a fire next.

The car started to make a loud whining sound 3 month after we purchased it used. Then power steering started to go in and out. Took the car to a auto care shop and this is what the bill said. "replace power steering pump, tried to flush system 2 times, bleed out air, replace power steering pump again, still no power steering. " spoke with GMC and was told to take the car to a dealership, we are covered under special coverage 14329. Going to dealership this week. We have already spent a little less then $1000 on this problem.

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Temporary and intermittent loss of power steering during maneuvering and turning causes safety and control issues. During the loss of power steering event the steering wheel requires a driver to apply more than normal amounts of torque to get the steering wheel to rotate. This is especially true (requires more than normal amounts of torque) when the speed of the steering wheel input is increased to perform sharp turns or low speed maneuvering. This is a known problem, but gm will not fix the problem based on reports from consumers who have had the problem. They will fix this safety issue if there a complete failure of the power steering pump that can be recreated in the garage by their dealer service department. This presents a safety issue, because a complete failure in the system is then going to occur while driving on public roadways and may result in a crash prior to getting the vehicle to the dealership for repairs. This event may happen 0 to 5 times a day/trip.

50,000 miles and the steering pump or rack is leaking and whining. Power steering very sluggish at low idle speeds.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2008 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer because of a recall on the steering pump. The steering ability got a little harder. The mechanic noticed as well and the diagnosis was that the power steering rack was damaged because the power steering pump was fractured therefor damaging the rack. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 886,922. Bp.

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.

Nothing specifically happened, but I'm wanting to make a complaint regarding issues with my car. At 30k miles, I had a power steering leak in which the pump was replaced under warranty. In for servicing today, now told I have another leak, but this time the gear assembly needs to be replaced. Cost is 1800. I have done some research online and discovered that this is an ongoing issue in which there have been numerous complaints and it seems that nothing is being done. So far I have been one of the fortinate ones and have not been injured or injured someone else. I have had ongoing issues since purchasing my car new. This is the one repeat issue thus far and definitely most expensive so far. I do not understand how GMC can put out a defective part/car without taking any responsibility. Some of us can not afford to keep buying cars. I buy a new car, follow all recommended servicing and it's still not enough. As a consumer what rights do I have? from my vantage point, none. I do not know where to go or what rights I have, but saw suggestions on the Acadiaforum to file complaint here or at least have my voice heard.

The contact owns a 2009 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that the second row rear driver side seat belt failed to latch in place without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. In addition, while making a left at approximately 15 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the steering pump, steering gear, the front struts, and the driver and passenger side front axles needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 10v375000 (seat belts). The failure mileage was 120,800.

We bought our 2010 GMC Acadia in December of 2012. At the time we noticed an intermittent low whining noise and by the time we went for our first oil change at a dealership it had begun to make more noise when turning to the left so I asked the service department to check into it. When I picked up the vehicle the same gentleman who checked my car in told me the noise was because my oil was so low. I knew this wasn't true. The noise grew slightly louder and constant, around November 2014 we took the vehicle to another repair shop for an oil change and asked that they check out the noise. Their diagnosis was that we would need to replace the sway bar links within the next couple months. February 14, 2015 while backing out of our driveway the noise was louder than ever before and my husband said it felt very unsafe when turning. We drove straight to the auto repair facility who informed us of the sway bar links, assuming that was the problem. As soon as the mechanic began taking the necessary components off the steering system they told us way needed a new steering rack. The man said that once they replaced the rack they would know whether or not the steering pump was okay, it turned out that it was. Now today 3/14/15, we just returned from dropping our vehicle off at the same shop because the whining noise has returned within the last 3 days and is becoming increasingly worse.

My 2011 Acadia had a defective power steering pump and power steering rack. The pump was replaced under an extended warrantee; however, the rack was not covered. The dealer advised that the rack was not covered and provided an estimate for $1700. I took the vehicle to a independent automotive repair shop to confirm the need for the repair. The independent shop advised that the entire rack needed to be replaced. They advised that the part should not have failed so quickly and it is likely a defective part. Based on research, it appears that this steering rack is a common problem with this vehicle. I had the independent shop replace the rack for $1404. Please research the possibility of making this a recall. Thank you.

GMC Acadia recall on power steering pump. Dealer stated that the gear was not working right. Recall covered fixing the pump, replacing 2 bolts, fluid, gear covering but not the gear that everything is suppose to protect. I don't understand this unless the fact is that the most expensive thing is not covered but the cheap stuff is. Please look into this. I would like to know how many people have had this problem and had to pay to have the gear fixed.

The contact owns a 2009 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 mph, an abnormal loud sound emitted when turning the steering wheel. The problem recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the power steering pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 81,286.