Transmission Not Go Into Gear Problems of GMC Acadia

The SUV starts to pull when gear switches to the next gear making my SUV not change gear took it to a mechanical they say it's the adjust clutches it should be recall but it's not.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2017 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while attempting to park the vehicle, the vehicle failed to shift gears into park. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was put into neutral and applied the emergency parking brake to park the vehicle. In addiiton, the battery died due to putting the vehicle into neutral and applying the parking brake. The vehicle was taken to Chevrolet Buick GMC of murfreesboro 960 john r rice blvd, murfreesboro, TN 37129 where they informed the contact to contiue to use the method until they are able to review the vehicle on the appointment date. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notifid of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000. Ak.

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Second time into the dealership for the same thing in one year. The "shift to park" warning pops up after I stop and put the shifter into park. However, it does not recognize that fact. The vehicle thinks it is another gear. Even after getting out, my radio stays on and and my horn honks as a warning. I tried to lock the door and it unlocks itself immediately. Multiple starting and stopping only works on occasion. Two lost days to the repair shop. If I didn't have an extended warranty on this latest problem, this visit yesterday would have cost me over $500! I fear this will be a repeating issue .

�takata recall� while driving the vehicle it will not shift gears or has a hard shift. The vehicle stalls out before wanting to actually move which could result in fatal accidents. The car is nearly brand new with these types of issues.

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When parking the vehicle, after shifting to park, the dashboard displays a warning shift to park and will not allow the vehicle to be shut off. The vehicle was stationary on a city street, in our driveway, and also in a parking lot. This prevented me from exiting the vehicle for about 10 minutes each time, will I continued to restart the car, shift from park to another gear and then reshift into park.

This vehicle has been a problem since I purchased it. Unfortunately, my state does not have a lemon law for used vehicles so I have been stuck with repair after repair. #1 the battery. I purchased this vehicle in 2016 and I have had to replace the battery twice already. This vehicle has killed cells in multiple batteries. #2 the transmission. When I initially purchased this vehicle occasionally it would not smoothly shift into 3rd gear. I took it back to the dealer multiple times, but of course the issue would replicate during their test drive so they couldn't diagnose the issue. The issue is that the truck will not shift correctly, but the problem normally corrects if you turn the vehicle off and then turn it back on. The problem is that you never know when the truck will not shift gears. This is problematic when you have a toddler in the vehicle and need to get on the highway and all of the sudden the vehicle will not shift in to 3rd gear, then you have to try to safely find a shoulder and hope that turning off/turning on the vehicle will fix the issue. Sometimes it's a 1x fix; other times the vehicle has to the restarted 3x times before the vehicle will change gears correctly. Diagnosis from 1 mechanic, something is sticking in the transmission and the entire transmission needs to be replaced #3 timing chain. This is the most recent issue. It began with an onset of a check engine light and multiple codes about a crankshaft sensor, O2 sensors, etc. Originally the mechanic was going to replace the sensors, but insists on replacing the timing chain assembly based on the information discovered about vehicles using the same parts and recalls it's unfortunate to discover that this vehicle hasn't had a recall issued for any of these issues knowing that they pose safety risks for drivers and passengers, especially children and the elderly.

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The engine misses and has severe carbon buildup on the valves. The intake boot and intake manifold are covered in oil residue from the breather tube for the motor. The transmission started having issues at 100k. It hesitates, shutters, and fails to change gears while driving at highway speeds. The transmissions are a known issue and I dont understand how this is not a recall.

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Transmission flares out (goes into neutral) between gears when merging into highway traffic at speeds of around 45-60 mph. Most often occurs when initially accelerating to merge into faster traffic and then having to take my foot off the gas for a second or two to allow faster cars to go by, and then trying to accelerate again. The transmission is in neutral and it seems it is caught between gears (4th & 5th gears I believe) when I try to accelerate again. Engine revs to 5000 to 6000 rpm range because it is not in gear. Have to take foot off of the gas and wait a couple seconds for transmission to get into gear so I can continue driving. In the meantime faster cars are approaching as I'm in the middle of merging into highway traffic. Not being able to accelerate when merging into highway traffic creates a very unsafe situation. This issue has occurred 2-3 times a month for the last several years. Have had it looked at a number of times by gm service center but they are unable to reproduce the event when they test drive my vehicle and there aren't any special codes popping up in the computer log for them to justify doing anything to fix the problem. So they are not able to do anything about this condition.

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Started car and it would not go into gear. No issues with the transmission prior to this. Mechanic says the transmission needs to be replaced. Contacted gm and was told my warranty expired a couple of months ago and there was nothing they would do. Now I see that this is a common occurrence for the Acadia.

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I was driving on a major highway. The car would not change gears to accelerate. When I got home the car would barely move when I tried to back into my driveway. The engine revved as if the car was in neutral. This transmission failure could have caused a serious or fatal accident, as the speed limit was 55 and I had no warning that the car would not accelerate when expected.

I noticed that the gears felt like they were slipping. Rpms would go up by 1000-1500, then the vehicle would engage in gear. I noticed this very sporadically a few days before I took the car in, but it steadily got worse. I called the dealer and parked the car until my service appointment even though there were no warning lights on the car. After making the service appointment, I researched Acadia transmission issues on the web, and found lots of complaints about the 35r wave plate. Turned out this was the source of my issue as well. Transmission had to be completely dis-assembled to clean out the debris. Totally unacceptable for a 5. 5 year old car with less than 80k miles to need its transmission rebuilt. Given the number of complaints about the 35r wave plate, please open an investigation for a recall.

Transmission wave plate issue. . . Car started "hard-shifting" from 2nd-3rd gear. . . Once this started, in a matter of a couple of days, had trouble even shifting into gear. . . Barely was able to drive it to dealership where they diagnosed the issue. . . My issue is that I have to pay $4500 for something that is a known dangerous problem with GMC Acadias across almost all model years based upon my research on the internet. This should be a recall situation. There is obviously a fault somewhere with the assembly process to be this huge of a problem. This could lead to a major accident. On 9/27, I was turning left off a main road into my subdivision. Car would not engage into gear, so was just coasting across the lane where oncoming traffic would be until it engaged maybe 3 to 4 seconds later. Had there been traffic coming, the oncoming vehicle would have slammed into me before I could have gotten across.

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Tramission is running hot (sends message to idle engine) then check engine light comes on and temp fluctuates up and down. Then car will not shift into gear it's like it's in neutral. About 50 miles later it starts all over.

Initially noticed when shifting from park to another gear shifting was hard. About a week later noticed hesitation in shifting gears while driving at various rates of speed then the engine would rev once it shifted into gear. Eventually parked the car in drive then went to back out to take to dealership and it would not go into reverse. Vehicle towed to dealership where they replaced the wave plate and other parts that were contaminated. Since this incident the vehicle has not drove smoothly or shifted gears smoothly. It also gets less than 15 miles to the gallon during my daily commute now where prior to the transmission fix I would get 19-20. Vehicle hesitates and revs continually while driving and accelerating. When I returned the vehicle to the dealership stating there was still an issue I received "we could not replicate the issue" and sent on my way. After research on this site and other and reading the systemic issues others have had just like it I am concerned for my family and those around me safety if the transmission decides to stop while traveling high speed in traffic or when crossing traffic.

My wife was driving the vehicle on a local highway at approximately 60 mph when she felt a jerk in the vehicle. She was approaching a stoplight that had turned red and therefore was applying the brake. When she attempted to accelerate the vehicle would not move. The highway is very busy at the time of the incident and she was in danger of being struck by another vehicle. She was finally able to get the vehicle in gear and turn onto a side road and phone for assistance. The vehicle was able to be driven home after sitting for a short time, however I attempted to move the vehicle out of my garage and could not get in gear.

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At driving speed it was noticed that Acadia began to fail to shift gears, basically on highway it is stuck in first gear and after finding a place to stop, it will now not go into reverse. Have found the edmunds, ask and numerous other sites are full of transmission complaints concerning the 2008 Acadia and it's failures. This transmission has had minor issues in past, minor leak and some whining, but this is a complete and hazardous failure while driving in traffic. I have since learned that this is a common and known issue to general motors costing the consumers approx. $3000 to $3500 per instance. Is there nothing to be done to assist the consumers?.

While driving at approximately 25 mph vehicle was shifting very hard. The vehicle cointinued to have issue shifting. At another time was driving vehicle and stopped at a traffic light. Upon light turning green pushed on the accelerator and the vehicle would not go, transmission would not shift into gear. Vehicle has 83,000 miles and now the transmission needs to be replace. Seems to be a frequent issue with this vehicle model. Gm should recall this transmission!!.

We were driving down the road and all of the sudden the car made a loud roaring noise like someone was mashing the accelerator to the floor. The transmission seemed like it did not know what gear it was in hence going from 50 mph to 30 rapidly could have caused a serious accident. Had I been the middle of an intersection or pulling out into traffic it could have caused a life threatening accident. We contacted onstar and the codes indicated transmission problem of a broken wave plate. Code p2715 the Acadia will not back up at all. There are numerous blogs of people having the same problems with the Acadia's wave plate ranging in the year of 2007-2009. Seems like it is a really bad design and not strong enough for this type of SUV. I can not understand why GMC is not recalling or offering to pay to fix these faulty transmissions. I am about to be out $4,000 because I have no warranty left and GMC and carmax are not willing to help. I have only had this vehicle for 4 months and it only has 93,000 miles and it makes me sick because the 5 year 100,000 mile warranty was out in January. I am ashamed for GMC not wanting to make it right and that our safety is of no interest to them. GMC claims I don't have a strong enough business case because I bought from carmax and not from a certified GMC dealer. I previously owned a Chevrolet trailblazer and didn't have this many problems and it had 130,000 miles when I sold it to get this one. I don't think I will be buying any GMC product again since they apparently don't have enough faith past 5 years for a transmission or engine which is pitiful for an american owned company. Now we are not able to go on our yearly vacation thanks to GMC and their unwillingness to back their products that they know are faulty. Thank you for listening to my valid complaint and my concern for everyone's safety who owns an Acadia.

1. Transmission going out at 67k miles and appears to be very prevalent with this make and model of vehicle. Very dangerous as the car will not go into gear at any given time and basically leaves you stuck in neutral in the middle of a busy highway. 2. Service air bag light stays on after dealership claims to have fixed the problem. If in a crash, have no idea if we will be protected. Not a comfortable feeling.

In February of this year (2013) the transmission in our 2008 GMC Acadia failed while I was driving my two small children home from preschool. Thankfully I never lost control of the car although it was extremely frightening and a very dangerous experience to not be able to shift into another gear while in the middle of moving traffic on a busy road. I barely made it home, drove with my hazard lights on, shaking and counting my blessings that our car was not hit and we were not hurt. What makes it all the more upsetting is that gm is aware of this issue with 2008 Acadia models but yet has never done a recall on the defective transmissions in our cars. Gm is essentially telling it's customers that it does not care about their safety or well being. They allow us to continue to drive their cars even though they are aware of the potential danger involved when the transmission shuts down. I cannot afford another car for my family right now so every day I live in fear that this car will fail again and put us in danger. It is not the safe, reliable car I was led to believe it was when I purchased it for my family vehicle. GMC should be forced to recall these cars (2007/2008 GMC Acadia) and required to put in completely new transmissions.

Transmission failed with defective swash plates. Stuck in gear and would not go into to reverse. Common issue with 2008 Acadia and needs to be recalled. Luckily transmission did not stick in gear on freeway that could have caused an accident.

The vehicle started over revving while changing from 1st to 2nd gear, slowing down in busy traffic. There were many in traffic who were blowing their horns and swerving to avoid my vehicle, which at the time contained my wife and three small children. The following day, the vehicle would not go into any gear. Fortunately when the transmission failed, I was on a private road with minimal traffic.

Transmission failed to shift into 3rd gear from 2nd gear. Has done this a lot of times for no reason at all. Became a hazard when we were accelerating onto a freeway and the car would not go into gear properly.

Vehicle would make very loud sound and the entire vehicle would jerk when going beyond 20 mhp, I was terrified of putting my children in this car fearing that I would be entering the interstate of cars traveling 70 + mph and my car not shifting into gear!! after taking it in for a 3rd time. They kept telling me that no codes were coming up and refused to listen to me. After reading all of the blogs about this horrible car I went into the dealership insisted that the manager ride with me in the car to feel and hear what was going on in which he did. I told him that the wave plate was the problem with thousands of these cars so I was pretty sure this was the problem. He said don't believe everything you see on those blogs. Well a few days later they called me and said the wave plate was bad and they replaced it!!! this car needs to be recalled for several reasons, power steering is bad and needed replaced, and is making the same sound again that it was making the first time it went out, the water pump went out and was replaced. I am almost to the end of my extended warranty and I hold my breath every time I drive my car praying that my transmission doesn't go out again, horrible to have this feeling on such an expensive vehicle, I am asking you to please recall these 2007 Acadia's before someone looses their family's lives! thanks so much.

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Acadia. While driving at 40 mph, the contact noticed that the vehicle would not shift gears. Prior to the failure, the contact noticed that the vehicle would hesitate when driving at any speed. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealership where the clutch plate was replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000. The current mileage was approximately 48,000.

Several issues with this new 2007 GMC Acadia. Most prevalent is the failure of the gas gauge not reading the gas reading correctly. 1st time noticed and taken for service was 3 mo. Old. The gas gauge reads (e) when I've just filled up the tank. Dealer replaced 02 sensors. 1 mo later experience same issue. Gas gauge reads (e) even when tank is full. Taken back to dealer and this time replace (2) O2 sensors and the "sending unit". 2 days later, with the gas gauge reading at half full, the car lunges forward into another gear on freeway in traffic, and stalls. Cannot turn car on - all warning lights on. Towed to dealer. Now states that I need a whole new gas tank because the "baffle" is broken? still at the dealer and is unresolved. This car is unsafe. Previous issues: car leaks at the sunroof. Not fixed yet lumbar support broken - somewhat fixed but still not like the new ones on the lot. Lumbar handle fell off - replaced backup sensors fell off of bumper - replaced seat tracks jerk - replaced both driver and pass. Still not smooth but dealer says that's the best they can do.