1ST THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAL, CAR HAD BEEN SITTING OUT WHILE IT WAS RAINING. THEN ANOTHER TIME MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHEN I (HAD NO CHOICE) DROVE THROUGH A PUDDLE. CALLED A DEALER BECAUSE IT'S STILL NEW & THEY WANTED TO REPLACE MY POWER STEERING PUMP. OVER $500 COST THERE. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULDN'T BE THE PUMP BECAUSE OF THE AGE & MILEAGE, PROBABLY JUST A BELT. CHECKED IT OVER AND SAID THE RAIN/WATER PROBABLY CAUSED THE BELT TO SLIP, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED ME TO LOSE POWER STEERING. HE SAID SOME CARS HAVE SHIELDS TO COVER THE BELTS FOR THAT REASON AND SHOWED ME WHERE ALL THIS OCCURRED. MADE SENSE TO ME AND SAVED ME A LOT OF MONEY. I LIVE IN NC AND MY KIDS AND I WERE VISITING FAMILY IN OH, I FEEL DEALER TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FACT...LONG DRIVE HOME...DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT. DROVE FINE AND STILL IS NOW. OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH RAIN HERE TO REALLY CHECK IT OUT. *TR
2008
AIR BAGS
I HAD MY VEHICLE CHECKED FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT THAT WAS CONSISTENTLY ON IN THE 2008 GMC ACADIA. IT WAS FOUND TO DEFECTIVE AND OUT OF WARRANTY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE VEHICLE HASN'T EVEN BEEN USED FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AND THE PART IS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE. SHOULDN'T THE PART LAST LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS? *TR
