PURCHASED A 2008 GMC ACADIA SLE ON OCT. 23, 2008. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON NOV. 20, 2008 BECAUSE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. INFORMED THAT THE CAM SHAFT WAS BAD, AND THAT THE CAM & BOTH HEADERS WOULD NEED REPLACING. VEHICLE HAS JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 2,000 MILES. DISCOVERED THROUGH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND INTERNET CHAT FORUMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALER, REPAIRS NOT COMPLETE YET. IT APPEARS THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON GOING SINCE THE 2007 MODEL YEAR(FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION). WHY HASN'T GM ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM? IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE JUST STANDING BY, AND PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE CONSUMER. *TR
2009
ENGINE
BOUGHT USED 2009 ACADIA IN 2011 WITH 55000 MILES AND NOTHING BUT HEADACHE 1) 60K MILES: LIFTGATE CAME CRASHING DOWN MY WIFE'S BACK WHILE GETTING THE GROCERIES. THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SAFETY MEASURES TO STOP THE GATE FROM CRASHING. 2) 70K MILES: TRUCK WONT START IN DRIVE WAY. TOWED TRUCK TO DEALER AND THEY CHANGED FUEL PUMP. 3) 70K MILES: ENGINE MISFIRE CODE. REPLACED ONE COIL. 4) 76K MILES: COOLANT ALWAYS LOW. DEALER CHANGED WATER PUMP. 5) 76K MILES: TRUCK HESITATE AND FEEL A MISFIRE BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND THEY QUOTED ME OVER $3300 TO REPLACE ALL COILS, SPARK PLUGS, STEERING WHEEL COLUMN AND STEERING RACK BUSING. 6) SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR WE CANT EVEN DRIVE IT WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN OR THE ROOF OPEN. THE TRUCK SHAKES ROUGHLY WITH BOTH ROOF AND WINDOWS OPEN. *TR
