WIRING HARNESS TO PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT IS DEFECTIVE. THOUGHT BULB WAS OUT BUT AFTER INSPECTION FOUND THE WIRING HARNESS PLUG HAD COMPLETELY MELTED WHERE PLUGGED INTO BULB. ONE WIRE WAS JUST HANGING AND COULD SEE BURN MARKS WHERE IT HAD BEEN ARCING AS IT BOUNCED AROUND. COULD DEFINITELY HAVE CAUSED MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLIGHT I.E. FIRE, SHORTING WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND ON AND ON. THIS IS A VERY BIG SAFETY CONCERN. THESE WERE THE OEM HEADLIGHTS NOT AFTERMARKET BULBS THAT PULL MORE CURRENT SO SHOULD NOT HAVE MELTED THE HARNESS PLUG. *TT
2008
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT THE 2008 ACADIA NEW IN JUNE 2008. IT JUST CAME OFF THE 5 YEAR 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (81K MILES) AND THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS CASES WHERE THE DEFECTIVE PART IS THE WAVE PLATE. IT APPEARS COMMON IN 2007 AND 2008 ACADIA, BUICK ENCLAVE AND SATURN OUTLOOK. GM RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM BY USING NEW PARTS IN 2009 AND NEWER MODELS. GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL. IN THIS DAY AND AGE TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD NOT HAVE PROBLEMS AT THE LOW MILEAGE THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN COUNTLESS NHTSA COMPLAINTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FORUMS. *TR
