2008 ACADIA. LOW BEAM LIGHTS SUDDENLY STOP OPERATING WHILE DRIVING. SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. GMC FORUMS ON INTERNET SHOW HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS EXPERIENCING SAME ISSUE. OUR LOW BEAM DRIVERS SIDE WENT OUT. LOW BEAM PASSENGER SIDE TWO DAYS LATER. DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING, THE LIGHTS CANNOT BE ACCESSED WITHOUT REMOVING THE BUMPER OR TIRES. NOT A BULB ISSUE. PROBLEM WITH MELTED WIRING HARNESS. THERE WAS NO TO WAY REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS WITHOUT SPLICING THE WIRING AND INSTALLING AN AFTERMARKET CONNECTOR PART. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AS THE BULBS ARE TOO HOT FOR THE CURRENT WIRING. THE HARNESS REPLACEMENT WILL ONLY FAIL AGAIN BECAUSE THE WIRING CANNOT HANDLE THE HEAT. THIS ISSUE CAN LEAVE YOU STRANDED ON A DARK ROAD AT NIGHT WITH NO HEADLAMPS THAT MAY JUST SUDDENLY GO OUT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS AND DEADLY PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE MANY FORUMS, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON ACADIAS AND SATURN OUTLOOKS. *TR
2008
POWER TRAIN
I WAS AT MY SON'S BASEBALL GAME AND WENT TO MOVE MY VEHICLE WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED REVVING AND WOULD NOT MOVE OTHER THAN COASTING (SINCE I WAS ON A HILL). I WAS 3 HOURS FROM HOME AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE TUNE OF $300.00 +. I HAVE SINCE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THIS HAS COST OVER $4500.00 NOT TO MENTION HAVING TO DRIVE 2 VEHICLES WITH MY FAMILY SINCE THE ACADIA WAS THE LARGER OF OUR VEHICLES. *TR