8/26/2011 - 71,309 MILES - WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. 5/07/2012 - 86,885 MILES - TRANSMISSION SHUTTERED WHEN COMING TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC. WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC. TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY REPLACED WITH GM REMAN TRANSMISSION DUE TO BROKEN REVERSE WAVE PLATE THAT DAMAGED THE CARRIER, SUN SHELL AND METAL THROUGHOUT. ALSO DETECTED AN OIL LEAK IN THE ENGINE FRONT COVER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AND HEARD POWER STEERING NOISE SO BLED POWER STEERING SYSTEM. 12/31/2012- 100,947 MILES - HEADLIGHT SWITCH FELL INSIDE DASH PANEL. 7/26/2013 - 112,506 MILES - POWER STEERING HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. IT HAS ALWAYS MADE NOISES AND HAS BEEN STIFF. HAD IT BLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION. AT SHOP NOW TO DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP, RACK, AND/OR SERPENTINE BELT. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUES AS THOSE THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT GM ISN'T MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR CONSUMERS AND THE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF THEIR VEHICLES. I HAVE NEVER OWNED SUCH A LEMON! I PERSONALLY WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. GOING BACK TO LEXUS. *TR
2009
STEERING
MY ACADIA HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING BEING "STIFF" - OR HARD TO TURN IN TIGHT SPOTS. (I.E., PARKING OR CLOSE TURNS). I TOOK IT TO MY REPAIRMAN TODAY AND ASKED HIM TO CHECK IT OUT. HE SAYS THAT HE HAS SEEN ISSUES WITH OTHER VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE ACADIA AND THE ENCLAVE - THIS SAME ISSUE. HE STARTED TAKING IT APART AND CALLED ME AND SAID THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING SYSTEM, PUMP, RACK N PINION STEERING, ETC. HAVE TO BE REPLACED. HE SAID HE HAS HAD TO DO THIS IN SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES LIKE THIS. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE ALREADY METAL SHAVINGS SHOWING UP. HE TOLD ME THAT PARTS AND LABOR WOULD BE AROUND $1,100 TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. HE SAID IT WILL JUST GRADUALLY GET WORSE - IT SHOULDN'T GO OUT ALL TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE, BUT IT WOULD GET WORSE. I HAVE SEEN 25+ OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME VEHICLES. WHEN IS GM GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE DONE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE ALL ALONG. IT HAS APPROX. 80,000 MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW. HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR - NOT BAD - BUT HE IS RIGHT - GETTING A LITTLE WORSE ALL THE TIME. *TR
