2010 ACADIA TRANSMISSION AND TRACTION CONTROL SAFETY PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ALARM CAME ON IN ADDITION TO A FLASHING STABILITY CONTROL AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS. THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO THE RIGHT LANE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING POWER STEERING PUM PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND MAANGED TO PUL THE VEHILE OFF THE ROAD. I HAD MY FAMILY IN THE VEHILE AT THE TIME WHICH MADE EVERYONE VERY SCARED FOR THEIR SAFETY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED WHICH ERASED THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNINGS, BUT THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON AND WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED SOME ECMS, BUT COULD NOT FIX THE POWER STEERING ISSUE. THREE WEEKS LATER, THE TRANSIMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD AND AFTER 2 VISITS TO THE DEALER IS NOT BEING IVESTIGATED FOR ANOTHER ECM FAILURE. THE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AND POWER STEERING ISSUES MAKE THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE. *TT
2010
SERVICE BRAKES
AT RANDOM TIMES, MY CAR'S STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY STIFF, SOMETIMES TO THE POINT THAT I CANNOT MAKE THE TURN. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE OR MAKING A TIGHT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. I'VE NOTICED THAT IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN APPLYING MY BRAKES WHILE TURNING. I'VE LEARNED TO MAKE THESE TURNS WITHOUT USING THE BRAKES. I HAD THE FLUID CHANGED, BUT DIDN'T HELP THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE "FIX", AS HE THINKS IT IS THE PUMP. SHAME ON GM FOR NOT RECALLING THIS PRODUCT. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET INJURED? HOW SAD IS THAT! I'M SURPRISED TO READ OF SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO MINE. BECAUSE OF THIS... GM'S TURNING A BLIND EYE... I WILL MOST LIKELY NEVER AGAIN PURCHASE A GM. *TR
