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Re: ACADIAS STILL NEED A LOT OF WORK [lemonowner08]
by kchef76
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Apr 30, 2008 (10:18 am)
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Replying to: lemonowner08 (Apr 30, 2008 8:33 am)
I have had my Acadia FWD SLT-2 for almost a year and it has almost 15K on it. Not too many problems other than the leaky sunroof. I have that same clunk you described and I assume it is the ABS activation from other bloggers voicing this such as yourself....albeit annoying my wife and I have learned to ignore it. The other annoying issue we have is the driver seat rocks back a half inch or so. The dealer said the fix is, get this, to have a 300 person sit in the seat and adjust the seat fully back and then fully forward 30 times to cure it. They performed this very scientific procedure with no success. It still moves back when I drive it when accelerating from a stop or when going up a hill at slow speeds. Overall the Acadia has met our needs. Good luck to you.
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- #224 of 495
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Re: Happy also... [lissaa]
by vicdaddy514
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Apr 30, 2008 (6:58 pm)
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Replying to: lissaa (Mar 27, 2008 4:15 am)
Good luck with the sunroof leak. They couldn't fix mine afer 5 attempts. Now they are giving me a new car.
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- #225 of 495
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Re: Acadia Leaking and Electrical Problems [hskrchamp]
by vicdaddy514
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Apr 30, 2008 (7:04 pm)
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Replying to: hskrchamp (Apr 08, 2008 6:20 am)
My 08' Acadia also leaked behind the glove box and from the sunroof. I brought it in five times and they assured me they finally fixed the problem on the last one. I fought them and threatened legal action if they didn't give me a new Acadia. They did the right thing. Now I am waiting for my new Acadia which has been ordered. In the mean time it rained hared two days ago and its still leaking. I hope I have better luck with the next one. Good luck with yours!
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- #226 of 495
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Gas smell
by ndel
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May 04, 2008 (5:07 pm)
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Please let me know if you resolve the issue of your gas smell in your acadia. I also have been getting a smell of gas through the vents in the car. I had it in 5 times but they can't recreate the smell. I don't think their trying too hard. I smell it everyday! I am over 5000 miles and it's not changing. I'm filing for arbitration. There is more information on messages191 thru 200. I also hate my car and I wanted to love it. The worst car decision ever made! So disappointed with GM.
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- #227 of 495
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New Acadia Fears
by davzgirl03
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May 07, 2008 (11:27 am)
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Replying to: ndel (May 04, 2008 5:07 pm)
OMG! I bought a 2008 SLT1 Acadia and have had it for 2 weeks. Two days after having the vehicle the silver trim on the passenger door handle came off. I have noticed the clunking from the front end when it get to about 10mph after it's been in park. I took the vehicle in today to have the Touch of Class applied and told them about the two issues. We will see! After reading pages of complaints I am now terrified about this having just bought this car. After someone mentioned it earlier, I also notice a hum when it is idling. My husband just deployed to Iraq and we bought this car so we wouldn't have to worry about anything while he is gone. Eeek! I work full time with an hour commute each way and have a 2year old, I don't have the time or energy to be taking a brand new car in the shop. My hopes are that they will fix what I took it in for today and that will be the end of it. Right now, I'm not feeling very optimistic.
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- #228 of 495
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Re: New Acadia Fears [davzgirl03]
by loach
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May 08, 2008 (7:57 am)
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Replying to: davzgirl03 (May 07, 2008 11:27 am)
Take a deep breath. The noise from the front end is likely the anti-lock brake system doing its self-check and is normal operation. There is a TSB out where they can reprogram the way it operates to lessen the noise if it bothers you.
Keep in mind you're reading a thread called "problems and repairs", so all you're going to read about on here is problems and repairs - there's similar threads here for just about every kind of vehicle! The vast majority of these issues will probably not apply to your vehicle.
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- #229 of 495
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Re: New Acadia Fears [davzgirl03]
by lemonowner08
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May 10, 2008 (10:24 am)
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Replying to: davzgirl03 (May 07, 2008 11:27 am)
I got my Acadia back from the shop this last week. They found that I did not have a drain tube on my dual sunroof, alas, the reason for the interior leaking. It came from the factory that way. They did fix the leaking problem, but in doing so, they broke the plastic grommets around the visor where it covers the headliner and also broke my drivers side seat belt. They also left my headliner covered with greasy hand prints. They had to remove the headliner to attach a drain tube. It is fixed! It rained yesterday and my car did not leak. I couldn't believe the dealership had turned the car back to me with the other problems they created while trying to fix it! I had picked my car up at closing time, so I just headed home even though the seat belt was too stiff to pull out. The height adjuster on the pillar of the car was not moving either. I took it back to the shop, and they ordered a new seat belt assembly and height adjuster. When they installed the new seat belt, I asked them about the broken (one broke, one missing) grommets around the area where the visors attach to the roof. The have ordered new parts for them now, and I guess I will be back in the shop again next week. After I pitched a fit about the dirty hand prints, they also took the car into their detail shop and cleaned it up. I now have 2966 miles on my car. The last two days, I noticed the interior lights did not come on when I got out of or entered the car. I read the owners manual last night thinking I must have accidentally pushed a button. I went through the steps with the button next to light button left of the steering column. I did this in my dark garage last night. I pushed the botton in, opened the door and no lights, then pushed to make it come out, opened th drivers door, and again the interior lights did not come on. The only way I can get the interior overhead lights on is to turn the buttton all the way to one side (same one that dials up the illumination of the instrument panel). But, then they are on all the time. I suspect something happened to the overhead lights when they detached the headliner to repair the leak. So, it looks like I will have another trip to the shop this week.
Please don't think all of this will happen to you. It all depends on the mentality and skills that are available at your dealership. Hopefully, after the grommets are replaced and the interior light issue is resolved, I won't have any more problems. That is what I am hoping anyway. One of the service writers is quite disgusted with the performance of the serivce techs in the shop and he told me as much. He told me that I have good reason to expect more for the amount of money I spent to buy the car and the amount of time it has taken to resolve issues that were no fault of my own! He seems to be genuinely interested in seeing this car fixed. I am remaining optimistic as I really do like so much about the vehicle! They did something which fixed the gas mileage issues and I am not smelling gas anymore. Now that I know the "clunk" is harmless and evidently a characteristic of the vehicle, then I am not worried about that anymore. I just need the lights to come on when I get into the car, especially at night! It's a safety issue for me. It worked before I took it in to have the headline replaced, so it is not a factory problem. It's a local issue. Too bad we have lost all our skilled labor in America!
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- #230 of 495
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Re: New Acadia Fears [lemonowner08]
by ndel
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May 11, 2008 (4:52 am)
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Replying to: lemonowner08 (May 10, 2008 10:24 am)
Please let me know what they did to fix the gas mileage problem and the gas smell. I still have existing problems in that area and I'm at about 6,000 miles. Thank you
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- #231 of 495
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Re: New Acadia Fears [ndel]
by skiermark
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May 11, 2008 (7:50 am)
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Replying to: ndel (May 11, 2008 4:52 am)
I recently had my Acadia for poor fuel mileage I was getting 17mpg on the hi-way, they adjusted the tire pressure to the factory specs. The mileage came back up to 20 mpg on the hi-way it seems to do the best if you keep the speed around 60 to 70 mph also if you are in the hills and using your cruise control the transmission shift down to a lower gear the keep the speed set, if you don't use the cruise control on these conditions and rely on you light footed throttle and use the down slope to gain speed before you start your up hill assent you may find that this helps. You have to be aware of how much throttle you give if you want to increase your fuel mileage.
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