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| Has anyone noticed a problem with the outside temperature monitor in the ACADIA (SLT-1)? Mine appears to read consistently 5 to 10 degrees higher than actual temperature. | |
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Replying to: hsche (Aug 17, 2007 7:18 am) |
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My Acadia SLT 2 would not start at all today after listening to my MP3 player in Aux jack for about 30 min. I had car off but key turned to proper position and nothing else on but radio. When I tried to start car it did not even click. Had to get roadside assistance to jumpstart it. Also sometimes my radio station info does not display on my HUD and my NAV system has had a read disc error message sometimes requiring me to reinsert disc. Someone else mentioned this problem on the check engine light forum. I have already had the transmission control module re programmed. seemed to help with sluggish shifting. Oh and I had the steering column TSB taken care of too. The other day it accelerated by itself on two different occasions while going down the highway at about 70 MPH. Just a short burst of speed and then back to normal. I also have had a little water come in after going through carwash, around my seatbelt where it is attached to column inside of car and down in foot well where you rest your left foot. Anyone else experiencing any of this? My dealer has no idea what is going on with battery or possible electrical system. He seems to think that the acceleration problem might be related to that also. I forgot to mention the leaks, so I will have to call them tomorrow. I love the car, but sure is a pain working out the kinks.
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| I waiting for delivery om my 08 Acadia Slt2. Should have it in two weeks. Gotta tell ya, reading these messages scares me. It seems that there are alot of problems with the car. I've been driving a Hyundai Santa Fe for 5 yrs with not a single problem but when I test drove many small to mid suv's the Acadia stood out because of the ride, size, looks and supposedly good gas mileage. Am I making a big mistake ? | |
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Replying to: jbruno15 (Aug 22, 2007 3:49 pm) BTW: My Outlook (had it since Memoririal Day weekend) has run fine. It was great on a 1200 mile roadtrip over the 4th of July Week. No engine problems. Everything works fine. |
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My Acadia SLT-1 arrived in late April. I don't have a large number of miles on it as it is driven mostly for pleasure but so far I have no real complaints and have had zero mechanical problems. Fit and finish as it arrived on the dealer’s lot was very good. On trips of 200 miles each way at 75 MPH I am now getting 24 to 25+ MPG. On the highway this is a wonderful vehicle to drive and comfortable for driver and passengers. The ride is good and it tracks well in high side winds or when passing trucks, better than you would expect for the large side area. The rear back up detector works well and is great to have – I highly recommend it due to the high rear glass. After driving a couple of hundred yards the first thing in the morning I do hear a mild clunk that sounds like it comes from the front brakes, suspension or drive line. It’s the only time it does it so I’ll assume it isn't a problem. For the person who experienced an acceleration when cruising at highway speeds, note if you might have hit the speed control resume/increase speed button on the steering wheel. It is a bit close to where your hand/fingers might be. I have hit it a few times by accident without realizing it at first. I will give another update in the future.
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Replying to: jbruno15 (Aug 22, 2007 3:49 pm) |
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I picked up my new '08 SLT-1 last week and love it. While figuring out the radio display, however, I must have somehow changed the RDS display. It used to show both the artist AND the song title. Now, however, it only shows one or the other based on my choice. Any input on how to get this display back to where it was, i.e., showing both the artist and song title? FYI, I have the single CD and DVD 10-speaker Bose stereo without nav. Thanks all! |
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We bought a new SLT2 07 Acadia in Feb 07. Within 4 months, less than 10,000 miles, and 4 trips to the dealership our car had spent 14 days in the garage for repairs. We encountered the following repairs. Whole new computer, new power steering pump, new steering gear, repaired axle gasket leak and 4 or 5 recall repairs. Within this same timeframe the car started to rough idle on start up 3-4 days/week. It was in 3 times to repair the idle problem with no resolution. The problem cannot be found. A flight recorder was used to diagnose it - NOTHING! We were told other Acadias are doing the same thing and GMC does not know what is wrong or how to fix it. So we decided to trade it in on an 08 figuring it was easier than filing lemon law and we wanted to give GMC the benefit of the doubt - perhaps we got a vehicle that was released early and by 08 the issues would be worked out. We drive our new SLT2 08 home and within a day we have a similar/same idle problem. We are now being told it is a "design feature". Thanks, but no thanks, we did not buy this option. Had the sales person told us that 3-4 days a week when we started our car it would rough idle we would never have bought the car. (Funny....our Nissan does not have this feature). At this time we feel stuck with a substandard quality vehicle. The dealership has done all they can, we will give GMC a fair chance to respond. Buyers/owners BEWARE!
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Replying to: zehnbauer (Sep 17, 2007 9:53 am) |
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