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Re: had just about enough... [coltsfan]
by lemonowner08
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May 21, 2009 (4:09 pm)
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Replying to: coltsfan (May 21, 2009 4:53 am)
I totally understand your pain. The dealership we bought our Acadia from wasn't able to fix even the easiest things. I don't think they wanted to.  We took it to a dealership about 20 miles away after talking to that service manager about all of our problems with our 2008 Acadia SLT-1. He really wanted to help us out.  We had the noisy takeoff, odor coming through vents, leaking sunroof; all the most common complaints heard on this board. The odor turned out to be a coolant leak at thermostat housing. They said they replaced a compression fitting and the thermostat housing. Ours smelled of gas when using the remote start also. They stated they also reflashed the PCM (whatever that is) with updated software for long engine crank that would produce more hydrocarbons. (I am writing exactly what is in the report they provided me after they fixed sooooooooooo many problems. If you want to contact Erickson Pontiac- GMC in Rexburg, Idaho; these guys know their stuff!! It is too bad the Acadia is having so many problems from the factory because it is such a good looking auto. The size is perfect and the whole concept is so great for so many families. But, you have to be able to use it! Darn it, GM. Get it right because I would like to give another one a try when I get ready to trade. 
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- #417 of 495
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Re: GMC Acadia Front End Struts [aircooled1]
by mnkathi
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May 26, 2009 (5:16 pm)
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Replying to: aircooled1 (May 08, 2009 6:36 am)
I have one of the first Acadia's out purchased in February 2007. I have had a lot of the problems already listed but most recently, yours, for the second time. My car has hestiated when it comes time to pass since the day I bought it. The dealer says they can find no problem. I had that thing where you pull up to a stop and your car will not go any faster than 15 mph and it had to go into the shop for two weeks. Last summer, my front end started making those horrible noises and when I took it in they couldn't find anything at first but after I paid for two diagnostics, they said I needed new struts at a cost of $1300. Now it's a little less than a year later and the noises in the front end are starting again. For a nice looking car, it has been nothing but trouble.
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- #418 of 495
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my gauges went wacky!
by nicurcp
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May 28, 2009 (10:49 am)
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Anyone have any problems with the gauges? While driving on the freeway  65mph, my speedometer was stuck 120! In fact, all the gauges were completly wrong. The fuel gauge went straight down pointing to my feet! We called on star but the diagnostics found nothing wrong. We took it in to be fixed and they had to order all new gauging system. When I got it back, they weren't even the original gauges. Cheap looking crome colored gauges were installed instead of all red. Called dealership to have original acadia parts but was told this is what they changed to! Help, how do I go about getting the original gauges back? 
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- #419 of 495
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Re: Sunroof leaking problems [lat05]
by markjdel
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May 29, 2009 (10:47 am)
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Replying to: lat05 (May 08, 2009 4:58 pm)
My 2007 Acadia has been back to the dealer three times for the rear skylight leak. I had water pouring out all over the car - even up front where the roof post meets the dash. Now I have terrible rattling sounds because they had to take down the headliner to fix the leak. Two dealers could not fix the problem. Now I'm having the power steering issue in the rain that has been written about in other posts. The lease can't end soon enough.
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- #420 of 495
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Lost power steering in the rain
by markjdel
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May 29, 2009 (10:52 am)
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Does anyone know if GM has a solution to the problem of losing power steering when it is raining? My 2007 just developed this problem.
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- #421 of 495
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Re: Lost power steering in the rain [markjdel]
by rbellcpa
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May 29, 2009 (11:09 am)
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Replying to: markjdel (May 29, 2009 10:52 am)
I have not been able to resolve the power steering issue. The dealer installed guards/shields as directed by a manufacturer bulletin. This may help some, but if you drive through any amount of standing water the steering goes away completely and the belt squeals for a period of time. The dealer acts if it is no big deal. I don't think they know of any way to correct.
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- #422 of 495
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natural gas type smell
by bfamily
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Jun 15, 2009 (7:18 am)
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For all you people that have said you have a smell like natural gas or propane, etc.
Is your vehicle AWD or FWD?
Thanks,
help track down a source.
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- #423 of 495
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Re: had just about enough... [coltsfan]
by bfamily
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Jun 15, 2009 (7:20 am)
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Replying to: coltsfan (May 21, 2009 4:53 am)
Did you own a FWD or AWD vehicle?
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- #424 of 495
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Re: natural gas type smell [bfamily]
by sbh3
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Jun 17, 2009 (7:54 pm)
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Replying to: bfamily (Jun 15, 2009 7:18 am)
FWD here. The dealership found the source of the fuel smell in my 2007 model. A valve in the emissions canister was locked in the open position and the canister was full of gasoline. They thought this was a fluke, or that I had over topped when filling up with gas (I did not). Anyway they replaced the canister and I have not had a problem since. I really like my car and am glad they fixed it!
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- #425 of 495
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Re: Transmission Oil Leak [safety9285]
by ilyooper
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Jun 18, 2009 (9:43 am)
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Replying to: safety9285 (May 20, 2009 12:04 pm)
We have a 2008 with 14K miles, at about 6K miles I started to notice drips in the driveway and on the garage floor - assumed it was from a 'messy' oil change. Last weekend I crawled underneath to find Trans Fluid sprayed all over the place and hanging like rain drops off of all of the Transmission bolts and Crossmembers. My wife brought it to the dealer and now they have our car for a few days now to replace the Transmission Seal - I guess I was lucky to find some drops in my driveway, but I'm worried how low my Trans Fluid was and if there is any internal damage? My wife said that she could start to 'feel' it downshifting when coming up to a stop.
Anybody else have this issue and have any recommendations?
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