15V415000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
If the open liftgate unexpectedly falls, it may strike a person, increasing their risk of injury.
2008 GMC ACADIA
3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 1,296 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints1,296
Complaints citing a crash41
Complaints citing a fire19
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
14V118000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
10V240000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE HEATED WASHER MODULE TO IGNITE AND A FIRE MAY OCCUR.
What owners report most
- 266POWER TRAIN
- 148ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 142AIR BAGS
- 127STEERING
- 124ENGINE
- 63UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 57ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 44EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 GMC ACADIAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.