15V415000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
If the open liftgate unexpectedly falls, it may strike a person, increasing their risk of injury.
2009 GMC ACADIA
5 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations, 486 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints486
Complaints citing a crash13
Complaints citing a fire20
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 5 of 5
14V266000
SEAT BELTS
If the steel cable becomes fatigued and separates, the seatbelt may not properly restrain the seat occupant increasing the risk of an injury in a crash.
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.
10V375000
SEAT BELTS
THE SAFETY BELT MAY NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT AS INTENDED DURING A CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.
10V240000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE HEATED WASHER MODULE TO IGNITE AND A FIRE MAY OCCUR.
What owners report most
- 109STEERING
- 70POWER TRAIN
- 67ENGINE
- 45ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 38EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 17UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 15AIR BAGS
- 14ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 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.