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2008 GMC Acadia stability control problems

57 complaints about stability control have been filed for the 2008 GMC Acadia, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
57 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
111,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2008 GMC Acadia Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 111,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 8 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 111,000 miles
Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 9% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles8
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 44 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 111,000 miles, and 9% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the stability control complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

1. While traveling on an interstate highway, the vehicle's "stabilitrak" control abruptly shut down, and the brakes locked with light depressions of the pedal. (stabilitrak controls the vehicle's traction control, anti-lock brakes, and roll-prevention program.) 2. The failure has occurred approximately 5 times; on one occasion, the engine stalled in addition to the above. Consequences were as described above. 3. The vehicle was taken on an urgent basis to the GMC dealer the following day.

Reported at 9,500 miles, May 2008

Check engine lights are on, and stability lights on, dealer says problem is due to timing chain problem. There is technical bulletin out for this vehicle located here: [link removed] GMC is not offering to fix this problem without a large fee, saying our VIN does not match the recall. Yet there is a technical bulletin describing our exact problem. Can you let us know if our vehicle is covered by this technical bulletin and if there are other complaints similar to this for our vehicle.

Reported at 111,000 miles, March 2015

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