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2009 GMC Acadia electrical system problems

47 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2009 GMC Acadia, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
47 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 5
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2009 GMC Acadia Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 40% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 35 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 GMC acadia. The contact stated that the day time running lights failed on several occasions. The contact indicated that the sockets and housing failed to support the power for the lighting wattage, causing the components to prematurely melt. The bulbs were replaced more than twice. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who recommended that the housing be replaced for the day time running light assemblies. The failure recurred with both lights shorting.

Reported at 47,274 miles, September 2011 FireInjury

My 2009 GMC acadia was sitting in my mothers driveway, when a neighborhood came and said my car was on fire. It was not running and no signs of arson. The vehicle inside almost completely burnt, with most of the damage being on the drivers side, steering well, door, and dashboard. The SUV literally just caught fire in the driveway. The cleveland fire department was called and had to put the flames out. After research I found that there was an recall in 2010 from GMC NHTSA campaign number 10v240000.

Reported at 130,000 miles, June 2018 Fire

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