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2011 GMC Acadia lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 38 complaints for the 2011 GMC Acadia, 10% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
38 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 5
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2011 GMC Acadia Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 33 complaints that include mileage. 45% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 33 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 45% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 GMC acadia. The contact stated that the day time running lights had failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the bulb had gotten too hot and melted the casing, light bulb, and housing unit. The components needed to be replaced for both head lights. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 20,000.

Reported at 20,000 miles, June 2012 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 GMC acadia. The contact noticed that the front passenger side headlight had burned out. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was repaired; however, the failure recurred on the driver side approximately two weeks later. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was diagnosed that the headlight housing melted and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.

Reported at 48,000 miles, February 2015 Fire

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