2014 GMC Acadia problems
NHTSA has received 605 complaints about the 2014 GMC Acadia, and 41% of them involve air bags. Next are electrical system (15%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 605 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 41% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 296 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 61 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 33 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 46 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 48 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 49 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 16 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 24 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 9 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 296 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 65,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 82,000 miles (66 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the GMC Acadia with enough data (261 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The contact owned a 2014 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact was avoiding crashing into another vehicle when the contact's vehicle crashed into a tree. The air bags did not deploy. The contact stated that some good Samaritans assisted the contact in getting out of the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was totaled when it crashed into a tree. In addition, the contact stated that within 5–10 minutes later, the vehicle was engulfed in fire.
Vehicle drove backwards out of the garage while the transmission indicated that the vehicle was still in park. The vehicle accelerated and backed out if the garage on its on, no driver was in the car. The only thing that stopped the car was anther vehicle that was parked in front of our mailbox in which both were struck. I am not sure what went wrong, leaning into the car putting the key in the ignition. Turned around to talk to my son and when I turned back around I was caught by the door.
I was driving on I-10 for around an hour when my steering wheel made a slight turn to the right and completely locked up. The road was wet so I didn't want to slam on my brakes. I was trying as hard as I could to try and turn the steering wheel but couldn't. I tapped the brakes 2 times and then had to slam the brakes as hard as I could or I would have hit other vehicles. My car started spinning and then crashed head into the guardrail.
Traction control sensor turns on-service stabilitrak-engine loses power-car dies while driving at any speed. Turn the car off wait for awhile and sometimes it will turn over and everything is fine. The issue is slowly happening more often and taking longer to start back up.
The contact owns a 2014 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring in the seat was above the loophole. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified but no additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 105,207.