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CarComplaints.com Notes: Ahh, the ole' sophomore slump. The 2008 Acadia suffers from widespread transmission failure around 75,000 miles.
9.0
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $3,190
- Average Mileage:
- 92,950 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I have had nonstop problems with this water leak since buying this piece of junk in 2016. I took it in a handful of times to the dealership that I bought it from and they would keep it for a week or two at a time to “check for a leakâ€. The first few times they told me that it did not leak at all and made me feel like they thought I was lying about it. The next few times they saw the leak but could not find the exact cause of it or how to fix it. I did have all of the seals around the sunroof replaced but it still continued to leak afterwards. I had seen people online say that they successfully sealed the whole top of the car up with liquid rubber so I spent a whole day sealing every seal that I could find on top of the car and down towards the windshield. I think it might have helped a little bit because it doesn’t leak as much as it use to, but the water still comes in. Every time it even just drizzled outside it gets inside the car.
At one point the water was coming in from the DVD player and the back overhead light near the hatch, but it has not done that for a year or two now thankfully. It has always and still leaks directly above the drivers seat and down onto the dash area and sometimes on the passenger side as well. The water leak blew the cars amp out maybe 2 years after I got it so I have no radio or sound coming from the car. When it first went out the speakers would make random VERY LOUD screeching static noises which I assume was them getting ruined by all the water getting inside of them. The area where the battery sits always gets water collected inside of it and I am so afraid that it is going to ruin the battery and all of the electrical parts in the car or worse, cause a fire.
I have lost all hope in trying to figure out where it’s leaking from or trying to stop it. This summer has been one of the wettest in years and it looks and smells like there is mold starting to grow up inside the headliner and also some growing down in front of the driver side seat. I really wish GM would acknowledge their fault with this year of Acadias and came out with a recall to fix the issue because I’ve seen sooo many others dealing with this same issue and it is not fair that we have to waste our time and money because on it. I am not planning on buying another GM vehicle ever again.
- Rose S., Newton, US