2013 Gmc Acadia problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Air Bags (21) · Power Train (19) · Electrical System (18)
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🛣️ Complaints by mileage
91 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (3)
Air Bags:critical Fasteners 2021-04-08 · campaign 21V246000 · 108 vehicles
Defect: General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2010-2015, 2017 Buick Enclave, 2010-2019 Chevrolet Traverse, and 2011-2016 GMC Acadia vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not be properly attached.
Risk: Unsecured side curtain air bags may not perform as intended, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, realign or replace the weld nuts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 24, 2021. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N202321200.
Seat Belts 2014-05-20 · campaign 14V266000 · 1,339,355 vehicles
Defect: General Motors is recalling certain model year 2009-2014 Buick Enclave vehicles manufactured April 14, 2008, through May 14, 2014, Chevrolet Traverse vehicles manufactured June 6, 2008, through May 14, 2014, and GMC Acadia vehicles manufactured April 9, 2008, through May 14, 2014, and 2009-2010 Saturn Outlook vehicles manufactured April 14, 2008, through March 18, 2010. In the affected vehicles, the flexible steel cable that connects the seatbelt to the front outboard seating positions may fatig
Risk: If the steel cable becomes fatigued and separates, the seatbelt may not properly restrain the seat occupant increasing the risk of an injury in a crash.
Fix: General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, repair and replace the lap pretensioner, free of charge. Parts are not currently available. An interim notice will be mailed to owners in July 2014. A second notice will be mailed to owners once parts become available. The recall for the 2009-2010 model years began on July 11, 2014. The interim letter for the 2011-2014 model years were distributed on July 11, 2014. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-222-
Air Bags:side/Window 2014-03-17 · campaign 14V118000 · 1,176,407 vehicles
Defect: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2008-2013 Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia and 2009-2013 Chevrolet Traverse and 2008-2010 Saturn Outlook vehicles. In the affected vehicles, increased resistance in the driver and passenger seat mounted side impact air bag (SIAB) wiring harnesses may result in the SIAB and seat belt pretensioners not deploying in the event of a crash.
Risk: Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
Fix: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected harness connections with soldered connections, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2014. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, Saturn at 1-800-553-6000, and GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463. GM's number for this recall is 14030. Note: Vehicles repaired as part of Customer Satisfaction Campaign 10085 and special coverage 10335 have already had the subject condition repai
Service bulletins (1,693)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-26 · PIT5698F · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi provides diagnostics tips on how the lin bus works and how to diagnosis it.
Unknown Or Other 2026-09-04 · PIP4902W · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email gds2 session logs into technical assistance.
Unknown Or Other 2026-04-01 · PIT3271Q · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates information about how to determine if a wheel and tires size change is available.
Unknown Or Other 2026-03-09 · PIP6104 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communicates the steps on how to save a gds2 session log and upload to a technical assistance case in cx connect.
Unknown Or Other 2026-03-09 · PIP4902V · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email gds2 session logs into technical assistance.
Unknown Or Other 2026-01-08 · PIP4902U · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email gds2 session logs into technical assistance.
Showing the 6 most recent of 1,693 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-08-16 · Unknown Or Other“sunroof shattered driving on the interstate. never saw a rock or anything. i think it shattered due to pressure and temperature changes.…”
2026-07-30 · Air Bags“i think my vehicle is apart of this recall: march 17, 2014 nhtsa campaign number: 14v118000 side impact air bags wiring connections failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant. …”
2026-07-12 · Service Brakes“transmission causes problems in can be on interstate and be switching lanes and it loses power and wont go takes forever to shift out. it will cut out and you can barely get pulled off side of rd in time. electrical the battery voltage goes crazy up and down causing vehicle to power surge bad or at night time lights will go out for no reason whil…”
2026-04-21 · Unknown Or Other“the windows stopped working. only the driver’s window still goes down and if it does go down, it often won’t go back up. if there was an accident and windows were the only escape option, you would probably be trapped in the vehicle. it has not been looked at, because i cannot afford to fix it. i do know other acadia owners that have the exact same…”
2026-04-13 · Air Bags“the contact owns a 2013 gmc acadia. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v118000 (air bags); and requested to be removed from the recall distribution list. the local dealer was contacted but the manufacturer was not contacted.…”
2026-02-11 · Unknown Or Other“dear sir/madam, for the 3rd time now, my transmission is being rebuilt. after purchasing it from the dealership and it was still under warranty gmc bakersfield rebuilt the transmission, then again in 2020 at 119,000 miles it broke down again and all automatic in bakersfield rebuilt it for $3500 and now here it is 2026 and only 60.000 miles later…”
2025-07-10 · Engine“i bought a 2013 gmc acadia with a 3.6l engine and i was driving it home, and the engine locked up on me, and it didn’t throw a code or anything, it just shut off and wouldn’t start back up, and later i find out that it had an oil leak from somewhere and now i have to have the engine replaced, which is 13k dollars, the vehicle is located at walker c…”
2025-04-16 · Power Train“unknown, the vehicle will begin to jerk or shake when it gets up to about 30 - 40mph then levels out. sometimes it will repeat the jerking when traveling at speed of 50 - 60mph for a few seconds then levels out. sometimes the vehicle hesitate on take off from a stopped position.…”
2025-03-21 · Traction Control System · 92,000 mi“the contact owns a 2013 gmc acadia. the contact stated that the vehicle was intermittently difficult to start. additionally, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. the check engine and traction control warning lights were illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the alternator, stab…”
2025-03-21 · Electrical System · 92,000 mi“the contact owns a 2013 gmc acadia. the contact stated that intermittently, the vehicle was difficult to start. additionally, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. the check engine warning light and the traction control warning light were illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where th…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.