2022 GMC Acadia
This year drew an ordinary 47 complaints for a GMC Acadia — the model's median is 333. What they were about is the unusual part: 6.4% of them mention seemed, against 0.1% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the GMC Acadia, which began in 2017 and ran to 2023. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 47 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 333 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- seemed — 6.4% of this year's complaints, against 0.1% across the other years of this generation (31.9×).
- faulty — 14.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.7% across the other years of this generation (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: faulty, symptoms, special, coverage.
- onto — 6.4% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the other years of this generation (6.1×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
I was driving on the highway with my kids and my car suddenly shuts off. There was no warning messages or other symptoms of the problem... no signs! This took place on February 25, 2024. It was towed and taken to the GMC dealership (coral springs) for 3 weeks…
I have had multiple sensor issues with my Acadia since reaching 60000 miles. Currently, there is a thermostat sensor causing hard shifting, No cold air blowing from the AC, stabilitrack, traction control, steering assist reduced and fan running after turning o…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V702000 AIR BAGS
- 22V427000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V446000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Acadia was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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