Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2012 GMC acadia has 38 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
38
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Ratle sound in the engine thinking it may be the timing chain. Code p0430 came on stating catalytic ... |
| Apr 7, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION STARTES SLIPPING THEN WENT OUT |
| Apr 2, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission is slipping, shuddering at low speeds making car unsafe to drive |
| Mar 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The transmission has all the symptoms of a broken wave plate and/or torque convertor as reported in ... |
| Jul 18, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | I noticed shuddering while driving my car and when I took it to my mechanic upon test driving and in... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | We just purchased this 2012 gmc acadia about 30 days ago and every day we drive it we have this issu... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | The automatic passenger side window does not work anymore, it went out a couple months after I bough... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns 2012 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken for the state-mandat... |
| Aug 8, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | Was waiting on dealership to catch up to bring in for a transmission problem. I know it is transmiss... |
| Feb 20, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING. ALL GAUGES STOP RESPONDING AND AUTOMATIC CONTROLS BEC... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | WHEN IT IS PARKED AND IDLING IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. WHEN I AM DRIVING IT IT SHIFTS HARD A... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | MY 2012 ACADIA ONLY HAS 112,000 MILES ON IT, AND I AM HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. IT STARTED AS A V... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS FAILING PER DUBLIN GMC. THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE STUTTERING. IN ADDITION, T... |
| Jul 18, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OR SHUDDERING UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. MOST FREQUENTLY NOTICEABLE ARO... |
| Dec 20, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | WELL GM STRIKES AGAIN. I JUST SUBMITTED A TRANSMISSON WITH MY 2014 SILVERADO BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MY 12... |
| Sep 2, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | THE CAR SPUTTERS AND HESITATES WHEN CHANGING GEARS. I TOOK IT TO A GMC DEALER AND FOUND OUT THE TORQ... |
| Aug 2, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | THE RPM GAUGE IS FLUCTUATING UP AN DOWN WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, HIGHWAY, CITY ROADS IT IS H... |
| Jul 29, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | WHEN DRIVING MY CAR AND HOLDING THE SPEED AT 50-60MPH THE RPM BEGIN TO FLUCTUATE AND THE CAR SHUDDER... |
| Apr 6, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LAST WEEK MY 2012 AWD ACADIA HAVING A MAJOR MALFUNCTION. 1. WHILE D... |
| Apr 2, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | UNDER ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE SHUTTERS BETWEEN 1100-2300 RPM THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND IS A VERY COMMO... |