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Gmc Acadia Engine And Engine Cooling Safety Report | Nov 30, 2013
Reported on Nov 30, 2013
| WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 17W GOING TO DEPOSIT, NY, I SUDDENLY SAW AN ERROR MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD THAT READ SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL , THEN IT READ TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT READ WAS ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED . THAT'S WHEN MY CAR DROPPED FROM GOING 60 MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL TO 20 MPH AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THANKFULLY, I WAS ALREADY IN THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. AT THAT POINT, I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WAITED, THINKING THAT THE ERROR MESSAGE WOULD GO AWAY AND IT'S JUST A COMPUTER GLITCH, AS THIS IS COMMON WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT HAD FULL POWER BUT THE ERROR MESSAGE TO SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WAS STILL ON AND ALTERNATING BETWEEN THAT MESSAGE AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF . THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED THREE SEPARATE TIMES ON THE SAME DAY ALONG THE SAME HIGHWAY AND AT ONE OF THE TIMES, THERE WAS A LARGE VEHICLE BEHIND ME AND THANKFULLY, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY MOVE TO THE NEXT LANE BECAUSE I THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON EACH TIME IT HAPPENED. THANK GOD MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD MANY DIFFICULTIES WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS FIRST LEASED IN 2011. I THINK THAT ALL THE GMC ACADIAS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT POSES SUCH A TREMENDOUS DANGER TO MOTORISTS. | |
| Make: | Gmc |
| Model: | Acadia |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | BRONX NY |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1GKKVRED3BJ |
| Mileage: | 34465 miles. |
| Speed: | 60 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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