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GMC Acadia 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.51 per 1,000

1.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 31 complaints filed in the first three years, of 342 ever. 95% lower bound 0.33.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.14	76
2009	0.45	27
2010	0.51	31
2011	0.34	25
2012	0.46	36
2013	0.14	12
2014	0.86	75
2015	0.26	23
2016	0.17	16
2017	2.29	229
2018	1.54	154
2019	0.54	51
2020	0.33	28
2021	0.79	52
2022	0.37	21
2023	0.47	28

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Steering 148 complaints

low	50	34%
pump	35	24%
turns	30	20%
low speeds	28	19%
fluid	28	19%
steering pump	25	17%

Engine 74 complaints

timing	48	65%
timing chain	41	55%
chain	41	55%
extended	14	19%
chains	11	15%
stretched	10	14%

When it breaks

10% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 75,000 miles, from 293 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10295662 · 10317226 · 10325097 · 10343165 · 10344383 · 10353379

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.