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GMC Acadia 2011

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

0.34 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 25 complaints filed in the first three years, of 269 ever. 95% lower bound 0.21.

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 64 complaints

pump	19	30%
steering pump	16	25%
covered	15	24%
fluid	14	22%
leaking	12	19%
whining	10	16%

Engine 52 complaints

control	13	25%
timing	11	22%
chain	10	20%

When it breaks

13% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 68,887 miles, from 210 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:

10365441 · 10389761 · 10390262 · 10395250 · 10405299 · 10433532

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.