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These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
2 of 260 complaints match · Seat belts · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters
Was in a car accident in my Acadia. Someone hit me going 55 miles an hour on my front passenger side. My airbag never deployed and my seat belt did not lock causing me to fly around. I didn’t see a recall for either of those things
NHTSA ODI 11567076
ON OCTOBER 8, 2015, OUR FAMILY WAS DRIVING ON I-85 NEAR HUNTERSVILLE, NC. WE WERE IN OUR 2015 GMC ACADIA, WHICH WE'D BOUGHT NEW IN AUGUST. WE WERE IN STEADY, MOVING TRAFFIC. THE CABIN WAS QUIET; I WAS DRIVING, MY WIFE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, AND OUR TWO CHILDREN (AGES 9 AND 7) WERE IN THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS. BOTH CHILDREN WERE WATCHING THEIR IPADS. SUDDENLY WE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A PISTOL BEING FIRED INSIDE THE CABIN, FOLLOWED INSTANTLY BY OUR 7 YR OLD SON ('SON') SCREAMING AND YELLING, 'IT HURTS, IT HURTS.' MY WIFE AND I BOTH TURNED AROUND AND SAW SON CLUTCHING HIS LOWER BACK. I NEGOTIATED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER AND SAW THAT THE ENTIRE HOUSING/CASING OF HIS SEATBELT BUCKLE HAD SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED. THE BUCKLE WOULDN'T UNLATCH, BUT MY WIFE GOT HIM OUT OF THE SEAT AND EXAMINED HIM. HE HAD A PUNCTURE/GASH IN HIS LOWER BACK, WHERE SOME OF THE SHRAPNEL HAD HIT HIM. WE FOUND BOTH PLASTIC AND METAL SHARDS IN THE CAR. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE FORCE THE EXPLOSION CAUSED, THERE WAS ALSO A 2-4 INCH HOLE IN THE INTERIOR DOOR'S PANELING. ONLINE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT A PRETENSIONER MAY HAVE MALFUNCTIONED; A GMC SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THE SECOND-ROW CAPTAIN CHAIR SHOULD NOT HAVE A PRETENSIONER.
NHTSA ODI 10786048
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