34 complaints reported

2019 GMC Acadia Electrical System

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
34
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Nov 2022

Constant issue of doors not locking or unlocking with key fob. Doors do not lock when put in drive or unlock when put in park. Buttons on the door to lock/unlock do not work. Have had at the dealership 4 times and still the issue hasn't been fixed. They replaced BCM and Harness and the issue still comes and goes.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2022
Sep 2022

The middle buttons in the infotainment system do not work - only the buttons around the edges (top, left, right, bottom) work.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2021
Aug 2022

2019 Acadia will be shifted into park and parking break applied. Vehicle will then be turned off. When opening the door a message appears on the dash stating "Place vehicle into Park". It takes multiple times of turning on the car, Shifting into another gear, then shifting back to park for the vehicle to realize it is in Park to allow vehicle to shut off. It has happened multiple times. We then received an email from on-star there is a diagnostic code SAC001 (Battery Service) needs to be addressed. This is unacceptable for a vehicle to be this new and have electrical issues.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2022
Jul 2022

Once vehicle is in park and ignition is shut off, a message will show to "shift in park" when it is in park. When this message appears, it takes several times to shift the car back and forth in order for it to register that it is in park. This occurs occasionally...sometimes more frequent than other times. It just did it today and it hadn't done it in a couple of weeks. The vehicle will not turn completely off or lock until you can get the stick to register it is in park. Sometimes it takes me a second to get the message to go away, other times it takes several mins. Really aggravating! These models are not cheap. This has occurred for well over a year now. I purchased the car November 2019.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2022
Feb 2022

Intermittent shift to park message displays on the dash. Had to turn the automobile back on to start the engine then moved gear selector to drive then to park. At this point the message disappeared allowing me to turn off the automobile.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2022
Nov 2021

After shifting the car into Park and pressing the start button to stop the engine, the message "Shift to Park" appears, and the engine does not shut off. This issue happens intermittently, but it has sometimes taken several minutes of shifting and re-shifting to get the car to turn off.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2021
Sep 2021

MY GMC WAS ABLE TO GO 45 MINUTES WITHOUT THE KEY FOB I HAVE TO HAVE THE KEY FOB WITH ME TO DRIVE MY CAR AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT IT

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2021
May 2021

WE HAVE HAD OUR 2019 GMC ACADIA AT TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIIPS, RECENTLY WE HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2019. THE DOOR LOCKS KEEP MALFUNCTIONING WHERE THEY EITHER WORK OR DON;T WORK AT TIMES. MY WIFE AND CHILD GET LOCKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE WOIRKED ON THE VEHICLE A HALD DOZEN TIMES BUT THE ISSUE IS STILL OCCURRING. THE ORGINAL DELAER NAME IS COCHRAN GM OF ROBINSON IN PITTSBURGH PA. THE DEALER HAS BEEN GREAT WITH US BUT THEY STILL CAN'T FIND THE ISSUE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2020
Dec 2020

WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK I GET A MESSAGE TO SHIFT TO PARK BEFORE I CAN TURN CAR OFF

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 GMC ACADIA, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2020

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The 2019 GMC Acadia has 34 Electrical System complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.