NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2008 GMC Acadia has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 30, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 GMC Acadia. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 854
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 GMC Acadia, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 GMC Acadia
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 15V415000
- Reported
- June 30, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,144
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2012 Acadia, 3 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 14V118000
- Reported
- March 17, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,176,407
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2013 Acadia, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Acadia, 16 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V441000
- Reported
- August 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 857,735
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Acadia, 14 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 08V410000
- Reported
- August 14, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88,809
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Acadia, 2 other models
2008 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 854 owner complaints about the 2008 GMC Acadia, the newest on July 27, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (3%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 38 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the power train (33%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the air bags (18%).
2 of the 2008 GMC Acadia's 5 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2008 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (705 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train279
- Electrical System153
- Air Bags150
- Steering133
- Engine124
- Structure87
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2011 | 30 | |
| 2012 | 47 | |
| 2013 | 156 | |
| 2014 | 169 | |
| 2015 | 101 | |
| 2016 | 71 | |
| 2017 | 54 | |
| 2018 | 38 | |
| 2019 | 51 | |
| 2020 | 27 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 GMC Acadia peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 169. 12% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 GMC Acadia drew 1.5× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 854 complaints about the 2008 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2008 GMC models
Newest record on this page: July 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted