NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2010 GMC Acadia has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 30, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 GMC Acadia. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 343
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 GMC Acadia, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2010 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, 2011–2012 Acadia, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 14V266000
- Reported
- May 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,339,355
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011–2014 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 2008–2009, 2011–2013 Acadia, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 10V375000
- Reported
- August 12, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 207,210
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Acadia, 3 other models
2010 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 343 owner complaints about the 2010 GMC Acadia, the newest on June 18, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (1%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2010 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the steering (43%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (13%).
None of the 2010 GMC Acadia's 4 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2010 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (293 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering148
- Engine74
- Electrical System45
- Power Train43
- Exterior Lighting24
- Air Bags16
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 37 | |
| 2014 | 77 | |
| 2015 | 36 | |
| 2016 | 49 | |
| 2017 | 28 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 33 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 GMC Acadia peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 77. 20% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 GMC Acadia drew 1.0× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 6th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 343 complaints about the 2010 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2010 GMC models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted