NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2012 GMC Acadia has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 8, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 296
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 GMC Acadia
Air bags: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 21V246000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2016 Acadia, 2 other models
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 15V415000
- Reported
- June 30, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,144
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 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, 2013–2014 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 2008–2011, 2013 Acadia, 3 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 12V151000
- Reported
- April 9, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,846
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Acadia, 2 other models
2012 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 296 owner complaints about the 2012 GMC Acadia, the newest on August 5, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the steering (16%), followed by the power train (15%) and the structure (14%).
1 of the 2012 GMC Acadia's 5 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2012 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (220 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering46
- Power Train43
- Structure42
- Electrical System41
- Unknown Or Other39
- Engine35
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 31 | |
| 2016 | 39 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 37 | |
| 2019 | 38 | |
| 2020 | 23 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2012 GMC Acadia peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 39. 23% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 GMC Acadia drew 0.9× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 11th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 296 complaints about the 2012 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2012 GMC models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted