NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2013 GMC Acadia has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 8, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 GMC Acadia. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 135
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 GMC Acadia, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2013 GMC Acadia
Air bags: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 21V246000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014–2016 Acadia, 2 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 2009–2012, 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 2008–2012 Acadia, 3 other models
2013 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2013 GMC Acadia, the newest on August 16, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the air bags (21%) and the power train (20%).
2 of the 2013 GMC Acadia's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (91 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System38
- Air Bags29
- Power Train27
- Engine21
- Unknown Or Other21
- Exterior Lighting10
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 25 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2013 GMC Acadia peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 25. 12% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 GMC Acadia drew 0.2× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 16th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured GMC Acadia years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 135 complaints about the 2013 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2013 GMC models
Newest record on this page: August 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted