NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2016 GMC Acadia has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 236
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 GMC Acadia
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 23V334000
- Reported
- May 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 995,085
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Acadia, 2 other models
Air bags: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 21V246000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 Acadia, 2 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 15V833000
- Reported
- December 11, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,633
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 15V609000
- Reported
- September 29, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 236 owner complaints about the 2016 GMC Acadia, the newest on September 5, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the air bags (55%), followed by the steering (11%) and the electrical system (11%).
2 of the 2016 GMC Acadia's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (63 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags130
- Steering26
- Electrical System25
- Power Train21
- Unknown Or Other20
- Engine13
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 62 | |
| 2024 | 66 | |
| 2025 | 17 | |
| 2026 | 12 |
Complaints about the 2016 GMC Acadia peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 66. 17% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 GMC Acadia drew 0.5× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 14th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured GMC Acadia years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 236 complaints about the 2016 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2016 GMC models
Newest record on this page: September 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted