NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2017 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 2017 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
- 705
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 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 2014–2016 Acadia, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 18V358000
- Reported
- May 31, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 895
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Acadia, 8 other models
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 17V516000
- Reported
- August 22, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,905
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Acadia, 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 16V802000
- Reported
- November 4, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,844
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2017 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 705 owner complaints about the 2017 GMC Acadia, the newest on October 12, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (1%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the power train (33%), followed by the electrical system (27%) and the air bags (11%).
1 of the 2017 GMC Acadia's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2017 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (381 complaints), the median was 33,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train236
- Electrical System193
- Unknown Or Other167
- Air Bags76
- Engine62
- Steering34
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 57 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 120 | |
| 2020 | 119 | |
| 2021 | 34 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 68 | |
| 2026 | 41 |
Complaints about the 2017 GMC Acadia peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 120. 49% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 GMC Acadia drew 4.1× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 1st highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the GMC Acadia years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 705 complaints about the 2017 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2017 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted