NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 GMC Acadia Recalls
The 2018 GMC Acadia has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 31, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 GMC Acadia. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 396
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 GMC Acadia, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 GMC Acadia
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 18V358000
- Reported
- May 31, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 895
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 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 2017 Acadia, 2 other models
2018 GMC Acadia complaints by year
NHTSA has received 396 owner complaints about the 2018 GMC Acadia, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 GMC Acadia, the component group named most often is the power train (41%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the engine (9%).
1 of the 2018 GMC Acadia's 2 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2018 GMC Acadia owners gave the mileage (180 complaints), the median was 32,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train163
- Unknown Or Other118
- Electrical System109
- Engine34
- Steering24
- Service Brakes21
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 61 | |
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 30 | |
| 2024 | 39 | |
| 2025 | 74 | |
| 2026 | 40 |
Complaints about the 2018 GMC Acadia peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 84. 46% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 GMC Acadia drew 2.3× the complaints of the median GMC Acadia year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2018 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 396 complaints about the 2018 GMC Acadia are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Acadia by model year
Other 2018 GMC models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted