YearsTell

all vehicles · every Acadia year · method

GMC Acadia 2013

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.14 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 12 complaints filed in the first three years, of 135 ever. 95% lower bound 0.06.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20081.1476
20090.4527
20100.5131
20110.3425
20120.4636
20130.1412
20140.8675
20150.2623
20160.1716
20172.29229
20181.54154
20190.5451
20200.3328
20210.7952
20220.3721
20230.4728

What owners describe

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

14% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 83,000 miles, from 91 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10521333 · 10553646 · 10567255 · 10568762 · 10572530 · 10610885

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.