MODELYEARINDEX

GMC Acadia

2,331 complaints across 12 scored model years and 31 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · GMC Acadia Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2017 vs model median 3.4×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 143
Electrical 121
Brakes 26
Avoid

2017 · 2018

Best

2013 · 2016

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.98× 160 C
2011
1.02× 143 C
2012
0.79× 121 C
2013
0.43× 44 B
2014
1.21× 155 D
2015
0.60× 95 B
2016
0.50× 70 B
2017
3.43× 522 F
2018
1.99× 280 D
2019
1.26× 196 C
2020
0.55× 77 B
2021
1.16× 145 C
2022 P
0.49× 72 B
2023 P
0.54× 65 B
2024 P
0.42× 80 A
2025 P
0.59× 106 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG22
City / Highway19.5 / 25.5
Engine2.5L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,800

Recalls

31 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
14V266000 SEAT BELTS 2010–2014 1,339,355
14V118000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW 2010–2013 1,176,407
23V334000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2014–2017 995,085
15V415000 STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE 2010–2012 691,144
10V375000 SEAT BELTS 2010 207,210
20V668000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2019, 2020 194,105
14V614000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2014 106,307
22V709000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020, 2021 95,231

+ 23 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Acadia
Complaints in window
522
Severity-weighted
719.5
Model median (weighted)
210
vs model median
3.43×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 15 F