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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1GKKNXLS5JZ••••••2018 Gmc ACADIA
This build draws 1.7× more complaints than the average 2018 Gmc ACADIA build (5 vs 3).
5on this build
379on the model
130builds in total
Most reportedPower Train 2Electrical System 2Air Bags 1
What owners of this build wrote
Electrical SystemMay 2025
When putting my GMC Acadia in Park and shutting off the push start ignition the alarm goes off saying it’s not in park when it is clearly in park so I have to continuously start the car and try to keep putting it in park and shut ignition off. I googled it and saw there was a…
Power TrainMar 2025
While I was driving the vehicle started jerking and not changing gears. Several times it almost caused an accident with me and my son in the car. I turned the car on/off and restarted it at the red light, the exact same thing happens. Lucky a GMC dealer ship was near by. I was…
Air BagsApr 2021
Was driving down a dirt road and suddenly the airbags deployed for no reason. Ruined the car
Electrical SystemApr 2025
My vehicle has a persistent shift to park issue. My vehicle cannot be safely turned off. My vehicle needs to be restarted multiple times and the gearshift moved to the park position for the chance that it will register being in the parked position so the vehicle can be safely…
Power TrainOct 2024
Gear shifter is not registering that the vehicle is in park. Because of this issue I have to sit in the vehicle for up to 15 mins trying to get it to register that it is in fact in park and can turn off. If I didn't take the time to do this, it would kill my battery.…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1GKKNXLS5JZ108986 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.