2021 GMC ACADIA — Complaint #1927702
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID filed September 14, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1927702 (ODI reference 11544492) concerns a 2021 GMC ACADIA and was filed on September 14, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 31, 2023. The vehicle had 15,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:trunk lid, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC ACADIA cohort independently describe similar structure:body:trunk lid failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 GMC ACADIA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact leased a 2021 GMC Acadia. The contact stated water had leaked into the trunk compartment on a rainy day. Additionally, the contact stated that he pressed the power release button to close the trunk; however, while the trunk lid was in the process of closing, the driver's side trunk lid spring fractured. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1927702 |
| ODI Number | 11544492 |
| Date Filed | September 14, 2023 |
| Failure Date | August 31, 2023 |
| VIN | 1GKKNRL40MZ |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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