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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would sell. Why. My 2012 Acadia with only 70K miles had a big AC bill of $4k to fix. Only thing wrong with car. I fixed it and guess what next day had AC on full blast driving and alternator crapped out. Turns out Alternator was old and going (did not know) running AC full blast drawing juice was last straw. I was shocked till I found out an Alternator lasts 10-15 years so it going at 13 years not a suprise.

It did not end there. Turns out had dry rot tires, battery was up for replacing, needed to flush radiator as been 7 years and for fun told not now but in next year or two struts and shocks need repalacing as slightly leaking and front pads are 80 percent worn.

This is not a GMC vs. Toyota thing or mileage thing. Large SUVs have expensive parts. Some parts regardless as struts, shockss, alertnator, radiator, battery, once you get to 13-15 years old need replacing. If I could go back I would have traded it in last year. Now I am stuck with vehicle as threw a ton of money in and my wifes newer vehicle I take on long trips as now I dont trust it anmore to drive to NYC or or Outerbanks any more. It has become just a drive to work and around town vehicle.

Some parts age just gets to them and you can hit a bunch going at once like I did.     [/quote]

That’s not terrible for a GMC. The only things that really stand out are the 4K AC repair and that it sounds like all these repairs happened at same time.

Tires, Brakes, Coolant and Battery are all considered maintenance. After you get those done they shouldn’t need to be repeated for several years. The alternator isn’t maintenance but it’s not unexpected for the year of your car. I could see you maybe getting a new starter eventually too.

For the shocks and struts, maybe get a second opinion?

If your car has nothing else wrong with it, you just weathered a maintenance storm and you should be good for several years. Now you have a car with no payments, low insurance bill and low taxes. [/quote]

The AC it was blend doors that were stuck and a few electric parts. It is like 10 hours labor as have to take apart whole dash so that is where it ran up to 4K plus parts and sales tax.

But it is a back up SUV now. If it was my only family SUV I would have traded it in. Please dont laugh at me. But last year I needed a fourth car. I had two kids at home driving. My wife had this 2012 Acadia. I had two smaller cars, one I drove and one my middle kid drove. But youngest kid also needed car. I went to buy her a used small car and they had one at dealer near me. As soon as we went to look at it my wife saw a 2023 Acadia Denali Ultimate every option with only 8K miles just traded in. She was in love. Next thing I know she decides to buy it and give me her 2012 Acadia (since it is a fantastic car always runs great and not worth much in trade in) and I give my daughter my smaller car Then 9 months later the 2012 acadia needed a ton of work all at once. Funny how my wife things Acadias are great as she bought one brand new in 2012 and drove it to 2024 no big problems, yet I inherited the time bomb.

The person with the 2012 Toyota SUV I feel bad for husband if the Toyota craps out like mine did and they start dumping money in and wife is mad. She will be like me.

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Op is not in a heavy SUV on a truck platform (which is more expensive to fix). Op is driving a Sienna which is a minivan built on a car platform. [/quote]

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