Other steering problem on the 2007 GMC Acadia
1 crash 1 of the 42 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 GMC Acadia report other steering problem at a median of 67,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 27,500 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles, from 41 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 17,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 120,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 102,000 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
32% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,000 miles | 28,000 miles | 67,000 miles | 100,000 miles | 120,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $350–$2,400 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 16 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2017, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 2008 at 90,000 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 83; the 2007 has 42. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
As I was driving on a major highway, I hit a water puddle with the right front wheel during a rain storm as I was about to make a right-hand turn into a parking lot. As I began the turn the power steering stopped working. Had I not slowed down to make a turn, I would have hit a car in the parking lot, but I was able to avoid it, because I was going so slow at the time. I had all I could do, to turn the wheel and keep from hitting another vehicle. I called "onstar" and reported the problem. They asked if I wanted roadside assistance. I said I would wait awhile and see if it would work later. About an hour later it worked, but was whistling and groaning. I was able to make it home. The next day (sunday) I took it to the dealer and they didn't see anything wrong. They advise me to call the next day for an appointment, which I did. It went in to the dealer at 10:30 am that day. Apparently there as a service bulletin about that problem and the fender liner/splash guard has been re-designed. A recall or letter notifying owners may prevent a serious accident. *tr
We were driving between jackson hole and thayne, wyoming and got into a heavy rainstorm and started to experience a slight steering problem. It was not until we stopped and parked for a few minutes and then started up that we really experience a serious problem. The steering wheel began to shutter, making it extremely difficult to steer the vehicle to the point that we forced to park the vehicle until the next morning. After sitting over night and allowed to dry out, the steering improved, but there still remained a slight shutter as we start to move and attempt to steer either right or left. It has left us a little concerned over this matter, causing me to take it to our local gmc dealership (harmon's motor, provo, utah). They checked the water shields and found them in tact so they chose to replace the serpentine belt. Otherwise,. There remains a slight lag or pause in the steering on start up when turning the steering wheel, which translates into a slight shutter. Once under way, the steering returns to normal. *tr
Power steering whines and groans at above normal pitch and is erratic, sometimes turns easily, sometimes freezes momentarily while driving, have checked all fluids etc. And everything is at mfg recommended levels. Most prominent at lower speeds. *tr
Also reported on the 2007 GMC Acadia
Other powertrain problem
Complete transmission failure
Other engine problem
Sunroof failure or glass breakage
Other electrical problem
Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 42 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other steering problem happen on the 2007 GMC Acadia?
Across 41 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 67,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 27,500 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other steering problem on the 2007 GMC Acadia?
42 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed