Howdy all, i'm back with another issue with my leased 2021 Acadia Denali. Throw this on top of the Leak that shorted out the main computer rending the car a paperweight for a week, and the old Rear spring that decided it didn't want to be part of the car anymore at 70 mph. Those issues were fixed, but this one is something thats coming back around.
Its hard to pinpoint when this happens, but I am getting alot of "Dashboard Reboots", where the entire gauge cluster and information led's, Radio completely do a random reboot, then it seems fine afterward. I know there was some update they did when the car went in for service some time ago, and the issue seemed to go away, but its back now.
From what im gathering, it tends to happen when the car is cold (or the temp is colder out in the 40s or below), and usually not long after the car is started. I tried to capture this on video the other day, and of course the car knew i was recoding and stopped doing it. It "rebooted" 6x in about a 4 minute span. I was driving along, looking at the road (this was at night, as i just had gotten on the highway), and i head DING DING DING like i just started the car, and i look down and the dash was entirely blank, the radio does the GMC Logo then everything wakes up.
This particular time, the right blinker was on, and when it rebooted I saw the blinker light still on outside the car (the handle was still down i was at a red light) and when the system rebooted all the sound stopped (since the blinker click is actually a radio played sound) so things were still working, but the computer obviously did a reboot.
After the last reboot, it stopped, things were fine.
Whats scary about this is the time the car computer shorted out due to the AC hose leaking all over it. Of course the car, which i lease til Feb 2024, is now OUT of warranty. I'm gonna wind up living with it, as im dont paying to fix things in this car that only has just about 40000 miles on it.. (The Radio Antenna shorted out 3 weeks ago, i had to have that replaced, $750).
The whole thing has left me (This is my second Acadia, 1st Denali) with a bad taste in my mouth for GMC. I'm debating on my next lease to go to another manufacturer. I love this car, but honestly, such horrible things have happened to it since i got it brand spankin new, m very leary. Sorry about the tangent at the end, but im pretty fed up.
Thanks, just passing Info.
Its hard to pinpoint when this happens, but I am getting alot of "Dashboard Reboots", where the entire gauge cluster and information led's, Radio completely do a random reboot, then it seems fine afterward. I know there was some update they did when the car went in for service some time ago, and the issue seemed to go away, but its back now.
From what im gathering, it tends to happen when the car is cold (or the temp is colder out in the 40s or below), and usually not long after the car is started. I tried to capture this on video the other day, and of course the car knew i was recoding and stopped doing it. It "rebooted" 6x in about a 4 minute span. I was driving along, looking at the road (this was at night, as i just had gotten on the highway), and i head DING DING DING like i just started the car, and i look down and the dash was entirely blank, the radio does the GMC Logo then everything wakes up.
This particular time, the right blinker was on, and when it rebooted I saw the blinker light still on outside the car (the handle was still down i was at a red light) and when the system rebooted all the sound stopped (since the blinker click is actually a radio played sound) so things were still working, but the computer obviously did a reboot.
After the last reboot, it stopped, things were fine.
Whats scary about this is the time the car computer shorted out due to the AC hose leaking all over it. Of course the car, which i lease til Feb 2024, is now OUT of warranty. I'm gonna wind up living with it, as im dont paying to fix things in this car that only has just about 40000 miles on it.. (The Radio Antenna shorted out 3 weeks ago, i had to have that replaced, $750).
The whole thing has left me (This is my second Acadia, 1st Denali) with a bad taste in my mouth for GMC. I'm debating on my next lease to go to another manufacturer. I love this car, but honestly, such horrible things have happened to it since i got it brand spankin new, m very leary. Sorry about the tangent at the end, but im pretty fed up.
Thanks, just passing Info.
