The Lemon Index$1,400 middle bill · most between $1,000 and $1,800
Lower than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 60,000 miles (16 reports).
GMC Acadia owners reported paying a median of $1,400 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,000 and $1,800. That's from 21 owner reports (21 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00019%
- $1,000–$2,50076%
- $2,500–$5,0005%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 21 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2007 GMC Acadia1too few for a middle
- 2008 GMC Acadia3$800 middle bill
- 2009 GMC Acadia6$1,600 middle bill
- 2010 GMC Acadia1too few for a middle
- 2011 GMC Acadia5$1,400 middle bill
- 2012 GMC Acadia3$1,100 middle bill
- 2016 GMC Acadia2too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2010 GMC Acadia46 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2009 GMC Acadia44 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2008 GMC Acadia42 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2011 GMC Acadia26 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2007 GMC Acadia22 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2012 GMC Acadia14 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- GMC Acadia reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs GMC Acadia owners reported
Transmission replacement (30) · Wiring harness repair (11) · Power steering pump replacement (8) · Timing chain replacement (8) · Thermostat replacement (7) · Engine replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11372404, 11281120, 11131999, 11073174, 11040967, 11016320, 11014273, 10936621, 10794562, 10790653, 10705085, 10676378 and more.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a GMC Acadia?
GMC Acadia owners reported a median of $1,400, and the middle half paid $1,000 to $1,800, from 21 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a GMC Acadia steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The GMC Acadia middle bill of $1,400 is lower than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these GMC Acadia repair costs come from?
From 21 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which GMC Acadia years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2010 (46), 2009 (44), 2008 (42) GMC Acadia named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.