The Lemon Index$2,800 middle bill · most between $2,000 and $3,400
About the same as the $2,500 middle bill owners of all 63 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 101,000 miles (8 reports).
GMC Acadia owners reported paying a median of $2,800 for a timing chain replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,000 and $3,400. That's from 8 owner reports (8 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00012%
- $1,000–$2,50025%
- $2,500–$5,00050%
- $5,000 and up12%
Share of the 8 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2008 GMC Acadia3$3,000 middle bill
- 2009 GMC Acadia1too few for a middle
- 2010 GMC Acadia3$2,500 middle bill
- 2012 GMC Acadia1too 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 Acadia53 complaints name it15% of that year's complaints
- 2009 GMC Acadia28 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2007 GMC Acadia13 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2011 GMC Acadia12 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2012 GMC Acadia12 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a timing chain. 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.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0016 P0017 P0008 P0018 P0019. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- GMC Acadia reliability by year
- Timing chain replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs GMC Acadia owners reported
Transmission replacement (30) · Steering rack replacement (21) · Wiring harness repair (11) · Power steering pump 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): 11283148, 11222756, 11222330, 11073810, 10918731, 10807812, 10794978, 10538138.
Quick answers
How much does timing chain replacement cost on a GMC Acadia?
GMC Acadia owners reported a median of $2,800, and the middle half paid $2,000 to $3,400, from 8 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a GMC Acadia timing chain replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The GMC Acadia middle bill of $2,800 is about the same as the $2,500 owners of all 63 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these GMC Acadia repair costs come from?
From 8 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 (53), 2009 (28), 2007 (13) 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.