2025 GMC Acadia

Showing the 2025 Acadia Denali. NHTSA's VIN data shows it with a 2.5 L engine, but that may not be every version of it, so the numbers below cover every version of this model year. Every version

Owner complaints, recalls, fuel economy and safety ratings from public NHTSA and EPA data, updated Oct 17, 2026.

Fuel economy

21–23 mpgcombined; city 19–20, highway 24–27; every version of this model year

Five years of fuel

$14,120–$15,470U.S. average; Ohio $12,620–$13,820 at local prices; every version of this model year; fuel only, not other costs of owning it; 15,000 miles a year, at EIA fuel prices for the week of Oct 12, 2026

NHTSA overall safety rating

5 starslowest across the versions NHTSA tested

Recall campaigns

0none on file

Owner complaints

67filed with NHTSA; not adjusted for sales

Trims

NHTSA's VIN data lists these trims for the 2025 Acadia. A trim's engine and numbers are shown as its own only where EPA names versions after the trim and no other version could be it; "seen with" means a source shows that engine on the trim, not that it was the only one. Recalls and complaints cover the whole model year: whether a recall applies to a car depends on its VIN, on NHTSA's recall lookup.

• AT4 seen with 2.5 L
• Denali seen with 2.5 L
• Elevation seen with 2.5 L

Problems owners report

Owners have filed 67 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Acadia. These are unverified owner reports, counted by the part of the car they name; one complaint can name several parts. Counts aren't adjusted for how many were sold, so they don't show how reliable a car is.

Complaints by model year

Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, and counts aren't adjusted for sales, so a shorter bar doesn't mean a more reliable year.

1. 2007428
2. 2008854
3. 2009331
4. 2010343
5. 2011269
6. 2012296
7. 2013135
8. 2014463
9. 2015243
10. 2016236
11. 2017705
12. 2018396
13. 2019387
14. 2020106
15. 2021152
16. 202249
17. 202346
18. 202461
19. 202567
20. 20269

Every Acadia year side by side

Recalls

NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2025 Acadia. NHTSA's recall lookup checks a specific VIN.

Service bulletins and investigations

Carmakers sent NHTSA 370 service bulletins and notices that cover the 2025 Acadia, the latest on Oct 7, 2026. They tell dealers how to fix known issues.

The parts they mention most: unknown or other (241), electrical system (58), engine (58), power train (15), forward collision avoidance (9).

NHTSA defect investigations

Opening an investigation isn't a finding of a defect. Outcomes are as NHTSA's summary states them. A recall is shown as an investigation's outcome only where NHTSA's summary names it; other recalls NHTSA's file lists with it are marked as listed, not caused.

Maintenance

Oil

The owner's manual gives the oil and how often to change it. We show oil facts only once we've checked them against the manual, and we haven't yet for the 2025 Acadia.

Oil change near you: Jiffy Lube · Take 5

Used ones for sale

See used 2025 GMC Acadias for sale on: Autotrader · CarMax

These are searches on those sites; we don't copy or check their listings. Your ZIP is used for these links and never kept.

Specs

EPA class: standard sport utility vehicle. EPA greenhouse gas score: 4–5 out of 10. Each version EPA tested:

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Sources and dates

• U.S. EPA fuel economy data, file of Sep 29, 2026
• NHTSA owner complaints, file of Oct 17, 2026
• NHTSA recalls, file of Oct 17, 2026
• NHTSA manufacturer communications, file of Oct 17, 2026
• NHTSA defect investigations, file of Oct 17, 2026
• NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings, file of Aug 7, 2026
• U.S. Energy Information Administration, file of Oct 12, 2026

Fuel cost: EPA mpg with fuel prices for the week of Oct 12, 2026 and electricity prices for Jul 2026. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Oct 2026). Complaints are unverified reports owners filed with NHTSA. About the data