Safety, Reliability & Mileage
Acadias built after January 2011 are Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Picks, meaning they scored the institute's highest rating "Good" in all four crash tests the institute performs: front, side, rollover and rear, and have standard electronic stability systems.
The Acadia is predicted to have worse than average reliability.
With front-wheel drive, the Acadia gets 17/24 mpg city/highway, compared with
16/23 mpg with all-wheel drive.
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Exterior
There's hybrid badging on the cab's rear window, ahead of the side mirrors
and on the tailgate, but otherwise the hybrid version looks similar to the
gas-powered version. ...
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge
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This gauge shows the engine coolant temperature.
It also provides an indicator of how hard the vehicle is working. During a majority of the operation, the gauge reads 100°C (210 ...
Driving on Grades
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before starting down a long or steep downgrade.
If the transmission is not shifted down, the brakes might have to be used so much
that they would get hot and ...