# 2012 GMC ACADIA — STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
> NHTSA complaint `1361058` · 2017-03-06 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** ACADIA
- **Year:** 2012
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
- **Miles at failure:** 27,000
## Narrative
BACK IN JANUARY 2017 I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE POWER LIFTGATE RECALL WORK DONE AT MY DEALER.  ON 3/1/17 IN THE EVENING, WHILE LOADING GROCERIES IN THE BACK OF MY CAR THE POWER LIFTGATE FELL FULL-FORCE RIGHT ONTO MY HEAD AND PUSHED DOWN ONTO MY NECK (AND IT IS A VERY HEAVY LIFTGATE!).  THANKFULLY I DID NOT PASS OUT.  I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY SERVICE GUY TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  I ALSO BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER THE VERY NEXT DAY.  AFTER NOT FEELING WELL THE NIGHT BEFORE, I WENT URGENT CARE, WHO IN TURN SENT ME TO THE ER FOR A CT SCAN OF MY HEAD.  I SUFFERED A CONCUSSION.  I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE LIFTGATE HAS BEEN SOLVED AND THINK IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR SIGNS OF A FAILURE.   I CONTACTED GM WHO HAS OPENED A CASE AND SAID THEY WILL BE CONTACTING ME.  QUITE FRANKLY I WANT TO GET RID OF THE CAR BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION.  I THINK ALL ACADIA OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF HOW SERIOUS IN FACT THIS ISSUES IS.  I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE UNTIL I READ ARTICLES AND OTHER MATERIALS ON THE WEB.  I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING ALL OF MY PAPERWORK TO BE SCANNED AND WILL BE FILING A LAWSUIT IF GM CANNOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE WITH ME.   I WILL BE HAPPY TO FORWARD TO YOU ANY DOCUMENTATION YOU DESIRE.    SINCERELY,    [XXX]    INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).  *TR
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