2012 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

AFTER GOING OVER A POTHOLE THE BRAKES SEEMED TO GIVE OUT. THE CAR WAS GOING AT A SPEED OF 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE REPORTED BY OTHER CADILLAC SRX OWNERS BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON THE CADILLAC WEBSITE REGARDING IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH SMOKE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY FILL THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE SMOKE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE THE SMOKE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN TO A NEARBY FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE BURNING WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. NO FIRE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT YET NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

MY HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AND UNABLE TO SEE CLEARLY AT NIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT MOISTURE HAS GOTTEN INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND MAKING THE HEAD LAMPS NON VISABLE. I BELIEVE THIS WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ABOUT THE DAMAGED HEADLAMPS. I CAN NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT.

AFTER A HEAVY STORM, I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT NOTHING IN THE CAR WOULD RESPOND TO THE KEY FOB OR PUSH TO START. AFTER JUMPING THE BATTERY, WE WERE ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE ERRATICALLY SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING. THE GAUGES AND SYSTEM LIGHTS KEPT BLINKING AND TURNING OFF. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE, SO I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE WAS A MUSTY SMELL WHICH PROVOKED ME TO SEARCH FOR WATER INTRUSION. THE FRONT FLOORBOARDS WERE SOAKING WET. I COULDN'T GET THE LIFTGATE OPEN, SO I CLIMBED INTO THE REAR AREA AND FOUND COMPARTMENTS THAT HAD STANDING WATER. THE REAR CARPETS WERE ALSO WET. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE STORM CAUSED DEBRI TO CLOG THE SUNROOF DRAINS CAUSING THE OVERFLOW PANS TO POUR INTO THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE LIFTGATE MODULE TO INITIATE A PERPETUAL SIGNAL TO THE BATTERY CAUSING IT TO DIE. I ALSO HAD WATER AND FOGGING BUILT UP IN THE HEADLIGHT COVERS REDUCING THE LAMP OUTPUT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I FOUND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON DESIGN FLAW THAT GM REFUSES TO ADMIT OR EVEN COVER REPAIRS BEYOND THE INITIAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING BECAUSE I'M SURE THE ISSUE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN THERE'S A RAIN DOWNPOUR, AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE WATER CORRODES THE LIFTGATE MODULE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. WATER AVOIDANCE IS NOT AN OPTION. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD OWN THIS PROBLEM THEY CREATED AND PROVIDE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE.

HEADLIGHTS GOT VERY DIM OVER TIME. REACHED THE POINT THAT I HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE UPPER BEAMS ON AT NIGHT. ALSO HAD MOISTURE IN ONE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY.

LOW VISION HEAD LIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH FOR NIGHT DRIVING HAVE TO USE HIGH BEAMS?

HEADLIGHTS ON NORMAL USE SETTING (NOT HI-BEAM) ARE ON BUT SO LOW BRIGHTNESS WISE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT USING THEM. YOU HAVE TO USE HI-BEAM ALL THE TIME WHICH IS A LARGER HAZARD FOR US AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. IN LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE HEADLIGHTS, THE SILVER PART TO MAKE THE REFLECTION WORK, IS ALL BLACK. REPLACING THE BULBS DOES NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF VISION WHEN USING THE LIGHTS ON THE NORMAL SETTING. A LETTER WAS SENT TO REIMBURSE FOR REPLACEMENTS, HOWEVER, IT HAD TO BE USED IN A SHORT TIME FRAME AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME UP WITH MORE MONEY THAN WAS GOING TO BE REIMBURSED ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THIS SHOULD BE A FULL BLOWN RECALL WITH ZERO OUT OF POCKET. IT IS DANGEROUS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PENSKE CADILLAC OF SOUTH BAY SERVICE (18600 HAWTHORNE BLVD SUITE #101, TORRANCE, CA 90504) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT MOISTURE ENTERED THE HEADLIGHTS WHICH HAD CAUSED THEM TO DIM. THE CONTACT THEN RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CADILLAC IN REGARDS TO THE HEADLIGHTS, THAT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. THE LETTER GAVE THE CONTACT INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO RECEIVE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE HEADLIGHTS IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE HAD THE HEADLIGHTS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD THE DRIVER'S SEAT REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET DUE TO THE SEAT MOVING BACK IN FORTH WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN NOTIFIED OF THE REPAIR THAT WAS MADE TO HER HEADLIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER THEN INFORMED HER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND THAT SHE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO A REIMBURSEMENT. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ALSO DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V447000 (SEATS) WHICH SHE LINKED TO THE SEAT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,878.

I WENT HELP A FAMILY MEMBER AT THEIR HOUSE. I GOT LATER IN THE DAY AND BY THE TIME I WAS READY TO LEAVE IT HAD BECOME DARK. BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I NOTICED THE THE VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO THE BACK WINDOW BEING MUCH HIGHER THAN I WAS USED TO. I ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE A WEEK SO I USED THE MIRRORS MOSTLY AND FIGURED I WASN'T USE TO IT YET. WHEN I NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM, I THOUGHT I DID SOMETHING WRONG AND DIDN'T TURN THEM ON AND MAYBE THEY WERE IN "DAYLIGHT" DRIVING MODE. NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE DASH BOARDS BUTTONS I WAS SCRAMBLING PUSH THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT SETTING, IT WAS ALSO RAINING PRETTY HARD NOTHING SEEMED TO HELP SO I JUST DROVE HOME VERY SLOWLY AND NERVOUS WONDERING WHY A 55 THOUSAND DOLLAR SUV HAD SUCH CRAPPY HEADLIGHTS, I READ A LOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM RECENTLY AND REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T ME. THE FRONT LIGHTS WERE A MAJOR ISSUE OF COMPLAINT. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND IT RAINS VERY HARD AND FAST HERE AND I RARELY GO ANYWHERE AT NIGHT. BUT I CAN'T GO THE REST OF MY LIFE ONLY DRIVING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS ONLY, HAD I HAVE READ THOSE COMPLAINTS BEFORE BUYING IT I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY DISMISSED IT AS OVER EXAGGERATED WHINER THAT COMPLAINS ABOUT SILLY THINGS .BUT THIS IS VERY MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CADILLACS IN THE PAST AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEM. BUT THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOME PEOPLE, I'M VERY SURPRISED IT HASN'T ALREADY. ALL THE TALK ABOUT MOISTURE GETTING IN SIDE IS NOT THE CASE WITH MINE. I BOUGHT IT USED AND IT DREW MY ATTENTION BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHT LENSES' WERE SHOWROOM CLEAR AND NOT LIKE A LOT OF THE PLASTIC LENS THAT ARE SUN OF WATER DAMAGED. SO ITS NOT THE LENS ISSUE WITH MINE IT JUST CRAPPY LIGHT BULBS, DESIGN, OR SOMETHING, BUT CADILLAC NEEDS TO FIX IT. I AM SHOCKED THAT IT HAS GONE THIS MANY YEARS WITHOUT MULTIPLE DEATHS. I NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING BUT WOW! THIS IS BADDDD!!!

HEADLAMPS ARE TO DIM TO SAFELY DRIVE AT NIGHT. THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AS TIME WENT ON.