2004 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

WHEN DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE STABILITY CONTROL ACTIVATES WITH OUT PROVOCATION CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE LATEST OCCURRED 4/09/2010 THE STABILITY CONTROL ACTIVATED UNDER DRY WEATHER EXCELLENT DRIVING CONDITIONS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL HARD TO THE LEFT AND GO INTO LIMP MODE. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND THAT MANY OWNERS OF CADILLAC SRX'S ARE EXPERIENCING SAME CONDITION. I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE AT CADILLAC DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 120 DAYS EACH TIME TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED ONLY TO FIND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TR

STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM RANDOMLY ENGAGES. THE CAR THEN SOMETIMES VIBRATES OR SHUTTERS (BRAKE ENGAGING?) AND ON TWO OCCASIONS THE CAR TUGGED TO THE LEFT. A SERVICE STABILITY CONTROL MESSAGE ALSO RANDOMLY APPEARS. A CADILLAC DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY STEERING SENSOR. THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY GM AND A PRICE OF $405 WAS QUOTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE A SAFETY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AND AFFECTS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, A SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. *TR

VEHICLE STABILITY SYSTEM ENGAGED SPONTANEOUSLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO "HYDROPLANE"...STEERING INOPERABLE AND BRAKING SLOW AT BEST. DASH LIGHT WOULD READ " STABILITY SYSTEM ENGAGED". EVENT WOULD LAST A FEW SECONDS. TAKEN TO CADILLAC DEALER. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY STEERING WHEEL SENSOR. *TR

VEHICLE STABILITY SYSTEM BEGAN TO ENGAGE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO TEMPORARILY ENGAGE ABS, AND VEERING OFF COURSE. VEHICLE STABILITY SYSTEM SERVICE LIGHT APPEARED. PROBLEM WORSENED OVER AA 1 MONTH PERIOD. TOOK TO CADILLAC DEALERSHIP WHERE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THE "STABILITY CONTROL" WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THERE WAS NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY THE BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKING. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKID IN ONE DIRECTION FOR FEW SECONDS. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND CONTINUE OPERATION. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES AND THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE MALFUNCTIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN PULLING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, THE ENGINE BEGAN IDLE EXCESSIVELY. ALTHOUGH HE PRESSED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATED, CAUSING HIM TO CRASH INTO HIS GARAGE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS THAT WOULD ALLUDE TO THE FAILURE OR WHY IT WOULD OCCUR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,218.

1.I WAS GETTING ON HIGHWAY TO GO TO DR. APPT STEPPED ON GAS PEDDLE AND HEARD LOUD PLASTIC BANGING COMING FROM REAR OF CAR. PULLED OVER THOUGHT MAYBE PICKED UP SOMETHING. LOOKED AROUND & UNDER CAR SAW NOTHING. GOT IN, STARTED TO PROCEED AGAIN, BANG BANG BANG AGAIN. OK FIGURED THAT IF U STEP ON GAS PEDDLE BARELY BANG WOULD STOP. GOT TO THE DR. GO TO LEAVE AGAIN BANG. 2. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME U STEP ON THROTTLE MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT. BROUGHT TO MY MECH THAT I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR 22 YEARS. TOLD ME IT WAS REAR TRANSFER CASE. TOLD ME IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE WANTS TO COME OUT OF IT WITH A HAMMER. 3. HAD TO REPLACE REAR TRANSFER CASE. COST $2000. MECH. TOLD ME I AM GOING TO GET SICK WHEN U SEE IT. I GOT DOWN THERE WITH CAMERA. MAIN SHAFT HAS METAL TO METAL CONTACT THAT WORE DOWN WITH METAL SHAVINGS UNDER CAUSED WOBBLE IN SHAFT. ALSO EVERY LINK IN CHAIN HAD LITTLE BIT OF PLAY IN IT SO IT WOULD JUMP SPROCKET AND HIT PLASTIC PLATE. THAT'S WHERE PLASTIC BANG WAS COMING FROM. I DON'T HAVE PART BECAUSE MECH HAD TO SEND BACK FOR CORE BUT I DO HAVE PLENTY OF PICTURES TO SHOW OF HOW MUCH PLAY WAS IN CHAIN, METAL SHAVINGS UNDER SHAFT, MARKS ON SHAFT HOLE NINE YARDS. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CERTIFIED VEHICLE IN 2007 WITH 35,000 MILES MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE 12/08 I WENT TO HE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE TOLD ME IT WAS MY GAS CAP OR ONETIME THEY SAID IT WAS MY OIL THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. I CONTINUOUSLY HAD THIS PROBLEM BRINGING MY VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH TO GET REPAIRED AND MY ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE WHERE THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. *TR

AT ABOUT 65-70K MILES THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL STARTED MAKING NOISE IN MY 2004 CADILLAC SRX. I TOOK IT TO THE MAJOR CADILLAC IN KANSAS CITY, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL. THE WHINE TURNED INTO A MECHANICAL CLUCKING SOUND WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON SOFTWARE UPDATED THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED (AND CHARGED ME ABOUT $250). WHEN I PICKED IT UP, PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. I ASKED FOR A REFUND OR FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY FIX THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD TO RETURN WHEN MY SERVICE REP WAS IN. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER WAS SHUT DOWN BY GM. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE DETAILS DON'T DIRECTLY TO THE ISSUE (WHICH I WILL FURTHER EXPLAIN), BUT SEEMS TO BE A SYMPTOM OF HOW THE GM DEALERS HANDLE ISSUES. TODAY I TOOK IT TO ONE OF TWO REMAINING GM SHOPS IN TOWN. THEY NEEDED TO PERFORM A $200 FLUID EXCHANGE ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS THE ISSUE. THEN CALLED ME BACK, SAYING THERE WAS NO 100K MILE WARRANTY ON THE CAR AND THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE ABOUT $1300, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT "SHOULD BE DONE" PUTTING THE TOTAL TO OVER $2500. ON A CAR THAT NOW HAS JUST OVER 70K MILES AND IS NOT QUITE FIVE YEARS OLD. HAD I NOT SEEN SO MANY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUES WITH THE MODEL, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A RARE OCCURRENCE. BUT GIVEN THE BEVY OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SAME THING HAPPENING, THIS WOULD SEEM TO BE A GLARING DESIGN DEFECT. I APPRECIATE THERE IS A PLACE TO COMPILE THESE COMPLAINTS. MAYBE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLS TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.