2013 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

2013 CADILLAC SRX LOW BEAMS ARE VERY DIM DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE PROJECTOR BOWLS. I REPLACED THE FACTORY HALOGEN BULBS WITH AFTERMARKET HID BULBS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I AM FORCED TO USE HIGH BEAMS DURING RAIN AND IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS SINCE YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD AND DRIVING IS VERY DANGEROUS. CADILLAC DEALER SAID THAT BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1500.

BY FEBRUARY 2017 WE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND MALFUNCTION, LEAVING US IN FEAR THEY WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHICH CAUSED THE SUV TO STAY PARKED AT NIGHT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. ONE NIGHT , COMING BACK FROM AIRPORT WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SAW THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAD COMPLETELY FAILED, WE HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH THE LAMPS IN "BRIGHT" MODE.THE OUTSIDE INSPECTION INDICATED -EXTERIOR HEADLIGHT HOUSING UNITS WEAR OUT AND DETERIORATED, CAUSES HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE FAILURE OF THE BULBS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE IGNITERS, IN ADDITION TO ELECTRICAL SHORTS THAT OCCUR DIM LIGHT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITHOUT HAVING MY BRIGHT LIGHTS ON.

THE NORMAL HEADLIGHTS (NOT THE HIGH BEAMS) ARE SO, SO, SO DIM EVEN WITH BRAND NEW BULBS, THE CAR IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. ALMOST CAUSED 2 ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HOUSING WHICH DETERIORATES ON THE INSIDE (PRESUMABLY CAUSED BY THE MOISTURE GETTING IN AND RUINING THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSING SO THAT VERY LITTLE LIGHT FROM THE BULBS CAN MAKE IT OUT). DO A GOOGLE SEARCH. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE. SPOKE TO CADILLAC AND THEY SAID THEY ARE ONLY FIXING IT FOR PEOPLE IN CA AND FL (THEY WERE SUED FOR THIS ISSUE IN BOTH THOSE STATES) BUT REFUSE TO HELP ANYONE FROM ANY OTHER STATE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE ARE ALSO YOUTUBE VIDEOS SHOWING IT AND PAGES AND PAGES OF FORUM POSTS ABOUT IT FROM PEOPLE WHO ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF IT. I HOPE NHTSA AND/OR GM DOES THE RIGHT THING BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST.

I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF A PUBLIC GYM AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00AM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2018. I STARTED MY CAR AND TURNED ON MY SEAT WARMER AS I WAS LEAVING THE GYM. WITHIN 30-45 SECONDS, I FELT A HOT SPOT BURNING MY LOWER BACK AREA. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE SEAT WARMER, AND I STARTED TO SMELL BURNT RUBBER. THE BURNED AREA OF ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME WAS BURNED INTO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THIS CAUSED TWO CIGARETTE SIZED HOLES TO BURN INTO MY JACKET THAT I WAS WEARING AS WELL. CADILLAC WAS CONTACTED (CASE #[XXX]) AND THEY WERE NOT FORTHCOMING IN INFORMING ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC EVENT IF I HAD NOT BEEN THERE TO TURN OFF THE SEAT WARMER. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MULTIPLE OTHER CADILLAC SRX 2013 OWNERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE 2013 CADILLAC ARE SERIOUSLY DIM. IT IS AN EXTREME HAZARD TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT WITHOUT USING THE HIGH BEAM HEAD LIGHTS. WITH LOW BEAMS HEADLIGHTS, I AM AT RISK OF ACCIDENT OR INJURY. WITH HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS, I WILL PUT OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK OF ACCIDENT OR INJURY. HOW HAS THIS ISSUE NOT BEEN HANDLED BY NHTSA BY NOW? IF NHTSA IS TRULY "PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE", GETTING THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED BY CADILLAC SHOULD BE EASY. BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND MADE LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE. HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT IS WELL OVER A $1,000.00 AT DEALER. NEW HEADLIGHTS WILL ALSO START TO DETERIORATE AS SOON AS THEY ARE USED DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW IN THE LIGHTS. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN 2016 AND STARTED TO NOTICE HOW DIM THE HEADLIGHTS WERE BECOMING. EVERYWHERE WE TURN, THERE HAS BEEN NO REMEDY OFFERED.

HEADLIGHTS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO HOW DIM THEY ARE. CAN'T SEE ROAD AND OTHER VEHICLES CANT SEE ME

WE NOTICE OUR HIGHLIGHTS WAS VERY DIM FOR MONTHS I CALLED THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP IN FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA AND SPOKE TO SOMEONE IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THAT SERVICE PERSON CLAIMED HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHTS THEN WHEN I TOLD HIM THERE IS A CLASS ACTIONS LAWSUIT ON THE HEADLIGHTS PROBLEM HE PUT ME ON HOLD THEN WHEN HE GOT BACK ON THE LINE HE KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME TO BRING IN MY CADILLAC AND THEY WOULD WORK OUT SOMETHING MARCH 7, 2019 WE TOOK OUR CADILLAC TO CADILLAC DEALERSHIP IN FORT WALTON BEACH WE SPOKE WITH NICK IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HE TOLD US THERE WAS A BLOCK ON THE WARRANTY FOR THE HEADLIGHTS ISSUED THAT MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019. AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY. OUR CADILLAC IS STILL UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY UNTIL APRIL 2019 NEXT MONTH! BUT NICK SAID THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO AND HE WILL TRY AND FIND OUT WHY THERE WAS A BLOCK PLACED ON THE HEADLIGHTS. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019. WE WAS GIVEN THE REPORT CALLED 'WORKBENCH' WE SPOKE WITH NICK MARCH 8, 2019 DAVID A MANAGER AT CADILLAC FORT WALTON BEACH CALLED US AND SAID HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM THAT THEY WOULD PAY UP TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,600) BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OUT OF OUR POCKET THEN WOULD BE REIMBURSED BUT BECAUSE THERE IS A BLOCK ON IT THEY CAN'T DO THAT EITHER AND HIS REGIONAL MANAGER AND A DISTRICT MANAGER ARE LOOKING INTO WHY THERE IS A BLOCK ON THE HEADLIGHTS REPAIRS. ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019 DAVID SAID HE WOULD EMAIL US A COPY OF THE LETTER WHICH HAS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAY UPFRONT SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,600) FOR OUR RECORDS BECAUSE WE NEVER RECEIVED THAT LETTER OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAULTY HEADLIGHTS. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY INDICATION THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED!

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT UNLESS HIGH BEAMS ARE USED WHICH IS ALSO NOT SAFE.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. IN ORDER TO SEE HIGH BEAMS ARE REQUIRED WHICH IS ALSO UNSAFE FOR OTHER DRIVERS APPROACHING. THERE MUST BE A SOLUTION TO THIS FROM CADILLAC. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. I CANNOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT SAFELY.

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE SO DIM AT NIGHT ITS DANGEROUS. WHEN ON A DARK ROAD SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THE HEADLIGHTS ARE EVEN ON. MY HUSBAND DRIVES ON A DARK ROAD FULL OF WILDLIFE AND THE WAY THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE HE WILL NEVER SEE ONE IF IT RUNS IN FRONT OF HIM AT NIGHT. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED NOW! AND NOT AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE, ITS A CADILLAC FOR GOODNESS SAKES!