2010 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

THE REAR POWER LIFT GATE DOOR ON MY 2010 CADILLAC SRX (23,000 MILES) RECENTLY STARTED CLOSING SUDDENLY ONLY SECONDS AFTER OPENING. DURING THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND UPPER BACK. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD INJURE AN ADULT, OR WORSE - A CHILD! CADILLAC NEEDS TO FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO. THANKS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ONCOMING VEHICLES WERE FLASHING THEIR LIGHTS AT HER. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE LOW BEAM PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LAMP. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALLAST BURNED DUE TO CONDENSATION INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT REPLACING THE BALLAST WAS NOT GOING TO RESOLVE THE FAILURE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A CRACK ON THE SEAL OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY CAUSED THE BALLAST TO BURN. THE SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE OTHER HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS VERY HIGH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WATER DRAINING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING ELECTRONICS AND STARTING A FIRE. WATER ALSO CREATED A CARPETING PROBLEM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. GM ISSUED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETIN, BUT CALIFORNIA WAS EXCLUDED - WHY???? "14225 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION - SUNROOF DRAIN HOSE LEAKS". AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND THE 14225 DOCUMENT AND THE PROCESS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE DRAIN TUBE. I WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE THAT CALIFORNIA CARS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE CAMPAIGN. HOW CAN THIS BE, EVIDENTLY IT DOESN'T RAIN IN CALIFORNIA BUT THE BULLETIN COVERED EUROPE, PUERTO RICO ETC., WHO WOULD PUBLISH A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DOCUMENT EXCLUDING STATES IN WHICH THE SAME CARS WERE PURCHASED, AND WOULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM IDENTIFIED IN THE SATISFACTION BULLETIN. AFTER TAKING MY SRX TO THE DEALER IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DRAIN TUBE AS IDENTIFIED IN THE 14225 BULLETIN WAS THE PROBLEM, THUS ALLOWING WATER FROM THE SUN ROOF DRAIN, TO FLOOD INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I AUTHORIZED [XXX] TO FIX THE LEAK AT MY EXPENSE ($449.41). REGARDS [XXX] MANAGER, QUALITY ASSURANCE [XXX] [XXX] *DL INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, INCOMING TRAFFIC ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK LOW BEAM LIGHTS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE LOW BEAM BULBS WERE REPLACED. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS HAVING CONDENSATION BUILT IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY BURNING THE BALLASTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

2010 CADILLAC SRX "SERVICE STABILITRAC" LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR. I'VE HAD THE SHOP WHO RAN THE CODE. THE CODE CAME BACK AS POSSIBLE FAIL BUT INCONCLUSIVE. THE MECHANIC CHECKED ALL FUSES AND ENTIRE BREAKING SYSTEM AND FOUND NOTHING IN NEED OF REPAIR AND ALL SYSTEMS WORKING PROPERLY. TO REPLACE THE PART THAT "MAYBE CAUSING" THE WARNING TO COME ON WOULD COST ME UP TO $1200.

BOUGHT MY 2010 CADILLAC SRX USED FROM DEALERSHIP. BROUGHT CAR BACK TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MOISTURE IN HEADLIGHTS. I WAS TOLD IS WAS NORMAL ON A CADILLAC. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. OVER TIME THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE DIM TO THE POINT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AT NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME. THE BRIGHTS WORK WELL BIT THE DIM SETTING IS NOW TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT.

EXCESSIVE MOISTURE COLLECTS IN THE FRONT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES AND CAUSES BULBS TO SHORT OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.

FRONT HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT AT ALL; IT IS LIKE DRIVING IN THE DARK. THE HI-BEAMS WORK FINE. I ROUTINELY USE ALL FOUR CARS IN MY HOUSEHOLD (ONE OTHER AMERICAN MAKE, AND TWO ASIAN MAKES), AND OUT OF THE FOUR, THE CADILLAC SRX HEADLIGHTS ARE OF ABSOLUTELY NO USE. THE HEADLIGHT BULBS AREN'T BURNT OUT, BUT THEY PROJECT NEXT TO NO LIGHT. CAR HAS 94,697 MILES ON IT. THE CAR IS USED MOSTLY DURING THE DAY; IF ONE IF US NEEDS TO GO OUT AT NIGHT, WE TAKE ONE OF THE OTHER THREE CARS AS THE SRX IS THE UNSAFE CHOICE. WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS. LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE SOME SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AS MINE AT THE NHTSA WEB SITE. TWICE AS MANY COMPLAINTS LODGED WERE ABOUT THE 2010 CADILLAC SRX'S HEADLIGHTS AS COMPARED TO ANY OTHER MATTER ABOUT THE CAR ... THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT HAS MOISTURE IN HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. AFTER REVIEWING SEVERAL GM/CADILLAC WEBSITES IT APPEARS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH SRX OWNERS AND IS ONLY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. LIGHT WILL SHORT OUT OVER TIME AND STOP WORKING ACCORDING TO OTHER OWNER REPORTS. VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED AND CURRENT OWNER NOTICED THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. UPDATED 03/17/17*LJ *AS