2008 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

LEAVING WORK I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STARTED PULLING AND SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND WOULD COST 2300 TO FIX. *TR

ONE SUNDAY, I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE GROCERY STORE, PARKED AND COULDN'T GET THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO PARK. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS FIXED BUT THE KEY WILL STILL GET STUCK FROM TIME TO TIME AND I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SLAM IT INTO PARK IN ORDER TO GET THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION. *TR

LEASED VEHICLE FROM CADILLAC DEALER IN MOBILE AL IN OCT 2007. HAD PROBLEMS RIGHT AWAY GAUGES WOULD QUIT WORKING. DEALER SAID COULDN'T REPEAT PROBLEMS. MAY 2008 MOVING TO TX, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER I-10 FROM REST STOP, ENGINE QUIT RUNNING, NO POWER STEERING, OR BRAKES. MANAGED TO GET OFF ROAD. AFTER 5 MINUTES STARTED AGAIN. DEALERS IN LA AND TX COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. CAR CONTINUED TO QUIT RUNNING OFF AND ON. BATTERIES BURNED UP ON TWO OCCASIONS, TECHNICIANS SUSPECTED BAD HARNESS BUT COULDN'T LOCATE PROBLEM. RETURNED TO AL IN 2009, TOOK CAR TO DEALER TOLD THEM TO FIX, REPLACE OR TAKE BACK. THEY SAID COULDN'T DUPLICATE SO I LEFT THE CAR WITH THEM AS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE RATTLING AND THE GAUGES NOT WORKING. THE DEALER FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE RATTLE, WHICH WAS AN EXHAUST BRACKET THAT WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE GAUGES, OR WHY THE ENGINE STALLING. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT WAS DETERMINED THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. A NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED, AND AS THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, THE GAUGES STOPPED WORKING AGAIN.

I WAS DRIVING MY SRX BACK TO WORK ON AIRPORT RD IN WATERFORD MICHIGAN AT 40MPH. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC WITHIN VIEW OF ME WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED DROPPING GLASS ALL OVER MY INTERIOR AND MYSELF. I WAS UNHARMED OTHER THAN A FEW VERY SMALL PIECES SCRATCHING MY ARM. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET TO FIND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER OWNERS HOWEVER WHEN I AND OTHER HAVE CALLED GM TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WE ALL GET THE SAME ANSWER."I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING" I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS YET ANOTHER MANUFACTURER PROBLEM WITH GM AND THEY ARE DODGING IT. *TR

WHILE ON TRIP TO TEXAS, WE WERE STARTING TO ENTER FREEWAY FROM REST STOP NEAR SLIDELL LA, AS WE WERE ACCELERATING ENGINE DIED LEAVING US WITH NO POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. MANAGED TO PULL CAR OFF ROAD. AFTER 5-10 MINUTES TRIED STARTING CAR, ENGINE FIRED UO OK SO COMMENCED TRIP. SHORTLY AFTER THAT ALL INSTRUMENT GAUGES QUIT, PULLED OFF HIGHWAY TO CHECK ENGINE, ALL OK SO STARTED ON. STOPPED AT CADILLAC DEALER IN BATON ROUGE, THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. GAUGES STOPPED WORKING SEVERAL MORE TIMES BUT NO ENGINE PROBLEMS. ARRIVED IN TEXAS NO FURTHER PROBLEMS, HOWEVER NEXT MORNING CAR WOULD NOT START, BATTERY DEAD, CALLED CADILLAC DEALER (CAR WAS LEASE) THEY CAME OUT AND REPLACED BATTERY . NEXT DAY CAR STOPPED RUNNING WHILE IN TRAFFIC, AGAIN AFTER 5 MINUTES WAS ABLE TO STARTUP AGAIN. TOOK CAR IN TO DEALER IN GRAPEVINE TEXAS THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, BATTERY DIED AGAIN, PLANO CADILLAC DEALER SENT OUT TECHNICIAN AND REPLACED BATTERY AGAIN. THESE PROBLEMS CONTINUED UNTIL WE CAME BACK TO OUR HOME IN ALABAMA. SAME PROBLEMS ON THAT TRIP. TOOK CAR INTO DEALER IN MOBILE ALABAMA WERE WE HAD LEASED CAR AND TOLD THEM TO FIX IT, REPLACE IT OR KEEP IT UNDER STATE LEMON LAW. *TR

DIFFERENTIAL LEAK. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. OIL LEAKS FROM THE VENT. IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY ONCE AND IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. THE VENT IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND WE NOW HAVE NOT ONLY OUR VEHICLE BUT MANY VEHICLES SPEWING DIFFERENTIAL OIL ALL OVER. GM COULD EASILY PROVIDE A BETTER DESIGN VENT BUT UNLESS THE NHTSA MAKES THEM NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. THE TSB FOR THIS ITEM OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT WORK AS MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. RECALL THESE VEHICLES SO WE STOP LEAKING OIL INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND POSSIBLE CAUSE EXPENSIVE DAMAGE TO OUR VEHICLES. *TR

I WAS AT DICK RUSSELL'S IN THE RESTAURANT WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, SO WE COULD HAVE SUPPER. WE HAD BEEN THERE ABOUT 5 - 10 MINUTES, 2 WAITRESS CAME IN AND ASKED IF WE OWNED THE CADILLAC, I SAID YES, WAITRESS SAID YOUR MOON ROOF JUST EXPLODED. I AM SO GLAD WE WERE NOT IN THE CAR WHEN IT EXPLODED. *TR

DRIVING HOME SLOWLY, 25 MPH, THE MOONROOF SHATTERED. FORTUNATELY,THE GLASS WAS CAUGHT BY THE SUN FABRIC SCREEN, HOWEVER, IT WAS EXTREMELY DISTRACTING AND FRIGHTFUL. THERE WERE NO PRIOR CRACKS, WEAR MARKS, NOR SIGNS OF WEAR, NOR FALLEN OBJECTS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. *TR

CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND THE MOONROOF WAS OPENED EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH NO ISSUES. THERE WERE NO CRACKS AT ALL IN THE MOONROOF AND NO ROCKS HAD HIT THE VEHICLE. AS THE CAR WAS PARKED IN OUR GARAGE WITH OUR 1 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STILL IN HER CAR SEAT AND MY HUSBAND AND I WERE AT THE FRONT OF THE GARAGE, THE MOONROOF SHATTERED AND THE GLASS GOT ALL OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. AGAIN, THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF GLASS AND OR WEAR ON THE ACTUAL MOONROOF DURING THE DAY. CADILLAC'S MOONROOF DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO A TEMPERATURE CHANGE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS SINCE WE LIVE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE WEATHER WAS A PERFECT 64 DEGREES AND OUR GARAGE WAS AROUND 75. YOU ASSUME THAT THE GLASS IN YOUR CAR COULD WITHSTAND MOST SITUATIONS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR INCIDENT IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THERE ARE 6 OTHER KNOWN CASES OF THIS ON THE SAFELY WEBSITE. I UPLOADED A VIDEO AT HTTP://YOUTU.BE/UUECQCOB0OG . *TR

WHILE EXITING THE I94 EXPRESSWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH I RAN OVER A BUMP AND THE SIDE AIRBAGS BOTH DEPLOYED WITH A LOUD NOISE AND BLOCKED MY VISION FROM BOTH SIDE WINDOWS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BUT I KEPT THE CAR ON THE ROAD AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO PULL OVER BY LIFTING UP THE CURTAINS TO SEE THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE SUFFERED NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER - CONFIRMED BY THE DEALER (TIRES AND RIMS ARE FINE) SO THE IMPACT WAS NOT EXCESSIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION CAUSE BY A SENSOR THAT IS MUCH TOO SENSITIVE. I ALSO WONDER WHY THE SIDE CURTAINS WERE DEPLOYED WHEN THE JOLT FROM THE TIRE CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CADILLAC IS DISPUTING WHETHER THIS IS UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD MAKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TELLS ME THAT SINCE THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR OTHER THAN THAT CAUSED BY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, THE FAULT IS WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALER - DON GOOLEY CADILLAC IN ST CLAIR SHORES. *TR