2014 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE HORRIBLE, THEY DO NOT ILLUMINATE 5 FEET IN FRONT OF THE HOOD. THIS POSES A SEVERE DANGER WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. APPARENTLY CADILLAC IS NOT ISSUING A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE LOTS OF COMPLAINTS AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THERE IS ALSO A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. THEY NEED TO FIX THE HEADLIGHTS. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. VERY DANGEROUS.

MY 2014 CADILLAC CUE SCREEN HAS DEVELOPED SPIDER WEB CRACKS WHICH PREVENT ME FROM SEEING THROUGH THE SCREEN. THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO VIEW THE BACKUP CAMERAS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH CADILLAC WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. I HAVE ONLY 35,000 MILES ON MY CAR. ONE DAY AFTER LEAVING MY CAR OUTSIDE DURING A HOT DAY, THE CRACKS APPEARED. CADILLAC/GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.

HEADLIGNTS ARE SO DIM ON MY VEHICLE, WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. I HAVE TO USE MY BRIGHT LIGHTS. I HAVE GONE TO THE ACTUAL CADILLAC SEWELL DEALERSHIP, THEY AGREED WITH ME THAT THE LIGHTS ON BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE WAY TOO DIM. I ASKED THEM TO PLACE A BRIGHTER LIGHTBULB, BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO DO THAT SINCE IT'S AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE ENTIRE LIGHT FIXTURE. THEY SAID IT WAS COMMON WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL, AND REPLACING THE ENTIRE LIGHT FIXTURE WAS $1500 PER HEADLIGHT, MAKING $3000 TO MAKE HEADLIGHTS SAFE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. IT APPEARS THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CONSUMER PAY FOR FOR A PROBLEM NOT CAUSED BY THE CONSUMER. THEY MENTIONED THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS ISSUE WITH MANY OF MY CAR AND MAKE.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT, THE CAR HAS A FEATURE TO SWITCH BETWEEN HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. THE FEATURE WORKS FINE, HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH BEAM LIGHT AND THE LOW BEAM LIGHT IS EXTREMELY DRAMATIC AND THIS MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PERSONS EYES TO READJUST AND FOCUS TO SEE AT THE LOW BEAM SETTING. THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM. THEY DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE STOP SIGNS AS THE DRIVER APPROACHES. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO A DANGEROUSLY SLOW SPEED IN ORDER TO SEE THE STREET SIGNS. I BOUGHT THE CAR 5 DAYS AGO USED AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR. IN THE PAST 4 DAYS, I HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP GET THE LOW BEAMS ANY BRIGHTER. THEY CANNOT!! THE SERVICE MANAGER CAME OUT TO TALK WITH ME AND SHOWED ME PICTURES OF THE 'HOUSING' FOR THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS AND THERE ARE METAL BRACKETS IN THE WAY OF THE LIGHT, WHICH HE EXPLAINED WILL FORCE THE LIGHT TO CAST TOO FAR DOWN. THIS IS WHY STREET SIGNS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO READ AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR. PLEASE RECALL IT AND FIX THIS PROBLEM! THE SERVICE MANAGER DID NOT GIVE ME A COPY OF THE PICTURES OR I WOULD INCLUDE THEM...

ON MAY 12, 2018, WE WERE DRIVING WEST ON MARYLAND INTERSTATE 68 THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. WE WERE DRIVING DOWNWARD ON ONE OF THE MANY MOUNTAINS AND I NOTICED A WOBBLE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL. I BEGAN TO WORRY AND SLOWED DOWN FROM 70 MPH TO 50 MPH. AS I APPROACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAIN THERE WAS A CURVE TO THE LEFT. ALL OF THE SUDDEN WE LOST CONTROL LIKE WE WERE ON ICE. WE TURNED 360 DEGREES AND SLAMMED INTO THE RIGHT BERM GUARD RAIL AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TRAVEL BACK ACROSS THE TWO LAND HIGHWAY AND HIT THE LEFT MEDIAN GUARDRAIL AND CAME TO A STOP. THERE WERE THREE OF US IN THE CAR AND FORTUNATELY ONLY MINOR INJURIES. WE OBSERVED THAT THE AXLE AT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HAD SHEERED OFF. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! ALSO. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE SLAMMED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. *TR

WHEN DRIVING, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT . IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN TELL IF THEY ARE ON. HIGH BEAMS ARE FINE. DRIVING AT NIGHT HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY FROM DIM LIGHTS. THIS HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE PAST ~ 6 MONTHS.

VEHICLE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS PROVIDE EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL OF ROAD ILLUMINATION WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SUCH THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO SWITCH TO HIGH BEAM IN ORDER TO ILLUMINATE THE ROAD SUFFICIENTLY TO DRIVE SAFELY! CADILLAC DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THE LIGHTING LEVEL IS ACCEPTABLE. AS YOU KNOW, DRIVING WITH HIGH BEAMS CAN BE DANGEROUS AS WELL WHEN ON LOCAL ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN ORDER TO SEE THE ROAD SAFELY.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS BECAME VERY DIM WHILE DRIVING 5 HOUR BACK FROM NORTH FLORIDA. I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD UNLESS I TURNED ON THE HIGH BEAMS.THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED IT WOULD CAST $1,600.00 TO REPLACE TWO LOW BEAM LIGHT BULBS WITH THE SAME BULB THAT WERE FAILING AFTER 4 YEARS OF USE. LOOKING ONLINE, I FOUND THAT OTHER SRX OWNER THAT PAID FOR THIS REPAIR EXPERIENCED THAT THE HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT WAS EITHER A SHORT TERM FIX, 3 TO 6 MONTHS OR IT DOES NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE AT ALL. CONTINUING TO DRIVE THIS CAR AT NIGHT WOULD BE A SEVERE DANGER AND WILL CERTAINLY END IN A CRASH. CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH. EITHER BY BLINDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH HIGH BEAMS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE ROAD WITH LOW BEAMS. MY ONLINE SEARCH FOUND SEVERAL SOLUTIONS ENGINEERED BY AFTERMARKET COMPANIES THAT FIX THIS DEFECT. THE COST IS $70.00 TO $150.00 AND REQUIRES ABOUT 4 HOURS WORK TO INSTALL. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT AND THE AFFECTED VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES.

HEADLIGHTS, LOW BEAM LIGHTS DO NOT PUT ENOUGH LIGHT OUT TO SEE THE ROAD,IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT IF IT'S RAINING. I'VE PUT NEW BULB'S IN AND STILL HAS NOT HELP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE EXTREMELY DIM, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE HEADLIGHT BULBS, BUT THAT DID NOT REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.