2011 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

FRONT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE DEFECTIVE AND ALLOW CONDENSATION TO BUILD UP BEHIND LENS CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE AND EVENTUALLY SHORT OUT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED TWICE (ON BOTH FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE) SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2014, MOST RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THESE DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, VIA A RECALL, BY CADILLAC ASAP. AN INTERNET SEARCH ON THIS ISSUE REVEALED HUNDRED OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND I SUSPECT CADILLAC IS WELL AWARE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART.

SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING IT BOGS DOWN. DANGEROUS WHEN YOU NEED PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 5 TIMES. THEY CHECKED CODES. NEVER COULD GET IT TO REPEAT AT DEALERSHIPS.

BRAKES FEEL SPONGY, SOMETIMES THEY GO ALMOST TO FLOOR BOFORE SLOWING DOWN. HAS BEEN DANGEROUS. REPAIR CENTER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.

7/24/15 HAD SUNROOF SERVICED FOR RECALL.INTERIOR WET MOLDY,EVEN HAT IN SEAT WEB. 7/26/15 COULD NOT OPEN REAR LIFT GATE..DEALER COULD REPAIR FOR HALF RHE $1,200 COST,SINCE THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 4 YEAR WARRANTY BUT HAD LESS THAN 48,000 MI. COULD HEAR WATER AFTER ANY RAIN.DEALER ADMITTED PROBLEM WITH SUNROOF WAS CAUSE,BUT NOT COVERED.OTHER FUSES ALSO LOCATED IN REAR BLOCK,FUEL PUMP,WIPER,REAR WINDOWS..CANNOT OPEN LIFT GATE EVEN MANUALLY.SO NO ACCESS TO SPARE,ETC.CALLED CADILLAC CUSTOMER CARE MANY TIMES ,BUT THEY WILL NOT ADMIT AN OBVIOUS SAFETY AND DESIGN DEFECT. NOR HAS THER BEEN ANY ADVICE NOT TO OPERATE OR PARK DURING RAIN,OR HOW TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE.

THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 40 TO 50 MPH. VEHICLE JUST STALLS OUT WHEN DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE REAR AXLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE REAR AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WHILE PUTTING GROCERIES IN THE BACK OF THE SRX THE POWER LIFT GATE CAME DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND HIT ME IN THE BACK. I WAS ABLE TO HIT THE BUTTON AND OPEN THE GATE BACK UP. AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS OR SO IT CAME BACK DOWN. IT WILL NOT STAY OPEN.

THE VEHICLE'S SUNROOF DRAIN HOSE MATERIAL SHRINKS DUE TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THIS RESULTS IN THE DRAIN HOSES DETACHING FROM THE DASH OR SUNROOF MODULE. WATER LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE DAMAGING INTERIOR COMPONENTS INCLUDING WIRING, ELECTRONIC MODULES, THE SOUND DEADENER AND CARPET. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR THROUGH CAR WASHES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LOW BEAM HEAD LAMPS FAILED TO FULLY ILLUMINATE AND DIMINISHED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY. THE CONTACT HAD TO ACTIVATE THE HIGH BEAMS IN ORDER TO INCREASE VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS NOT COOLING PROPERLY. PASSENGER SIDE IS SOMEWHAT BLOWING COOL AIR AND DRIVER'S SIDE IS BLOWING HOT AIR. THIS IS THE EXACT SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN A RECALL OF 2011 CADILLAC SRX. HOWEVER, THIS CADILLAC SRX WAS NOT INITIALLY INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND HAS NOT BEEN TO-DATE. THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IS 11057; FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 103. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THE DEFROST MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT IS OBVIOUS FROM OUR RESEARCH THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS IT IS THE EXACT SAME SITUATION AS THOSE AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. WE HAVE CONTACTED GMC ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE RECALLS ARE VERY SPECIFIC. WE HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THIS SITUATION BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SELLING DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, THIS IS A GMC SITUATION, NOT A DEALERSHIP PROBLEM. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT A CAR MANUFACTURER ONLY RECALLS CERTAIN VEHICLES IN A GIVEN YEAR WITH A SITUATION AND LEAVES THE OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL ON THE ROAD THAT THEY ARBITRARILY DECIDE NOT TO RECALL THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS.