2013 CADILLAC SRX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT APPLIED EXTREME FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING OVER A SIX WEEK TIME SPAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. UPDATED 4/26/14*CN *TR

TWICE I HAVE BEEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT . . . WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO, I PUSHED THE GAS, IT WENT A LITTLE WAYS (A FEW HUNDRED FEET) AND THEN IT LOST POWER (FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM) . . . I HAD THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO. AFTER ABOUT 5-8 SECONDS, IT PEALED OUT AND WENT. AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED TWICE - TWO DAYS IN A ROW. IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE THEN, THOUGH I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHTER HESITATION SEVERAL TIMES COMING OFF A STOP. ALONG WITH THIS, I CAN ALSO BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME, BEHIND ME, OR ANYWHERE AROUND ME, AND THE COLLISION LIGHTS FLASH AND THE SEATS VIBRATE AS IF I AM APPROACHING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO QUICKLY. AGAIN, IT DOES THIS WHEN NOTHING IS AROUND ME. THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE ROAD, CAME TO A BUSY ROAD STOP SIGN, STOPPED, WENT TO TURN RIGHT AND LOST ACCELERATION POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS. MY CAR JUST COASTED INTO THE DIRECTION I WAS TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL. NO POWER! FORTUNATELY, AT THE TIME, THERE NO CARS COMING CLOSE ENOUGH, TO MAKE MY VEHICLE A HAZARD. BUT, IF THE CONDITIONS WERE DIFFERENT, I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. THE POWER PICKED BACK UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, AND I HAD ACCELERATION POWER AGAIN. THE SAME SCENARIO HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW, ALWAYS AFTER STOPPING AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, AND LOSING POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS, APPROX. 5 SECONDS. IT BEGAN ON 10/13/13, THEN ON: 11/4/13, 1/3/14. AND 2/3/14. I BOUGHT THIS 2013 CADILLAC SRX LUXURY BRAND NEW ON 4/20/13. *TR

ACCELERATION PROBLEM STARTING FROM STOP LIGHT (3)AND TURNING RIGHT ON A RED LIGHT AFTER A FULL STOP. (1) IN ALL CASES CAR WAS ACCELERATED FROM A FULLY STOPPED POSITION. ABOUT 10 FEET INTO THE ACCELERATION THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING FOR 2-4 SECS THEN ABRUPTLY ACCELERATED AS COMMANDED LURCHING FORWARD. THESE EVENTS WERE RANDOM WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED DURING THE EVENT. BEING AN UNKNOWN CONDITION A DRIVER COULD EXPOSE THE VEHICLE TO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF ITS SHUT DOWN ON ACCELERATION. *TR

I HAD COME TO A STOP TO TURN LEFT. I WAS WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC TO CLEAR, WHEN THERE WAS ADEQUATE DISTANCE BETWEEN CARS, I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR JUST STOOD STILL, NO LIGHTS CAME ON, NO WARNINGS, NO ENGINE REV, NOTHING HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 3-4 SECS. HOWEVER, BY THIS POINT THE CARS WERE CLOSING IN ON ME AND FINALLY AFTER I LET OFF THE PEDAL AND SLAMMED DOWN ON IT AGAIN, MY SRX MOVED AND CLEARED THE ROAD WAY. IT WAS VERY SCARY TO BE SITTING THERE AND EXPECTING THE CAR TO MOVE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AND NOTHING HAPPENS. *TR

CADILLAC SRX,DELIVERED ON 5/31/13 (PURCHASED 5/27/13). SRX SERVICED ON 11/11/13 BECAUSE OF WARNING MESSAGES-SERVICE REAR AXEL&AWD ON 10/30/13-CALLED DEALER IMMEDIATELY/ARRANGED SERVICE ON 11/11/13-MILEAGE 6045). ONLY DID COMPUTER UPDATES. ON 11/13/13(MILEAGE 6277) CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WHEN TURNING RIGHT THE CAR WAS IN VERY SLOW MOTION & BARELY MOVING WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS, FINALLY IT MOVED. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON 11/15/13 (MILEAGE 6498) BUT TURNING LEFT & ANOTHER CAR WAS APPROACHING ON THE RIGHT, THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE HIT. CALLED DEALER & TOLD TO BRING IT BACK. DEALER QUITE A DISTANCE FROM ME AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR THERE. ON 11/19/13 (THOUGHT I COULD GET TO GM DEALER (SAT FROM 11/15/13) & TURNING RIGHT IT DID IT AGAIN. I WAS QUITE UPSET AND CALLED ONSTAR TO TOW IT. GM DEALER, INFORMED, MIGHT NOT HAVE THE DIAGNOSTICS THAT THE CADILLAC DEALER HAS TO EVALUATE MY SRX.THEY COULD NOT TELL WHAT MY DEALERSHIP HAD DONE FROM NOTES ON THE SERVICING ON THE SRX. ONLY THING FOUND WAS TO DO EV UPDATE. ON EVENING OF 11/26/13 (MILEAGE 6708)HAD ACCELERATION PROBLEM AGAIN TURNING RIGHT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. CALLED DEALER & ARRANGED TO DROP IT OFF ON 11/29/13 (MILEAGE 7034)& RECEIVE A REPLACEMENT CAR WHILE MINE WAS CHECKED OUT. ON A HIGHWAY I WENT TO PASS A CAR AND LOST ACCELERATION FOR A FEW SECONDS. AT LEAST I WAS GOING DOWNHILL OR THE CARS COMING UP IN THE LANE I WAS SWITCHING TO WOULD HAVE HIT ME. DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT DID FIND THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON HEATING/AC NEEDED. GOT SRX ON 12/4/13.THE DEALER ONLY DROVE MY CAR 8 MILES TO DO ANY TESTING. AGAIN ACCELERATION PROBLEM ON 12/19/13( MILEAGE 7584)& IT WAS FROM A COMPLETE STOP TURNING RIGHT BUT LASTED A MUCH LONGER TIME. ALSO WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE PROBLEM AROSE YET AGAIN & CALLED THE DEALERSHIP.12/21/13 HAVING SRX LOOKED AT AGAIN. 7 MONTHS OLD &SAME PROBLEM. IS IT A LEMON? *TR

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OUR NEW SRX HOME FROM THE DEALER. WE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, WE STARTED ACCELERATING BUT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AFTER NOTICING A CAR HAD RAN THE RED LIGHT FROM OUR RIGHT. OUR SRX ONLY MOVED ABOUT 3 FEET FROM THE TIME THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN TO THE TIME WE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. AFTER THE CAR THAT RAN THE RED LIGHT CLEARED THE INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF US, WE TRIED TO CONTINUE THE ACCELERATION BUT THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RESPOND FOR 3-5 SECONDS. AFTER THAT TIME, ACCELERATOR RESPONDED AND SRX RAN FINE. WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN AND CAN NOT REPRODUCE THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS ON 08/22/2013 I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT ABOUT TO TURN RIGHT- I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND WENT FORWARD SLIGHTLY, BUT THEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO ACCELERATION. I HAD TO JAM THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND EVEN THEN THE VEHICLE ONLY GOT UP TO 20 MPH IN APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. IT TOOK THE VEHICLE APPROX. 3-5 SECONDS TO RESPOND AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAD APPROX. 1150 MILES ON IT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE DID NOT REV UP OR DO ANYTHING. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THIS OCCASION. 08/24/2013 I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LACK OF ACCELERATION--I HAD TO JAM THE GAS PEDAL HARD FOR IT TO MOVE. IT TOOK APPROX. 3-5 SECONDS TO RESPOND. 09/25/2013 I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD AND THERE WAS A LACK OF ACCELERATION--I HAD TO JAM THE GAS PEDAL HARD FOR IT TO MOVE. IT TOOK APPROX. 3-5 SECONDS TO RESPOND. 10/17/2013 SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WENT FORWARD A FEW FEET AND STOPPED I HAD TO JAM THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR FOR IT TO MOVE. IT TOOK 3-5 SECONDS TO RESPOND. APPROX 2150 MILES ON CAR 11/08/2013 I WAS ALMOST HIT IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. I WAS CROSSING AN INTERSECTION AND THE CAR WENT FORWARD A FEW FEET AND STOPPED IN THE ROAD. IT TOOK 3-5 SECONDS FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND. APPROX 3400 MILES ON CAR 12/7/2013 MY BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING--WE WERE AT A STOP SIGN TURNING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE WAS NO POWER AS HE DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL 3/4 OF THE WAY. IT KICKED IN FINALLY AFTER 3-5 SECONDS. APPROX 4000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INSTANCES AS WELL BUT THIS IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN A CARLS JR PARKING LOT AND STOPPED FOR ANOTHER CAR. WHEN I WENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, THE CAR PUSHED ME FORWARD AND THEN I LOST ACCELERATION FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WAS FINE. TODAY, I WAS AT A 4 POINT STOP AND WENT TO GO, AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND THEN LOST ACCELERATION. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR. *TR

I HAD A LOSS OF ACCELERATION OCCUR ON THANKSGIVING DAY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL ROAD AT ABOUT 25MPH WHEN I CAME TO THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE ROAD WHERE I WAS TURNING RIGHT. I COASTED UP TO THE STOP SIGN AND LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND IT WAS CLEAR AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT. I PRESSED ON THE GAS AND IT VERY SLOWLY MOVED ME INTO THE LANE AND THEN STOPPED, IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. I DEPRESSED THE GAS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I DIDN'T HEAR THE ENGINE REV AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL OR ANYTHING, IT WAS JUST LIKE IT WAS DEAD. I DIDN'T SEE ANY INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASH BUT I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT I HAD A CAR BEHIND ME THAT I WAS CONCERNED WAS GOING TO REAR END ME AS HE WAS EXPECTING ME TO CONTINUE MOVING AS I TURNED INTO THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY THERE WASN'T A CAR COMING FROM THE LEFT AS I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT SINCE I AS SITTING THERE DIABLED IN THE ROAD. AFTER ABOUT 4 SECONDS THE CAR FINALLY RESPONDED AND TOOK OFF. I HAD THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN SO WHEN IT FINALLY ENGAGED MY TIRES SQUEALED AND I TOOK OFF. SO HERE ARE THE DETAILS: TIME OF INCIDENT WAS 4:02PM ON 11/28/2013 AND THE CAR HAD 1521 MILES ON THE ODO AND A FULL TANK OF GAS. THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING ABOUT 4 HRS AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT 1.5 MILES WHEN IT OCCURRED. THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 64 DEGREES. IF THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE ME FORWARD INTO THE ROAD AND IT JUST DIDN'T RESPOND AT THE STOP SIGN THAT WOULDN'T BE NEARLY AS BAD BUT IT MOVES YOU ABOUT 5 FEET INTO TRAFFIC AND THEN STOPS RESPONDING FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS AND IF THERE WAS AN ON COMING CAR I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON THIS FORUMS AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE IN THESE CARS (PARTICULARLY THE 2013). THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND CADILLAC NEEDS TO FIGURE THIS OUT BEFORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR DIES DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION. *TR