Cadillac SRX

Which Cadillac SRX years should you avoid?

Going by 3,266 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Cadillac SRX years to avoid are 2016, 2012, 2010, 2011 and 2015.

• 20165.3× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (1 fire, 11 crashes, 3 deaths).
• 20122.3× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (4 fires, 32 crashes, 2 deaths).
• 2010474 complaints, 2.2× a typical SRX year, most often about the headlights.
• 2011447 complaints, 2.1× a typical SRX year, most often about the headlights.
• 2015443 complaints, 2.1× a typical SRX year, most often about the headlights.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →