2012 Cadillac SRX complaints

There is a recall on my vehicle and GM has advised they can't or won't be able to fix it in a timely manner.

The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated that while driving downhill at approximately 35 mph, there was a loud screeching sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle drove into the opposite lane before stopping on the side of the roadway. Upon inspection, it was determined that the rear passenger’s side wheel had detached. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the rear passenger’s side suspension toe link had fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 112,550.

Because of the poor design of the headlights on the Cadillac SRX, I was afraid to drive at night because the lights are too dim to see the road ahead. After being pulled over by a police officer for driving with my headlights on bright, I made the financial sacrifice to pay for replacement headlight units. I'm glad I did because it makes a world of difference and I may have saved my life.

The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated that headlights were extremely dim and failed to properly illuminate while driving. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that due to water seeping through the rubber sealant on the headlights, condensation had built up inside the headlight module which had caused the failure. The contact used the hi-beam headlights while driving at night due to the failure. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed him that there were no recalls on the vehicle for the failure. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 108,000.

Transmission is shifting roughley

NOTIFIED BY LETTER 02.24.2020 FROM CADILLAC GM,LLC OF HEADLAMP/HEADLIGHT ISSUES FOR SRXS 2011-2015. THE REPAIRS AT THE DEALERSHIP WERE CHARGED TO THE CUSTOMER AS STATED IN THEIR LETTER. I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY $1396.00,COMPLETE A PAPER FORM, & MAIL IT WITH RECEIPTS TO A 3RD PARTY. BECAUSE OF A BACKORDER FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS, MY PROBLEM WAS NOT REPAIRED UNTIL OCTOBER 2020. AFTER WAITING FROM MID OCTOBER, I FINALLY RECEIVED MY REFUND IN FEBRUARY 2021. THIS ISSUE WAS SAFETY RELATED FOR DIMMING HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT. CUSTOMERS WERE FORCED TO PAY UP FRONT TO FIX THE DANGEROUS ISSUE. GM ALSO HAD A DEADLINE OF MAY 28, 2020 TO SUBMIT DOCS FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THIS WAS EXTENDED ONLY FOR CUSTOMERS WITH PRODUCT BACKORDERS. THE PANDEMIC HIT JUST 1 MONTH AFTER GM ISSUED THIS LETTER. WITH JOB LOSSES,ILLNESSES, & DEATHS, GM DID NOT SEND ANY LETTERS MODIFYING THEIR ISSUE FOR SRXS OR OFFERING ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THOSE IN FINANCIAL CRISIS DURING COVID-19. SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS PRODUCT ISSUE AND HOW UNPROFESSIONAL & DISLOYAL GM/CADILLAC HAS BEEN TO THEIR SRX OWNERS. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL LETTER AND CHRONOLOGICAL DETAILS OF MY EXPERIENCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING TO SEE THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CADILLAC OF SIOUX FALLS (101 CAROLYN AVE, SIOUX FALLS, SD 57107, (605) 336-5060) WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE LOW-BEAM LIGHT BULBS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WE WERE TRAVELING ON A CITY STREETS AND THE BREAK SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING PROPERLY UNTIL WE HAD TO DO A HARD BREAKING EMERGENCY STOP AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. THERE WERE ICY CONDITIONS AND WE SLID THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EMERGENCY BREAKING, AND WHEN WE APPLIED THE BREAKS AGAIN, THE BREAK PEDAL HAD NO RESISTANCE AND THE BREAK PEDAL WOULD SLOWLY GO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE OR NO BREAKING ACTION. A INSPECTION UNDER THE VEHICLE DID NOT REVEAL ANY FLUID LEAKS TO INDICATE A RUPTURE OF THE SEALED BREAK SYSTEM. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SUGGEST THAT A VALVE MAY HAVE BECOME STUCK OPEN IN THE ABS CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY REVERTING FLUID BACK TO THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR AND NOT TO THE WHEELS. IF THIS IS THE CASE, THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR AN UNSUSPECTING DRIVER OF ANY BREAKING PROBLEMS WHILE CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AFTER HARD BREAKING. THE MILLAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53000 MILES. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM BUT, I THINK IT MAY BE WARRANTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.

IN FEB. 2019 MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING ME TO RUN A RED LIGHT. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT AND I DROVE IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AND REPLACED ALL PARTS WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN WENT TO THE FLOOR IN FEB. 2021 WHEN EXITING A STORE PARKING LOT AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AGAIN TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM.

HEADLIGHT BULBS REPLACED STILL NOT WORKING UNABLE TO SEE WHEN DARK

FRONT DIFFERENTIAL LEAKS REAR DIFFERENTIAL LEAKS TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKS BURNS OIL HEADLIGHTS VERY DIM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, WHEN DEPRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED RIGHT FOOT, BACK AND NECK INJURIES AND FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK, BACK AND BOTH KNEES INJURED. THE CONTACT DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION THE FOLLOWING DAY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TOW LOT. THE CONTACT STATED HE CALLED USED DEALER AND WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,000.

LOW BEAMS DO NOT ILLUMINATE ROAD, ESPECIALLY BAD IN RAIN AND ON OPEN ROAD OUTSIDE OF CITY.

IN 11/2017 I COMPLAINED TO MY DEALER ABOUT HEAD LIGHT LOW LIGHT PROBLEMS. THEY SAID. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. I COMPLAINED AGAIN IN 2018. IN 2019 I COMPLAINED AGAIN, THEY REFERRED ME TO AN AUDIO SHOP TO HAVE THE BULBS REPLACED. THAT DID NOT WORK SO I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH HEADLAMPS DUE TO EXTREME SAFETY ISSUES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. THEN IN FEB. 2020 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CADILLAC THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS AND THEY WOULD REIMBURSE OR REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS THAT ARE AFFECTED. I SENT IN ALL PAPERWORK FOR THE HEADLIGHTS AND WAS DENIED ANY REIMBURSEMENT. THEY SIGHTED MULTIPLE EXCLUSIONS (I HAD TO ORDER THE HEADLAMPS OFF OF AMAZON BECAUSE MY DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE THEM). CADILLAC NEVER SPECIFIED WHAT TYPE OF PAPERWORK AND SPECIFICS, THEY SAID TO SEND IN ANY PAPERWORK RELATED TO THE REPAIR OF THE LIGHTS, WHICH I DID! THIS ISSUE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS WAS AN EXTREME DANGER. ANYTIME I HAD SOMEONE IN MY CAR AT NIGHT THEY ASKED IF MY HEADLIGHTS WERE ON AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THEY WERE. CADILLAC INITIALLY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND NOW THEY ARE GIVING ME THE ''RUN AROUND' WITH MULTIPLE EXCUSES AS TO WHY THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE THE REPAIR I HAD TO MAKE FOR THEIR ACKNOWLEDGED SAFETY ISSUE.

THE LOW BEAMS ARE LIKE HAVING NO LIGHTS AT ALL ON, MAKING NIGHT TIME DRIVING NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. SIMILAR TO USING A FLASHLIGHT TO DRIVE WITH. I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAM LIGHTS ON AND BLIND OTHERS JUST SO I CAN SEE. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

HORRIBLE VISABILITY, PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE AND GIVEN A WARNING TICKET, SAYING MY IT LOOKS LIKE I AM DRIVING WITH MY RUNNING LIGHTS, CAN NOT DRIVE AFTER DARK NOW UNTIL PROBLEM IS CORRECTED, HOW DO YOU CORRECT SOMETHING THAT IS MANUFACTURED THIS WAY AND FOR GM TO REFUSE TO HAVE A RECALL OR OFFER THEM TO BE REPLACED KNOWING THERE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM IS RIDICOULOUS AND THE SAFETY BOARD SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS OUT HERE!!!

IN DECEMBER 2020, I PURCHASED A USED 2012 CADILLAC SRX. ONCE I DROVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT, I NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM. DUE TO THE LOW LIGHTING LEVEL, THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ARE BEST USED. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM WHILE THE VEKICLE IS PARKED OR DRIVEN

THE NORMAL HEADLAMPS ON THE VEHICLE ARE EQUIVALENT TO A NIGHT LIGHT BULB. YOU CANNOT SEE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH THE NORMAL HEADLIGHTS ON. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LAW SUIT FOR THIS, BUT THERE WAS ONLY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED AND IT WAS A REIMBURSEMENT SITUATION WITH A HEFTY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FACT, NOT KNOWING OF THIS PROBLEM. I WAS ADVISED BY A GM REPRESENTATIVE TO DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM? IT WORKS, BUT OTHER DRIVERS ARE NOT HAPPY AS THEY FLASH THEIR LIGHTS AT US. WE HAVE NO OTHER SOLUTION, CANT SEE AND DONT HAVE THE $1600 WE WERE TOLD IT COSTS TO FIX THE ISSUE.

THIS CADILLAC HAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT LIGHTS BECOMING VERY DIM DUE TO MOISTURE BUILD UP WITHIN THE LIGHTS. THEY BECOME DIM WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND GOING FROM HIGH BEAM TO LOW BEAM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 65 MPH HIGHWAY WHILE RAINING THE VEHICLE HYDROPLAIN WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT DAUGHTER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AND CRASHED INTO MEDIUM IN THE ROAD WHERE ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONTACT DAUGHTER VEHICLE IN THE REAR. THE CONTACT STATED NO FRONT AND REAR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THE VEHICLE. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE SCENE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACTS DAUGHTER DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL TWO DAYS AFTER THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEN THE CONTACT INSURANCE HAD IT TOWED TO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS A TOTALED LOSS. NOW THE CONTACT JUST RECEIVE A RECALL NOTIFICATION FROM THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO REAR SUSPENSION TOE ADJUSTER LINK BEING LOOSE AND NOW THE CONTACT FEEL THAT WAS THE CAUSED TO THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,014.

MY DIM HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2012 CADILLAC SRX ARE DIMMER THAN A FLASHLIGHT. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS BUT IT DOESN'T HELP. I HAVE RAN OFF THE ROAD SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO RECOVER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIC. I DON'T HAVE $1600 LAYING AROUND FOR THE SAME HEADLIGHTS REPLACEMENT. PLEASE HELP BEFORE I LOSE MY LIFE OR CAUSE THE DEATH OF SOME INNOCENT PERSON. THANK YOU.

HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM, I AM EITHER FORCED TO DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON CONSTANTLY OR NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT. WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, SO ROADS ARE DARK, BUT MY DIM LIGHTS ARE SO HORRIBLE I CAN'T SEE 2 FEET IN FRONT OF THE CAR. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WITH CARS BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO SEE THE LANES ON THE ROAD. THIS IS HORRIBLE! SHE BOUGHT A LUXURY CAR AND WOULD BE BETTER OFF HANGING OUT OF THE WINDOW WITH A FLASHLIGHT TO SEE THAN USING MY DIM LIGHTS!

WHEN I PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE USED I NOTICED I COULD NOT SEE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE TOO DIM. I HAD THEM REPLACED AT A COST OF $1300. SEVERAL YEARS LATER I RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING I WOULD REIMBURSED BECAUSE OF YOUR LAWSUIT ABOUT THESE HEADLIGHTS. I FILED AND DID RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT. HOWEVER, SEVERAL YEARS LATER ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED AGAIN. A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TOO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES AND PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING REIMBURSED. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL.

THE HEADLIGHTS HAD BECOME VERY DIM DUE APPARENTLY TO A FAULTY SEAL ENABLING MOISTURE TO GET IN. IT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT IS RAINING. CADILLAC SENT A LETTER ADMITTING THE ISSUE AND OFFERING REIMBURSEMENT, BUT REQUIRES CUSTOMERS TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS ON THEIR OWN THEN SUBMIT TO CADILLAC FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE FIX AND REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS TOOK ALMOST 9 MONTHS, BUT I WAS IN FACT REIMBURSED. THE ADDED PROBLEM AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTS ARE THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL LIGHTS, AND ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED AS A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY AND DIFFERENT MORE RELIABLE HEADLAMPS USED.

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO DIM. I CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY IF IT IS RAINING. I HAVE AVOIDED GOING OFF THE ROAD MORE THAN ONCE. I HIT A FOX ON A BUSY ROAD BECAUSE I NEVER SAW IT DURING A RAINY NIGHT. MY BRAKES HAVE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR MANY TIMES. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T SEE IT. IT IS INTERMITTENT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL HAVE NO BRAKES. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN IF I MAKE A SHARP TURN, HARD STOP OR GO OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. THIS IS LIFE & DEATH.AND SCARY. SOMEONE WILL GET HURT OR DIE.I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2019 AND IT HAPPENS TO THIS DAY,NOVEMBER 2020.

VEHICLE HEAD LAMP (LOW BEAN LIGHTING) IS TOO DIM TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED OVER TIME, WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE HEAD LAMP CAPSULES.

HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM WITH MOISTURE INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. HAD REPLACE ONCE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. UNABLE TO DRIVE IN LOW LIGHT OR DARKNESS DUE TO THE LACK OF ILLUMINATION. CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS PREVIOUSLY FILED NOTED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FAIL DUE TO FAULTY GASKETS ALLOWING MOISTURE TO DAMAGE THE LAMPS TO FAILURE.

AFTER GOING OVER A POTHOLE THE BRAKES SEEMED TO GIVE OUT. THE CAR WAS GOING AT A SPEED OF 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE REPORTED BY OTHER CADILLAC SRX OWNERS BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON THE CADILLAC WEBSITE REGARDING IT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE ABS & TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK IN TO MECHANIC..NEEDED LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, REAR SHOCK, WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY. ALL THIS WITH ACTUAL MILEAGE ON VEHICLE AT 79259 MILES. FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED ON THIS CAR AT THAT MILEAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH SMOKE BEGAN TO SUDDENLY FILL THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE SMOKE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE THE SMOKE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN TO A NEARBY FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE BURNING WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. NO FIRE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT YET NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

MY HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AND UNABLE TO SEE CLEARLY AT NIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT MOISTURE HAS GOTTEN INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND MAKING THE HEAD LAMPS NON VISABLE. I BELIEVE THIS WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ABOUT THE DAMAGED HEADLAMPS. I CAN NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT.

AFTER A HEAVY STORM, I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT NOTHING IN THE CAR WOULD RESPOND TO THE KEY FOB OR PUSH TO START. AFTER JUMPING THE BATTERY, WE WERE ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE ERRATICALLY SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING. THE GAUGES AND SYSTEM LIGHTS KEPT BLINKING AND TURNING OFF. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE, SO I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE WAS A MUSTY SMELL WHICH PROVOKED ME TO SEARCH FOR WATER INTRUSION. THE FRONT FLOORBOARDS WERE SOAKING WET. I COULDN'T GET THE LIFTGATE OPEN, SO I CLIMBED INTO THE REAR AREA AND FOUND COMPARTMENTS THAT HAD STANDING WATER. THE REAR CARPETS WERE ALSO WET. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE STORM CAUSED DEBRI TO CLOG THE SUNROOF DRAINS CAUSING THE OVERFLOW PANS TO POUR INTO THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE LIFTGATE MODULE TO INITIATE A PERPETUAL SIGNAL TO THE BATTERY CAUSING IT TO DIE. I ALSO HAD WATER AND FOGGING BUILT UP IN THE HEADLIGHT COVERS REDUCING THE LAMP OUTPUT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I FOUND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON DESIGN FLAW THAT GM REFUSES TO ADMIT OR EVEN COVER REPAIRS BEYOND THE INITIAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING BECAUSE I'M SURE THE ISSUE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN THERE'S A RAIN DOWNPOUR, AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE WATER CORRODES THE LIFTGATE MODULE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. WATER AVOIDANCE IS NOT AN OPTION. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD OWN THIS PROBLEM THEY CREATED AND PROVIDE A

HEADLIGHTS GOT VERY DIM OVER TIME. REACHED THE POINT THAT I HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE UPPER BEAMS ON AT NIGHT. ALSO HAD MOISTURE IN ONE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY.

LOW VISION HEAD LIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH FOR NIGHT DRIVING HAVE TO USE HIGH BEAMS?

HEADLIGHTS ON NORMAL USE SETTING (NOT HI-BEAM) ARE ON BUT SO LOW BRIGHTNESS WISE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT USING THEM. YOU HAVE TO USE HI-BEAM ALL THE TIME WHICH IS A LARGER HAZARD FOR US AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. IN LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE HEADLIGHTS, THE SILVER PART TO MAKE THE REFLECTION WORK, IS ALL BLACK. REPLACING THE BULBS DOES NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF VISION WHEN USING THE LIGHTS ON THE NORMAL SETTING. A LETTER WAS SENT TO REIMBURSE FOR REPLACEMENTS, HOWEVER, IT HAD TO BE USED IN A SHORT TIME FRAME AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME UP WITH MORE MONEY THAN WAS GOING TO BE REIMBURSED ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THIS SHOULD BE A FULL BLOWN RECALL WITH ZERO OUT OF POCKET. IT IS DANGEROUS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PENSKE CADILLAC OF SOUTH BAY SERVICE (18600 HAWTHORNE BLVD SUITE #101, TORRANCE, CA 90504) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT MOISTURE ENTERED THE HEADLIGHTS WHICH HAD CAUSED THEM TO DIM. THE CONTACT THEN RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CADILLAC IN REGARDS TO THE HEADLIGHTS, THAT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. THE LETTER GAVE THE CONTACT INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO RECEIVE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE HEADLIGHTS IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE SHE HAD THE HEADLIGHTS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD THE DRIVER'S SEAT REPAIRED OUT OF POCKET DUE TO THE SEAT MOVING BACK IN FORTH WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN NOTIFIED OF THE REPAIR THAT WAS MADE TO HER HEADLIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER THEN INFORMED HER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND THAT SHE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO A REIMBURSEMENT. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ALSO DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V447000 (SEATS) WHICH SHE LINKED TO THE SEAT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,878.

I WENT HELP A FAMILY MEMBER AT THEIR HOUSE. I GOT LATER IN THE DAY AND BY THE TIME I WAS READY TO LEAVE IT HAD BECOME DARK. BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I NOTICED THE THE VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO THE BACK WINDOW BEING MUCH HIGHER THAN I WAS USED TO. I ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE A WEEK SO I USED THE MIRRORS MOSTLY AND FIGURED I WASN'T USE TO IT YET. WHEN I NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM, I THOUGHT I DID SOMETHING WRONG AND DIDN'T TURN THEM ON AND MAYBE THEY WERE IN "DAYLIGHT" DRIVING MODE. NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE DASH BOARDS BUTTONS I WAS SCRAMBLING PUSH THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT SETTING, IT WAS ALSO RAINING PRETTY HARD NOTHING SEEMED TO HELP SO I JUST DROVE HOME VERY SLOWLY AND NERVOUS WONDERING WHY A 55 THOUSAND DOLLAR SUV HAD SUCH CRAPPY HEADLIGHTS, I READ A LOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM RECENTLY AND REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T ME. THE FRONT LIGHTS WERE A MAJOR ISSUE OF COMPLAINT. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND IT RAINS VERY HARD AND FAST HERE AND I RARELY GO ANYWHERE AT NIGHT. BUT I CAN'T GO THE REST OF MY LIFE ONLY DRIVING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS ONLY, HAD I HAVE READ THOSE COMPLAINTS BEFORE BUYING IT I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY DISMISSED IT AS OVER EXAGGERATED WHINER THAT COMPLAINS ABOUT SILLY THINGS .BUT THIS IS VERY MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CADILLACS IN THE PAST AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEM. BUT THIS IS GOING TO KILL SOME PEOPLE, I'M VERY SURPRISED IT HASN'T ALREADY. ALL THE TALK ABOUT MOISTURE GETTING IN SIDE IS NOT THE CASE WITH MINE. I BOUGHT

HEADLAMPS ARE TO DIM TO SAFELY DRIVE AT NIGHT. THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AS TIME WENT ON.

RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CADILLAC/GMC REGARDING THE HEADLAMP CAPSULES AND/OR CAUSE HALOGEN HEADLIGHTS TO BECOME DIM OVER TIME, WELL MINE ARE LIKE NOT HAVING HEADLIGHTS DUE TO BE SO DIM. THEY WANT YOU TO PAY THEN THEY WILL REIMBURSE YOU IF THEY DETERMINE IT WAS DEFECTED. THE COST IS $800 PER HEADLIGHT. SO YOUR NOT GUARANTEED REIMBURSEMENT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THEM TO ASK THIS OF AN OWNER. THEY NEED TO PAY FOR THE HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT, AFTER ALL THEY DID BUILD THE CAR AND YOU PAY FOR THE CAR WHICH THEY TELL YOU HOW GREAT THE CAR IS AND THE WARRANTY. I AM SO UPSET WITH THEM. I CANT PAY THE $800 TOTAL $1600 FOR REPAIRS THAT WAS ON THEIR BEHALF. THEY ARE NOT ARE NOT REPRESENTING THEIR BRAND VERY WELL AT ALL. TO THEM ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY! DO THEY NOT REALIZE THE ECONOMY IS NOT GOOD AT THIS TIME FOR SOME PEOPLE WHICH I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THOSE. I PAID THEIR PRICE FOR MY SRX SO THEY SHOULD HONOR THEIR MISTAKE WITH THEIR MONEY!! PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. THE DATE ENTERED BELOW IS WHEN I RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM CADILLAC. LIGHTS HAVE BEEN DIM FOR AWHILE.

2012 CADILLAC SRX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEADLAMPS SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONSUMER MUST FIRST PAY FOR THE SAFETY REPAIR RECALL AND THEN BE REIMBURSED. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD BE COMPLETED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT FULLY REIMBURSE THE COST OF REPAIRS. *JS

A LETTER WAS SENT TO ME BY CADILLAC RELATED TO HEADLIGHTS THAT GOT MOISTURE IN THEM AND BECAME CLOUDY. IT SAID THEY WOULD PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED FOR 1 OR BOTH HEADLIGHTS WHETHER THE PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED OR NOT YET. I HAD JUST PAID $1,600.00 TO HAVE 1 HEADLIGHT REPLACED DUE TO THIS VERY PROBLEM. THE LETTER SAID I WOULD BE REIMBURSED IF I HAD ALREADY PAID TO FIX PROBLEM. I BROUGHT CAR AND LETTER TO MY CADILLAC DEALERSHIP GARLAND CADILLAC AT 972-840-4100. I SHOWED THEM EVERYTHING AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT USE THE PARTS TO FIX MY CAR THAT WERE LISTED ON THE LETTER TO ME. I ASKED FOR A COPY OF MY BILL WITH THE PARTS THEY USED ON IT SO I COULD CALL CADILLAC AND GOT THAT. WHEN I LATER LOOKED IN MY PAPERWORK THE LETTER CADILLAC SENT ME WAS MISSING, PRESUMABLY KEPT BY THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I WAS THERE. I KNOW DUE TO COVID EVERYTHING WAS EXTENDED AS FAR AS TIME FRAMES. I NEED HELP WITH HAVING ANOTHER COPY OF THE LETTER SENT TO ME, HAVING THE THE DEALERSHIP REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIR OF THE 1 HEADLIGHT, AND IN CASE THE 2ND HEADLIGHT DEVELOPS AN ISSUE BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED. IF THEY DID NOT USE THE APPROPRIATE PARTS TO FIX MY INITIAL HEADLIGHT REPAIR I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT. THE REPAIR HAS BEEN FINE, DONE MARCH OF 2018. NO ACCIDENT HAS HAPPENED.

REF: NHTSA CAMPAIGN #: 14V571000 - MY VIN DOES NOT COME UP AS AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. HOWEVER, ON 2/10/2020, DRIVING 35 MPH ON TOWN STREETS, THE CAR WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO CONTROL (ALMOST 'LIGHTER'). AFTER MY STOP, I RESTARTED THE CAR, TURNED A CORNER AND FOUND IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY IN MY OWN LANE. EVEN AFTER SLOWING TO 20 MPH AND FIGHTING TO CONTROL THE CAR, IT FELT LIKE THE REAR OF MY CAR WAS DRAGGING ME IN TO THE RIGHT LANE AFTER PARKING, I NOTICED MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 30-45 DEGREES FROM THE REST OF THE CAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY REPAIR GARAGE. THEY SHOWED US THE TOE NUT (JAM NUT?) UNDER THE REAR SUSPENSION , HAD APPROXIMATELY 1/2" BEFORE IT COULD CAME OFF COMPLETELY. BEFORE AGREEING TO THE REPAIRS WE CALLED THE LOCAL CADILLAC DEALERSHIP. THEY DID NOT ASK FOR A VIN, BUT INFORMED US THAT THE "RECALL HAD BEEN CLOSED" FOR THIS ITEM SO WE WERE ON OUR OWN FOR REPAIRS.

I HAVE A 2012 CADILLAC SRX LUXERY THE VEHICLE HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS , WHEN THEY ARE ON YOU CAN NOT SEE 30 FT I FRONT OF YOU. IWENT AS FAR TO CHANGE THE BULBS TO HALOGEN,S BUT THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS. I ABSOULUTELY REFUSE TO DRIVE IT AT NIGHT. AFTER LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM I WAS ABLE TO DETERMIN THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH SRX,S FROM2012 TO 2015 . WITH NO SAFETY RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE,S IN QUESTION I DON,T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL WHEN RECENTLY A CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA.

DRIVING SOUTH ON A CITY STREET. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. MADE IT ANOTHER BLOCK AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN. PULLED OVER AGAIN, AND THIS TIME VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. HAD A DIAGNOSIS DONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING ROUGH,CUTTING OFF, AND POOR EXCELLERATION. FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS CAMSHAFT SENSORS THAT WERE BAD. LOOKED ON YOUTUBE AND FOUND OUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND ENGINE.(3.6) CADILLAC REFUSES TO DO A RECALL ON A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THEY NEED TO RECALL ALL OF THESE VEHICLES WITH THIS ENGINE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. 2010 THRU 2016 CADILLAC SRX WITH THE 3.6 LITER V6. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAPPEN WHILE YOU DRIVING. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT AND INJURY. SHAME ON YOU CADILLAC FOR NOT OWNING UP TO THIS DESIGN FLAW IN YOUR VEHICLES.

I WAS TAKING THINGS OUT OF MY REACH HATCH, AND IT SUDDENLY FELL ON ME WITHOUT WARNING, HURTING MY BACK AND ALMOST TRAPPING ME, IF MY WIFE WAS NOT PRESENT, I COULD NOT HAVE LIFTED THE HATCH . MY CHEST AND BACK HURT AND I COULD HAVE SUFFOCATED.

SEAL ON THE BACK-UP CAMERA IS BROKEN ALLOWING MOISTURE AND FOG TO GREATLY BLUR IMAGE. THE DEALER SAID IT WILL COST $502 TO REPAIR. THIS IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. DO NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED AS THE IMAGE JUST KEEP GETTING WORSE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS.

SUNROOF FLOODING IN FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR, WATER SATURATION ON FRONT PASSENGER CARPET. *TR

I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON OR ABOUT JULY 2018 WITH THE MILEAGE BEING 91053. I DID NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT UNTIL ABOUT NOVEMBER 2018. I COULD NOT SEE WHERE I WAS GOING BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHT WAS SO DIM. I BOUGHT AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT LOW BEAM BULBS TO NO CHANGE IN SIGHT. FINALLY I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CADILLAC ON APRIL 05, 2019 ABOUT REPLACING THE WHOLE UNIT SO I DID. THIS WAS ON APRIL 10 2019. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE. ON 09\18\19 I HAD TO GET THE OIL CHANGED. I WENT TO JIFFY LUBE TO HAVE IT DONE. THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE, SINCE I ONLY DROVE MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. THE LAST DAY I DROVE IT WAS 03\08\20. I WENT OUT TO RUN TO THE STORE THE NEXT DAY AND BOOM THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS NO JUICE IN THE BATTERY AT ALL. I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND HAD IT INSTALLED ($200). AFTER JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS I HAD TO GET ANOTHER JUMP TO START IT. ON 03\12\20 I TOOK IT UP TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR, SO I HAD THEM REPLACE IT AT $499.81. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE BATTERY WAS STILL BEING DRAINED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE UP TO CHURCHVILLE SERVICE CENTER (RECOMMENDED BY MY SON IN LAW) AND THEY REPLACED AN ACCESSORY SYSTEM RELAY. THIS ALSO DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM ($296.74) I TOOK IT BACK TO CHURCHVILLE AND HE REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE AND HAD IT REPROGRAMMED ($725.02) AND REPLACED THE BATTERY FOR POSSIBLE DEFECTED ($296.74). SO AFTER SPENDING $1818.31 THE VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING THE BATTERY LOSE POWER OVER ABOUT TWO DAYS. THERE IS A VERY

SINCE PURCHASING CAR AS CERTIFIED USED FROM DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY 2020, THE OVERLY DIM LOW BEAMS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. CAN HARDLY SEE AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. I IMMEDIATELY FLAGGED THE PROBLEM, AND DEALERSHIP CHANGED OUT BULBS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. WELL, THE LOW VISIBILITY ULTIMATELY PARTICIPATED IN A RECENT RUN IN WITH A BEAR. CLEAR NIGHT, DRY ROADS, JUST DIMINISHED VISION. I JUST COULD NOT SEE THE MASSIVE, BLACK BODY OF THE ANIMAL CROSSING THE DARK ROAD. IT RESULTED IN $9000 PLUS IN DAMAGES. MIRACULOUSLY, I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE CRASH, AND INSURANCE COVERED THE CLAIM. NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND I AM BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL, I AM PETRIFIED TO HAVE A RE-OCCURRENCE. GM SHOULD RECALL PERTAINING VEHICLES AND SUCK UP THE COST TO INSTALL HID/LED HOUSING AND BULBS. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT, AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS KNOWN ISSUE, GM IS NOT APPROACHING THIS AS A VERY SERIOUS RISK TO SAFETY AND THAT LIVES MAY HAVE TO BE LOST BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN. I WAS LUCKY, THE NEXT PERSON MAY NOT BE. *TR

THE PROBLEM IS THAT 2010-2015 CADILLAC SRX HEADLIGHTS CAN EVENTUALLY DIM OR BURN OUT WHEN MOISTURE BECOMES TRAPPED IN THEM DUE TO FAULTY SEALS. THIS SEVERELY LIMITS VISIBLE DISTANCE AT NIGHT AND IS VERY DANGEROUS ON TYPICAL TEXAS WINDY ROADS ESPECIALLY IF THEY LACK STREET LIGHTS. SEVERAL STATES, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA, HAVE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST CADILLAC FOR THIS PROBLEM. CADILLAC RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. INSTEAD, AS A 2012 CADILLAC SRX CUSTOMER, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN FEBRUARY NOTIFYING ME THAT THE EXPENSE OF REPLACING THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BE REIMBURSED IF I GOT THE WORK DONE AND RETURNED THE CLAIM FORM WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION BY 5/28/2020. I HAD THE WORK DONE ON 5/15 AT A COST OF $1,261.15 AND MAILED MY PAPERWORK FOR REIMBURSEMENT. I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS. FIRST, DIM HEADLIGHTS ARE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES.FREQUENTLY, I USED MY BRIGHTS TO SEE A SHORT DISTANCE. THIS COULD BLIND ONCOMING DRIVERS AND CAUSE INJURY TO THEM AS WELL AS CADILLAC CUSTOMERS. SHOCKED THE CAR PASSES STATE INSPECTION, IT IS THAT BAD. RECENTLY I STAYED OVERNIGHT IN A HOTEL IN MISSOURI RATHER THAN DRIVE AT NIGHT THROUGH OKLAHOMA ON DARK, WINDY HIGHWAY 69 BACK HOME TO COLLIN COUNTY. SECOND, CADILLAC NEVER ISSUED A RECALL. A RECALL WOULD NOT REQUIRE AN UPFRONT CUSTOMER CASH OUTLAY. FINALLY, I HAVE READ THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH PARTS THAT HAVE THE SAME MOISTURE SUSCEPTIBILITY, SO THE DIM HEADLIGHTS PROBLEM CAN EVEN