JUST BOUGHT A 2015 SRX CADILLAC ON FEB 16, 2019. TEST DROVE DURING THE DAY, BUT BY THE TIME ALL WAS DONE IT WAS NIGHT. DRIVING HOME AND 1/10 OF A MILE OUT, I PULLED OVER TO SEE IF THE LIGHTS WERE ON. THEY WERE, SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE. ALL ALONG CONVINCING MYSELF IT MUST BE BECAUSE I WENT FROM A CAR TO SUV AND IT WAS MY PERCEPTION OF SITTING UP HIGHER. I BELIEVE I WAS SO HOPING SINCE I HAD JUST SIGNED A 'NO WAITING TIME' AND ' AS IS' CONTRACT PLUS PURCHASING GAP AND EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR OVER $3000 MORE! WELL, IT IS NOT MY PERCEPTION FROM A DIFFERENT LEVEL! I DROVE AGAIN AND NOT ONLY ARE THE BULBS PROJECTING DIFFERENT LEVEL OF BRIGHTNESS( IF U CALL IT 'BRIGHT') BUT NEITHER MAKES IT WHERE THE ROAD IS SAFELY VISIBLE. I HAD IT IN THE DEALERSHIP SHOP THREE DAYS AFTER PURCHASE TO FIX THE CUE PROBLEM (DEALERSHIP TAKING CARE OF THAT) AND ASKED TO CHECK HEADLIGHTS. I THOUGHT THEY CHANGED BULBS AND ALL WAS WELL SINCE IVWAS TOLD THEY CHECKED THEM AND ALL WAS GOOD TO GO. NOT. I HAVE WRITTEN CADILLAC VIA EMAIL AND I HAVE NOTIFIED THE BUICK DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. AFTER PURCHASING (BIG MISTAKE I'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY) AND THIS PROBLEM EMERGED, I SEARCHED INTERNET AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I'M HOPING CADILLAC OR THE BUICK DEALERSHIP WILL HELP RESOLVE THIS UNSAFE ISSUE. IF NOT, NOT SURE WHAT I WILL DO WITHOUT HAVING TO TRADE IT IN AND PROBABLY LOSE $$ GO WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND OF CAR!! HEADLIGHTS (LOW BEAMS) ARE TOO DIM TO SEE THE ROAD!
2015 Cadillac SRX complaints
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2015 CADILLAC FRONT LIGHTS VERY POOR, DIM. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, CHARGED US $188 TO "DIAGNOSE" WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS OBVIOUS, THEY WERE CLOUDY. THEN CHARGED US $1774 WE HAD NO CHOICE, LIGHTS WERE DISASSEMBLED, WE NEEDED TO SEE AT NIGHT! NOTE THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS GETTING SAME REPAIR RIGHT THERE AT SAME TIME. I WAS ANGRY, DEALERSHIP HAD A "BUTTON" BUILT IN ON COMPUTER TO GET FINANCIAL CREDIT FROM GM, OBVIOUSLY THIS HAPPENS OFTEN. THE CREDIT WAS $800 AUTOMATICALLY,(WE THEN PAID NET $974. )I WANT ALL TO BE REPLACED AND CREDITED. I CALLED GM, THEY ALLEGEDLY CONTACTED CADILLAC AND THEY SAID WOULD NOT HELP US. GM SENIOR REP ADMITTED THIS IS A PROBLEM, HAPPENS OFTEN 2015 MODEL. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY IS A RECALL ISSUE!. THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE US $188 (DIAGNOSE) AND NOT FIX IT, OR $1774 TO REPLACE/PUT BACK TOGETHER. GM SENIOR REP SAID WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PAID, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO GET IT SOLVED IF WE DIDNT PAY. WHAT? WE HAD TO SEE! THE LIGHTS WERE IN PIECES, WE HAD TO PAY $188 IF WE DIDNT REPLACE IT AND PAY FOR IT. WE HAD NO CHOICE. PLEASE HELP US GET FULL REIMBURSEMENT THIS IS VERY OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THESE 2015 SRX. THIS TREATMENT AND CHARGES TO REPLACE WAS OUTRAGEOUS. OUR CAR JUST GOT OUT OF WARRANTY BTW, AND ONLY HAS 47,600 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE ANOTHER CAR 11 YEARS OLD, LIGHTS ARE FINE, WE HAD ANOTHER CAR FOR 20 YEARS NEVER REPLACED FRONT LIGHTS. THEY ARE DEFECTIVE PURE AND SIMPLE, VERY UNSAFE. WE HAD TO USE BRIGHTS BEFORE REPLACE.
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN NOVEMBER 2018 FROM THE LOCAL LEXUS DEALER. I DIDN'T DRIVE IT AT NIGHT PRIOR TO TAKING A TRIP IN DECEMBER 2018 WHEN I LEFT EARLY IN THE MORNING IN A RAINSTORM. I WAS SHOCKED THAT I COULDN'T SEE A THING AND THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE RAIN. LATER I DISCOVERED IT WAS THE HEADLIGHTS THAT WERE EXTREMELY DIM. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER WHO KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AFFECTING THIS YEAR AND OTHER SRX MODELS. THEY SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE HOUSING, ETC BUT THAT THE PROBLEM COMES BACK. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLACE WITH HALOGEN OR OTHER AFTER MARKET PARTS SINCE THEY ARE NOT CADILLAC PARTS. THEY ASKED THAT I LET THEM KNOW IF HALOGEN LIGHTS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM IF I GO THAT ROUTE. HOW ON EARTH COULD THIS CAR NOT BE RECALLED TO FIX THE PROBLEM? THIS SITUATION IS JUST PLAIN DANGEROUS AND CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN AT NIGHT WHEN LIGHTS ARE NEEDED!!
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO FIX FOR LOW BEAMS ????
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. GM CADILLAC SRX 2010-2016 HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND GM WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP ALSO WAS NO HELP
THE LOW BEAMS ON THIS VEHICLE CREATE A DRIVING HAZARD AT NIGHT. THERE LITERALLY ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS JUST BY DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH. SEE ALSO CARPROBLEMZOO.COM GM/CADILLAC HAS NO FIX. THE LIGHTS DO NOT PROJECT PROPERLY AND IN DARK AREAS YOU CAN'T TELL AT TIMES THAT THE LIGHTS ARE WORKING. GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I REPLACED THE HALOGEN LIGHTS WITH NEW HALOGENS AND NO DIFFERENCE. I THEN UPGRADED HALOGENS TO LED BULBS WITH A MINIMAL FIX. PLEASE TAKE THESE ISSUES SERIOUSLY. PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN ONLINE THAT THEY CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. THE ONLY SAFE MEASURE IS TO DRIVE WITH HIGH BEAMS, WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE. THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC WITH THE LUXURY EDITION CADILLAC SRX. I THINK IT'S THE LENS OR ELECTRICAL. I THINK THIS IS THE REASON THAT THE 2016 SRX HAS HID HEADLIGHTS. NUMEROUS WEBSITES INDICATE COMPLAINTS FROM DRIVERS WHO SAY THAT THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIPS ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE BUT ALSO SAY THAT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A FIX. DEALERSHIPS WANT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS UP TO OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX IT, BUT THEY ALSO STATE THAT THE FIX MIGHT NOT WORK. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. IT IS TRULY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HOLD GM ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN DRIVING. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD AND TO SEE PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET AND TO SEE PAINT LINES. THE LIGHTS DO NOT PROJECT SOLIDLY AND WIDELY AS DO OTHER MAKES OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. I AM TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 2/2/19
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2015 CADILLAC SRX LUXURY CROSSOVER SUV (50,000 MILES). I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THAT THE HEADLIGHTS BARELY ILLUMINATE THE ROAD. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CADILLAC DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE WITH SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL THAT INFORMED ME THAT THIS ISSUE WAS SYSTEMIC THROUGHOUT THE 2010-2015 YEAR SRX MODELS. THIS PROBLEM IS SO CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT SUCH SIMILAR MODELS, AND YET I AM SUPPOSE TO SHELL OUT $1300 TO FIX A KNOWN ISSUE? I AM WILLING TO PAY TO REPLACE THE LAMPS BUT GM NEEDS TO DO THEIR PART AND FIX THE FAULTY COMPONENT (THAT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY) THAT IS CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND CONSTANT ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE.
PURCHASED FACTORY CERTIFIED 2015 CADILLAC SRX 11/2018. IN 12/2018 ONE DIM HEADLIGHT STOPPED WORKING. IN 1/2018 2ND DIM HEADLIGHT QUIT WORKING MAKIN IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WITHOUT BRIGHT LIGHTS. FOG LAMPS ALSO STOPPED WORKING. TRULY A SAFETY MATTER. SEARCH OF INTERNET SHOWS MANY OTHER SRX'S WITH SAME PROBLEM WITH NO FACTORY FIX. CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED IN CALIFORNIA ONLY. PROBLEM IS MOISTURE ENTERING HOUSING WHERE BULBS ARE MOUNTED. CADILLAC DEALER COULD NOT STATE WHY DIM HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS DON'T WORK. MAKES DRIVING HAZARDOUS WHEN BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS CAN'T BE USED. DIM HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL.
TAKATA RECALL. LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. GM CADILLAC SRX 2010-2016 HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND GM WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.
PURCHASED FROM A DEALERSHIP IN GA FRONT HEADLIGHTS SEEMED TO BE WORKING AT NIGHT, NOTICED THEY WERE VERY DIM, BUT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AT NIGHT ALTERNATING BRIGHTS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP RECENTLY AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT AT NIGHT AND ONCE IN THE RAIN, A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF ME TWICE AT NIGHT LIKE THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEE ME BECAUSE NOW I REALIZE THEY COULDN'T! I WAS TOLD WHOLE SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BEFORE MECHANIC EVEN LOOKED AT VEHICLE. GOOGLED SRX HEADLIGHT ISSUE AND CAME UP WITH LAWSUIT INFO BECAUSE OF THIS SAME SITUATION. I CANNOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND MUST USE MY BRIGHT LIGHTS, WHICH CAUSES OTHER CARS NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE. THE DEALER GAVE ME A QUOTE FOR 1400 DOLLARS FOR REPAIR WHICH I REFUSE TO PAY.
THE HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM, AFRAID TO DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE AROUND OR IN FRONT OF ME WITHOUT USING MY HIGH BEAMS, ITS VERY DANGEROUS. I FEEL THAT ITS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO READ THAT OTHERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND CADILLAC HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, I ALSO READ THAT THERE WAS CLASS ACTION SUITS IN FLORDIA AND CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.
TEH TOUCH SCREEN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. FREEZES UP AND IT ALSO AFFECTS THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW AND AT 30,329 THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RADIO CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND IT WORKED FINE UNTIL LAST WEEK. NOW AT JUST UNDER 55,000 MILES THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING. I SEE WHERE OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE AND BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL OR AT LEAST BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE.
THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 67 (SAN DIEGO COUNTY) ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 31, 2018. APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 55 MPH. IT SOUNDED LIKE A LARGE BLAST WHEN IT BLEW. GLASS FLEW EVERYWHERE, MOSTLY OUTWARD. IT LEFT A HOLE IN THE SUNROOF APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES LONG AND 10 INCHES WIDE.
THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY SRX ARE SO DIM THAT I CANNOT SEE TO DRIVE AFTER DARK. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET IT SEEMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE THAT CADILLAC HAS NOT ADDRESSED. WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH A MECHANIC TO ORDER AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENTS SINCE CHANGING THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. REPLACING THE HEADLIGHT BULBS OVER THE PAST WEEKEND DID NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE LIGHT PUT OUT BY THE HEADLIGHTS. I ALSO VISITED THE BODY SHOP THAT MADE A MINOR REPAIR TO THE CAR IN DEC 2018 THINKING THE HEADLIGHTS WERE MISALIGNED AND WAS TOLD THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIM COMPARED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE ISSUE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS IS FOR THE LOW BEAMS AND NOT THE HIGH BEAMS. THIS ISSUE CAN BE SEEN WHILE PARKED OR DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, DURING TURNS AS WELL
THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS MAKE IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT. PURCHASED THIS CAR ONE WEEK AGO. FIRST TRIP OUT AT NIGHT AND WAS FRIGHTENED BEYOND BELIEF. IT IS LIKE DRIVING WITH NO HEADLIGHTS. CADILLAC OR GM HAS GOT TO FACE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. WE PAID WELL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND BUYERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR A DEFECT!! I WILL BE HAPPY TO ENTER INTO A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST EITHER CADILLAC OR GM TO FORCE THIS HAZARD TO BE DEALT WITH.
HEADLIGHT LOW BEAMS ARE VERY DIM. THEY ARE SO DIM IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE THEY'RE ON WHEN DRIVING. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN IN OPERATION. VERY DANGEROUS, AS I CANNOT SEE WELL IN LOW BEAM.
THE HEADLIGHTS DO NOT SHINE BRIGHTLY ENOUGH. ON A DARK STRETCH OF HIGHWAY ONE MAY ONLY SEE 15-20 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THIS IS DANGEROUS, IT IS ALWAYS NECESSARY TO DRIVE WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON. THE DEALER CHECKED OUT THE VEHICLE AND SAYS THAT THEY ARE NORMAL, BUT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET OF SEVERAL OTHER CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AND AT LEAST ONE LAWSUIT IN PROGRESS.
THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM THAT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHT FOR NIGHT DRIVING.
HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM CONTINUOUS FAILURE. HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM FAIL TO ILLUMINATE THE ROAD, EVEN AFTER HAVING HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. UNABLE TO SEE ROAD DIVIDING LINE IN MANY INSTANCES WHILE DRIVING. VISIBILITY ON THE DRIVER SIDE LIMITED TO 20 FEET MAXIMUM. ALMOST HAD A PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT IN A CROSS WALK WHERE I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS VISIBILITY CONTINUES TO WORSEN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIMMER FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS DID NOT ILLUMINATE BRIGHTLY ENOUGH. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS IN ORDER TO SEE THE ROAD. ANDREWS CADILLAC (1 CADILLAC DR, BRENTWOOD, TN 37027, (615) 200-9076) WAS CONTACTED AND WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT STATED THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
DIM HEADLIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE. I CAN BARELY SEE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. THERE ARE GROUPS ON FACEBOOK OF NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.
THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. IT SEEMS AS IF THE HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT ON AT ALL AT NIGHT. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT. UPON TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND CALLING CADILLAC CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT.
HEADLIGHTS ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT.
HEADLIGHTS ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM. THEY DON'T LIGHT UP THE ROAD UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HIGH BEAMS ON. I'VE SEEN 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. QUOTED $1,400 TO REPAIR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD.
LOW BEAMS ARE VERY LOW TO ALMOST NON EXISTENT. THE BULBS WERE CHANGED OUT TO NO AVAIL IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVER AT NIGHT NOT ONLY TO ME THE DRIVER BUT TO ALL OTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING IS DANGEROUSLY [XXX] DIFFICULTY DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES LOOKED CLOUDY INSIDE, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.
I TWICE COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIP THAT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING AND I HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY BRIGHTS ON. TWICE THEY DID NOTHING. I WAS PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER WHO TOLD ME HE THOUGHT I HAD ONLY MY FOG LIGHTS ON AND NOT HEAD LIGHTS. THIS CAR DOES NOT HAVE FOG LIGHTS AND THE OFFICER WAS SHOCKED THAT THE CADILLAC HAD SUCH A POOR SET OF HEADLIGHTS. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO HANDLED IT IN A TERRIBLY U.N. PROFESSIONAL WAY AND TOLD ME THE HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I REMINDED THEM THAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE COMPLAINTS THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURE WARRANTY WAS IN PLACE. A SALES PERSON FROM THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD BUY A DIFFERENT CADILLAC TO FIX THIS ISSUE. IT'S APPALING TO ME TO FIND A LACK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM CADILLAC I BOUGHT A CADILLAC TO SUPPORT 'BUY AMERICAN' - I COULD NOT BE MORE DISAPPOINTED. MY FRIEND DRIVES A LEXUS AND IS CONSTANTLY TELLING ME HOW GREAT THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS. TO SAY THAT AM INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN CADILLAC IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I WRITE THIS AS I WAIT TO HEAR FROM CADILLAC. I BROUGHT MY CAR THERE AND ASKED THEM TO DRIVE IT AT NIGHT- IT'S TIME FOR IT TO BE INSPECTED. LET'S SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR NAME ON AN INSPECTION. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CADILLAC THAT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN THE WINTER MONTHS PAST 4:30 N THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE. IN ORDER TO SEE THE ROAD I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH 'BRIGHTS ON' - I HAVE EVEN PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD
HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING ON DIM SETTING, OK ON BRIGHT BUT DIM IS SO DIM YOU CAN'T SEE. I'VE HAVE TRIED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. VERY DANGEROUS CAN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT.
LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM AND LOW. THEY DO NOT PROJECT HARDLY ANY LIGHT ON THE ROAD. APPARENTLY MANY MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND GM IS FAILING TO ADDRESS IT. THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SEEN AT NIGHT!
ADD ANOTHER CADILLAC SRX TO THE LIST, OUR 2015 SRX HAS VERY DIM LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS..... I HAVE BEEN TOLD AND LOOKED UP FOR MYSELF, THAT CADILLAC AND THE APP WARRANTY FOLKS WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLIES; WHICH APP SHOULD NOT HAVE TO STAND BEHIND A FACTORY FAULTY HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY.... HOW IN THE WORLD CAN SO MANY FOLKS HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE EXTREMELY DIM LIGHTS AND NOTHING GETS DONE.... ON TOP OF THAT IF YOU PAY OUT OF YOUR POCKET TO REPLACE THE ASSEMBLIES YOUR TOLD THAT THE NEW FIXTURES HAVE NOT CHANGED AND WILL LIKELY DO THE SAME THING IN SHORT ORDER.... IT IS SAD WHEN THE DEALERS EVEN SAY THAT THE FIXTURES ARE JUNK.... THIS IS NO WAY TO PROMOTE CADILLAC BY TELLING FOLKS TO GO POUND SAND INSTEAD OF FIXING A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE REFLECTOR INSIDE THE FIXTURES..... IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE OUR VEHICLE AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS SO DIM.... I AM CONSIDERING PURCHASING AFTER MARKET FIXTURES AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.... SOME STANDARD CADILLAC HOLD THEM SELF TOO..... THESE FOLKS SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED.... SOMEONE PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLIES BEFORE FOLKS GET KILLED... A SIMPLE SEARCH WILL SHOW A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE..... I HAVE TRIED THE LED LIGHTS BULBS, THE BRIGHTEST NORMAL BULBS AVAILABLE WITH STILL NO LUCK.... I GUESS AFTER MARKET FIXTURES ARE THE ONLY CHOICE.... THIS IS TERRIBLE, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE CAR IS A GREAT CAR.......
THE COMPLAINT IS ABOUT MY TIRES. I BOUGHT MY CAR IN NOV 2017/TOOK MY CAT ABOUT TIRES/THEY STAT I NEED 4 NEW TIRES/BUT BECAUSE I JUST BROUGHT THE CAR, THEY WOULD GIVE ME 4 TIRES/AND THAT CAR SHOULD HAVE WHEN OUT WITH THEM TIRES. I JUST TOOK MY CAR BACK AGAIN FOR TIRES/ NOW THEY STATE I NEED 4 NEW TIRES/MY AIR KEEP GOING OUT OF MY TIRES
CUE INFOTAINMENT TOUCH SCREEN IS MALFUNTIONING CAUSING DISTRACTION FROM DRIVING SINCE ATTENTION TO ROAD IS INTERRUPTED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS VARIOUS SIGHT REQUIRED SYSTEMS IN VEHICLE. KNOWN PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL MODEL YEARS, YET NOT RECALLED FOR CORRECTION. REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $1,500.00. CAUSED HITTING OF CURB AND DESTROYING 2 TIRES (COST $600.00) WHEN SCREEN FIRST BECAME INOPERATIVE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET.
AUG 2018 I NOTICED MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS WERE BARELY VISIBLE, LIKE I WAS DRIVING IN THE DARK WITH NO LIGHTS ON. I SWITCHED TO HIGH BEAMS AND COULD SEE VERY GOOD, BUT THEN SWITCHED BACK TO LOW BEAM AND IT WAS STILL THE SAME....VERY POOR LIGHTING. I HAD THE BULBS CHANGED OUT IN OCT 2018 FOR $200, BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE RELAY SWITCH REPLACED, BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE OBJECTS OR PEOPLE WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT I DID NOT SEE THEM UNTIL THE LAST SECOND WHEN I WAS RIGHT THERE AT THEM BECAUSE OF THE POOR LIGHTING. I CANNOT CONTINUOUSLY DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON AT NIGHT JUST TO SEE WHERE I AM GOING. THIS IS A BAD SAFETY ISSUE ON ONE OF THE TOP OF THE LINE VEHICLES....LOW BEAMS COULD CAUSE ME TO WRECK, HITTING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE OF POOR LIGHTING AND HIGH BEAMS MAKES ME BLIND THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC CAUSING THEM TO WRECK HITTING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING. I AM TOLD THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACING BECAUSE OF THE POOR SEAL QUALITY LETTING MOISTURE IN CAUSING THE FAULTY LOW LIGHTING. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM/ERROR. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $1500 TO FIX THIS WHEN I DID NOTHING TO CAUSE IT. CADILLAC/GM NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND RECALL THIS DEFECT THEY CREATED AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS ACCIDENTALLY HURT OR KILLED.
TAKATA RECALL REAR TOE LINK ADJUSTER. I WAS TRAVELING IN THE VEHICLE WITH MY DAUGHTER ON THE FEEDER OF BELTWAY8 SOUTH COMING DOWN OFF A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROAD IN A JERKING MATTER. I DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS TO HELP REDUCE SPEED OF THE CAR. ONE THE CAR STOP MOVING. I PULLED OVER TO A COMPANY DRIVEWAY AND CALLED ONSTAR TO COME TOW THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT WRECK OR HIT ANY OTHER VEHICLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE VERY DIM ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH MADE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (DWAIN TAYLOR CHEVROLET BUICK GMC, 1307 S 12TH ST, MURRAY, KY 42071) AND THE LIGHT BULBS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.
WE PURCHASED THIS CAR IN OCTOBER 2018. A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT. I TURNED ON THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND TOLD MY WIFE I COULD BARELY SEE ANY LIGHT. A FEW MOMENTS LATER I ALMOST DROVE INTO A DITCH. WE CALLED THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. DESPITE HAVING A REMAINING BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PAY $208.81 FOR REPLACEMENT BULBS, WHICH THEY SAID WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY ARE BARELY BRIGHTER THAN THE ONES THEY REPLACED. THIS IS ASTONISHING THAT A LEADING US MANUFACTURER HAS ELECTED TO PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH ITS CUSTOMERS LIVES. CONSIDER THIS MESSAGE A SAFETY COMPLAINT AGAINST THIS MANUFACTURER AND A PROMISE TO JOIN THE CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT IS NOW STARTING IN FLORIDA. I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED THE $208.81 AND BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES REPLACED WITH REDESIGNED ONES. SIMPLY REPLACING SMALL BULBS AGAIN WILL NOT SUFFICE. CADILLAC AND GM NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. IF WE ARE INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THE VERY POOR OUTPUT OF THESE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS I WILL CHASE THE SOULS OF ALL THOSE AT CADILLAC AND GM BEYOND THE DEPTHS OF HELL FOREVER. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THIS, AND NO EXCUSE FOR NOT REPAIRING IT PROPERLY.
VEHICLE'S LOW BEAMS ARE EXTREMELY DIM MAKING OPERATION DIFFICULT. ILLUMINATION AT THE 115 FT DISTANCE IS QUESTIONABLE. VEHICLE IS A HAZARD TO OPERATE FOR SELF & OTHERS AFTER DUSK AND BEFORE DAWN.
AT 32,650 MILES, WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE CAR BEGAN TO FLASH THE HEADLIGHTS AND HONK THE HORN FOUR TIMES IN SUCCESSION, THEN IT WOULD STOP. I SAW THIS HAPPEN FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES IN TWO DAYS WHILE IT WAS PARKED. AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS ALSO A CONSTANT TICKING SOUND IN THE REAR OF THE CAR AND THE LIFT GATE WOULD NOT OPEN. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL CADILLAC SERVICE TODAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AND I WAS TOLD THE SUNROOF REAR DRAINAGE TUBES HAD LEAKED WATER ONTO THE LIFT GATE MOTOR CAUSING IT TO QUIT WORKING. THIS REPAIR WOULD COST ME A MINIMUM OF $1800 BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2018, (DUE TO THE DELIVERY DATE BEING BEYOND THREE YEARS). SINCE PURCHASING THIS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2015 CADILLAC SRX LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO, I'VE DEALT WITH HEADLIGHTS SO DIM I COULD NOT SEE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. AFTER FOUR VISITS TO CADILLAC SERVICE THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT A FIX. THERE WERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES: THE CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN GIVING IT THE GAS FROM A STOPPED OR SLOWED POSITION TO THE POINT IT JERKED ME AND MY PASSENGERS BACK IN OUR SEATS. ONCE AGAIN, IT TOOK FOUR TRIES TO GET IT FIXED. AND, THE BATTERY COMPLETELY DIED AT 30,000 MILES.
MY 2015 CADILLAC SRX LIGHTING IS TOO DIM TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I HAVE TO RELY ON OTHER DRIVERS LIGHTS TO HAVE A GOOD VIEW OF THE ROAD. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DRIVERS NEAR ME, I NEED TO USE MY BRIGHT LIGHTS AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHT BULBS BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. IN READING VARIOUS ONLINE FORUMS, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY QUOTED ME $2,000 TO FIX IT BUT CLEARLY THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE ISSUE STARTED APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO. I HAVE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING FOR A RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND I FEAR MY LIFE MAY BE IN DANGER AS A RESULT OF IT. I TRY TO ONLY DRIVE AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE. LOW BEAMS ARE SO DIM IT IS HARD TO WATCH FOR DEER. MAKING ME UNEASY TRYING TO DRIVE AT NIGHT.
DRIVING AND SITTING STILL DURING HEAVY RAINFALL, WATER STARTS LEAKING INTO VEHICLE ON RIGHT SIDE BELOW THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE WATER WAS A CONSTANT FLOW. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, MADE DRIVING HAZADOUS.I'M NOT WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS.
CUE SYSTEM FREEZES ALL THE TIME. THIS BEGAN AS SOON AS MY FULL WARRANTY ENDED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE INITIALLY. HOWEVER, NOW WITH 54000 MILES, THE CUE SYSTEM IS TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SEEING THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF CAR OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
THE HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM, I HAVE ALMOST WRECKED BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO SEE. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS WITH THE XD1 EXTRA BRIGHT AND DID NOT EVEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR TO DRIVE AT NIGHT AND I CAN'T BELIEVE CADILLAC REFUSES TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO PRODUCE ENOUGH LIGHT. THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ACTIVATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.
THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAVE CONDENSATION AND ARE SO DIM I CAN'T DRIVE AT NIGHT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S ABOUT A $2000.00 REPAIR FOR A CAR THAT IS 4 YEARS OLD. THAT SEEMED RIDICULOUS SO MY HUSBAND AND I BEGAN SEARCHING AND FOUND THAT MANY SRX DRIVERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. I CAN SEE WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON HIGH BEAM BUT OTHERS FLASH ME BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO BRIGHT, WHEN I DRIVE ON LOW BEAM AT NIGHT PEOPLE PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I CAN BARELY SEE THE ROAD.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AFTER DUSK, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND WERE INSUFFICIENT FOR DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALL STAR AUTOPLEX (LOCATED AT 1216 E. PALESTINE AVENUE, PALESTINE, TX 75801) AND THE HEADLAMPS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT*JB
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS VERY DIM AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW IN JANUARY OF 2015. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SRX FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO FIX. ON MY THIRD SET OF AFTERMARKET HALOGEN BULBS WITH ONLY MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT. CONSIDER IT SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DURING NIGHT TIME HOURS. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS WITH HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN AUTOMATIC OR WHEN SELECTING THE "HEADLIGHT ON" POSITION. HEADLIGHTS ALSO APPEAR TO BE AIMED TOO LOW BUT DEALERSHIP CHOSE NOT TO VERIFY AND THERE DOPES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT SCREW; THE MANUAL STATES THAT THE DEALER'S BODY SHOP SHOULD AIM THE LIGHTS.
HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM. IT'S HARD TO DRIVE AND SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I'VE ALMOST GOT INTO SOME REALLY BAD CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE CARS HAVE PULLED OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE MY HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO USE MY BRIGHTS ALL THE TIME AT NIGHT. ON COMING TRAFFIC FLASH ME BECAUSE THEY ARE ON.
I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JULY OF 2018 AND NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS SEEMED DIM. THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS JUST STILL ADJUSTING TO NEW CAR. WENT ON HIGHWAY EARLY IN THE MORNING ONE DAY BEFORE SUNUP AND REALLY COULD NOT SEE.. THOUGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE OFF. PULLED OVER AND CHECKED. THEY WERE ON BUT JUST VERY DIM. DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST AROUND $1800. AFTER I SENT THEM COPIES OF ARTICLES I HAD READ ABOUT THESE LAWSUITS BY OTHER PEOPLE, THEY AGREED TO REPLACE HEADLIGHTS FOR FREE. MY CONCERN IS IT WILL NOT WORK OR IT WILL JUST HAPPEN AGAIN IN TIME... AS SOME OTHERS HAVE INDICATED. THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM.
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