general problems of the 2010 Cadillac SRX - part 2

I have noticed that it has been a lot of complaints about the headlights on Cadillac Srx and it is very expensive just to replace the part. The light joust goes out if your driving or not and it should be a recall on this before someone has a serious accident.

Low beam socket burned.

This model has a history of collecting water in front headlights resulting in them shorting out and malfunctioning/failing. Cadallic will not recall and they are very much aware of this problem.

The front light headlight assembly seals wore out and the headlight blew out while we were driving home in the rain, at night. Water penetrated the headlight which is what caused the lamp to blow out. I called gm and they played dumb and said they had never heard of this problem. Yet as I was at the dealership to get it fixed there were other 2010 models driving in with the exact same problem. Gm would not extend the warranty to cover this, as the warranty was over 4 years but still under the 50k miles. At $1400 each to replace these headlights, they need to fix this defect. Additionally, they are going to kill someone if these headlights keep blowing out at nighttime in the rain.

2010 Cadillac Srx. Consumer received recall notice. However, the notice stated there would be no charge, but on the second sheet, it stated to submit form reimbursement.

Car had been turned off and parked for 4 hours. Left rear tail light began to smoke and caught fire melting left rear of vehicle within minutes of fire dept being notified. Fire was put out by fire department before vehicle would have exploded.

I was making a turn on to a local highway and it just powered off it did restart. Second time was Dec 2014 I was in stalled traffic moving real slow and my car just shut off but this time it did it three times in a short period of time same as first time and im pretty worried cause im planning another trip in two weeks to wisconsin.

The right exterior low beam light was out and the housing unit was full of excessive moisture. On September 2, 2014; bulb replaced; light out again by the end of the month for a week then all of a sudden back on again; then out again and on again; estimated cost of parts were $1,459 plus tax and s. S. Now only the running lights on the left and right side are working. Now try 1,459 plus tax and s. S. . Times 2. This is a design flaw. Why so much moisture an electrical lightening unit? the left side does not have a lot of moisture and the light is no longer working. Nothing more upsetting than being away from home, its dark and your vehicle headlights will not come on.

Water drain from moon roof separated and water fluid ed the vehicle short in out many components. Took in for service had to pay $1900. This should have been coverd I feel that this repair should have been completed at no cost to me. Being that there were at least five other vehicles in the same dealer repair shop at the same time. Spoke to the technician repairing the car before mine and was told he knew actually what the problem was. He showed me that the drain tube came from the factory pulled to short and tight and when there is a heavy rain the run off caused the tubing that run down the front windshield end pillars to separate which then leads to water filling the interior cabin of the vehicle, in between the doors, over the dash and it's interior components, down into the lift gate and onto the interior flooring which it had and flooding it.

Vehicle has an electric operated rear hatch. Vehicle was in the garage, not running and wife had opened the rear hatch and was removing items from the back when the hatch activated and closed on it's own, knocking her down and pinning her under the lid. She managed to free herself but received bruises on her arm and a sore neck.

The idiot light or gauge light came on indicating that there was an electrical problem. We brought the vehicle right back to the used car dealer and he sent the vehicle down the block to the gm dealer who found some corroding wires , he supposedly fixed them. A couple days later the light came on again and w brought the vehicle back to the used car dealer who again brought it to the dealer where the cadilac was found to be heavily corroded in the harness area by the drivers side. . They told us that there might have been a leaf clog by the windshield and the wipers preventing proper drainedge. And the water backed up into the car. They supposedly changed the harness under the drivers mat. A couple of months later we noticed that the whole drivers sidewindow was very wet. . We dismissed this incident with a mutual befuddlement. A couplpe of months later the whole drivers side window was frozen on the inside of the car. Wekind of figured it had something to do with the drivers window being wet monthe earlier. Now here it is in March of 2014 and my wife was looking for something in the car and she happened to touch the passenger front floor matt right after a heavy rain and she found the floormat soaked she got out the wet-dry vac and pulled near a half a gallon of water from the rug underneath the floor mat.

This is a generic safety defect applicable to all Cadillac vehicles for last several years and other makes with keyless ignition systems. This has happened before and will happen again if not remedied. I visited a post office today in dayton area. This location has some sort of strong frequency operation in the area evidently on same frequency as fob starting systems. I was unable to lock my car (key does work) or unlock it with fob (again key in door operates door locks). However the fob simply did not start car despite several efforts or after instructions to put in console next to receiver. Had this been an emergency I would have been unable to leave the area. The car finally did start but only after a period of time and numerous attempts. If the fob does not register with the system there is no way to start the car. Door has key access the rest of the ignition system does not. This is extremely unsafe and needs to e addressed. This is not an isolated incident as to either this location or make and model of car.

Passenger side head light has ongoing electrical short goes out indicates on the information center then will randomly come back on took it in to the dealer no fix. Also when turning to the left or the right there is squeaking noise from the tires and suspension it gets worse when cold out. To pay 55,000. 00 for a car and have ongoing issues. It also got new head gaskets at 51,000 miles and a new transmission at 43,000 because it wouldn't go in to reverse one afternoon. Had to be towed to a dealer was replaced under warranty.

The car states "remote not detected" even though the remote is in the vehicle. This has occurred four times since I bought the car in April 2010! once, the vehicle lost complete power when this occurred on the third time! what would have happened if this occurred while I was driving????.

Headlights have condensation in them & visability is almost non -existant. . . I cannot drive the vehicle after dark in fear for myself or other drivers. . .

Loss of power steering, brakes, and engine while doing 65 mph on major highway. Total shutdown. Went immediately to dealer. Checked car computer. Said everything was fine; nothing to fix. Really shook up wife passenger and me. Has not happened again. Am reporting this years later because of current gm compact car ignition problems.

Driving in a heavy rainstorm, increased velocity of wipers to high. They froze & all warning lights on the dash board lit-up indicating numerous problems such as abs, traction control, etc. Extremely dangerous driving on a three lane road at dusk with non wipers/visibility.