general problems of the 2010 Cadillac SRX

The vehicle was purchased approximately one month before this incident and was represented as inspected. While driving on the highway at approximately 65 mph, the vehicle suddenly exploded near the exhaust area. The engine then began smoking and caught fire. The brakes did not work, and the doors locked, preventing the driver from pulling over normally. The driver had to jump out of the moving vehicle while it was on fire in order to save her life and the lives of her daughter. The exact cause is unknown at this time. The vehicle is available for inspection. This incident poses a serious safety risk.

I am not a mechanic so I don’t know what all I know is what I like I experienced and when I was driving down the road, my Cadillac shut off like it had no power to it no power steering no lights no dash lights no warning lights or nothing pulled over my car will not start back up I had to have it towed when I got home and looked inside the casing around. The battery had melted with a bunch of wires and tubing that was on top of the battery completely melted everything inside.

The manufacturer is procrastinate to fix this life threatening dangerous recall and has been giving me an endless appointments to fix it and each time after I wait for the appointment they call to reschedule. The next statement is the recall details as per NHTSA website: manufacturer recall numbern212340980 NHTSA recall number21v473 recall statusrecall incomplete summary general motors has decided that a defect, which relates to motor vehicle safety, exists in certain 2010 to 2016 model year Cadillac Srx and 2011 to 2012 SAAB 9-4x vehicles. These vehicles may have received improper service requiring adjustment of a rear suspension toe link. In rare cases, dealers or independent repair shops may not have followed gm’s published procedures for torquing the jam nut in the toe link adjusters to the proper specification. A loose toe link can cause the vehicle to sway or wander at highway speeds or allow water or other corrosive elements to enter the threads within the adjuster. If a toe link is improperly adjusted, corrosion combined with vehicle motion may eventually cause the threads within the link to wear and loosen. In very rare cases with continued use, the link could separate. Separation while the vehicle is being driven increases the risk of a crash. Safety risk if a toe link is improperly adjusted, corrosion combined with vehicle motion may eventually cause the threads within the link to wear and loosen. In very rare cases with continued use, the link could separate. Separation while the vehicle is being driven increases the risk of a crash.

Our 2010 Cadillac Srx almost caused an accident. While climbing a hill reduced engine power warning on dash came on and suddenly engine power reduced so much car started rolling backwards into cars behind us.

Hello, I wanted to let you all know that I have a 2010 Cadillac Srx, to which in the past these type of vehicles had had a transmissions issues, thus recalled. . . Well the vehicle I own, is doing and having the same transmission problem/issues. . . And yet it is not under the recall list. . . The Cadillac dealership, has my car and is wanting to open up the transmission and inspect it for almost 2 thousand dollars( I like on a dissability montly income) . . I had this same car diagnosed at 2 different auto shops , whom provided me with the folllowing 2 error codes p076 and p0700, which are the transmision control solenoid and the transmission control module. . . But back at the Cadillac service dealership , here in amarillo TX. . . They want almos $6000 for a new transmission replacement or half of that for rebuilding the current one. . . When I strongly believe that my car is part of the same recall , being the same model and same similiar transmission issues.

2010 Cadillac Srx. Consumer writes in regards to nhta safety recall. Consumer would like to know when parts will be available to perform repairs.

Problem: my 2010 Cadillac Srx with 87,000 miles been having issues with downshifting , my vehicle would not shift to second or higher gear while driving and makes it very unsafe on the road. When this occurs I would try to pull over safely to park. My Srx would be drivable if shifted to park and then shift to drive or if I turn off the vehicle and re-start. I have been back and forth going to my mechanic( s). I was told possible tcm issues but no definite diagnosis. I have been reading a lot of 2010 Srx owners on Cadillac forums with exact similar issues and decided on making this official to report to NHTSA hoping it would open an investigation and figure out the defect on this type vehicle. My vehicle issue or problem started to become symptomatic around year 2021 and my Srx has around 63,000 miles on it. I keep up with the regular scheduled maintenance and upkeep, the Srx looks like new and would like to keep it longer as the rest of the vehicle is kept it's appearance and other parts well. I have reported this issue directly to the main contact number @Cadillac company and they told me my vehicle VIN is not included on the safety recall with shifting issues and offered me a $100. 00 for repair coupon instead for future repairs. I have spent thousands of dollars fixing the unidentifiable issue whenever the engine light comes on and throws out a code but my downshifting problem continues.

The rear lift gate opens randomly. Parked in the garage, it opens. Out shopping parked in a lot and return to car and it's open. Parked in driveway, it opens. It happens whenever and wherever. When I notice the lift gate has opened, I close it and check it 20 minutes later only to find it open again.

While driving my Srx through downtown area, I was attempting to make a turn and it suddenly wouldn't steer in the direction I wanted it to and when I attempted to hit the brakes it dived directly into a brick wall and all four airbags deployed and car was declared as total loss.

I was on an incline (driveway) at a restaurant when my vehicle rolled backwards while in drive almost hitting the vehicle behind me. I noticed it doing the same thing in driveways with a slope and approaching lights with hills. When pressing on the brake pedal on a slope, such as a highway ramp the truck roll backwards when releasing the brake pedal. This is very dangerous and scary at the same time. I have heard of other people saying their vehicle with this make and model doing the same thing. During the restaurant incident the people behind me was so irate thinking I was just backing up on them. It reminded me of having a vehicle with a stick shift when removing your feet off of the brake to press on the gas and it going in reverse instead of going forwards.

11057 recall. Ac compressor not working.

When I'm driving it automatically switches to another gear . Then it feels like it's holding back. As I continue to accelerate it gets louder and louder sounding like a go cart. It will not go faster than 60 mph when it gets into this odd mode. To temporarily fix the problem I have to pull over and put it into park and then drive again but a minute or two goes by and it does it again. When I'm going about 70 mph on the highway it will not do it. It only happeneds when I'm slowing down or speeding up normally at stop signs and things. I hadn't had this car very long, I bought it from someone off of facebook and he claims that's never happened to him! I don't believe that though!.

While driving my car loses the power to accelerate when traveling 5 miles per hour to go faster, the rpm's go up but the car do not accelerate. In my research this is happening to a lot of cars.

I took my 2010 Cadillac Srx in for an inspection to renrw my regisrtation and was told that be cause of the engine light being on it was an automatic fail. I was surprised because I had previously taken it the dealership that had given me this line, although your engine light is on, there is nothing wrong with your vehicle, its probally just a lose wire, nevermind that he never told me if it comes back on I would not pass in spection. So when I take it back to the dealer, I get a whole other story from what the mechanic, he told me, with out telling me he could not touch because it was a defective manufactured flaw. The wiring to the e-vap system is exposed to the enviornment. Nhtsa, please help me figure out what is going on with this vehicle, I really feel unsafe and believe that it is only by the grace of god that I have not been harmed bythhis vehicle ot harmed others. Only now it is at the dealership, waiting for me to sign off on $3000, 00 worth of repairs, of which 75% has nothing to do with the engine light being on. Oh, before I forget I was told by the dealership they only knew of a couple of recalls on my vehicle, one had to do with the tightening of the torque, but I went online and I found over a dozen recalls for my VIN. Please NHTSA, I hope you have some good news for me, because I feel like a statistic waiting to happen, but this is the thing everyone knew about the potential for alarm, but no one would say anything, even when asked. Attn: pls. Care.

The bearings on two of the tires the emissions is giving me trouble I took it to a mechanic who changed everything car will not pass inspection.

Tailgate will not stay up. If it would have hit my wife, it would been a disaster. Fortunately, she got out of the way in time. The car was stationary when my wife tried to open the tailgate. Tailgate will not stay up.

Parked. Less than 100 degrees outside. No loud music system. All of a sudden there was loud pop. My panoramic sunroof has shattered and pieces of it fell on my 3-year-old.

I opened the power tailgate with my remote control and reached into the car to get some items out of the back. Instead of staying in the up position, the tailgate came down about 12 inches and then back up and then headed downward onto my back. I am 6 foot, three inches and had all I could do to keep it from crushing me. I managed to duck and pull out before it slammed down. If it would have been my much smaller wife, she very well could have been injured. I was parked and in a parking lot. Since then, I have tried it several times and it continues to do the same thing rendering it totally useless.

All of a sudden I've been experiencing numerous things going wrong. First I started smelling this strange awful odor, not knowing that its some type of water leak soaking my carpet on the passenger side, underneath the mat. I had my car detailed on numerous occasion before noticing this water puddles on Thursday morning. On top that, I get off work on Friday afternoon all I see is water pouring from the roof right in front of the visor on the passenger side onto my seat. I'm beyond frustrated. . . I called the dealership to see if there were any recalls,and of course, it isn't for my car. I don't really know what to do at this point. I scheduled an appointment with the dealership to get an oil change and to look into the problem on this Wednesday. I must go back to when I first encountered the smell. I called the dealership to see if they could locate the smell and they told me in fact at my last oil change it could cost me thousands of dollars. I felt betrayed, after being overwhelmed with this issue after just paying $2,200 for the timing change. This vehicle is not that old and I am still paying for a vehicle that's thanks in advance shirelle malone ps. Stationary and in motion. . .

I have a Cadillac Srx 2010 with 79k miles. I was just informed that I have a timing chain that needs to be replaced. They tell me that because I have the 3. 0l engine it is not covered by the recall on the 3. 6l engine. But through my research onlinei find that there is no difference in the timing chain or the tensioners. The issue is if my engine were to seize and cause the vehicle to abruptly loose control someone or myself could be injured or die.

Condensation in the headlight covers. Considerably dims vision while night driving. High risk of lights shorting or going out completely because of water build up. Repairs are unreseasonably high.

(1) driver side headlamp failure. Dealership indicates ballast failure, and the entire assembly has to be replaced. The cost of this is a minimum of $1,200. (2) as of April 27, 2016 - car won't start (10 days): indication is "no remote detected" (remote battery was replaced); vehicle's battery was replaced December 2015.

My power hatch back opens on its own all the time.

There was a recall on the low beam headlight plug assembly on the 2010 Srx. The faulty plug would cause the lowbeam headlights to not function. The plug would allow for the high beams to work properly but the plug would not allow the halogen lowbeam said to work. David taylor supposedly fixed this problem however a few years later the lowbeam headlights became completely inoperable causing the driver to have zero visibility while using the headlights. The highbeams would work perfectly. I argued with the dealer that it had something to do with the plug however they insisted that the problem was that the light assembly because of faulty manufacturing allowed water to enter the low beam lens and in turn cloud the lens. I insisted otherwise because there was visible condensation in the headlight assembly but none in the low beams. Unfortunately this situation had me over a barrel because the driver had already been risking their life and other drivers lives on the road while being forced to drive with only high beams or without any illumination of the road way at all. I had no choice but to spend 1500 dollars on headlights. Now regardless of the reason whether it was a faulty manufactured plug or a faulty sealed manufactured headlamp assembly the problems it poses are the same. Cadillac has a poorly manufactured headlight assembly and plug assembly that are endangering people's lives. When these low beams become inoperable the driver has zero visibility and are forced to choose between driving with their highbeams on and blinding other drivers or driving without any headlights which could cause death or bodily harm to the driver or any property or persons that the driver cannot see. Cadillac knows they have a problem but are willing to risk people's lives in order to save a few dollars. They have a faulty product that the NHTSA should resolve before there is loss of life.

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.

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.

On 5/23/14 4 days after I bought this Cadillac Srx the water pump went out & both hose assembly needed to be replaced due to the hoses split. While I'm in atlanta GA. Visiting. From indianapolis in. To this date the car is still there waiting on a hose assembly that is on back order. I don't understand.

The rear hatch opened on it's own. This most recent time my husband did not notice that it had happened & entered our garage with it up, breaking the window & wiper unit. As we thought back, I had one time within the past 3 mo. When I was driving & discovered it was up. Also, each of us had one time when we came out of a store & found it up, even though we always lock the vehicle. We each dismissed these earlier incidents thinking we must have done something wrong. We are having the dealership that repaired the damage check to see if they can find some defect that would cause this problem.

The dashboard panel which displays the backup camera is very erratic. As I put the car in reverse it may or may not rise to display what is behind. If it does rise it may go up and down several times while backing up thus rendering this safety feature (the backup camera) totally useless if not dangerous.

If you have the remote in your pocket or purse and you bump it while getting into the car you can open the rear door without realizing it. The rear door opened twice while I was getting in and I didn't realize it had opened till I reached my destination the first time and the second time I didn't realize it till I was driving down the road. I am hard of hearing so I didn't hear that it was open and there was no alarm or indicator light saying the door was open.