Brake Light Problems of Cadillac SRX

The first concern was due to a leak in the sunroof shorting out a circuit board the tailgate of my vehicle nearly shut on my son as he was attempting to reach in to remove an item from the cargo space. He didn't know it was closing and there must not be a working safety feature because if I had not screamed it would have closed on him. Secondly, the headlights and brake lights have started flickering while the car is in motion. The headlights are already overly dim due to a moisture problem, but now they flicker and while driving at night this is not safe. The dash board lights also go out making it impossible to see the speed you are driving. You can hear water sloshing inside the car and you can hear the electricity crackling also. I bought this vehicle for my son but he cannot drive it due to so many safety issues. I called gm and they basically blew me off like so many other customers with the exact same issues. I spoke with 2 reps over the phone and tried the live chat feature. All 3 reps said to take it to a local Cadillac dealer and pay hundreds for a diagnostic to be run and according to all of the other upset customers I am looking at having thousand in repairs. Gm knows about the issue and corrected it in newer models. They have a responsibility to their customers safety.

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Low beam headlights are very dim and dangerous to drive at night. Sunroof leaks water, third brake light out and back up camera stop working.

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I am only guessing the year because it is not my vehicle. I want to alert the nhtsb to what I consider a safety defect in this vehicle. The rear brake lights are excessively bright to the point of affecting the vision of someone following this vehicle. Last night I was following one of these in a line of cars and the brake lights were so bright it affected my ability to see the road. Since this is an SUV of sorts, it was made worse by the high mounting of not only the normal lights but the center brake light. I can understand the need to have brake lights visible and certainly on a foggy night they would be useful, but for normal clear driving like last night they are too bright and can lead to an accident as the brightness affects the vision of the person following the vehicle. As I mentioned, I do not know the year and didn't think to get the license number but the 2 markings were "srx" and either "315" or more likely "3. 5". Even with my high beam headlights which were needed to counteract the effect of the high brightness brake lights it was difficult to make out the 3. 5.

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The entire third brake light assembly flew off the vehicle while driving down the highway. Fortunately no other vehicles were involved.

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