NHTSA Complaint #10462670 — 2012 CADILLAC SRX

WHEN I WAS LOADING ITEMS INTO THE REAR OF MY CAR, THE CLOSE BUTTON WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT, THE HATCH CAME DOWN AND HIT ME IN THE HEAD AND MY ARM. IT DID NOT STOP AND REVERSE, I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I TRIED IT AGAIN, AND WHEN I PUT MY ARM OUT TO STOP THE HATCH TO SEE IF IT WOULD REVERSE, IT PUT SO MUCH PRESSURE ON MY ARMS THAT THEY BECAME BLACK AND BLUE. I AM CONCERNED THAT WHAT IF THIS WAS A CHILD, IF IT NEEDS THAT MUCH PRESSURE TO STOP AND REVERSE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A CHILD. I HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY SAID THAT, THAT IS HOW MUCH PRESSURE IS NEEDED TO STOP., I HAD A 2010 SRX, AND IT DID NOT NEED THAT MUCH PRESSURE TO STOP. AS SOON AS THE HATCH HIT SOMETHING, IT STOPPED AND RESERVED BACK UP. I AM WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND CAN THE HATCH BE ADJUSTED. *TT