NHTSA Complaint #10469185 — 2005 CADILLAC SRX

DRIVING HOME ON INTERSTATE I-85 SOUTH IN GEORGIA ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CAR SEEMED TO BE HESITATING AND THEN STOPPED. BROUGHT CAR (TOWED) TO ROSS CADILLAC IN GAINSVILLE GA. DEALER EXAMINE CAR AND SAID IT WAS 4 QUARTS LOW ON OIL I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL THAT MORNING AND IT WAS FINE. I HAD THE CAR OIL CHANGED LESS THAN 3000 MILES AGO. DEALER SAID HE RAN CODES AND IT INDICATED TIMING CHAIN WAS BAD. DEALER QUOTED ME $1600 FOR NEW TIMING CHAIN. DEALER CALLED NEXT DAY AND SAID IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE FOR $3800 IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY INCURRED $700. I HAVE LOOKED ON LINE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME CALL IT DISAPPEARING OIL?? THE CAR HAS NO WARRANTY BUT YOU WOULD THINK CADILLAC WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED DEALERS OF THIS RECURRING PROBLEM AND HAD A RECALL FOR TIMING CHAIN, LOW OIL PROBLEM. *TR