NHTSA Complaint #10615845 — 2006 CADILLAC SRX

AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY OR TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT MY 2006 CADILLAC SRX TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES AND ALMOST STOPS MY VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES BY OTHER DRIVERS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I TOOK MY CADILLAC TO A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP (DALE EARNHARDT CHEVROLET) IN NEWTON NC. ON MY FIRST VISIT TO THE DEALER THEY FOUND A MULTIPLE MISFIRE (CODE P300) AND A FAULTY OIL PRESSURE SENSOR (CODE P0521 & CODE P0523). I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE MISFIRE WAS CAUSING THE TRACTION CONTROL TO ENGAGE, SO THEY CHANGED ALL THE SPARK PLUGS AND CHANGED THE FAULTY OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CADILLAC FROM THEM AND DROVE IT HOME THE TRACTION CONTROL CONTINUED TO ENGAGE SEVERAL TIMES. I RETURNED MY CADILLAC FOR THE SECOND TIME TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THEY SCANNED THE VEHICLE COMPUTER FOR CODES AGAIN BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING THAT THE VEHICLE DOES. I RETURNED HOME WITH MY CADILLAC AND DROVE IT FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. THE TRACTION CONTROL CONTINUED TO ENGAGE AND WHEN MY FAMILY WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN ANOTHER CRASH I TOOK IT BACK TO DALE EARNHARDT CHEVROLET FOR THE THIRD TIME. THEY TEST DROVE IT AGAIN BUT STILL THEY COULDN'T GET THE TRACTION CONTROL TO ENGAGE. THEY CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS THIS TIME. GENERAL MOTORS TOLD THEM TO UPDATE THE PCM AND APPLY DIELECTRIC GREASE TO THE EBCM CONNECTORS AND CLEAN THE TERMINALS AND TEST DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP COMPLETED THE WORK AND TEST DROVE IT FOR A WHOLE WEEKEND. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CADILLAC THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING SHOULD BE OK NOW. ON MY HOME THE TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES. THAT WAS ON 07/21/2014. I HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO 1,000 DOLLARS ON THIS PROBLEM AND I DON'T THINK THE VEHICLE IS SAVE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO DRIVE ANYMORE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO NOW. *TR