NHTSA Complaint #10760767 — 2011 CADILLAC SRX

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS NOT COOLING PROPERLY. PASSENGER SIDE IS SOMEWHAT BLOWING COOL AIR AND DRIVER'S SIDE IS BLOWING HOT AIR. THIS IS THE EXACT SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN A RECALL OF 2011 CADILLAC SRX. HOWEVER, THIS CADILLAC SRX WAS NOT INITIALLY INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND HAS NOT BEEN TO-DATE. THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IS 11057; FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 103. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THE DEFROST MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT IS OBVIOUS FROM OUR RESEARCH THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS IT IS THE EXACT SAME SITUATION AS THOSE AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. WE HAVE CONTACTED GMC ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE RECALLS ARE VERY SPECIFIC. WE HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THIS SITUATION BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SELLING DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, THIS IS A GMC SITUATION, NOT A DEALERSHIP PROBLEM. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT A CAR MANUFACTURER ONLY RECALLS CERTAIN VEHICLES IN A GIVEN YEAR WITH A SITUATION AND LEAVES THE OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL ON THE ROAD THAT THEY ARBITRARILY DECIDE NOT TO RECALL THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS.