NHTSA Complaint #11071918 — 2017 CADILLAC XT5

MY WIFE AND I WENT FOR A RIDE WITH OUR LITTLE DOG WITH US, AND AS ALWAYS HE LIKES THE WINDOW DOWN SO HE CAN STICK HIS HEAD OUTSIDE. NO SOONER THAN WE HAD LOWERED THE ONE (1) WINDOW WE NOTICED AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF CABIN PRESSURE AND BUFFETING, TO THE POINT THAT IT CAUSED EXTREME INNER EAR PRESSURE AND PAIN. AT THIS TIME WE ALSO HAD THE SHADE COVER FOR THE PANORAMIC ROOF OPENED. WE CLOSED THE SHADE COVER TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE WINDOW DOWN, BUT THE CABIN PRESSURE REMAINED. THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMED TO HELP WAS LOWERING AT LEAST A SECOND WINDOW IN THE REAR. AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE I CALLED SEWELL CADILLAC IN HOUSTON, TX WHERE WE LEASED THE VEHICLE AND I TALKED TO TWO (2) PEOPLE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WHICH WE HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED IN ANY VEHICLE WE OWNED PRIOR TO THIS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEALERSHIP AND CADILLAC IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CREATED WHEN CADILLAC DESIGNED THIS AND PROBABLY OTHER VEHICLES AND SEALED THE DOORS AND THE COMPONENTS TO MAKE FOR A QUIET CABIN EXPERIENCE, AND NOT ALLOWING ANY AIR TO ESCAPE. THE PROBLEM I STATED IS WE WERE NEVER MADE AWARE OF THIS BY CADILLAC IN ANY LITERATURE WE HAD NOR DID ANYONE AT THE DEALERSHIP MAKE US AWARE PRIOR TO LEASING. AS I TOLD SEWELL CADILLAC REPRESENTATIVES I TALKED TO, WE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS WITH ANY PAST VEHICLE AND IF WE HAD KNOWN AND HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WE WOULD NEVER HAD LEASED THIS VEHICLE. I DID EXPLAIN THAT NOW WE CAN'T EVER LOWER A SINGLE WINDOW WITHOUT THE PRESSURE AND EXTREME PAIN AND DO NOT LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WINDOWS DOWN. WE BELIEVE WE WERE MISLED BY NOT INFORMING US OF A KNOWN ISSUE SO AS A CONSUMER WE COULD MAKE A DECISION IF IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD LIVE WITH, AND IN OUR CASE WE CAN'T. WE ALSO BELIEVE SINCE THEY WERE AWARE AND NEVER TOLD US ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THIS MAY BE CONSIDERED CONSUMER FRAUD.