2004 CADILLAC SRX Exterior Lighting Problems

MY HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHT TO BE SAFE. I CANNOT SEE WHEN THEY ARE ON THE LOW BEAM, AND OTHERS FLASH THEIR LIGHTS AT ME AS IF TO SAY THEY CAN'T SEE ME EITHER. I CAN SEE WELL WHEN THE HIGH BEAMS ARE ON, THEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC FLASHES THEY ARE TOO BRIGHT AND BLINDING THEM. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING AT NIGHT DUE TO THE FACT I CAN NOT SEE. AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT AVE BEEN FILE CADILLAC NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL, AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY LIFE STYLE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I GUESS IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE/SOMEONE'S GETTING KILLED BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS CORRECTED BY CADILLAC. THIS ISSUE WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO ME WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR.

THE FRONT BLINKER AND RUNNING LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY BURNING OUT. I'VE REPLACED THEM 3 TIMES IN 3 YEARS AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO. THE BULBS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE BLINKER BULBS TO PURCHASE ( ACCORDING TO MY PARTS STORE) AND IT TAKES OVER AN HOUR TO GET TO THE BULB. WHAT A MESS!

DESIGN AND REPAIR OF DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS (DRL) IS SO POOR THAT ONE IS TEMPTED TO DISCONNECT THEM. THE DRL BULB IS THE SAME AS THE TURN SIGNAL BULB. EVIDENTLY, THE HOUSING FOR THIS BULB WAS DESIGNED IN PLASTIC, AS IS COMMON WITH MANY LIGHT HOUSINGS. HOWEVER, THE DESIGN FAILED TO CONSIDER THAT THE DRL IS ON WHENEVER THE CAR IS ON. OVER TIME, AND FREQUENTLY, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH EITHER THE BULB OR THE HOUSING OR THE ASSOCIATED WIRING, DUE TO HEAT. THEN, ONE OR SEVERAL OF THE COMPONENTS MUST BE REPLACED. NOT SO BAD, EXCEPT THAT THE OVERALL LAMP HOUSING CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY REMOVING MULTIPLE ELEMENTS OF BODYWORK. THIS CAN BE DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING, THEN ONE GETS TO REMOVE THE ACTUAL HOUSING, WHICH IS AWKWARDLY PLACED FOR REMOVING THE RETAINING BOLTS. I HAVE OWNED MY 2004 SRX FOR THREE YEARS AND HAVE ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE FAILURES...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND EXITING ON AN INGRESS ON THE EXIT RAMP I INITIALLY NOTICED A RATCHETING SOUND FROM THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. (I THOUGHT I'D RAN OVER SOMETHING SO I GOT OUT AND CHECKED). AFTER ABOUT ANOTHER DAY I HEARD THE SOUND AGAIN, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOTICING MY CAR NOT MOVING FORWARD GIVEN THE APPLIED POWER THAT I WAS PROVIDING. CRAWLED UNDER MY VEHICLE AGAIN WHEN I ARRIVED AT HOME ONLY TO FIND NOTHING. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, AND WHILE LEAVING FROM A DEAD STOP UNDER LOAD, OR WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR WAS NOT PULLING PROPERLY CAUSING ME TO NEARLY BECOME REAR ENDED ON SEVERAL (FOUR) OCCASIONS THAT WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TRANSFER CASE, AND REPAIRED FOR $2000.00. THE SAME THING IS NOW HAPPENING ONCE AGAIN STARTING IN OCT...

TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO WORK. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE SELECTED SIGNAL DOES NOT FLASH WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED AS IF THE BULB IS BURNT OUT. WENT TO THE EXPENSE TO REPLACE BULB THREE TIMES, BUT, THE BULBS WERE GOOD. AFTER REPLACING BULB THE SIGNAL STILL DID NOT WORK. AFTER, SEVERAL WEEKS IT WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. A MONTH OR SO LATER THIS HAPPEN AGAIN AND TOOK TO DEALER AND AGAIN THE BULB WAS REPLACED THIS TIME THE BULB WAS BURNT OUT. THE SIGNAL WORKED FOR 2 MONTHS AND WENT OUT AGAIN. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM CAR. MY DEALER CALLS IT THE MYSTIFYING CAR. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT GM WILL NOT ADMIT TO. SHAME ON GM, NO WONDER AMERICANS ARE GOING FOREIGN. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS BULB IS $85.00 EACH TIME.

TURN SIGNAL/DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS BURN OUT EVERY OTHER MONTH. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BULB AND SOCKET ON BOTH SIDES 6 SEPARATE TIMES. *TR

FRONT TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER NO LESS THAN 6 TIMES THROUGHOUT IT'S LIFE. I HAVE PERSONALLY CHANGED 2 TURN SIGNAL BULBS. I AM AN ENGINEER... AND THE BULBS ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AFTER REPLACEMENT. THE BULBS "SOCKET" IS PLASTIC WITH A WIRE. IT APPEARS THE WIRE MELTS THE PLASTIC AND THE TURN SIGNAL STOPS WORKING PREMATURELY. THIS MIGHT BE FIXED WITH BULB THAT IS OF ALL GLASS CONSTRUCTION (WHICH GM DOES NOT USE AND NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL PARTS STORE). OR POSSIBLY THE TURN SIGNAL CIRCUIT IS USING TOO MUCH CURRENT FOR THIS APPLICATION. EITHER WAY THIS IS A CERTAIN DESIGN DEFECT... NOTED ON CADILLAC FORUMS. I JUST REPLACED ANOTHER BULB AND THE NEXT DAY IT IS NOT WORKING AGAIN. THE PROBLEM I FIND, IS THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO "FAULTY" PARTS TO REPLACE. IT MUST BE...