2010 CADILLAC SRX Electrical System Problems

CAR HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AND PARKED FOR 4 HOURS. LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT BEGAN TO SMOKE AND CAUGHT FIRE MELTING LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE WITHIN MINUTES OF FIRE DEPT BEING NOTIFIED. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY FIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE EXPLODED. *TR

THE DASHBOARD PANEL WHICH DISPLAYS THE BACKUP CAMERA IS VERY ERRATIC. AS I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT MAY OR MAY NOT RISE TO DISPLAY WHAT IS BEHIND. IF IT DOES RISE IT MAY GO UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WHILE BACKING UP THUS RENDERING THIS SAFETY FEATURE (THE BACKUP CAMERA) TOTALLY USELESS IF NOT DANGEROUS. *TR

WATER DRAIN FROM MOON ROOF SEPARATED AND WATER FLUID ED THE VEHICLE SHORT IN OUT MANY COMPONENTS. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE HAD TO PAY $1900. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED I FEEL THAT THIS REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT NO COST TO ME. BEING THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST FIVE OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME DEALER REPAIR SHOP AT THE SAME TIME. SPOKE TO THE TECHNICIAN REPAIRING THE CAR BEFORE MINE AND WAS TOLD HE KNEW ACTUALLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE SHOWED ME THAT THE DRAIN TUBE CAME FROM THE FACTORY PULLED TO SHORT AND TIGHT AND WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN THE RUN OFF CAUSED THE TUBING THAT RUN DOWN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD END PILLARS TO SEPARATE WHICH THEN LEADS TO WATER FILLING THE INTERIOR CABIN OF THE VEHICLE, IN BETWEEN THE DOORS, OVER THE DASH AND IT'S INTERIOR COMPONENTS, DOWN INTO THE LIFT GATE AND...

THE IDIOT LIGHT OR GAUGE LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE RIGHT BACK TO THE USED CAR DEALER AND HE SENT THE VEHICLE DOWN THE BLOCK TO THE GM DEALER WHO FOUND SOME CORRODING WIRES , HE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THEM. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND W BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE USED CAR DEALER WHO AGAIN BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CADILLAC WAS FOUND TO BE HEAVILY CORRODED IN THE HARNESS AREA BY THE DRIVERS SIDE.. THEY TOLD US THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LEAF CLOG BY THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WIPERS PREVENTING PROPER DRAINEDGE. AND THE WATER BACKED UP INTO THE CAR. THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED THE HARNESS UNDER THE DRIVERS MAT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER WE NOTICED THAT THE WHOLE DRIVERS SIDEWINDOW WAS VERY WET..WE DISMISSED THIS INCIDENT WITH A MUTUAL...

LOSS OF POWER STEERING, BRAKES, AND ENGINE WHILE DOING 65 MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAY. TOTAL SHUTDOWN. WENT IMMEDIATELY TO DEALER. CHECKED CAR COMPUTER. SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE; NOTHING TO FIX. REALLY SHOOK UP WIFE PASSENGER AND ME. HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. AM REPORTING THIS YEARS LATER BECAUSE OF CURRENT GM COMPACT CAR IGNITION PROBLEMS. *TR

VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRIC OPERATED REAR HATCH. VEHICLE WAS IN THE GARAGE, NOT RUNNING AND WIFE HAD OPENED THE REAR HATCH AND WAS REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE BACK WHEN THE HATCH ACTIVATED AND CLOSED ON IT'S OWN, KNOCKING HER DOWN AND PINNING HER UNDER THE LID. SHE MANAGED TO FREE HERSELF BUT RECEIVED BRUISES ON HER ARM AND A SORE NECK. *TR

THIS IS A GENERIC SAFETY DEFECT APPLICABLE TO ALL CADILLAC VEHICLES FOR LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND OTHER MAKES WITH KEYLESS IGNITION SYSTEMS. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IF NOT REMEDIED. I VISITED A POST OFFICE TODAY IN DAYTON AREA. THIS LOCATION HAS SOME SORT OF STRONG FREQUENCY OPERATION IN THE AREA EVIDENTLY ON SAME FREQUENCY AS FOB STARTING SYSTEMS. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCK MY CAR (KEY DOES WORK) OR UNLOCK IT WITH FOB (AGAIN KEY IN DOOR OPERATES DOOR LOCKS). HOWEVER THE FOB SIMPLY DID NOT START CAR DESPITE SEVERAL EFFORTS OR AFTER INSTRUCTIONS TO PUT IN CONSOLE NEXT TO RECEIVER. HAD THIS BEEN AN EMERGENCY I WOULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LEAVE THE AREA. THE CAR FINALLY DID START BUT ONLY AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AND NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. IF THE FOB DOES NOT REGISTER WITH THE SYSTEM THERE IS NO WAY TO START THE...

PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT HAS ONGOING ELECTRICAL SHORT GOES OUT INDICATES ON THE INFORMATION CENTER THEN WILL RANDOMLY COME BACK ON TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER NO FIX. ALSO WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT THERE IS SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE TIRES AND SUSPENSION IT GETS WORSE WHEN COLD OUT. TO PAY 55,000.00 FOR A CAR AND HAVE ONGOING ISSUES. IT ALSO GOT NEW HEAD GASKETS AT 51,000 MILES AND A NEW TRANSMISSION AT 43,000 BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T GO IN TO REVERSE ONE AFTERNOON. HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

ONE OF FIRST NEW SRXS SOLD IN 2009. STARTED WITH INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF POWER WINDOWS, FOLLOWED BY FAILURE OF NAV/RADIO DISPLAY AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED. THEN ISSUES WITH BACK-UP CAMERA SCREEN WOULD NOT POP UP DURING REVERSE SO COULD NOT SEE OR USE CAMERA. TECHNICIANS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE CONNECTION PORT TO CAR'S COMPUTER FAILED. SEATS RIPPED OUT AND CONNECTION REBUILT. AUTO REAR TAILGATE WITH SAFETY SENSE CLOSE FAILED AS I REACHED INTO GET PACKAGE OUT AS TAILGATE WENT UP. SUPPORTS FAILED CAUSING TAILGATE TO CRASH DOWN ON ME TRAPPING ME WITH LEGS OUT BACK OF CAR. NOT ONLY DID SUPPORTS STRUT FAIL BUT SAFETY CLOSE MECHANISM FAILED. WIFE HAD TO MANUALLY RELEASE AND RAISE TAILGATE TO FREE ME. THEN AC FAILED ON WAY BACK FROM LONG TRIP. COMPUTER ISSUE AND PART FAILURE ACCORDING TO DEALER. CAMERA AND INFO SCREEN LOCKED UP AGAIN AND WAS REPAIRED. TWO WEEKS AGO...

I WAS REAR-ENDED WHILE I WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO MY REAR BUMPER HOWEVER THIS CAUSED NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH MY CAR IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. I EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND THEN IT GOT WORSE. I LOST STEERING, BRAKES AND AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CAR BECAME IMMOBILE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER THEY SERVICED THE VEHICLE, THEY FOUND THAT THE BATTERY SHORTED OUT AND THE ECU HAD FAILED. I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COLLISION THAT IT WAS THE COLLISION THAT TRIGGERED THEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN SUCH A SITUATION. *TR

THE WHOLE CAR IS A SHAME. WIRING HARNESS FELL AND MELTED, LOST BRAKES, COMPUTER WOULDN'T ALLOW CAR TO START, STABILI TRACK, POWER STEERING, RADIATOR ALL FAILED. NO SIDE PANELS INSTALLED IN DOOR JAMS. *TR

MY WIFE HAS COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION BY HER CAR. I DID NOT PAY MUCH ATTENTION UNTIL SHE HIT A CAR IN A PARKING LOT BECAUSE HER CAR JUMPED FORWARD. NO ONE WAS IN THE OTHER CAR AND MY WIFE WAS NOT HURT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT A WEEK AGO SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY MADE SOME SOFTWARE ADJUSTMENTS SUGGESTED BY GENERAL MOTORS INCLUDING ONE THAT READ "ADDRESSING LONG HESITATION/DELAYS OCCURRING WHEN DRIVER COASTS TO AROUND 10MPH AND STEPS INTO AN AGGRESSIVE PEDAL". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT COULD NOT SEE THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER OR THE TACHOMETER. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT; THE LIGHTS TURNED BACK ON AFTER THE RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

THE CAR STATES "REMOTE NOT DETECTED" EVEN THOUGH THE REMOTE IS IN THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN APRIL 2010! ONCE, THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER WHEN THIS OCCURRED ON THE THIRD TIME! WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING???? *TR

DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAINSTORM, INCREASED VELOCITY OF WIPERS TO HIGH. THEY FROZE & ALL WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD LIT-UP INDICATING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS SUCH AS ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, ETC. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING ON A THREE LANE ROAD AT DUSK WITH NON WIPERS/VISIBILITY. *TR