2010 CADILLAC SRX Structure Problems

(1) REAR HATCH CANNOT BE OPENED MANUALLY, SENSOR SHORTED OUT DUE TO DESIGN FLAW ALLOWING WATER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH SENSOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE.NO WAY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE REAR. NO SAFETY RELEASE. (2) HEADLIGHTS POOR DESIGN , CONDENSATION BEHIND FRONT HEADLIGHTS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. (3) SUNROOF DRAIN LINE TOO SHORT, DESIGN ISSUE. WATER COLLECTS FROM ROOF DRAIN AND LEAKS INTO PASSENGER FLOOR. WHEN THIS LINE BECOMES DISLODGED. DRAIN LINE IS ABOUT 2 INCHES TOO SHORT. CADILLAC KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WILL DO NOTHING TO FIX IT. AGAIN ANOTHER $1000.00. THE FRONT DASH DASH NEEDS TO BE REMOVED TO FIX THIS. CADILLAC IS AWARE OF ALL THESE ISSUES AND REFUSES TO MAKE CORRECTIONS, THESE ARE ALL COMMON PROBLEMS NOT JUST MY VEHICLE BUT EVERY OTHER SRX FROM 2010 TO 2015. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASION AND ALL I'VE GOTTEN WAS IT WILL COST X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. THEY RECENTLY SENT OUT A REPAIR FORM FOR THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE , BUT REQUIRE YOU TO PAY UP FRONT AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET YOUR MONEY REIMBURSED AFTER FILLING OUT MULTIPLE FORMS.

Mileage: 50,000

THE SUN ROOF DRAIN TUBES CAME AWAY FROM THE FIREWALL ON ALL 4 SIDES. WATER LEAKED ALL OVER THE GAS PEDAL AND THE BREAK. I HAVE SLID OFF THE STREET TRYING TO BREAK CAUSING DAMAGE TO A YARD. THE ELECTRICAL ON THE RADIO SYSTEM AND LIGHTS SHORT OUT BECAUSE OF WATER GETTING INTO THE DASH. THE BACK HATCH HAS WATER LEAKING DIRECTLY INTO THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT CONTROLS IT AND NOT WILL NOT ALLOW THE HATCH TO OPEN.

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DEPRESSING THE LIFTGATE BUTTON, IT INDEPENDENTLY CLOSED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/21/17*LJ CARFAX CANNOT PROCESS VIN. UPDATED 9/28/18*JB

Mileage: 77,587

WHILE DRIVING MY WIFE HAD TO PUSH BRAKE PEDAL FURTHER DOWN TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES TO SLOW OR STOP. PROBLEM CAME ON RELATIVELY QUICKLY. TOOK TO SHOP. DIAGNOSED AS A LEAK IN POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. ALSO, THE HOOD RELEASE MECHANISM IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BROKE, MAKING RELEASE OF HOOD VERY DIFFICULT. DANGEROUS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY REQUIRING ACCESS TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR

Mileage: 65,900

I WAS IN A MINOR COLLISION. RAN INTO THE BACK OF SOMEONE. MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND MY ENGINE IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT ON FIRE AND IN A FEW MINUTES MY WHOLE CARE WAS ON FIRE AND DESTROYED. THERE WAS NO KNOWN REASON HOW OR WHY THE FIRE STARTED.

Mileage: 40,000

ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING NUMEROUS THINGS GOING WRONG. FIRST I STARTED SMELLING THIS STRANGE AWFUL ODOR, NOT KNOWING THAT ITS SOME TYPE OF WATER LEAK SOAKING MY CARPET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, UNDERNEATH THE MAT. I HAD MY CAR DETAILED ON NUMEROUS OCCASION BEFORE NOTICING THIS WATER PUDDLES ON THURSDAY MORNING. ON TOP THAT, I GET OFF WORK ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALL I SEE IS WATER POURING FROM THE ROOF RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE VISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ONTO MY SEAT. I'M BEYOND FRUSTRATED...I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS,AND OF COURSE, IT ISN'T FOR MY CAR. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM ON THIS WEDNESDAY. I MUST GO BACK TO WHEN I FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE SMELL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD LOCATE THE SMELL AND THEY TOLD ME IN FACT AT MY LAST OIL CHANGE IT COULD COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I FELT BETRAYED, AFTER BEING OVERWHELMED WITH THIS ISSUE AFTER JUST PAYING $2,200 FOR THE TIMING CHANGE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT THAT OLD AND I AM STILL PAYING FOR A VEHICLE THAT'S THANKS IN ADVANCE [XXX] PS.STATIONARY AND IN MOTION... INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE MOON ROOF. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE TUBES/DRAIN HOSE FAILED AND CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. IN ADDITION, THE LIFTGATE FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE MANUFACTURER'S SERVICE CAMPAIGN (14225) FROM JANUARY 4, 2015 REGARDING THE SUN ROOF DRAIN HOSE LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS TO CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE IF THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY POWER HATCH BACK OPENS ON ITS OWN ALL THE TIME.

Mileage: 58,000

I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR EVERY SINCE THE MOON ROOF DRAIN WHICH IS A RECALL NOW CAR WAS FLOODED BROUGHT IT TO DEALER GOT IT BACK IT WAS EVEN WORSE THE CHANGED THE DRAIN AGAIN SINE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER AT LEAST 20 TIMES RADIO GOES UP AND DOWN REAR LIGHTS STAY ON BATTERY DEAD IN THE MORNING EVERY LIGHT YOU CAN IMAGINE ONE TIME OR ANOTHER FROM AIR BAGS TO NO KEY FAB WAS SERVICED THEY FLASH THE PC 3 TIMES TRIED TO CONTACT CADILLAC EARLY RESPONSE TEAM RAN ME AROUND FOR 2 YEARS HAD MY ATTORNEY CALL THEN THEY WOULD NOT GIVE HIM ADDRESS FOR LEGAL DEPT AND HUNG UP ON HIM . ON 8/22 /2015 I OPENED THE REAR HATCH AS I ALWAYS DO WITH THE FAB I WENT TO GET SOMETHING OUT THE REAR HATCH CAME DOWN PUSHED ME TO THE GROUND HITTING ME IN MY NECK WHICH I HAD SURGERY 18 YEARS AGO THE REAR HITCH CONTINUED TO GO UP AND DOWN .IT GOES UP STAYS FOR FEW SECONDS THE COMES DOWN FAST HALF WAY AND GOES UP AND DOWN.CADILLAC SEND A INVESTIGATOR TO MY HOME AND HE COULD NOT GET THE HATCH TO STAY UP I HAVE BOUGHT SINCE 1975 OVER 25 CADILLACS AND DULLEY PICKUPS OVER THE YEARS YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD HAVE TREATED ME BETTER NEEDLESS TO SAY SINCE THIS STARTED I HAVE BOUGHT 4 MERCEDES BENZ AND HAVE TO SAY WHAT A DIFFERENCE .

Mileage: 60,204

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFTGATE INTERMITTENTLY DROPPED DOWN AND TRIED TO CLOSE CONSTANTLY WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PARTIALLY INSIDE THE HATCH AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK, AND HEAD THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. UPDATED 11/25/15*LJ

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER OPENING THE REAR POWER LIFTGATE DOOR, THE DOOR ERRONEOUSLY CLOSED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PARTIALLY INSIDE THE HATCH AREA. THE CONTACT WAS TEMPORARILY ENTRAPPED AND HAD DIFFICULTY EXITING FROM THE POWERED DOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

VEHICLE HAS A MOON ROOF DESIGN THAT UTILIZES DRAIN TUBES TO DIRECT WATER AWAY FROM THE ROOF AREA. THE DRAIN SYSTEM FAILED ALLOWING RAIN WATER TO ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WATER SOAKED THE FLOOR AREA WHERE WIRING WAS ROUTED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE WIRING HARNESS TO FAIL DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION AT THE CONNECTION POINTS. REAR HATCH BEGAN TO OPEN UNCONTROLLABLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. REAR HATCH FINALLY FAILED AND WOULD NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS I FOUND THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

PAINT PEELING ON SIDE MIRROR AND HOOD. *TR

REAR HATCH AUTOMATICALLY OPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING, WHEN MY VEHICLE IS PARKED AND LOCKED, AND ALSO WHEN MY VEHICLE IS ON BUT IDLING EITHER IN A CAR WASH, STOP LIGHT, OR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY AND SOMETIMES THE HATCH WILL NOT SHUT UNTIL I TURN OFF THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

THE REAR HATCH OPENED ON IT'S OWN. THIS MOST RECENT TIME MY HUSBAND DID NOT NOTICE THAT IT HAD HAPPENED & ENTERED OUR GARAGE WITH IT UP, BREAKING THE WINDOW & WIPER UNIT. AS WE THOUGHT BACK, I HAD ONE TIME WITHIN THE PAST 3 MO. WHEN I WAS DRIVING & DISCOVERED IT WAS UP. ALSO, EACH OF US HAD ONE TIME WHEN WE CAME OUT OF A STORE & FOUND IT UP, EVEN THOUGH WE ALWAYS LOCK THE VEHICLE. WE EACH DISMISSED THESE EARLIER INCIDENTS THINKING WE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG. WE ARE HAVING THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED THE DAMAGE CHECK TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND SOME DEFECT THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

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 ONTO THE INTERIOR FLOORING WHICH IT HAD AND FLOODING IT. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

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

Mileage: 50,000

REAR POWER DOOR (LIFTGATE) REVERSES WHEN OPENING AND SHUTS BY ITSELF. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME I OPEN THE DOOR. IT USUALLY REVERSES WHEN 1/4 TO 3/4 OPEN, THEN SHUTS COMPLETELY. RE-OPENING THE DOOR NORMALLY SUCCEEDS WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I WAS HIT ON THE HEAD LAST YEAR BY THIS. THE LOCAL CADILLAC DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIX THIS AND THEY SAY DETROIT HAS NO ANSWER. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

2010 CADILLAC SRX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DRIVER SIDE FRAME BLOCKING THE VIEW OF THE ROADWAY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN *TGW THE DEALER DID AGREE, THERE WAS A BLIND SPOT. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO REMEDY. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED AND WOULD SPORADICALLY OPEN INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE REAR DOOR LATCH. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 3 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FRAME WAS BLOCKING THE VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000. ..UPDATED 01/04/12 *BF UPDATED 01/09/12

Mileage: 1,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC HATCHBACK BUTTON WAS TOO SENSITIVE AND TOO EASY TO ACCESS. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HATCHBACK DOOR UNEXPECTEDLY CLOSING AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HATCHBACK DOOR COLLAPSED ON TOP OF HER, CAUSING A HEAD INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

Mileage: 20,000

IF YOU HAVE THE REMOTE IN YOUR POCKET OR PURSE AND YOU BUMP IT WHILE GETTING INTO THE CAR YOU CAN OPEN THE REAR DOOR WITHOUT REALIZING IT. THE REAR DOOR OPENED TWICE WHILE I WAS GETTING IN AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD OPENED TILL I REACHED MY DESTINATION THE FIRST TIME AND THE SECOND TIME I DIDN'T REALIZE IT TILL I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I AM HARD OF HEARING SO I DIDN'T HEAR THAT IT WAS OPEN AND THERE WAS NO ALARM OR INDICATOR LIGHT SAYING THE DOOR WAS OPEN. *TR

Mileage: 9,000

I WAS T-BONED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10-15 MPH. THE VEHICLE THAT HIT ME WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10-15 MPH. UPON IMPACT MY AUTO. A CADILLAC SRX SUV FLIPPED OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE. IT APPEARED AS THOUGH MY CAR DID NOT SLIDE SIDEWAYS AT ALL FROM THE IMPACT BUT JUST FLIPPED OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 250