2005 Cadillac Srx

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, A SECOND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND CRASHED HEAD ON INTO AN ONCOMING SEMI TRUCK. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT IMMEDIATELY DEPLOY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED MOMENTS AFTER THE COLLISION OCCURRED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS ALONG WITH CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO THE ARMS, LEGS, AND TORSO. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

'TAKATA RECALL' WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY DASH, STEREO AND LIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER AND ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WERE NOT WORKING. THEN. I TRIED CHANGING LANES ON THE INTERSTATE TO EXIT BUT LOST POWER STEERING. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AT THOSE HIGH SPEED!. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF BEFORE MY CAR COMPLETELY DIED.. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO TURN BACK ON BUT ONCE IT DID THE CAR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, SUCH AS THE TEMP AND GAS GAUGE, TRACTION CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING AND LIGHT WAS LIT ON DASH. POWER STEERING WASN'T WORKING, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING WEIRD. I TOOK IT IN TO THE GM DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE 'ECM THAT WENT BAD' AND IT WASN'T COMMUNICATING WITH THE REST OF THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. IT WAS ABOUT 900$ IN TOTAL WITH THE TOWING AND 'DIAGNOSE AND FIX'. IT WAS FIXED BUT EXACTLY 6 MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, I HAD TO PULL OVER. WENT BACK AND HAD TO PAY LIKE 400$ MORE TO GET IT 'FIXED' AGAIN AND THAT ONLY LASTED 1 MONTH. SO NOW WE TOOK IT TO THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND COUKDNT TELL ME WHY IT WAS HAPPING OTHER THEN THEY THINK IT WAS THE 'ECM REPLACEMENT THAT WERE BAD'. SO NOW I WILL HAVE TO PAY 950$ FOR THAT STEALERSHIP FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TO REPLACE THE ECM. WITH THEM THEY SAID THEY HAD A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON PARTS AND LABOR WITH IS WHY WE WENT THERE. BUT STILL ALL THAT MONEY PAID FOR A DEFAULT OF CADILLAC. THEY NEED TO RECALL IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE REGARDING THE REAR SUSPENSION. IN ADDITION, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SWAYED BACK AND FORTH. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED, WHICH CAUSED DIFFICULTY WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE IN EITHER DIRECTION AT LOW OR HIGH SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SWAYED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC AND CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY, NECK AND BACK PAINS, AND HEADACHES. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A SPRAINED LEFT THUMB, AND NECK AND BACK PAINS. THE REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED BACK AND MUSCLE PAINS, AND FEET INJURIES. ALL THE OCCUPANTS RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE POLICE TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2005 CADILLAC SRX A SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGE APPEAR ON CONSOLE DISPLAY SCREEN ALONG WITH TC AND ABS LIGHT COMING ON THE DASH. VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM BEGINS TO WORK ON ITS OWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON (NO ICE, SNOW, RAIN OR GRAVEL). VEHICLE NEEDS TO COME TO A COMPETE STOP, SOMETIMES SHUT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY DOWN AND RESTART TO GET THE TC AND ABS LIGHT TO GO OUT ON THE DASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE HELPFUL?

TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT OCCASIONALLY ''' SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM '' WARNING COMES UP...STABILIZING ENGAGE CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO GRINDING STOP.........THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING.....'''STARTING ENABLED'' ''REMOVE KEY'' COMES ON ....CANNOT REMOVE KEY IMMEDIATELY ...MUST JUNGLE KEY SEVERAL TIMES THEN REMOVE IT... THIS HAPPENS BEFORE VEHICLE IS STARTED.... ON CITY STREETS....

STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM ENGAGES DURING NORMAL DRIVING AND DRY, LEVEL, LOW-SPEED CONDITIONS SUCH AS PULLING ONTO HIGHWAY FROM A STOP. THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES, IN EACH INSTANCE STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP TO MAKE A TURN. WHEN THE SYSTEM ENGAGES THE DRIVER HAS LITERALLY NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE - BRAKES ENGAGE ABS WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT, ENGINE POWER IS SUDDENLY REDUCED, AND VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO AN IMMEDIATE CRAWL AND THEN STOP, UNTIL IT DISENGAGES. THUS FAR I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED WHERE ANY ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAS POSED A THREAT OF COLLISION, BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR ACCIDENT IS OBVIOUS. RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE INDICATES THAT IT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND REPORTED DEALER RESPONSES ARE NOT ENCOURAGING. AN ELECTRONIC SAFETY SYSTEM SHOULD BY DEFINITION NOT BE A LETHAL THREAT; THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PROTECTION AGAINST A HARDWARE/FIRMWARE FAILURE MODE CAUSING UNWARRANTED AND WHOLLY UNPREDICTABLE DEPLOYMENT OF THE SYSTEM WITH VERY HIGH RISK OF CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I READ DOZENS AND DOZENS OF REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE WITHOUT THERE HAVING BEEN A RECALL? I GRANT THAT MY VEHICLE HAS 185K MILES...BUT COMPETENT ENGINEERS KNOW HOW TO DESIGN S/W THAT WOULD DISABLE THE STABILITY CONTROL IF ANY FAULT IS DETECTED, IE STEERING POSITION SENSOR, YAW SENSOR, ECM. IT'S STAGGERING TO IMAGINE THAT A FEW LINES OF CODE COULDN'T BE ADDED DOING JUST THAT, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE SYSTEM TO DEPLOY AT WILL WHEN NO VALID CONDITIONS EXIST. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S A DESPERATELY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO SUDDENLY FIND YOURSELF FACING, AND THEN READ REPORT AFTER REPORT OF DEALER SERVICE BLINDLY REPLACING SENSORS AND MODULES AT VERY HIGH COST TO THE VEHICLE OWNER WITHOUT RESOLVING THE PROBLEM BECAUSE 'WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT CAUSES IT'.