2013 Cadillac Srx

WE PURCHASED A USED 2013 CADILLAC SRX ON APRIL 8, 2019. WE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALER AT APPROXIMATELY 6PM AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE IT HOME. UPON TURNING ON THE HEADLAMPS, WE WERE UNSURE IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON. THE ROAD IN FRONT OF US WAS STILL DARK COMPARED TO THE OTHER VEHICLES AROUND US. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND ASSESSED THAT THE HEADLAMPS WERE ON, JUST NOT VERY BRIGHT. WE DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND RESEARCHED TO TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION. IT BECAME OBVIOUS FROM COMMENTS BY OTHER CADILLAC SRX OWNERS, THAT THIS IS INDEED A PROBLEM. WE ARE NOW FORCED TO DRIVE WITH OUR HIGH BEAMS ON AT NIGHT AND ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO DIM THEM FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT SEEMS LIKE REPLACING THE HEADLAMPS WITH THE FACTORY REPLACEMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER AS THOSE HEADLAMPS WOULD BE THE SAME AS WE NOW HAVE IN OUR VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY CADILLAC. LOVE THE CAR, BUT AM AFRAID TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. WE DO NOT WANT TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR BECOME A STATISTIC.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WE HAVE NOTICED THE HEAD LIGHTS LOOKED DIM. OVER SOME TIME THEY HAVE BECOME VERY DIM. I TALKED WITH THE CADILLAC DEALER ON APRIL 19,2019 AND WAS ADVISED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SRX MODELS BECAUSE OF MOISTURE GETTING INTO THE AREA CAUSING THE LAMP TO FAIL. I WAS ADVISED THAT TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT IS VERY EXPENSIVE HOWEVER NOT A GUARANTEE SINCE THE MOISTURE INTRUSION ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MARCH 2014 (USED) FROM THE DEALER WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD IT SERVICED AT THE DEALER. AS PART OF THE SERVICE MOST OF THE TIMES A GM MULTI POINT VEHICLE INSPECTION (GM MPVI)WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE WITH THE LATEST ONE DONE ON JANUARY 14,2019. LOOKING BACK AT THE INSPECTION REPORTS NEVER HAS THERE BEEN ANY INDICATION OF THE AN ISSUE WITH THE LIGHTING. ALSO I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR BEEN ADVISED OF A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD LIGHTS BY THE DEALER OR GM. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A LAW SUIT IN CALIFORNIA RELATIVE TO THIS ISSUE HOWEVER A CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS DISMISSED. TO ME THIS IS A VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. HOW BEST SHOULD THIS ISSUE BE ADDRESSED?

2013 CADILLAC SRX LOW BEAMS ARE VERY DIM DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE PROJECTOR BOWLS. I REPLACED THE FACTORY HALOGEN BULBS WITH AFTERMARKET HID BULBS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I AM FORCED TO USE HIGH BEAMS DURING RAIN AND IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS SINCE YOU CANNOT SEE THE ROAD AND DRIVING IS VERY DANGEROUS. CADILLAC DEALER SAID THAT BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1500.

BY FEBRUARY 2017 WE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND MALFUNCTION, LEAVING US IN FEAR THEY WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHICH CAUSED THE SUV TO STAY PARKED AT NIGHT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. ONE NIGHT , COMING BACK FROM AIRPORT WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SAW THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAD COMPLETELY FAILED, WE HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH THE LAMPS IN "BRIGHT" MODE.THE OUTSIDE INSPECTION INDICATED -EXTERIOR HEADLIGHT HOUSING UNITS WEAR OUT AND DETERIORATED, CAUSES HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE FAILURE OF THE BULBS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE IGNITERS, IN ADDITION TO ELECTRICAL SHORTS THAT OCCUR DIM LIGHT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITHOUT HAVING MY BRIGHT LIGHTS ON.

THE NORMAL HEADLIGHTS (NOT THE HIGH BEAMS) ARE SO, SO, SO DIM EVEN WITH BRAND NEW BULBS, THE CAR IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. ALMOST CAUSED 2 ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HOUSING WHICH DETERIORATES ON THE INSIDE (PRESUMABLY CAUSED BY THE MOISTURE GETTING IN AND RUINING THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSING SO THAT VERY LITTLE LIGHT FROM THE BULBS CAN MAKE IT OUT). DO A GOOGLE SEARCH. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE. SPOKE TO CADILLAC AND THEY SAID THEY ARE ONLY FIXING IT FOR PEOPLE IN CA AND FL (THEY WERE SUED FOR THIS ISSUE IN BOTH THOSE STATES) BUT REFUSE TO HELP ANYONE FROM ANY OTHER STATE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE ARE ALSO YOUTUBE VIDEOS SHOWING IT AND PAGES AND PAGES OF FORUM POSTS ABOUT IT FROM PEOPLE WHO ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF IT. I HOPE NHTSA AND/OR GM DOES THE RIGHT THING BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST.

I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF A PUBLIC GYM AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00AM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2018. I STARTED MY CAR AND TURNED ON MY SEAT WARMER AS I WAS LEAVING THE GYM. WITHIN 30-45 SECONDS, I FELT A HOT SPOT BURNING MY LOWER BACK AREA. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE SEAT WARMER, AND I STARTED TO SMELL BURNT RUBBER. THE BURNED AREA OF ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME WAS BURNED INTO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THIS CAUSED TWO CIGARETTE SIZED HOLES TO BURN INTO MY JACKET THAT I WAS WEARING AS WELL. CADILLAC WAS CONTACTED (CASE #[XXX]) AND THEY WERE NOT FORTHCOMING IN INFORMING ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC EVENT IF I HAD NOT BEEN THERE TO TURN OFF THE SEAT WARMER. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MULTIPLE OTHER CADILLAC SRX 2013 OWNERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE 2013 CADILLAC ARE SERIOUSLY DIM. IT IS AN EXTREME HAZARD TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT WITHOUT USING THE HIGH BEAM HEAD LIGHTS. WITH LOW BEAMS HEADLIGHTS, I AM AT RISK OF ACCIDENT OR INJURY. WITH HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS, I WILL PUT OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK OF ACCIDENT OR INJURY. HOW HAS THIS ISSUE NOT BEEN HANDLED BY NHTSA BY NOW? IF NHTSA IS TRULY "PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE", GETTING THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED BY CADILLAC SHOULD BE EASY. BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND MADE LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE. HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT IS WELL OVER A $1,000.00 AT DEALER. NEW HEADLIGHTS WILL ALSO START TO DETERIORATE AS SOON AS THEY ARE USED DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW IN THE LIGHTS. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN 2016 AND STARTED TO NOTICE HOW DIM THE HEADLIGHTS WERE BECOMING. EVERYWHERE WE TURN, THERE HAS BEEN NO REMEDY OFFERED.

WE NOTICE OUR HIGHLIGHTS WAS VERY DIM FOR MONTHS I CALLED THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP IN FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA AND SPOKE TO SOMEONE IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THAT SERVICE PERSON CLAIMED HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHTS THEN WHEN I TOLD HIM THERE IS A CLASS ACTIONS LAWSUIT ON THE HEADLIGHTS PROBLEM HE PUT ME ON HOLD THEN WHEN HE GOT BACK ON THE LINE HE KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME TO BRING IN MY CADILLAC AND THEY WOULD WORK OUT SOMETHING MARCH 7, 2019 WE TOOK OUR CADILLAC TO CADILLAC DEALERSHIP IN FORT WALTON BEACH WE SPOKE WITH NICK IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HE TOLD US THERE WAS A BLOCK ON THE WARRANTY FOR THE HEADLIGHTS ISSUED THAT MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019. AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY. OUR CADILLAC IS STILL UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY UNTIL APRIL 2019 NEXT MONTH! BUT NICK SAID THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO AND HE WILL TRY AND FIND OUT WHY THERE WAS A BLOCK PLACED ON THE HEADLIGHTS. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019. WE WAS GIVEN THE REPORT CALLED 'WORKBENCH' WE SPOKE WITH NICK MARCH 8, 2019 DAVID A MANAGER AT CADILLAC FORT WALTON BEACH CALLED US AND SAID HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM THAT THEY WOULD PAY UP TO SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,600) BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OUT OF OUR POCKET THEN WOULD BE REIMBURSED BUT BECAUSE THERE IS A BLOCK ON IT THEY CAN'T DO THAT EITHER AND HIS REGIONAL MANAGER AND A DISTRICT MANAGER ARE LOOKING INTO WHY THERE IS A BLOCK ON THE HEADLIGHTS REPAIRS. ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019 DAVID SAID HE WOULD EMAIL US A COPY OF THE LETTER WHICH HAS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAY UPFRONT SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,600) FOR OUR RECORDS BECAUSE WE NEVER RECEIVED THAT LETTER OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAULTY HEADLIGHTS. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY INDICATION THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED!