2015 Cadillac Srx

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED, THE ILLUMINATION WAS EXTREMELY DIM AND CAUSED A VISIBILITY HAZARD. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. STERLING MCCALL CADILLAC (10422 SW FREEWAY, HOUSTON, TX) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON I-95 AT NIGHT, WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, LEGALLY FORBIDDING THE USE OF HI-BEAMS, A DEER, I BELIEVE, SUDDENLY CROSSED THE ROAD, 50-75 FEET IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THE LOW BEAMS ON THE VEHICLE ARE SO POOR I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE DEER UNTIL IT WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND VIOLENTLY SWERVE TO THE RIGHT, LEAVING THE ROAD SURFACE IN A SIDEWAYS SLIDE, CROSSING THE SHOULDER AND FINALLY STOPPING ON THE GRASS, HEADING DOWN HILL, ONLY INCHES FROM A POST. THIS LACK OF EFFICIENT HEAD LIGHTING, NOW KNOWN TO BE FROM HEADLIGHT UNIT SEAL FAILURE LEADING TO LOW LIGHT LEVELS FROM THE PROJECTORS, CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. THE PASSENGER STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE PASSENGER WINDOW AND SUFFERED A BUMP AND BRUISE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER HEAD. IT IS NOW MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MITIGATING THIS SEAL FAILURE WILL COST ME ABOUT $1600.00 AT THE CADILLAC DEALER. ADDITIONALLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE FROM CADILLAC IS THE SAME UNIT THAT HAS FAILURES AND THAT NO UPGRADED UNIT HAS BEEN MADE. ADDITIONALLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT CADILLAC HAS BEEN FOUND LIABLE IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT REGARDING THESE FAULTY HEADLIGHTS IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA, HOWEVER, NOT IN MY STATE OF RESIDENCE, ALTHOUGH, COINCIDENTALLY, MY ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN FLORIDA. THESE 300,000 VEHICLES NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FROM MODEL YEARS 2010 TO 2016, AS THEY ALL USE THE SAME HALOGEN HEADLIGHTS. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME, UNLESS ALREADY OCCURRED, UNTIL LOSS OF LIFE IS SUFFERED FROM THESE INADEQUATE HEADLIGHT UNITS. MY PARTNER, THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE, IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT IN ANY CONDITION OTHER THAN DAYLIGHT, CAUSING HARDSHIP ON US.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AT NIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND MY FRIEND INFORMED ME THAT MY HEAD LIGHTS DID NOT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE ON AT ALL. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, I ASKED ANOTHER FRIEND TO DRIVE AHEAD OF ME ON A DARK CITY STREET AND TELL ME IF MY LIGHTS WERE ON. HIS RESPONSE WAS, "YES THEY ARE, BUT VERY DIM. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT YOU DRIVING AT NIGHT"!!

HEADLAMPS HAVE BECOME VERY DIM WHICH CAUSES AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. IN ORDER TO SEE THE ROAD I MUST USE HIGH BEAMS. I AM CONSTANTLY SWITCHING OFF THE HIGH BEAMS WHEN AN ONCOMING CAR APPROACHES. DEALER HAS STATED THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE BULB BUT THE PROJECTED LENSE IN FRONT OF THE BULB. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN STEADILY WORSE.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHT TO DRIVE SAFELY AT NIGHT. THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY GM AND THEY REFUSE TO HONOR THE REPAIRS. MANY FORUMS DISCUSS THIS SINCE IT INVOLVES THE CADILLAC SRX FROM 2011-2015. ALL THEY GO IS REPLACE THE WEATHER STRIPPING AROUND THE LIGHT BUT THAT IS NOT EFFECTIVE. MY WIFE AND I ARE PRETTY MUCH CONFINED TO DAYTIME DRIVING BECAUSE THE LOW BEAMS ARE SO USELESS AT NIGHT OR IN THE RAIN THAT YOU REALLY WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH CANDLES. I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE FOR AN EMERGENCY LAST NIGHT AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT ON A COUNTRY ROAD BECAUSE THE LIGHTS DID NOT LIGHT UP THE ROAD GOOD ENOUGH TO SEE WHERE I WAS DRIVING. SERVICE CENTER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BUT THERE IS. THEY HAVE BETTER HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES BUT WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. GM JUST STALLS AND STONEWALLS THE CUSTOMER. I HAD THE BRIGHTEST LOW BEAM BULB REPLACED IN BOTH LIGHTS BUT THE HEADLIGHT DESIGN IS THE PROBLEM. MOST EXPENSIVE PEACE OF TRASH I HAVE EVER OWNED. BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE PURCHASING IN 2017.

MOISTURE COLLECTS IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WHICH CAUSES THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT EFFECTIVENESS TO SERIOUSLY REDUCED. THE LUMENS PROJECTED ONTO THE ROAD ARE SO LOW THAT IT IS ALMOST LIKE DRIVING WITHOUT YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON. THIS PRESENTS A SERIOUS NIGHT DRIVING SAFETY SITUATION. THE DEALER AND GM ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHT DESIGN BUT WILL DO NOTHING TO CORRECT IT.

VERY BAD VISIBILITY DRIVING AFTER DARK. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD AND SURROUNDING AREA WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I'VE CONTACTED A LOCAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THIS WAS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE I DRIVE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED AND NO MENTION OF THE PROBLEM WAS GIVEN. I FEEL IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD THAT CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I CURRENTLY DRIVE USING HIGH BEAM WHICH ALSO CAUSES A HAZARD. I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA WITH FEW LIGHTED ROADS.

WE DRIVE A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. I WORK IN REAL ESTATE AND WENT OUT TO ONE OF MY HOMES TO REMOVE THE SIGNAGE AFTER THE HOME HAD SOLD AND WHEN I WENT TO LET UP THE HATCH TO PLACE THE SIGN IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE THE HATCH WOULD NOT OPEN. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS OF TRYING TO OPEN THE HATCH FROM THE PUSH BUTTON AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY THE BUTTON ON THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVERS DOOR, STILL NOTHING IT WILL NOT OPEN. DID SOME RESEARCH, SPOKE WITH SOME OTHER GMC/CADILLAC OWNERS AND MECHANICS WE WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES AND THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE EITHER. AND DURING OUR RESEARCH WE WAS TOLD THAT WATER LEAKS INTO THE AREA WHERE OF WHICH THE LIFT GATE MODULE KIT IS STORED ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE THIS OF COURSE IF WHAT MADE THE COMPUTER BOARD TO BURN OUT. LOOKED UP TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS AND LIKE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM EITHER.