2008 Cadillac Srx

BRAKE LINE BURST DUE TO CORROSION, LINE FROM MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULATOR, DURING PANIC BRAKING SITUATION WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. VEHICLE CAME WITHIN INCHES FROM REAR ENDING A SMALL CAR FULL OF PEOPLE. AS A PREVIOUS OWNER OF A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, OF WHICH I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL, I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE NHTSA AS A RESULT OF THE "GM BRAKE LINE INVESTIGATION" WHICH IN MY OPINION CAVED TO POLITICS IN ORDER NOT TO BANKRUPT GM. HOW MANY LIVES WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY INJURIES AND DEATH AS A RESULT OF NOT HAVING GM ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF USING GARBAGE MATERIALS FOR HYDRAULIC LINES? SHAME ON EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION TO CHALK THIS UP TO SALT CORROSION. AT THE TIME OF MY 2000 SILVERADO COMPLAINT, GM ASSURED ME THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO MY 2008 CADILLAC SRX..... SILLY ME FOR BELIEVING THEM. I BEG YOU TO REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION. THIS ISSUE IS NOT IMPACTING JUST PICKUPS.

EVENT: WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON US 231 S (MEMORIAL PKY) IN HUNTSVILLE AL, TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED WITH ENGINE STILL RUNNING. NO PRIOR WARNING SYMPTOMS-NO SOUND-NO VIBRATION-NO LOCK UP-EITHER SOME PART BECAME UNCOUPLED OR TRANSMISSION "SHIFTED" INTO NEUTRAL OR SOME PART FAILED SUCH AS INPUT SHAFT. WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO AN EXIT RAMP, BUT UNABLE TO MOVE TO FAR RIGHT SHOULDER FOR SAFETY DUE TO TRAFFIC VOLUME. CAME TO STOP ABOUT 50 YARDS SOUTH OF INTERSECTION WITH MARTIN ROAD ON A STEEP INCLINE IN 3RD LANE OF 4 LANE EXIT RAMP. SHUT OFF ENGINE AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES TO PREVENT ROLLING BACKWARDS INTO ON COMING VEHICLES. REQUESTED TOW VEHICLE AND POLICE ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT REAR END COLLISION. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN STORAGE. SLIDING METAL SOUND WHEN ENGINE IS STARTED, THEN NO NOISE. FAINT GRINDING WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTER IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. NONE IN NEUTRAL. INTEND TO HAVE TRANSMISSION-TORQUE CONVERTER-RING GEAR-INPUT SHAFT REPLACED AS REQUIRED OR INSTALL USED OR FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND KEEP ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FOR FORENSIC DISASSEMBLY. QUICK INSPECTION UNDER VEHICLE REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE. NO FLUID LEAKS AT SCENE OR FAILURE OR AT STORAGE LOCATION. TRANSMISSION CASE APPEARS FREE OF FLUID LEAKS. DRIVE SHAFT COUPLINGS APPEAR UNDAMAGED. HAVE OWNED VEHICLE ONLY FOR ABOUT 8000 MILES. PURCHASED FROM CARMAX JULY 2017. NO KNOWN PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION REPAIRS. TRANSMISSION DESIGNED WITHOUT "DIP STICK" FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL CHECK. WHAT IS STATISTICAL DATA FOR 2008-2009 GM VEHICLES IN GENERAL OR OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH SAME TRANSMISSION. SHIFTER ON CONSOLE. PARKING PALL STILL ENGAGES WHEN IN PARK POSITION. SUDDEN FAILURE PRESENTS A DEFINITE SAFETY RISK. HAD THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 MILES SOONER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN WORSE ON I-565 5-6 LANES WIDE IN "RUSH" HOUR TRAFFIC. 77000 MILES SEEMS STATISTICALLY VERY LOW MILES FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

WHEN DRIVING HOME FROM A 2 HOUR TRIP IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, THE CAR STARTED MAKING A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE JUST AS WE PULLED ONTO OUR ROAD BUT NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. WE DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC CHANGED OIL AND FILTER AND SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO SAID IT IS NOT KEEPING OIL PRESSURE, THE CAMSHAFTS ARE MISFIRING AND HE THINKS THE TIMING CHAIN IS AN ISSUE. THEY BOTH SAID IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AND IT HAS JUST UNDER 85,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN REGARDING A THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER ERROR MESSAGE ON THE VEHICLES INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSES, HOWEVER THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL-POSITIONING SENSOR HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. ....UPDATED 07/05/16 *BF *CN

SERVICE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME AND STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLS AND STOPS. VEHICLE STILL RUNNING BUT WILL NOT DRIVE OR REVERSE. I WAS ON A MAJOR STREET AT A LIGHT INTERSECTION AND ALMOST REAR ENDED BY OTHER VEHICLES. TOWED TO A CADILLAC DEALER AND THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP. THREE WEEKS PRIOR, THE SAME VEHICLE HAD REPLACED REAR DIFFERENTIAL BUSHINGS, AND I STARTED EXPERIENCING ACCELERATING PROBLEMS AS SOON AS I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED TO COMPLAINT AND WAS TOLD TO RETURN THE VEHICLE BACK WHICH I DID NOT UNTIL NOW. ANY CORRELATION?