2015 Cadillac Srx

The headlights are very, very dim when driving the vehicle at night. They are getting progressively worse. Before I took ownership of the vehicle, it was owned by my elderly parents, (82 and 88), both recently deceased. In the years prior to their deaths, they drove much less and hardly ever at night. It wasn't until I took ownership that my wife and I began to notice just how dim the lights were when driving at night. I took the car, which then had 52K miles on it back to Bentley Cadillac in Huntsville, AL, where it had been purchased to have it's latest recall performed. I also paid $1350 to have the climate package controls replaced, which hadn't worked properly for years. I was preparing the vehicle to sell as I was left with too many vehicles and too few drivers. A potential buyer test drove it and part of the drive was at night. They came back saying what we had noticed previously, that the headlights were too dim for safe nighttime driving. The buyer, who had previously expressed very strong interest did not follow through with the purchase as she stated that she felt the vehicle was unsafe to drive at night, which, of course, would seriously limit the vehicles usefulness to her, or, to anyone else for that matter, including myself. I looked at the internet to try and ascertain whether there were others having similar problems with vehicles like mine. Indeed, there were many describing exactly the problems I had been experiencing. The seals on these SUV's were and are continuing to break down allowing moisture into and the headlights, making them defective and unsafe to drive. While I found no active recalls, Cadillac had previously acknowledged the problem by reimbursing some owners for repairs they themselves had paid for up-front around the year 2020. I contacted the Cadillac and the dealership. The best they did was to offer between around $400 and $600 toward a repair that was going to cost between $1600 and $2K, or more by the time is was completed.

Vehicle headlights are very dim and night visibility is extremely limited and very dangerous. Driving in rain proves impossible. Seems to be a known issue that Cadillac owners are repairing themselves to the tune of between $1400-3000. Models SRX, years 2010-2016 After reading many user/enthusiasts web forums, I see this issue being reported by hundreds of owners.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS LOW BEAM WAS INADEQUATE FOR SAFE VEHICLE OPERATION. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM AS PROJECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PIONEER CHEVROLET 1315 PIKE STREET, MARIETTA, OHIO 45750 PHONE (740)-236-4928, FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED NOR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

TODAY, I PAID $1789.01 AT RON CARTER CADILLAC DEALERSHIP, FRIENDSWOOD, TX, TO REPLACE TWO HEADLAMPS ON MY 2015 CADILLAC SRX. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP THAT LIGHTS WERE SO DIM ON CAR THAT I COULD BARELY SEE AT NIGHT. IT PAINED ME TO PAY FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I FOUND OUT IT HAS BEEN AN ONGONG PROBLEM AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. I EXPECTED BETTER QUALITY FROM CADILLAC.

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.

THE LIGHTS ON MY CADILLAC SRX IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT. I AM NOT ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR AT NIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE NO LOW BEAMS!! THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WOULD BE 1800.00 TO REPLACE THEM BUT THEY WILL BE REPLACING THEM WITH THE SAME KIND I HAVE IN THERE SO IN 4 YEARS I WILL BE PAYING ANOTHER 1800.00.GM KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT

I PURCHASED A USED 2015 SRX CADILLAC IN 2017 WITH 26,000 MILES ON IT. PROGRESSIVELY THE HEADLAMPS (LOW BEAM) HAVE GOTTEN DIMMER AND DIMMER TO THE POINT THAT I AM NOW HAVING TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON BECAUSE I CANNOT SEE THE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAR IS 4 YRS OLD NOW AND HAS 70,000 MILES. I TRAVEL FREQUENTLY AT NIGHT AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR NOW. IF A PERSON WERE WALKING ALONG THE ROAD OR A DEER WERE TO RUN IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE EVEN AT AN ADEQUATE DISTANCE FOR ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE EVER DRIVEN, I WOULD NOT SEE IT IN TIME TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I ALSO FEAR RUNNING OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE I CAN BARELY SEE THE LINES. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER, AND AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE SRX MODELS 2010-2016. THEY REPORT ISSUES ON FORUMS AND SOME HAVE EVEN EXPERIENCED ROLLOVERS AND ENDING UP IN DITCHES DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITY AT NIGHT. MANY OLDER PEOPLE DRIVE CADILLACS AND THEY HAVE EVEN HAD THEIR DEALERSHIP QUESTION THEIR EYESIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN A CLASS ACTION SUIT ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT APPARENTLY IT HAS BEEN DROPPED IN ALL STATES BUT FL AND CA. I WORK FOR A MAJOR TRUCK MANUFACTURER AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO INVOLVE ON SUCH SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES AS THIS. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AS MANY FORUMS HAVE REPORTS OF PEOPLE SAYING GM IS UP FOR A SUIT IF THEY END UP HAVING A FATAL CRASH FROM THE DIM LIGHTING. I HAVE ALSO READ THAT GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. EVEN WHEN THE HEADLAMPS ARE REPLACED BY THE DEALER, THE ISSUE IS REPORTED TO RETURN. I DOUBT THE HEADLAMP QUALITY ISSUE HAS EVER BEEN ADDRESSED WITH ANY KIND OF MODIFICATION TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BY GM. READ THIS FORUM FOR MORE REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE HTTP://GMAUTHORITY.COM/BLOG/FORUM/CADILLAC-FORUM/. I TRUST YOUR AGENCY WILL SERIOUSLY EXAMINE THIS ISSUE.