2005 Cadillac SRX Engine Problems

“I took my car in for service because the engine light came on, after the dealer performed its checks, it stated it was a purge valve, which they supposedly fixed, however a week later the engine broken down. I had the car towed back to the dealer only to find out, it was timing chain that totally failed causing more than 8000.00 in repairs when the engine only had 65,000 miles.”

“'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 was driving on i20 in georgia. My check engine light came on and before I could get off interstate car started making horrible noise. Got off and turned off engine. When I tried to restart it, it would just make a grinding noise. Someone checked the oil for me and it was bone dry. Computer stated 61% oil life left and never gave me a oil change notice. Now the engine is shot and needs replacing. I was going 70 MPH at the time and car went down to about 30 MPH within seconds. This could have caused a horrible accident!”

“At approx. 121,000 miles, went to start my car, when started there was an awful knocking noise under the hood, the entire car was shaking, and misfiring. After taking to the dealer, I was told the timing chain needed replaced. Over $2000 to do this, during having the timing chain replaced I was told that the timing chain gears had been previously marked meaning the timing chain on my vehicle had been previously changed. I have read about so many people having the exact same issue with timing chains having to be replaced at very low mileage. …”

“Driving home on interstate I-85 south in georgia engine light came on car seemed to be hesitating and then stopped. Brought car (towed) to ross Cadillac in gainsville ga. Dealer examine car and said it was 4 quarts low on oil I don't see how that's possible when I checked the oil level that morning and it was fine. I had the car oil changed less than 3000 miles ago. Dealer said he ran codes and it indicated timing chain was bad. Dealer quoted me $1600 for new timing chain. Dealer called next day and said it needs a new engine for $3800 in addition to the already incurred $700. …”