2012 Cadillac SRX Engine Problems

“Was driving to work when my car sputtered then shut off,I didn't have a code or warning on the dash I had 30 percent oil left and 2000 miles before next oil change. Had it towed to a Cadillac dealership and they found the engine is seized, after opening up the engine there was sludge. It only has 61,000 miles and I have all the paperwork where all oil changes were done on time. Extended warranty co. Won't cover sludge. I had read online that this is a common problem, GM need to recall these engines, this is a $10,000 defect. I have only owned this car 10 months.”

“I was attempting to gain speed when all of a sudden my vehicle lost acceleration and the engine rpms increased as if my vehicle was accelerating. I took it to the dealer and my transfer case module needs to be replaced.”

“I was entering the freeway during rush hour traffic, and needed to cross 4 lanes of traffic. I got to the second lane and started to move into the third lane. When I pressed on the accelerator, it was as if I slammed on the brakes. The car had no power and would not accelerate for a few seconds. The car behind me nearly rear-ended me because there was no warning, no brake lights, since I was pressing on the accelerator, yet the car behaved as if I had hit the brakes. This is the 3rd near miss due to this happening. …”

“We were told the timing chain needed repair at 3 weeks outside of the factory 5 year warranty, at the time the vehicle only had 52,000 miles. We produced service records as they asked but the warranty department a Cadillac ultimately offered us no help and we had to pay $2100 for the repair. We checked online prior to this and found numerous posts, and some recalls for this exact problem as it is extremely common on these vehicles and obviously a design/manufacturing issue. There probably should have been a recall, and again Cadillac assumed no monetary responsibility.”

“Loss of power. Two months after we had purchased this new SRX, my wife and I were driving south on interstate 77 in north carolina at 65 MPH when suddenly the car had no power. I was in the left of two lanes and was able to steer and brake into the median which was divided by a concrete barrier from the north bound traffic. I put the car in park, then pushed harder and harder on the accelerator, but there was no sound, no power. Gm offered to tow us to the nearest dealer, but no one was open because it was sunday. So we decided to try to restart the car. …”