2008 Cadillac SRX Complaints

STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH REDUCED ENGINE POWER, LOUD THUMPING NOISES FROM FRONT DRIVE TRAIN AT ANY SPEED TURNING OR DRIVING STRAIGHT, UNSAFE TO DRIVE

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. FLUID LEAKED FROM SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES. LUCKILY, I WAS ON A 25MPH RD NEAR HOME. BARELY STOPPED WITH FULL PRESSURE ON PEDAL. I WAS HEADED FOR HIGHWAY AND AM VERY LUCKY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THERE. GM BRAKE LINE CORROSION IS A SCANDAL. 30 YEARS IN CAR BUSINESS AND I NEVER SAW THIS ON ANY OTHER CAR.

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 TRANSMI...

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.