2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2016 Cadillac SRX. 1 carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 168 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Cadillac dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2016 Cadillac SRX. Check your SRX by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 168 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Cadillac SRX, reporting 11 crashes, 1 fires, 10 injuries, 3 deaths. Cadillac has issued at least 1,156 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Cadillac SRX owner complaints and bulletins, every year
Owners have filed 168 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Cadillac SRX. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The Cadillac CUE Infotainment system is malfunctioning. The screen randomly jumps around and changes to different information while driving. Once the back up camera zoomed in and out rapidly while backing up this happened just one time so far.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11536436
“The contact owns a 2016 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated while driving at 10mph and approaching a stop sign, the contact depressed on the brake pedal but the vehicle did not stop which caused the contact to crash into the rear-end of the vehicle in front. The air bags did not deploy.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11428552
“I WAS INVOLVED IN A SEVERE FRONT END COLLISION. I WAS IN MOTION TRAVELING AT A FAIRLY HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. I REAR ENDED A TRUCK AFTER SOMEONE STOPPED SUDDENLY IN FRONT OF THE TRUCH. NONE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11387074
“I WAS SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT STATIONARY ON A CITY STREET WITH A STEEP HILL. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BREAK WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. MY BREAKS STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THEN WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND I ROLLED BACK INTO THE CAR BEHIND ME.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11289235
“SRX WAS T-BONED AND AIRBAGS/SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILED. SEVERE INJURIES TO CADILLAC DRIVER FROM UNLOCKED SHOULDER HARNESS AND ALL AIRBAGS FAILED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11218049
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2016 Cadillac SRX is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Cadillac dealer.