2006 Cadillac SRX
This year drew an ordinary 68 complaints for a Cadillac SRX — the model's median is 389. What they were about is the unusual part: 50% of them mention engine light, against 19.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 68 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 389 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine light — 50% of this year's complaints, against 19.3% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: engine light, check engine, timing, chains.
- turn — 22.1% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the model's other years (4.5×).
- check — 17.6% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the model's other years (5.6×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A WINDING NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION…
WHILE ACCELERATING, THE REDUCED POWER TO ENGINE WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REDUCED SPEED TO 20 MPH, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V394000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 06V307000 WHEELS
- 07V589000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Cadillac SRX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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