FaultScore

Worst years for a Cadillac SRX

Owners have filed 4,169 complaints about the Cadillac SRX with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2019. More of them are about the lights than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Cadillac SRX

515 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly lights.

Cleanest on record

2006 Cadillac SRX

96 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Cadillac SRX year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2019 2 0 0 Brakes
2016 C 208 18 1 45,000 Lights
2015 D 537 20 5 50,000 Lights
2014 C 454 25 3 58,000 Lights
2013 D 493 22 10 55,000 Lights
2012 D 515 59 4 73,800 Lights
2011 D 575 23 1 76,000 Lights
2010 D 632 33 10 71,000 Lights
2009 B 31 2 0 53,000 Airbags
2008 C 71 10 2 70,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2007 B 69 5 1 79,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2006 B 96 5 2 78,989 Engine & Cooling
2005 C 162 13 6 79,000 Engine & Cooling
2004 D 324 34 3 69,400 Stability & Traction Control

What breaks on a Cadillac SRX

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Lights 1,570 37.7%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2010

Suspension 258 6.2%

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 240 5.8%

Worst in 2010

Brakes 212 5.1%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2004

Steering 131 3.1%

Worst in 2004

Body & Structure 125 3.0%

Worst in 2011

Airbags 107 2.6%

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2013

Wheels 48 1.2%

Worst in 2011

Exactly what failed on a Cadillac SRX

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Headlights 129 39.9%
Body 75 23.2%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 41 12.7%
Automatic Transmission 19 5.9%
Engine 13 4.0%
Hatchback/Liftgate 12 3.7%
Rear 11 3.4%
Automatic Emergency Braking 9 2.8%
Pressure Monitoring AND Regulating Systems 7 2.2%
Differential Unit 7 2.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Cadillac SRX, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2003 peak 86 Jul 2026

Cadillac SRX problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Cadillac SRX

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.