Cadillac SRX vs Nissan Pathfinder

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Cadillac SRX	Nissan Pathfinder
Complaints on file	4,169	10,298
Model years covered	2004–2019	1986–2026
Worst model year	2012	2014
Best model year	2006	2026
Crashes reported	269	417
Fires reported	48	71
Injuries reported	197	247
Deaths reported	2	14
Most complained-about part	Lights	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	12.4%	7.3%

Cadillac SRX by year

324 162 96 69 71 31 632 575 515 493 454 537 208 2

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Lights 1,570 37.7%

Electrical System 378 9.1%

Suspension 258 6.2%

Other & Unspecified 258 6.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 250 6.0%

Engine & Cooling 240 5.8%

Brakes 212 5.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 168 4.0%

Nissan Pathfinder by year

1 31 17 19 44 49 38 67 108 218 214 293 194 144 166 299 206 147 86 1,560 1,224 846 458 51 61 59 35 1,209 750 434 130 255 124 122 72 196 156 123 82 10

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,509 24.4%

Engine & Cooling 1,921 18.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 964 9.4%

Other & Unspecified 670 6.5%

Airbags 604 5.9%

Suspension 570 5.5%

Brakes 484 4.7%

Body & Structure 475 4.6%