2007 Cadillac SRX Engine Problems

2 TIMING CHAINS WITHIN 8 MONTHS JUST PUT THE SECOND ONE IN ON SATURDAY AND 4 DAYS LATER THE CAR IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE AGAIN. I HAVE SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THIS AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR. THE SECOND TIME THE TIMING CHAIN WENT I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 55 IN NJ AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START THE FIRST TIME IT WENT I WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP PUTTING IN THIS OR THE FUNDS TO GET ANOTHER CAR I EXPECT WHEN I PIT MONEY INTO THE CAR I DON'T EXPECT IT TO START RUNNING THE WAY IT WAS WHEN THE TIMING CHAIN WENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES WERE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

2007 SRX CAMSHAFT DRIVE CHAINS WEARING OUT[STRETCHING]PREMATURELY WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.CONDITION COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF THE CHAINS LEADING TO LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. CADILLAC IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS DECLINED TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. ENGINE IS THE 3.6 LITER V-6. SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED TO ME THAT CADILLAC HAD RECEIVED A BATCH OF THE AFFECTED CHAINS FROM THEIR SUPPLIER,APPARENTLY THERE IS A TSB[TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN]OUT IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO ,STATED THAT THEY HAD REPAIRED ABOUT TEN OF THIS MODEL TO DATE. *TR

MY HUSBAND PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN OCTOBER, 2006. WITHIN 2 MONTHS IT WAS RETURNED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEALER. THE CHROME HANDLE HAD STARTED PEELING ON THE DRIVER SIDE, THE REAR WINDOW SEAL WAS LEAKING WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE WE TOOK THE FACTORY WHEELS OFF AND THEY WOULD CALL US WHEN THE HANDLE CAME IN. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF 2008 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES STARTED SHOWING UP. TRACTION CONTROL ON AND POWER TO ENGINE REDUCED CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO STOP IN TRAFFIC SUDDENLY THIS CAUSED CARS TO SWERVE AROUND ME TO PREVENT IMPACT. THE DAY IN QUESTION I HAD JUST PICKED MY [XXX] OLD DAUGHTER UP FROM HER AUDITION. WE WERE MERGING ONTO I-75 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD SOUND COME FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SPUN OUT OF CONTROL HEADING FOR THE ONCOMING CARS, BIG RIGS AND TRUCKS. I MISSED THE CEMENT WALL BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND LANDED IN A SNOW EMBANKMENT. THE TIMING CHAINS AND REAR AXLE SHAFT WERE REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT HELP. WITHIN 24 HOURS THE VEHICLE WAS DOING THE SAME THING SHUTTING POWER DOWN TO THE ENGINE AND I HAD TO RETURN IT TO THE DEALER. THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE DOOR HANDLE AFTER FINDING OUT THAT IT HAD CUT MY FINGER CAUSING ME TO RECEIVE 3 STITCHES. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE FOR GM TO STEP UP AND TAKE IT BACK WITHOUT PENALTY. IF I WANTED THE HEADACHE OF BEING IN AND OUT OF SOMEONE'S SERVICE CENTER I WOULD HAVE PURCHASED A USED VEHICLE OR WHAT THEY CALL A HOOPTY. *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).