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2013 Cadillac SRX Engine problems

Owners have filed 17 complaints about the 2013 Cadillac SRX's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 4% of all its complaints, most recently on June 9, 2025. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
17
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Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

I am having transmission problems. My transmission accelerates late.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11665751
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

While driving the vehicle between 45 and 50 mpg the entire car shuts down ahd the cue disingauges with out any warning. I have no control to steer or brake. After shut domw I have no reading on the cue. The screeb=n is blank and the car will not restart.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11511050
Engine & cooling

My car had been stalling, or "jerking" when a accelerating for a week or so before the following incident, but due to the shelter in place ordinance, l put off taking it to a mechanic. However, my car finally shut off at a stop light, causing a distracted driver to nearly rear end me. A friendly driver assisted me with pushing it (traveling north on mannheim rd in hillside) to an amoco station. I called onstar initially to get it towed, but since my father is a retired mechanic, l called him. He was able to...

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start it and drove it to their home just a couple miles from that location. He checked with a fellow/working mechanic and he thought the problem was a air flow sensor. That part was replaced a couple days later. I drove the car to run several errands and as l was leaving the grocery store on st. Charles rd in berkeley, headed east, the same thing happened. Again, my father met me at the location, got it to start and drove it to a working mechanic. After placing it on a machine for review, the mechanic stated that it appeared to be the catalytic converter as he didn't see anything else wrong. I was checking online for pricing before agreeing to repairs only to discover that there was a recall on the same make/model for hesitation in acceleration, due to the catalytic converter. Now, I'm wondering if there's a faulty converter issue on my end, and I'd like this to be investigated. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11325297
Engine & cooling

While car was running it started jerking and it would not go faster than 20mph. When car came to a stop it turned off. When starting the car before it starts running it would jerk again and slowing go up to max 30mph.

Filed Incident Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11309779
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Takata recall about 2 weeks ago, I notice while driving that I'm loosing the acceleration. The front gausr of rpm is not consistent. We can feel the engine is having trouble going forwrd evry time I punch in the gas pedal. My passanger and I can feel the acceleration bit chocking. So, I brought it some mechanics & they says possible time chain problem. They diagnose the car and here some of the code came out. P0011, p0014, p0016, p0018, p0021. At first, they thought of changing the camshaft sensors and crankshaft...

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sensors maybe it would resolve the problem but it didn't. They suggest to call the cadillac dealer possible for recalls. I drive my car daily to work, from merced to lathrop, that's about 120 miles back and fort. I used to drive my car from merced to frement from the past 4years everyday but I got tranfer to lathrop about 2 years now.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11244964
Engine & cooling

The 3 to 4 second lag in acceleration has returned. Dealer will do nothing because there is not another recall

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11065958
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & coolingFuel system

I purchased a 2013 srx used in january of 2017 and on several occasions today being the latest, after coming to a complete stop at 4-way intersections, when I try to press the gas pedal and move into the intersection the car coasts without power and leaves me stranded for a few seconds. With the gas pedal pressed all the way to the floor the vehicle all of a sudden bolts forward causing the vehicle "peel out". Being stranded in the intersection is scary and I am afraid I will be hit. This is a safety concern, but it does not happen on a consistent basis for the dealership to locate the problem. I see on the internet several other concerns that sound very similar to this.

Filed Incident Power train · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11022534
Engine & cooling

The engine shut down in the middle of the freeway. I had no power to accelerate the car. There was no light on the dashboard to let me know that the car wasn't running. I had hit the brakes and there was no power brake. Then I tried to accelerate. I was going downhill and was able to coast across two lanes of traffic to the side. Mass airflow sensor was bad.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11001655
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 cadillac srx. While driving at any speed, the vehicle lost power without warning and the engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the spark plugs needed to be replaced. The spark plugs were replaced, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer again where it was diagnosed that the transmission control module failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer stated that the vin was excluded from nhtsa campaign number: 13v097000 (electrical system, power train). The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 10886146
Engine & cooling

I was driving on i94 west in the passing lane at 72 miles per hour when my engine shut down. The dashboard flashed 72, then 62, and 52 miles with an icon showing that the car was shutting down. Fortunately, traffic allowed me to coast to exit 112 (a marshall, mi rest stop) where I waited 1.5 Hours for a tow. General motors charged me for the tow. It has been two weeks and my car is still with gm for service 45 miles from my home. I am reporting this incident so that you are aware and hopefully it will not...

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happen to others. I was lucky. It was scary and I am still quite shaken. This is an expensive vehicle that is only a year or more in age. It is unacceptable that it has a major defect. I fear for my safety and would prefer a replacement vehicle instead of the one I was driving. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10644184
Engine & cooling

1St event on 9/6/14: entering freeway at 45 mph, increased acceleration to merge and the engine suddenly lagged with zero power for 2-3 seconds when the car tried to shift into the next gear. 2Nd event 9-11-14: accelerated from a stop. Operated properly through 1st and 2nd gear. When the transmission shifted into 3rd gear, the engine lagged/lost power. Accelerator continued to be depressed and 2-3 seconds later, full power came back. Additional event aug-2014: a passing maneuver required hard acceleration...

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which resulted in a lag when the transmission tried to shift into a passing gear. Again we had zero power with the engine dropping to idle for at least 3 seconds and then suddenly coming back up to speed. Note: we've had the car reprogrammed per nhtsa recall 14132 in june 2014. This is the same symptoms but occurring at much higher speeds and gear selection. Car is unsafe as the power loss could've resulted in a rear end collision. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10632584
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Stopped at a light. Light changed to green and pressed peddle to accelerate. Vehicle started normally into intersection and then would not continue for 5 to 7 seconds. The engine was at idle, not stalled, and would not respond to the peddle no matter what input was rendered. Been to dealer several times and even had a recorder installed, but they could find nothing wrong and returned the vehicle to us. This will eventually cause a fatality. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10584633
Fuel systemElectrical systemEngine & cooling

After coming to a stop sign or traffic light, I will try to push my gas pedal and the srx will move about 2 feet or so and then completely stop. This has happened 4 or 5 times and because the dealership cannot recreate the problem, they say there's nothing they can do. The srx doesn't make any noise while pushing the pedal, it just acts as if the car is turned off. The only way to make it move again is if I change it into reverse or neutral and then back into drive. I've been almost killed at different...

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intersections on several different occasions since I bought the car in july of 2013. The cue system is also having some issues such as the radio will completely stop working for several minutes at a time even though it shows that I'm pushing buttons to change the channel or volume. I owned a 2011 srx before and never had this problem. I'm 8 months pregnant and afraid that I'll end up in a deadly vehicle crash. Please help! *Tr

Filed Incident Fuel system, gasoline · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10577774
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

I was driving on a side road, came to a busy road stop sign, stopped, went to turn right and lost acceleration power for approximately 5 seconds. My car just coasted into the direction I was turning my steering wheel. No power! Fortunately, at the time, there no cars coming close enough, to make my vehicle a hazard. But, if the conditions were different, I certainly would have been in danger. The power picked back up after a few seconds, and I had acceleration power again. The same scenario has happened 4 times...

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now, always after stopping and then trying to accelerate, and losing power for a few seconds, approx. 5 Seconds. It began on 10/13/13, then on: 11/4/13, 1/3/14. And 2/3/14. I bought this 2013 cadillac srx luxury brand new on 4/20/13. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10563358
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Acceleration problem starting from stop light (3)and turning right on a red light after a full stop. (1) In all cases car was accelerated from a fully stopped position. About 10 feet into the acceleration the car stopped accelerating for 2-4 secs then abruptly accelerated as commanded lurching forward. These events were random without any warning lights being illuminated during the event. Being an unknown condition a driver could expose the vehicle to an accident because of its shut down on acceleration. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10560527
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

I had come to a stop to turn left. I was waiting for the traffic to clear, when there was adequate distance between cars, I pushed on the gas pedal and nothing happened. The car just stood still, no lights came on, no warnings, no engine rev, nothing happened for about 3-4 secs. However, by this point the cars were closing in on me and finally after I let off the pedal and slammed down on it again, my srx moved and cleared the road way. It was very scary to be sitting there and expecting the car to move when the gas pedal is depressed and nothing happens. *Tr

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10556992
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & coolingFuel system

When entering the street from my driveway, the transmission failed to engage for four to five seconds. This has happened several times. When I took the vehicle in to galles & davis in albuquerque, they said the problem was due to an electronic acceleration system and that nothing culd be done. *Tr

Filed Incident Power train · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10548146

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