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Cadillac XT5 Lighting problems by year

10 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Cadillac XT5's lights. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Lighting complaints by model year

52017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Year	Lighting complaints	Crashes	Injuries	Recalls
2020	2	0	0	0
2019	1	0	0	0
2018	2	0	0	0
2017	5	0	0	0

Latest XT5 lighting complaints

2020 Cadillac XT5 Lights

Affected Component: Exterior Lighting - Left Rear LED Taillight / Turn Signal Assembly DESCRIPTION OF SAFETY CONCERN My 2020 Cadillac XT5 has developed an intermittent malfunction involving the left rear LED taillight and turn signal assembly. When the malfunction occurs, the vehicle displays a warning stating "Left Rear Turn Indicator Failure," accompanied by rapid flashing of the turn signal indicator. The malfunction occurs unpredictably. A visual inspection of the taillight assembly reveals no obvious...

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damage or failed LEDs. My primary concern is vehicle safety. An intermittent malfunction of a rear turn signal may prevent motorists behind me from receiving a reliable indication of my intention to turn or change lanes, creating a potential collision hazard. There is also a significant secondary safety concern involving the vehicle's Driver Information Center (DIC). When the "Left Rear Turn Indicator Failure" warning appears, an unusually large notification occupies most of the central instrument display, obscuring the digital vehicle speed readout and other driver information normally displayed in that area. This creates an additional safety concern because the driver cannot readily see the digital speed reading while the warning is displayed. The notification may also distract the driver when it appears unexpectedly during operation. I have included a photograph documenting the warning and its obstruction of the instrument display. The repair is not covered under GM's factory warranty. Additionally, the third-party extended service contract purchased and provided by the selling Cadillac dealership denied coverage, classifying the problem as a bulb-related failure despite the vehicle using an integrated LED lamp assembly. The substantial replacement cost may discourage owners from promptly repairing a malfunction involving an important vehicle safety component.

2018 Cadillac XT5 Lights

HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM

2017 Cadillac XT5 Electrical system Lights

Sitting at a stop light and car lost all power. No ability to turn on hazard lights or call for help or anything. In my opinion this is a huge safety issue since my wife could have been rear ended since there were no lights at all on the car and no way to turn on any warning lights. Thank goodness this happened when stopped and not moving. I could not imagine the outcome of losing power at speed when everything is electronically controlled.

2017 Cadillac XT5 Transmission & drivetrain Electrical system Lights

Vehicle in motion on highway, vehicle suddenly dies, goes dead, uncontrollable. Vehicle will not respond to engine start button. Will not respond to attempts to restart, unable to brake, vehicle continues to be uncontrollable, rolling into cross traffic. All electronics do not respond, unable to open doors to get out. Can not unlock doors all electronics flashing, door locks rapidly cycling locked all electronics uncontrollable. Unable to activate hazzard lights. Onstar system dead, unable to call for help. After approx. 30 Min. Vehicle suddenly without warning restarts on it's own and begins to function.

2018 Cadillac XT5 Lights

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 cadillac xt5. The contact stated that while driving at night, the low beam headlights failed to illuminate beyond 50 feet of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to patterson cadillac located in wichita falls, tx, where it was stated that the lights performed as designed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was informed that the dealer found no defect with the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 300.

2020 Cadillac XT5 Steering Lights Visibility & wipers

Driving the car normally at night the dashboard lights went to full intensity without driver input, and wouldn't change. A few minutes later the rear windshield wiper started operating and wouldn't stop. Twenty minutes later the car flashed a notification that power steering assist was not functioning, and it became very difficult to steer. The turn signals would not operate. The low fuel warning indicator came on showed zero miles left even though there was at least a quarter tank left. The speedometer...

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readout changed to zero, while we were driving at about 35 mph. We were able to safely stop the car at a convenience store / gas station. The ignition switch wouldn't turn off the engine, the heat came on and wouldn't turn off, the windows wouldn't roll down, and the doors locked themselves. The rear windshield washer continually pumped out fluid. The front windshield wipers started and wouldn't turn off. We called hertz and while we were on the phone with them the engine did shut down. Hertz sent a tow truck to retrieve the car. When he arrived he called me to ask what the problem was with the car, as he found it to be operating normally.

2019 Cadillac XT5 Lights Visibility & wipers

We bought xt5 on 12/04/18, on 02/19/19, brought in for transmission and check engine light. 06/10/19, Brought in for routine maintenance and service. 06/16/19, On the way back from knoxville on freeway i-40, while it was raining hard, all lights inside and out and windshield wipers didn't work. Wipers were standing up right in front of driver and stop, never move back down. We were surrounded with high speed cars and trucks, and semis, in the rain and couldn't see the front with no wipers, and inside the car was...

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pit black. We must drive for around a mile before getting to a next exit. Got off exit, call onstar for help, they said wait 90 minutes for tow truck and we must find our own transportation to get home, since it was sunday, no one was open at that time. We didn't know where we were so we waited out the rain, and drove slowly back in town, with wipers sticking up in front of driver, to meet up with sales rep. Tim marcum for help, he loan us a car to get home and came the next day, monday, to see jayson taylor, cadillac manager. We asked them to buy back the car since we are so scare now what would happen next time with the car. They suggested us calling gm directly. We did, and jayda, senior case manager said she would only pay for fixing but not buying back, unless something major happened, like transmission, engine, brakes,.. We told her that this was serious, we we were in danger of loosing our lives there, but obviously it was not serious to her, we said what if the same thing happened, on freeway, fast speeding cars and trucks, raining hard, but instead of no lights and now wipers, this time no brakes or sudden stop and engine not starting. What would happened? In 6 months period, 2 incidents already, the later is more serious than the first, we rather prevent problems than having to deal with it, what if the problems getting bigger or someone get hurt

2017 Cadillac XT5 Lights

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 cadillac xt5. The contact stated that the headlights (intelebeams) were designed to automatically illuminate when approaching a vehicle. The lights were supposed to deactivate when approaching an oncoming vehicle on the other side of the road. The contact stated that the intelebeams were not operating consistently. The lights turned off and on without any effort from the contact. The failure caused the vehicle not to start sometimes due to a drained battery. The intelebeams were supposed...

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to be able to be manually turned on and off, but they would not shut off on a consistent basis. The contact was concerned of a possible crash or road rage incident if the failure was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to american chevrolet cadillac muncie (6580 w hometown blvd, muncie, in 47304, (765) 212-3294) and the contact was provided a loaner vehicle, but the failure recurred. The dealer was instructed by the manufacturer not to repair the vehicle anymore. The contact was in the middle of a lemon law lawsuit. The failure mileage was 2,000. *Tt*jb

2017 Cadillac XT5 Lights

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 cadillac xt5. While washing the vehicle in the driveway, the contact noticed that the interior of the passenger side headlight assembly was cloudy. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (ingersoll auto cadillac in danbury, connecticut) who stated that there was no failure and the vehicle was designed that way. The dealer further stated that the headlight assembly would eventually dry out with the heat from the head lamp. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 2,699.

2017 Cadillac XT5 Lights Visibility & wipers

#1 I have problem viewing thru windshield because light beige dashboard reflecting onto the inside of the windshield (sun glare)... #2 I have hard to see rearview when back up because too dim backup lamps...

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