Lights complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2012 Cadillac SRX has 221 NHTSA lights complaints and 0 lights-related recalls.
221
Complaints
0
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 11, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlight assembly gets over heated and makes the low beam lights very dim, not safe or legal to dri... |
| Jul 15, 2025 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated that while driving at night, the contact be... |
| Jun 8, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES | My Headlights are so dim, I have to drive with high beams. It is raining in my, short circuited the ... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed ... |
| Jan 1, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY/WIPER | The headlights are very dim It is like driving your vehicle with a flashlight as the lighting. When... |
| Oct 3, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed,... |
| Feb 12, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The housing for the drive lights have failed. Replacing the bulbs does not resolve the problem. Ca... |
| Feb 2, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Vehicle low beam headlights are extremely dim, so dim that to see property at night, the high beam l... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlights are very dim and do not provide sufficient lighting at night. This is a known problem wi... |
| Nov 22, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The front low beam headlights are very dim, due to a leakage defect in the headlight housing. (I hav... |
| Nov 21, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlights (low beam) are so dim that driving at night is dangerous. Lines on roads are not visible.... |
| Nov 7, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | VIN [XXX] My headlights are so dim, it is dangerous to drive at night even after replacing the bulb... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The headlights are cloudy and therefore producing less light a safety issue. |
| Apr 15, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2012 Cadillac SRX. The contact stated that while driving at night, the low-beam h... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Pulled over by police stating that my lights looked like I was driving around with just my running l... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The vehicle lights are dangerously dim. Changing the bulbs hasn’t fixed the problem. The headlights ... |
| Jan 10, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | headlamp replacement... second one i had to do on my SRX. I know it never made it to recall but you ... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Very poor visibility. Head lights turn on but the lens is so cloudy it has severely reduced visibili... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Head lamps are to dim to drive vehicle after dark |
| Oct 16, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Both Headlights went out within a week of each other while driving at night |